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HRI Certification
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certifications
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Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Management
Favoritism
Departmental/team objectives
Problem
2. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Problem
Conflict resolution
Message context
3. 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
Delegation
Problem solving
Alternative
Next steps
4. 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
Ground rules
Time-off request policy
Terminable acts
Minutes
5. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Involuntary termination
Mission Statement
Debrief meeting
Goal
6. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Exit interview
Accountability
Structured exit interview
Spin
7. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Individual performance of objectives
Meeting
Controllable costs
8. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Unpreventable crisis
Message
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Spin
9. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Organizational goals
Collective bargaining agreement
Formal communication
Performance review cycles
10. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Standard
Personal treatment
Problem solving
Parking lot
11. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Formal communication
Evacuation
Mediation
Master schedule
12. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Floaters
Measurable results
Noncontrollable costs
Brainstorming meetings
13. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Warm-up activity
Listening
Nonverbal communication
Information meetings
14. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
SWOT analysis
Unpreventable crisis
Forming
Leadership
15. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Mission Statement
Information sender
Self-directed teams
16. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Networking
Standard
Involuntary termination
Performance review cycles
17. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Internal communication
Motivators/Satisfiers
Networking
Personal treatment
18. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Affection
Problem-solving meetings
Personal treatment
Budget
19. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Time-off request policy
Professionalism
Crisis
Budget
20. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Norming
Facilitator
Inclusion
Bonuses
21. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Noncontrollable costs
Wage
Structured exit interview
22. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Stress Management
Principles
Forming
Negotiation
23. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Spin
Team
Empathy
Mentor
24. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Mission Statement
Formal communication
Work styles
Self-directed teams
25. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Interpersonal communication
Problem
Certification
Mediation
26. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Arbitration
Nonverbal communication
Teamwork
Controllable costs
27. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Message context
Self-disclosure
Information receiver
Collective bargaining agreement
28. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Formal communication
Commissions
Progressive disciplinary action
Evacuation
29. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Team
Collective bargaining agreement
Standard
Message context
30. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Collective bargaining agreement
Performance review cycles
Spin
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
31. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Warm-up activity
Vision Statement
Cross-training
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
32. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Exit interview
Strategic priority
Measurable results
Warm-up activity
33. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Teamwork
Brainstorming
Message
Voluntary termination
34. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Management schedule
Planning
Employee absence policy
Internal communication
35. The person for whom the communication is intended
Information receiver
Unstructured exit interview
Nepotism
Problem solving
36. A potential solution to a problem
Documentation
Alternative
Cross-training
Motivation
37. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Progressive disciplinary action
Professionalism
Preventable crisis
Sales projections
38. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Warm-up activity
Progressive disciplinary action
Structured exit interview
Parking lot
39. 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
Performance standard
Crew schedule
Semivariable costs
Organizational goals
40. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Workplace Ethics
Performance standard
Sexual harassment
Covers
41. A law that requires all employers to pay employees minimum wage plus overtime for any hours worked over forty per week
Payroll standards
Standard
Core values
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
42. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Collective bargaining agreement
Payroll standards
Spin
Sexual harassment
43. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Listening
Encoding
Nepotism
Mediation
44. A situation in which management must terminate an employee for one of four reasons - including lack of work for the individual - lack of funding - unsatisfactory performance - or violating a company policy
Involuntary termination
Master schedule
Crew schedule
Affection
45. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Salaries
Problem
Mission Statement
Inclusion
46. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Covers
Planning
Merit pay
Voluntary termination
47. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Compensation
Structured exit interview
Goal
Favoritism
48. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Budget
Environmental noise
Problem-solving team
Management
49. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Internal communication
Sales projections
Environmental noise
Crew schedule
50. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Action plan
Brainstorming meetings
Crisis
Self-directed teams