SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
HRI Certification
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
certifications
,
hri
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Information sender
Collective bargaining agreement
Teamwork
Storming
2. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Strategic priority
Norming
Work styles
3. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Core values
Crew schedule
Management
Nonverbal communication
4. A conversation without prepared questions
Formal communication
Decoding
Unstructured exit interview
Warm-up activity
5. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Media policy
Informal communication
Crisis
6. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Time Management
Storming
Brainstorming meetings
Shift leaders
7. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Problem
Message channel
Leadership
Value Statement
8. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Strategic priority
Commissions
Spin
Time Management
9. Govern unemployment compensation
Deployment chart
Information receiver
Nonverbal communication
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
10. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Sexual harassment
Storming
Ground rules
Cross-training
11. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Inclusion
Management schedule
Payroll standards
Voluntary termination
12. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Unstructured exit interview
Facilitator
Delegation
13. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Workplace Ethics
Affection
Interfunctional team
Documentation
14. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Floaters
Next steps
Arbitration
SWOT analysis
15. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Negotiation
Facilitator
Certification
Evacuation
16. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Documentation
Environmental noise
Budget
Commissions
17. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Benchmark
Spin
Forming
Evacuation
18. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Documentation
Organizational communication
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Internal communication
19. The ability to plan - organize - direct - staff - control - and evaluate the many functions in a food service organization for the purpose of serving organizational goals
Management
Information receiver
Cross-functional team
Arbitration
20. The person for whom the communication is intended
Contingency plan
Departmental/team objectives
Information receiver
Performing
21. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Professional Development
Individual performance of objectives
Informal communication
Covers
22. An official record of key points discussed or covered at a meeting - as well as anything that might have been decided or completed during the meeting
Master schedule
Minutes
Involuntary termination
Organizational communication
23. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Internal communication
Bonuses
Problem solving
Team
24. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Standard
Objective
Action item
Value Statement
25. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Supporting
Performing
Time Management
Action meetings
26. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Measurable results
Scheduling
Management schedule
Mentor
27. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Leadership
Directing
Call/emergency meetings
Problem solving
28. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Commissions
Accountability
Stress Management
Leadership
29. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Listening
Stress Management
Performance review cycles
Problem
30. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Directing
Benchmark
Spin
Principles
31. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Management schedule
Problem-solving model
Historical sales information
Payroll standards
32. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Organizational communication
Time-off request policy
Preventable crisis
Objective
33. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Deployment chart
Principles
Master schedule
Mediation
34. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Core values
Bonuses
Floaters
Unpreventable crisis
35. Meals to be served
SWOT analysis
Covers
Accountability
Encoding
36. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Mission Statement
Forming
Sales projections
Norming
37. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Favoritism
Measurable results
Compensation
Accountability
38. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Voluntary termination
Individual performance of objectives
Cross-functional team
Informal communication
39. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Meeting
Nepotism
Management schedule
Delegation
40. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Noncontrollable costs
Strategic priority
Motivation
Organizational communication
41. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Self-disclosure
Negotiation
Work styles
Exit interview
42. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Motivators/Satisfiers
Minutes
Voluntary termination
Listening
43. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Minutes
Call/emergency meetings
Problem-solving meetings
Work styles
44. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Alternative
Contingency plan
Preventable crisis
Brainstorming
45. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Time Management
Supporting
Compensation
Environmental noise
46. Those costs that have both a fixed and variable element - such that one part will not change as sales volume changes - whereas the other part will change
Exit interview
Root cause
Semivariable costs
Warm-up activity
47. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Mentor
Listening
Evacuation
Information meetings
48. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Next steps
Action item
Root cause
Brainstorming
49. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Payroll standards
Action item
Motivators/Satisfiers
Contingency plan
50. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Strategic priority
Evacuation
Interfunctional team
Supporting