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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. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Value Statement
Unstructured exit interview
Problem-solving meetings
Information receiver
2. Comprised of the numerous messages and information that convey operational procedures - policies - and announcements to a wide variety of audiences
Organizational communication
Time-off request policy
Conflict resolution
Brainstorming meetings
3. Meetings involving a group or team whose purpose is to tackle a problem
Problem-solving meetings
Nonverbal communication
Management
Information meetings
4. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Mission Statement
Mediation
Cross-training
Nepotism
5. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Problem-solving meetings
Unpreventable crisis
Warm-up activity
Goal
6. An official record of key points discussed or covered at a meeting - as well as anything that might have been decided or completed during the meeting
Performance standard
Minutes
Crisis
Message context
7. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Spin
Scheduling
Historical sales information
Empathy
8. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Management schedule
Encoding
Mentor
Call/emergency meetings
9. 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
Information meetings
Noncontrollable costs
Wage
Directing
10. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Noncontrollable costs
Voluntary termination
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Action plan
11. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Certification
Principles
Message context
Environmental noise
12. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Decoding
Accountability
Management schedule
Brainstorming meetings
13. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Compensation
Contact list
Stress
Objective
14. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Floaters
Master schedule
Stress
Scheduling
15. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Ground rules
Individual performance of objectives
Formal communication
Minutes
16. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Supporting
Norming
Meeting
Directing
17. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Teamwork
Contingency plan
Conflict resolution
SWOT analysis
18. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Floaters
Mentor
Information meetings
Historical sales information
19. Represent a select few of the highest concerns of the company
Covers
Information meetings
Crisis
Strategic priority
20. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Problem-solving model
Exit interview
Floaters
Affection
21. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Crisis
Agenda
Vision Statement
Strategic priority
22. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Standard
Motivators/Satisfiers
Compensation
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
23. The process of sending and receiving information by talk - gestures - or writing for some type of response or action
Call/emergency meetings
Vision Statement
Communication
Mission Statement
24. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Benchmark
Unstructured exit interview
Inclusion
Agenda
25. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Contact list
Control
Benchmark
Master schedule
26. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Formal communication
Environmental noise
Floaters
Collective bargaining agreement
27. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Employee absence policy
Next steps
Departmental/team objectives
Message
28. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Value Statement
Stress
Spin
Action meetings
29. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Unpreventable crisis
Information sender
Management
SWOT analysis
30. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Performing
Involuntary termination
Self-directed teams
Noncontrollable costs
31. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
SWOT analysis
Goal
Organizational goals
Facilitator
32. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Measurable results
Forming
Voluntary termination
Problem-solving meetings
33. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Planning
Action plan
Crisis
Measurable results
34. 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
Accountability
Problem solving
Management
Mission Statement
35. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Forming
Scheduling
Media policy
Action item
36. Developing the message to be sent
Objective
Stress Management
Encoding
Time Management
37. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Warm-up activity
Affection
Action meetings
Principles
38. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Informal communication
Performance standard
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Nepotism
39. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Call/emergency meetings
Wage
Favoritism
Environmental noise
40. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Organizational goals
Cross-functional team
Alternative
Merit pay
41. A conversation without prepared questions
Unstructured exit interview
Time-off request policy
Media policy
Next steps
42. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Exit interview
Organizational communication
Merit pay
Shift leaders
43. Costs that management can control
Root cause
Informal communication
Inclusion
Controllable costs
44. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Progressive disciplinary action
Self-directed teams
Action item
Accountability
45. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Evacuation
Goal
Warm-up activity
Mediation
46. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Root cause
Communication
Vision Statement
Commissions
47. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Documentation
Crew schedule
Vision Statement
Professional Development
48. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Networking
Bonuses
Goal
Performance review cycles
49. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Information receiver
Leadership
Scheduling
Benchmark
50. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Performance standard
Communication
Preventable crisis
Objective