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HRI Certification
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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. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Warm-up activity
Certification
Directing
2. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Noncontrollable costs
Environmental noise
Delegation
3. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Time-off request policy
Next steps
Time Management
Exit interview
4. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Structured exit interview
Information meetings
Vision Statement
Directing
5. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Sexual harassment
Involuntary termination
Merit pay
Mission Statement
6. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Performance review cycles
Cross-training
Meeting
Standard
7. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Self-disclosure
Semivariable costs
Formal communication
Voluntary termination
8. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Debrief meeting
Collective bargaining agreement
Objective
Stress Management
9. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Work styles
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Contact list
Alternative
10. 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
Mentor
Problem-solving meetings
Controllable costs
11. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Unpreventable crisis
Certification
Measurable results
Self-disclosure
12. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Performing
Merit pay
Benchmark
Teamwork
13. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Storming
Nonverbal communication
Supporting
Brainstorming
14. A conversation without prepared questions
Formal communication
Team
Unstructured exit interview
Documentation
15. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Networking
Strategic priority
Benchmark
Brainstorming meetings
16. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Organizational goals
Mediation
Teamwork
Encoding
17. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Standard
Negotiation
Crew schedule
Unpreventable crisis
18. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Documentation
Crew schedule
Cross-training
Exit interview
19. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Budget
Stress Management
Sexual harassment
Evacuation
20. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Motivators/Satisfiers
Mentor
Professionalism
Supporting
21. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Control
Media policy
Action item
22. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Meeting
Root cause
Listening
Mentor
23. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Principles
Leadership
Covers
Crew schedule
24. 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
Minutes
Voluntary termination
Work styles
Brainstorming meetings
25. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Wage
Team
Floaters
Mission Statement
26. A potential solution to a problem
Progressive disciplinary action
Listening
Alternative
Information sender
27. Differs from other forms of communication in that there are usually only a few participants involved (often just two people) - the individuals are in close proximity to each other as shown - and the feedback is immediate
Encoding
Historical sales information
Sales projections
Interpersonal communication
28. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Standard
Wage
Sales projections
Principles
29. Developing the message to be sent
Covers
Professional Development
Encoding
Information sender
30. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Core values
Stress Management
Team
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
31. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Employee absence policy
Workplace Ethics
Call/emergency meetings
Debrief meeting
32. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Scheduling
Merit pay
Exit interview
Problem
33. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Problem solving
Noncontrollable costs
Interfunctional team
Individual performance of objectives
34. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Performance review cycles
Internal communication
Delegation
Historical sales information
35. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Negotiation
Norming
Alternative
Parking lot
36. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Shift leaders
SWOT analysis
Master schedule
Performance standard
37. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Self-directed teams
Action meetings
Shift leaders
Contact list
38. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Standard
Norming
Accountability
Interfunctional team
39. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Informal communication
Preventable crisis
Sexual harassment
Scheduling
40. Meetings that are scheduled on a regular basis between the employee and employer to discuss the employee's job performance and additional pay - if any - for the coming year
Core values
Brainstorming meetings
Performance review cycles
Unstructured exit interview
41. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Employee absence policy
Accountability
Inclusion
Organizational communication
42. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Time Management
Evacuation
Departmental/team objectives
Compensation
43. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Exit interview
Core values
Forming
Payroll standards
44. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Progressive disciplinary action
Negotiation
Internal communication
Delegation
45. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Conflict resolution
Stress Management
Call/emergency meetings
Minutes
46. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Unpreventable crisis
Problem
Teamwork
Message context
47. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Merit pay
Professionalism
Message channel
Cross-functional team
48. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Stress Management
Nepotism
Warm-up activity
49. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Evacuation
Action item
Performing
Motivators/Satisfiers
50. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Collective bargaining agreement
Favoritism
Shift leaders
Personal treatment