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HRI Certification
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certifications
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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. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Motivators/Satisfiers
Cross-training
Stress Management
Terminable acts
2. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Leadership
Organizational goals
Compensation
Parking lot
3. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Action plan
Minutes
Performing
Cross-functional team
4. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Performance standard
Motivators/Satisfiers
Self-disclosure
Problem-solving team
5. The person for whom the communication is intended
Bonuses
Favoritism
Information receiver
Alternative
6. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Standard
Vision Statement
Semivariable costs
Environmental noise
7. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Management
Negotiation
Commissions
Self-directed teams
8. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Problem solving
Sexual harassment
Certification
Parking lot
9. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Organizational goals
Principles
Personal treatment
Management schedule
10. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Ground rules
Message context
Environmental noise
Negotiation
11. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Team
Payroll standards
Commissions
Scheduling
12. 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
Performance standard
SWOT analysis
Sexual harassment
Performance review cycles
13. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Internal communication
Communication
Mentor
Self-directed teams
14. A potential solution to a problem
Vision Statement
Work styles
Self-disclosure
Alternative
15. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Brainstorming meetings
Problem
Message channel
Mentor
16. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Involuntary termination
Compensation
Sales projections
Teamwork
17. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Individual performance of objectives
Exit interview
Problem-solving model
18. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Motivation
Supporting
Ground rules
Decoding
19. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Management
Message context
Strategic priority
Brainstorming meetings
20. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Noncontrollable costs
Agenda
Information receiver
21. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Problem-solving model
Negotiation
Meeting
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
22. 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
Informal communication
Certification
Brainstorming
Spin
23. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Master schedule
Commissions
Brainstorming
Structured exit interview
24. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Crew schedule
Team
Self-directed teams
Informal communication
25. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Objective
Problem-solving meetings
Wage
Minutes
26. Meals to be served
Interfunctional team
Covers
Formal communication
Time-off request policy
27. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Brainstorming meetings
Benchmark
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
SWOT analysis
28. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Standard
Wage
Documentation
Information meetings
29. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Compensation
Organizational communication
Media policy
Time Management
30. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Stress
Exit interview
Professionalism
Mediation
31. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Minutes
Voluntary termination
Agenda
Affection
32. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Planning
Goal
Call/emergency meetings
Stress Management
33. 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
Environmental noise
Bonuses
Action item
34. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Bonuses
Performance review cycles
Performing
Deployment chart
35. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Certification
Scheduling
Employee absence policy
Media policy
36. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Agenda
Information sender
Internal communication
Commissions
37. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Individual performance of objectives
Problem-solving meetings
Floaters
Control
38. 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
Agenda
Environmental noise
Involuntary termination
Planning
39. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Performing
Planning
Call/emergency meetings
Cross-training
40. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Informal communication
Value Statement
Problem-solving team
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
41. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Decoding
Information receiver
Documentation
Semivariable costs
42. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Certification
Objective
Action meetings
Action plan
43. Meetings that share communication
Information meetings
Informal communication
Principles
Unstructured exit interview
44. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Debrief meeting
Problem-solving model
Empathy
Strategic priority
45. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Progressive disciplinary action
SWOT analysis
Scheduling
Time-off request policy
46. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Management schedule
Self-disclosure
Merit pay
Objective
47. Statements of desired results
Performance review cycles
Salaries
Goal
Minutes
48. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Master schedule
Conflict resolution
Crisis
Leadership
49. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Brainstorming
Motivation
Employee absence policy
Problem-solving model
50. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Shift leaders
Listening
Measurable results