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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. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Supporting
Time-off request policy
Interpersonal communication
Decoding
2. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Leadership
Historical sales information
Planning
Personal treatment
3. 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)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Management
Certification
4. Statements of desired results
Goal
Information receiver
Problem-solving meetings
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
5. A question or situation that needs an answer or a solution
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Problem
Cross-functional team
Organizational communication
6. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Structured exit interview
Salaries
Conflict resolution
Motivation
7. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Parking lot
Compensation
Alternative
Self-disclosure
8. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Storming
Action item
Value Statement
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
9. Formulating the details of a meeting beforehand so you and the participants know what should occur during it
Planning
Message
Affection
Delegation
10. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Conflict resolution
Benchmark
11. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Action item
Problem-solving team
Bonuses
Contact list
12. 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
Salaries
Organizational communication
Core values
Inclusion
13. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Employee absence policy
Management
Nonverbal communication
Professionalism
14. The action or situation that initiates the problem
Cross-functional team
Motivation
Root cause
Brainstorming
15. A potential solution to a problem
Inclusion
Master schedule
Team
Alternative
16. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Problem-solving meetings
Negotiation
Management
Standard
17. A list of topics that will be reviewed or dealt with at a meeting
Message context
Agenda
Alternative
Motivation
18. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Floaters
Accountability
Objective
Self-directed teams
19. Refers to the need to feel a part of a group
Time-off request policy
Control
Warm-up activity
Inclusion
20. A method of collecting ideas from all participants without criticism or judgment
Individual performance of objectives
Brainstorming
Interpersonal communication
Professional Development
21. 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
Deployment chart
Interpersonal communication
Covers
22. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Wage
Professionalism
Call/emergency meetings
Stress Management
23. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Merit pay
Budget
Empathy
Media policy
24. Usually associated with a sales function and are a percentage of the money taken in on various types of sales
Standard
Preventable crisis
Forming
Commissions
25. The execution of processes and the use of tools that increase a person's efficiency and productivity
Planning
Time Management
Action meetings
Voluntary termination
26. A situation in which management must terminate an employee for one of four reasons - including lack of work for the individual - lack of funding - unsatisfactory performance - or violating a company policy
Norming
Involuntary termination
Standard
Call/emergency meetings
27. Someone who can play the role of a wise advisor for you
Informal communication
Core values
Mentor
Terminable acts
28. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Work styles
Action item
Exit interview
Informal communication
29. 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
Goal
Organizational communication
Minutes
Arbitration
30. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Planning
Supporting
Formal communication
Spin
31. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Internal communication
Voluntary termination
Problem solving
Goal
32. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Leadership
Mission Statement
Employee absence policy
Agenda
33. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Affection
Standard
Cross-functional team
Communication
34. Meals to be served
Delegation
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Forming
Covers
35. 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
Control
Covers
SWOT analysis
Performance review cycles
36. Costs that management can control
Controllable costs
Next steps
Salaries
Parking lot
37. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Bonuses
Standard
Professionalism
Goal
38. Uses a definite format that involves a set of questions to chart the employee's response
Bonuses
Structured exit interview
Action plan
Brainstorming meetings
39. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Contingency plan
Mediation
Certification
Standard
40. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Nepotism
Parking lot
Standard
Documentation
41. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Salaries
Delegation
Individual performance of objectives
Mediation
42. Someone who assists in making the meeting run easier
Preventable crisis
Historical sales information
Facilitator
Benchmark
43. Indicates that you have demonstrated a high level of skill and have met specific performance requirements by participating in a rigorous process to become certified
Certification
Warm-up activity
Networking
Debrief meeting
44. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Nepotism
Cross-training
Norming
Meeting
45. The main connection between the sender and receiver
Media policy
Message
Decoding
Facilitator
46. Those factors that cause a person to behave or act in either a goal-seeking or satisfying manner and may be influenced by physiological drives or by external stimuli
Facilitator
Deployment chart
Payroll standards
Motivation
47. A tool used to identify Strengths and Weaknesses and to examine Opportunities and Threats employees face in the organization
Message channel
Message context
SWOT analysis
Merit pay
48. Refers to the way in which managers interact with staff and the value system that governs their daily conduct
Agenda
Unstructured exit interview
Minutes
Personal treatment
49. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Floaters
Departmental/team objectives
Communication
Meeting
50. Employees who have the ability to perform more than one job on a regular basis within a foodservice operation
Personal treatment
Motivators/Satisfiers
Floaters
Deployment chart