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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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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. Developing the message to be sent
Mission Statement
Master schedule
Contact list
Encoding
2. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Warm-up activity
Floaters
Evacuation
Storming
3. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Encoding
Message context
Shift leaders
Management
4. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Problem-solving meetings
Self-disclosure
Formal communication
Message
5. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Leadership
Principles
Evacuation
Communication
6. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Motivators/Satisfiers
Team
Wage
Terminable acts
7. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Master schedule
Communication
Benchmark
Progressive disciplinary action
8. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Storming
Floaters
Mediation
Problem-solving model
9. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Favoritism
Minutes
Affection
Progressive disciplinary action
10. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Problem-solving team
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Environmental noise
Departmental/team objectives
11. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Preventable crisis
Leadership
Strategic priority
Wage
12. The environment that a message travels through
Unstructured exit interview
Problem-solving meetings
Collective bargaining agreement
Message context
13. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Mentor
Deployment chart
Stress
Alternative
14. Those factors that cause a person to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner and may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli
Payroll standards
Floaters
Motivation
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
15. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Salaries
Voluntary termination
Unstructured exit interview
Brainstorming meetings
16. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Professionalism
Salaries
Mission Statement
Action meetings
17. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Mentor
Standard
Decoding
Brainstorming meetings
18. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Voluntary termination
Floaters
Principles
Message channel
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
Debrief meeting
Management
Management schedule
Structured exit interview
20. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Preventable crisis
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Interpersonal communication
Call/emergency meetings
21. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Measurable results
Stress
Listening
Alternative
22. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Voluntary termination
Team
Call/emergency meetings
Structured exit interview
23. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Objective
Nepotism
Delegation
Stress Management
24. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Voluntary termination
Principles
Bonuses
Team
25. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Exit interview
Workplace Ethics
Message context
Information receiver
26. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Performance review cycles
Action meetings
Inclusion
Message
27. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Management schedule
Root cause
Storming
Formal communication
28. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Cross-functional team
Brainstorming meetings
Professionalism
Teamwork
29. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Communication
Internal communication
Time Management
Team
30. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Action item
Organizational communication
Performance standard
Professional Development
31. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Negotiation
Collective bargaining agreement
Self-directed teams
Parking lot
32. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Interpersonal communication
Evacuation
Progressive disciplinary action
Merit pay
33. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Communication
Benchmark
Forming
Informal communication
34. Indicates that you have demonstrated a high level of skill and have met specific performance requirements by participating in a rigorous process to become certified
Warm-up activity
Controllable costs
Sales projections
Certification
35. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Agenda
Mediation
Communication
Goal
36. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Exit interview
Certification
Facilitator
Planning
37. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Sales projections
Workplace Ethics
Information sender
Contingency plan
38. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Employee absence policy
Action item
Interfunctional team
Self-directed teams
39. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Workplace Ethics
Action meetings
Stress Management
Unstructured exit interview
40. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Listening
Information receiver
Conflict resolution
Empathy
41. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Agenda
Motivators/Satisfiers
Empathy
Merit pay
42. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Budget
Preventable crisis
Storming
Bonuses
43. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Vision Statement
Norming
Leadership
Nepotism
44. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Contact list
Salaries
Compensation
45. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Nepotism
Wage
Interpersonal communication
Deployment chart
46. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Objective
Communication
Networking
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
47. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Cross-training
Goal
Action meetings
SWOT analysis
48. 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
Salaries
Goal
Root cause
Minutes
49. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Floaters
Problem-solving meetings
Mediation
Bonuses
50. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Preventable crisis
Master schedule
Workplace Ethics
Message channel