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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. All opportunities that managers have to talk with their employees on a one-to-one basis or in small groups
Negotiation
Call/emergency meetings
Delegation
Informal communication
2. The person for whom the communication is intended
Exit interview
Call/emergency meetings
Information receiver
Inclusion
3. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Preventable crisis
Meeting
Alternative
Cross-functional team
4. Infrequent speeches - presentations - lengthy memos - or reports that require systematic planning and developments
Wage
Sexual harassment
Conflict resolution
Formal communication
5. A federal law that allows eligible employees to take an extended amount of time off for medical and other personal reasons
Scheduling
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Favoritism
Accountability
6. Describes what an organization wants to become and why it exists
Affection
Contact list
Vision Statement
Crisis
7. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Formal communication
Nepotism
Environmental noise
Agenda
8. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Preventable crisis
Arbitration
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Information sender
9. Developing the message to be sent
Decoding
Preventable crisis
Merit pay
Encoding
10. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Internal communication
Structured exit interview
Environmental noise
Evacuation
11. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Spin
Action item
Salaries
Unpreventable crisis
12. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Delegation
Professionalism
Contact list
Message
13. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Accountability
Call/emergency meetings
Departmental/team objectives
Time-off request policy
14. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Meeting
Problem-solving team
Action meetings
Covers
15. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Professionalism
Planning
Accountability
Mediation
16. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Empathy
Mediation
Self-directed teams
Work styles
17. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Ground rules
Payroll standards
Progressive disciplinary action
Personal treatment
18. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Motivators/Satisfiers
Documentation
Internal communication
Stress Management
19. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Standard
Principles
Call/emergency meetings
Environmental noise
20. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Action item
Mentor
Cross-functional team
Salaries
21. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Team
Directing
Message channel
Root cause
22. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Stress Management
Action meetings
Delegation
Negotiation
23. Brief meetings in which the goal is to decide and commit to action
Semivariable costs
Covers
Problem-solving meetings
Action meetings
24. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Commissions
Minutes
Delegation
Self-disclosure
25. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Meeting
SWOT analysis
Action item
Floaters
26. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Structured exit interview
Alternative
Planning
Performing
27. A catastrophe that cannot be stopped from happening
Documentation
Unpreventable crisis
Action meetings
Brainstorming
28. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Value Statement
Stress Management
Individual performance of objectives
Evacuation
29. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Accountability
Employee absence policy
Preventable crisis
Internal communication
30. Providing encouragement - listening more than telling - and promoting team discussions
Performance standard
Certification
Control
Supporting
31. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Standard
Debrief meeting
Interpersonal communication
Compensation
32. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Crisis
Time-off request policy
Documentation
Control
33. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Debrief meeting
Forming
Progressive disciplinary action
Interpersonal communication
34. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Shift leaders
Nepotism
Sales projections
Directing
35. A chart that shows employees what days and hours they are expected to work
Departmental/team objectives
Crew schedule
Motivation
Problem
36. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Evacuation
Documentation
Information sender
Sexual harassment
37. Expand the responsibilities of a particular group of employees
Empathy
Interfunctional team
Merit pay
Management
38. The environment that a message travels through
Cross-functional team
Storming
Minutes
Message context
39. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Forming
Negotiation
Organizational goals
Budget
40. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Accountability
Semivariable costs
Principles
Professionalism
41. The medium through which the message will be communicated
Message channel
Motivators/Satisfiers
Organizational goals
Unstructured exit interview
42. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Problem-solving meetings
Problem solving
Action item
SWOT analysis
43. Handing a task over to a subordinate and assigning either authority - responsibility - or both to that person to carry out a specific activity
Formal communication
Delegation
Standard
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
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
Warm-up activity
Documentation
Message
45. 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)
Benchmark
Alternative
Self-disclosure
46. A conversation without prepared questions
Action plan
Unstructured exit interview
Cross-training
Salaries
47. Identifying what tasks - actions - and other events need to happen as a result of the meeting - as well as setting a date and time for the next meeting
Organizational communication
Next steps
Workplace Ethics
Ground rules
48. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Crew schedule
Accountability
Contingency plan
Planning
49. A catastrophe that can be precluded from happening
Preventable crisis
Team
Problem-solving team
Message context
50. Personal characteristics that are work-related
Delegation
Compensation
Work styles
Vision Statement