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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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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. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Problem-solving model
Action item
Mediation
Listening
2. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Information receiver
Time Management
Employee absence policy
Parking lot
3. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Historical sales information
Personal treatment
Affection
Involuntary termination
4. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Communication
Conflict resolution
Agenda
Mission Statement
5. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Interfunctional team
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Message context
Contingency plan
6. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Individual performance of objectives
Norming
Nepotism
Employee absence policy
7. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Mentor
Work styles
Time-off request policy
Team
8. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Documentation
Performance review cycles
Master schedule
Compensation
9. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Voluntary termination
Decoding
Contingency plan
Historical sales information
10. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Motivators/Satisfiers
Planning
Alternative
Semivariable costs
11. 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
Media policy
Contact list
Involuntary termination
Conflict resolution
12. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Environmental noise
Voluntary termination
Sales projections
Next steps
13. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Crew schedule
Affection
Inclusion
Problem
14. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Problem solving
Professional Development
Noncontrollable costs
Conflict resolution
15. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Formal communication
Master schedule
Compensation
Favoritism
16. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Control
Storming
Arbitration
Forming
17. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Crew schedule
Voluntary termination
Nepotism
Exit interview
18. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Environmental noise
Standard
Progressive disciplinary action
Control
19. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Message channel
Value Statement
Master schedule
Affection
20. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Time-off request policy
Next steps
Ground rules
Root cause
21. A binding contract formed from the pay ranges - along with other working conditions agreed to by both management and labor
Employee absence policy
Collective bargaining agreement
Information sender
Bonuses
22. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Master schedule
Parking lot
Performance standard
Bonuses
23. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Nonverbal communication
Goal
Alternative
Root cause
24. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Motivation
Action plan
Team
Mission Statement
25. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Encoding
Benchmark
Scheduling
Standard
26. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Controllable costs
Minutes
Message
Brainstorming meetings
27. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Motivation
Exit interview
Problem-solving model
Nepotism
28. 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
Motivators/Satisfiers
Information sender
Evacuation
Motivation
29. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Scheduling
Time-off request policy
Teamwork
30. To explore all of a problem's potential causes
Call/emergency meetings
Brainstorming meetings
Problem-solving model
Nepotism
31. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Teamwork
Control
Information sender
Storming
32. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Affection
Workplace Ethics
Historical sales information
Leadership
33. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Stress Management
Planning
Action meetings
Payroll standards
34. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Problem solving
Evacuation
Brainstorming meetings
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
35. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Shift leaders
Formal communication
Decoding
Contact list
36. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Covers
Terminable acts
Individual performance of objectives
Control
37. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Documentation
Budget
Message channel
Self-disclosure
38. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Cross-training
Networking
Encoding
39. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Problem-solving model
Next steps
Internal communication
Supporting
40. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Semivariable costs
Measurable results
Time Management
Cross-training
41. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Contact list
Brainstorming meetings
Crew schedule
Wage
42. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Control
Problem
Bonuses
Meeting
43. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Objective
Information receiver
Brainstorming meetings
Work styles
44. 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
Interpersonal communication
Delegation
Communication
Norming
45. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Compensation
Interfunctional team
Environmental noise
Arbitration
46. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Agenda
Storming
Facilitator
Favoritism
47. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Accountability
Listening
Motivators/Satisfiers
Bonuses
48. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Interpersonal communication
Sexual harassment
Negotiation
Media policy
49. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Exit interview
Commissions
Scheduling
Contingency plan
50. An event that happens without warning and normally affects a number of people
Master schedule
Interfunctional team
Crisis
Motivation