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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. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Next steps
Mentor
Performance review cycles
2. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Alternative
Mission Statement
Next steps
Communication
3. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Forming
Individual performance of objectives
Core values
Cross-functional team
4. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Networking
Performance review cycles
Delegation
Performance standard
5. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Forming
Compensation
Contact list
Sexual harassment
6. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Organizational communication
Certification
Communication
Historical sales information
7. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Stress Management
Interpersonal communication
Shift leaders
Cross-functional team
8. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Problem solving
Problem-solving model
Interfunctional team
Root cause
9. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Supporting
Parking lot
Networking
Message context
10. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Nonverbal communication
Control
Motivation
Nepotism
11. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Environmental noise
Warm-up activity
Supporting
Performance standard
12. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Problem
Decoding
Professionalism
Media policy
13. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Self-disclosure
Inclusion
Compensation
Payroll standards
14. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Sexual harassment
Interfunctional team
Directing
Management schedule
15. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Empathy
Semivariable costs
Leadership
Master schedule
16. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Voluntary termination
Objective
Self-directed teams
Warm-up activity
17. Meals to be served
Spin
Environmental noise
Self-directed teams
Covers
18. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Voluntary termination
Personal treatment
Performance review cycles
Exit interview
19. The state of acting in a collaborative and cooperative effort to create positive results for the achievement of a common goal
Information receiver
Information sender
Communication
Teamwork
20. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Message channel
Benchmark
Management schedule
SWOT analysis
21. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Interpersonal communication
Motivation
Documentation
22. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Salaries
Leadership
Facilitator
Favoritism
23. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Favoritism
Exit interview
Inclusion
Core values
24. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nepotism
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Principles
Workplace Ethics
25. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Organizational goals
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Decoding
Core values
26. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Structured exit interview
Problem-solving team
Meeting
Terminable acts
27. 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
Mission Statement
Nonverbal communication
Stress Management
Professionalism
28. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Core values
Principles
Deployment chart
Inclusion
29. 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
Teamwork
Encoding
Interpersonal communication
Environmental noise
30. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Contact list
Warm-up activity
Communication
Merit pay
31. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Problem solving
Work styles
Supporting
Professionalism
32. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Stress
Forming
Master schedule
Affection
33. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Brainstorming
Sexual harassment
Delegation
Standard
34. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Directing
Networking
Structured exit interview
Alternative
35. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Controllable costs
Wage
Cross-training
Professionalism
36. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Message channel
Benchmark
Value Statement
Salaries
37. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Bonuses
Scheduling
Terminable acts
Shift leaders
38. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Call/emergency meetings
Spin
Progressive disciplinary action
Covers
39. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Mediation
Management schedule
Message channel
40. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Certification
Media policy
Strategic priority
Facilitator
41. A conversation without prepared questions
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Terminable acts
Deployment chart
Unstructured exit interview
42. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Master schedule
Root cause
Contingency plan
Decoding
43. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Communication
Parking lot
Preventable crisis
Interfunctional team
44. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Evacuation
Inclusion
Measurable results
45. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Teamwork
Mission Statement
Environmental noise
Accountability
46. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Information sender
Warm-up activity
SWOT analysis
Unpreventable crisis
47. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Control
Warm-up activity
Measurable results
Nepotism
48. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Benchmark
Problem-solving model
Self-disclosure
Mentor
49. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Performing
Internal communication
Certification
Minutes
50. The environment that a message travels through
Message context
Next steps
Information sender
Problem-solving model