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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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1. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Message
Shift leaders
Contact list
Standard
2. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Facilitator
Formal communication
Problem-solving team
Organizational communication
3. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Ground rules
Work styles
Payroll standards
Controllable costs
4. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Arbitration
Warm-up activity
Stress Management
Control
5. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Information receiver
Negotiation
Brainstorming meetings
Accountability
6. 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
Exit interview
Directing
Teamwork
Informal communication
7. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Employee absence policy
Departmental/team objectives
Organizational goals
Formal communication
8. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Action plan
Inclusion
Management
Budget
9. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Message channel
Compensation
Sexual harassment
10. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Time Management
Historical sales information
Contingency plan
Nonverbal communication
11. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Principles
Norming
Empathy
Payroll standards
12. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Nepotism
Parking lot
Self-disclosure
Problem-solving team
13. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Benchmark
Workplace Ethics
Evacuation
Supporting
14. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Sales projections
Core values
Organizational communication
Cross-training
15. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Negotiation
Bonuses
Preventable crisis
Historical sales information
16. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Minutes
Collective bargaining agreement
Arbitration
Root cause
17. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Time Management
Spin
Networking
Payroll standards
18. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Work styles
Contingency plan
Self-directed teams
Teamwork
19. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Sales projections
Covers
Problem
Message
20. The person for whom the communication is intended
Scheduling
Commissions
Principles
Information receiver
21. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Interfunctional team
Objective
Networking
Wage
22. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Call/emergency meetings
Meeting
Action meetings
Unstructured exit interview
23. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Teamwork
Mission Statement
Informal communication
Floaters
24. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Payroll standards
Principles
Media policy
Brainstorming
25. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Management schedule
Organizational goals
Self-directed teams
26. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Message context
Strategic priority
Collective bargaining agreement
Action plan
27. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Nepotism
Communication
Value Statement
Message
28. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Conflict resolution
Decoding
Performance standard
Core values
29. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Floaters
Payroll standards
Internal communication
Collective bargaining agreement
30. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Environmental noise
Conflict resolution
Stress Management
Voluntary termination
31. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Payroll standards
Mediation
Compensation
Storming
32. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Unstructured exit interview
Budget
Evacuation
Compensation
33. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Listening
Mission Statement
Collective bargaining agreement
34. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Cross-functional team
Time-off request policy
Internal communication
Compensation
35. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Problem
Voluntary termination
Next steps
Accountability
36. 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
Decoding
Stress Management
Next steps
Nepotism
37. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Action meetings
Problem-solving team
Action plan
38. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Control
Informal communication
Supporting
Affection
39. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Root cause
Scheduling
Problem
40. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Preventable crisis
Formal communication
Favoritism
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
41. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Scheduling
Salaries
Control
Conflict resolution
42. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Professionalism
Debrief meeting
Facilitator
Deployment chart
43. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Debrief meeting
SWOT analysis
Professionalism
Objective
44. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Noncontrollable costs
Exit interview
Problem
SWOT analysis
45. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Information receiver
Performing
Noncontrollable costs
Action item
46. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Problem-solving meetings
Compensation
Employee absence policy
Inclusion
47. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Message
Nepotism
Professional Development
Alternative
48. Statements of desired results
Parking lot
Progressive disciplinary action
Cross-functional team
Goal
49. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Formal communication
Time-off request policy
Unpreventable crisis
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
50. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Brainstorming
Vision Statement
Delegation
Organizational goals