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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. Guidelines for conduct that have enduring and lasting value to a society or organization
Principles
Exit interview
Agenda
Contingency plan
2. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Floaters
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Internal communication
Evacuation
3. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Departmental/team objectives
Personal treatment
Workplace Ethics
Informal communication
4. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Principles
Voluntary termination
Interfunctional team
Time-off request policy
5. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Core values
Informal communication
Root cause
Formal communication
6. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Performing
Payroll standards
Empathy
Team
7. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Delegation
Self-directed teams
Historical sales information
Networking
8. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Spin
Exit interview
Controllable costs
Management schedule
9. 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
Control
Alternative
Involuntary termination
10. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Principles
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Cross-functional team
Problem-solving meetings
11. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
SWOT analysis
Information sender
Teamwork
Commissions
12. Costs that management cannot control
Sales projections
Crisis
Noncontrollable costs
Nonverbal communication
13. All types of wages combined with other rewards or benefits that the employee receives as part of a package
Information meetings
Compensation
Cross-training
Mediation
14. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Master schedule
Delegation
Crew schedule
Shift leaders
15. A template used for creating weekly employee schedules
Information receiver
Master schedule
Brainstorming
Spin
16. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Principles
Work styles
Performing
Organizational goals
17. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Crew schedule
Minutes
Performing
Storming
18. A standard by which something can be measured or judged
Preventable crisis
Structured exit interview
Benchmark
Covers
19. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Individual performance of objectives
Brainstorming
Agenda
Value Statement
20. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Negotiation
Team
Vision Statement
Crew schedule
21. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Documentation
Storming
Objective
Norming
22. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Brainstorming meetings
Interfunctional team
Exit interview
Crew schedule
23. Refers to the need to develop relationships with people as individuals or in groups
Progressive disciplinary action
Affection
Master schedule
Benchmark
24. Connecting with several people to build relationships that may result in career advancement - industry updates and knowledge or career enhancements
Core values
Work styles
Information receiver
Networking
25. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Problem
Self-directed teams
Collective bargaining agreement
Meeting
26. Sees team members settling their differences and developing more cohesive and trusting work relationships
Norming
Delegation
Commissions
Merit pay
27. 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
Decoding
Management
Parking lot
Benchmark
28. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Floaters
Networking
Individual performance of objectives
Message
29. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
SWOT analysis
Historical sales information
Exit interview
Measurable results
30. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Noncontrollable costs
Empathy
Personal treatment
Media policy
31. To plan or appoint employees to work at a certain time and date
Objective
Scheduling
Teamwork
Benchmark
32. Costs that management can control
Communication
Controllable costs
Shift leaders
Motivators/Satisfiers
33. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Motivators/Satisfiers
Problem-solving team
Performance review cycles
Performing
34. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Message
Strategic priority
Self-directed teams
SWOT analysis
35. Meals to be served
Documentation
Storming
Scheduling
Covers
36. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Payroll standards
Message
Voluntary termination
Information meetings
37. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Minutes
Organizational goals
Shift leaders
Wage
38. 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
Compensation
Terminable acts
Controllable costs
39. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Control
Sexual harassment
Norming
Time-off request policy
40. The ability to attend closely to what another person is saying to capture the essence of a message being communicated
Listening
Nepotism
Informal communication
Sales projections
41. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Organizational communication
Employee absence policy
Problem solving
Measurable results
42. The receiver's process of translating the sender's message into a meaningful form
Problem-solving team
Cross-training
Encoding
Decoding
43. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Goal
Encoding
Warm-up activity
Formal communication
44. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Debrief meeting
Negotiation
Value Statement
Nepotism
45. An additional sum paid to an employee whose work is superior and whose services are valued
Merit pay
Contact list
Interpersonal communication
Benchmark
46. 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
Minutes
Information receiver
Unpreventable crisis
Problem-solving meetings
47. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Value Statement
Alternative
Team
Sales projections
48. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Salaries
Negotiation
Media policy
Parking lot
49. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Arbitration
Inclusion
Professionalism
Listening
50. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Debrief meeting
Contingency plan
Crew schedule
Mediation