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HRI Certification
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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. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Planning
Commissions
Favoritism
Affection
2. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Professionalism
Salaries
Compensation
Problem
3. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Brainstorming
Problem-solving model
Arbitration
Delegation
4. A meeting between the employer and employee when the employee leaves the company
Facilitator
Exit interview
Individual performance of objectives
Terminable acts
5. A quick - interactive activity that prepares people to focus on the meeting and its objectives
Message
Evacuation
Warm-up activity
Objective
6. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Inclusion
Environmental noise
Preventable crisis
Floaters
7. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Affection
Payroll standards
Floaters
Crisis
8. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Spin
Arbitration
Information receiver
Interfunctional team
9. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Contingency plan
Information sender
Core values
Crew schedule
10. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Delegation
Mentor
Problem-solving model
Management
11. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Brainstorming
Cross-functional team
Terminable acts
Performance standard
12. Serve as a set of standards by which an organization operates
Evacuation
Decoding
Networking
Value Statement
13. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Historical sales information
Contact list
Problem
Time-off request policy
14. 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
Ground rules
Delegation
Minutes
Vision Statement
15. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Professional Development
Leadership
Encoding
Goal
16. Shows which job classifications are essential or primary to staff and which are secondary
Organizational goals
Planning
Brainstorming meetings
Deployment chart
17. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Team
Sales projections
Strategic priority
Noncontrollable costs
18. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Root cause
Problem
Shift leaders
Scheduling
19. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Affection
Networking
Compensation
Payroll standards
20. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Agenda
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
SWOT analysis
Performance review cycles
21. Costs that management cannot control
Work styles
Noncontrollable costs
Networking
Strategic priority
22. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Covers
Interfunctional team
Action meetings
SWOT analysis
23. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Affection
Merit pay
Directing
Alternative
24. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Action item
Informal communication
Evacuation
Standard
25. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Call/emergency meetings
Motivators/Satisfiers
Vision Statement
Collective bargaining agreement
26. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Nonverbal communication
Value Statement
Wage
Root cause
27. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nonverbal communication
Action item
Nepotism
Leadership
28. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Affection
Bonuses
Encoding
Action plan
29. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Self-disclosure
Self-directed teams
Performance standard
Exit interview
30. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Message channel
Vision Statement
Norming
31. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Motivation
Forming
Delegation
Ground rules
32. Process in which a neutral third party facilitates a discussion of difficult issues and negotiates an agreement
Mediation
Parking lot
Work styles
Structured exit interview
33. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Delegation
Action meetings
Mentor
Management schedule
34. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Work styles
Nepotism
Parking lot
Supporting
35. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Spin
Principles
Time Management
Problem-solving model
36. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Value Statement
Control
Sexual harassment
Historical sales information
37. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Supporting
Empathy
Voluntary termination
Bonuses
38. 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
Directing
Management
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Interpersonal communication
39. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Individual performance of objectives
Measurable results
Forming
Semivariable costs
40. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Collective bargaining agreement
Networking
Management
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
41. A condition or feeling experienced when a person perceives that demands exceed the resources he or she has available either personally or socially
Cross-functional team
Management
Stress
Master schedule
42. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Involuntary termination
Certification
Brainstorming
Commissions
43. 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
Management
Alternative
Directing
Work styles
44. 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 review cycles
Message context
Warm-up activity
Brainstorming meetings
45. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Payroll standards
Favoritism
Sales projections
Stress Management
46. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Parking lot
Root cause
Mission Statement
Internal communication
47. Costs that management can control
Budget
Controllable costs
Objective
Sales projections
48. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Informal communication
Empathy
Problem-solving meetings
49. A potential solution to a problem
Objective
Alternative
Environmental noise
Wage
50. 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
Core values
Encoding
Message
Objective