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HRI Certification
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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. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Alternative
Shift leaders
Standard
Action item
2. Developing the message to be sent
Encoding
Management schedule
Media policy
Wage
3. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Negotiation
Professionalism
Shift leaders
Contingency plan
4. A company's key elements of operation - and they serve as the foundation for the development of both the vision statement and the mission statement
Management schedule
Exit interview
Bonuses
Core values
5. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Ground rules
Meeting
Cross-training
Performance review cycles
6. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Problem-solving meetings
Forming
Organizational goals
Spin
7. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Message context
Sexual harassment
Employee absence policy
Terminable acts
8. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Shift leaders
Documentation
Problem-solving team
Standard
9. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Informal communication
Semivariable costs
Standard
Management schedule
10. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Departmental/team objectives
Affection
Control
Exit interview
11. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Supporting
Call/emergency meetings
Mentor
Payroll standards
12. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Problem solving
Historical sales information
Message
Strategic priority
13. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Deployment chart
Covers
Motivators/Satisfiers
Commissions
14. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Cross-functional team
Scheduling
Professionalism
Problem solving
15. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Compensation
Bonuses
Master schedule
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
16. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Floaters
Performing
Noncontrollable costs
Root cause
17. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Nonverbal communication
Problem-solving meetings
Arbitration
Value Statement
18. Costs that management cannot control
Noncontrollable costs
Professional Development
Work styles
Stress
19. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Formal communication
Leadership
Contingency plan
Message context
20. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Time Management
Collective bargaining agreement
Accountability
Value Statement
21. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Agenda
Commissions
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Negotiation
22. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Management schedule
Compensation
Organizational communication
Informal communication
23. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Performance standard
Contact list
Standard
24. Statements of desired results
Goal
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Merit pay
Mission Statement
25. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Brainstorming meetings
Meeting
Self-disclosure
Collective bargaining agreement
26. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Noncontrollable costs
Organizational communication
Information meetings
Deployment chart
27. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nepotism
Controllable costs
Documentation
Next steps
28. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Cross-functional team
Vision Statement
Historical sales information
Mediation
29. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Spin
Cross-training
Warm-up activity
Crisis
30. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Environmental noise
Deployment chart
Sales projections
Professional Development
31. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Collective bargaining agreement
Individual performance of objectives
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Stress Management
32. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Documentation
Performance review cycles
Self-disclosure
Value Statement
33. 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
Time-off request policy
Professionalism
Information receiver
34. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Internal communication
Warm-up activity
Vision Statement
Norming
35. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Certification
Delegation
Commissions
Unpreventable crisis
36. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Principles
Delegation
Performing
Time-off request policy
37. 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
Measurable results
Mentor
Minutes
Control
38. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Parking lot
Measurable results
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Preventable crisis
39. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Message channel
Accountability
Nepotism
Mentor
40. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Problem-solving model
Media policy
Information sender
Principles
41. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Sales projections
Progressive disciplinary action
Supporting
Mediation
42. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Scheduling
Internal communication
Information sender
43. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Management
Sales projections
Contact list
Salaries
44. A potential solution to a problem
Alternative
Nonverbal communication
Agenda
Informal communication
45. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Informal communication
Storming
Merit pay
46. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Vision Statement
Empathy
Scheduling
Personal treatment
47. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Root cause
Work styles
Formal communication
Value Statement
48. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Personal treatment
Problem-solving team
Budget
Bonuses
49. The person for whom the communication is intended
Message
Motivators/Satisfiers
Information receiver
Information meetings
50. The sum of activities a person performs to meet goals and/or to further his or her career
Value Statement
Internal communication
Professional Development
Merit pay