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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. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Motivation
Brainstorming
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Media policy
2. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Contingency plan
Workplace Ethics
Minutes
Action meetings
3. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Agenda
Crisis
Contact list
Ground rules
4. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Performance standard
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Networking
Self-directed teams
5. A process managers use to identify what causes stress for them in the workplace as well as in their personal life - and then to apply various strategies to minimize its effects
Stress Management
Communication
Forming
Cross-training
6. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Problem-solving meetings
Decoding
Internal communication
Message
7. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Objective
Merit pay
Controllable costs
Crew schedule
8. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Formal communication
Agenda
Delegation
Unpreventable crisis
9. Govern unemployment compensation
Empathy
Cross-training
Individual performance of objectives
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
10. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Brainstorming meetings
Evacuation
Salaries
Interpersonal communication
11. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Team
Nepotism
Measurable results
Favoritism
12. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Payroll standards
Performing
Brainstorming
Wage
13. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Bonuses
Payroll standards
Evacuation
Storming
14. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Mission Statement
Sales projections
SWOT analysis
Deployment chart
15. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Benchmark
Organizational communication
Action meetings
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
16. 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
Message
Motivation
Organizational communication
Commissions
17. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Delegation
Parking lot
Problem-solving model
Action plan
18. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Arbitration
Contact list
Compensation
Scheduling
19. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Work styles
Individual performance of objectives
Deployment chart
Involuntary termination
20. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Unstructured exit interview
Interfunctional team
Commissions
Spin
21. Meetings that share communication
Objective
Information meetings
Internal communication
Favoritism
22. 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
Collective bargaining agreement
Management
Salaries
Vision Statement
23. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Mediation
Professional Development
Forming
Preventable crisis
24. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Motivation
Professionalism
Core values
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
25. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Mentor
Call/emergency meetings
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Terminable acts
26. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Mentor
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Standard
Meeting
27. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Covers
Decoding
Historical sales information
Cross-training
28. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Employee absence policy
Controllable costs
Documentation
Accountability
29. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Decoding
Covers
Inclusion
Problem-solving model
30. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Internal communication
Sales projections
31. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Self-directed teams
Motivation
Structured exit interview
Cross-functional team
32. Developing the message to be sent
Time-off request policy
Compensation
Motivators/Satisfiers
Encoding
33. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Compensation
Time Management
Floaters
Merit pay
34. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Value Statement
Team
Mediation
Measurable results
35. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Exit interview
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Contact list
Directing
36. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Vision Statement
Cross-functional team
Scheduling
Communication
37. 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
Motivation
Nepotism
Principles
Core values
38. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Warm-up activity
Compensation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Crisis
39. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Accountability
Cross-functional team
Contact list
Standard
40. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Progressive disciplinary action
Negotiation
Voluntary termination
Action meetings
41. 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
Goal
Action meetings
Nepotism
42. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Performing
Salaries
Team
Call/emergency meetings
43. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Stress
Employee absence policy
Management schedule
Performance standard
44. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Shift leaders
Contact list
Stress Management
Standard
45. Costs that management can control
Crew schedule
Controllable costs
Performance review cycles
Self-disclosure
46. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Problem
SWOT analysis
Norming
Crew schedule
47. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Departmental/team objectives
Formal communication
Motivation
Standard
48. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Management schedule
Empathy
Nepotism
Professional Development
49. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Self-directed teams
Inclusion
Progressive disciplinary action
Standard
50. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Bonuses
Covers
Mentor
Nepotism