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HRI Certification
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certifications
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hri
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. Involves telling the group what specifically needs to be accomplished - establishing guidelines - and providing specifics on the five Ws (who - what - when where - why) and how
Professionalism
Directing
Terminable acts
Commissions
2. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Self-disclosure
Problem-solving model
Listening
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
Historical sales information
Next steps
Communication
Organizational communication
4. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Progressive disciplinary action
Warm-up activity
Inclusion
Action meetings
5. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Contingency plan
Problem solving
Structured exit interview
Compensation
6. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Crew schedule
Directing
Planning
Commissions
7. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Team
Minutes
Covers
Message
8. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Evacuation
Management schedule
Standard
Internal communication
9. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Favoritism
Controllable costs
Contingency plan
Self-directed teams
10. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Organizational goals
Forming
Exit interview
Performance review cycles
11. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Encoding
Structured exit interview
Personal treatment
Ground rules
12. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Message
Deployment chart
Mediation
Brainstorming meetings
13. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Performance standard
Interfunctional team
Exit interview
Compensation
14. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Voluntary termination
Message channel
Empathy
Sales projections
15. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Internal communication
Nepotism
Nonverbal communication
Personal treatment
16. Statements of desired results
Goal
Professional Development
Motivation
Communication
17. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Brainstorming meetings
Arbitration
Supporting
Progressive disciplinary action
18. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Root cause
Next steps
Message context
Time-off request policy
19. Meetings that share communication
Sexual harassment
Information meetings
Nepotism
Communication
20. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Involuntary termination
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Standard
Controllable costs
21. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Time-off request policy
Progressive disciplinary action
Meeting
Work styles
22. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Affection
Scheduling
Arbitration
Norming
23. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Mentor
Management
Encoding
Leadership
24. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Interpersonal communication
Environmental noise
Leadership
Debrief meeting
25. 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
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Structured exit interview
Listening
Motivation
26. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Information sender
Team
Problem solving
Brainstorming
27. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Terminable acts
Floaters
Shift leaders
Directing
28. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Decoding
Compensation
Negotiation
Warm-up activity
29. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Terminable acts
Vision Statement
Interpersonal communication
Principles
30. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Deployment chart
Sexual harassment
Team
Ground rules
31. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Problem-solving team
Objective
Mission Statement
Core values
32. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Covers
Interpersonal communication
Action meetings
Problem
33. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Affection
Budget
Professionalism
Principles
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
Problem
Certification
Standard
Work styles
35. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Brainstorming
Root cause
Forming
SWOT analysis
36. Govern unemployment compensation
Team
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Time Management
Encoding
37. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Action item
Decoding
Self-disclosure
Communication
38. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Documentation
Budget
Strategic priority
Measurable results
39. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Informal communication
Stress
Benchmark
Workplace Ethics
40. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Structured exit interview
Accountability
Action plan
41. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Problem-solving team
Noncontrollable costs
Nepotism
Alternative
42. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Interpersonal communication
Benchmark
Nepotism
Minutes
43. Developing the message to be sent
Employee absence policy
Nepotism
Encoding
Merit pay
44. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Performing
Benchmark
Conflict resolution
Unstructured exit interview
45. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Message
Message context
Problem-solving model
Problem
46. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Noncontrollable costs
Problem-solving meetings
Debrief meeting
Voluntary termination
47. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Performance review cycles
Action item
Value Statement
Interfunctional team
48. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Progressive disciplinary action
Problem solving
Delegation
Payroll standards
49. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Warm-up activity
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Goal
Message context
50. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
SWOT analysis
Ground rules
Message channel
Interfunctional team