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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 person for whom the communication is intended
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Information receiver
Conflict resolution
Brainstorming
2. Refers not only to a person demonstrating exceptional industry skills and knowledge but also consistently conducting themselves with high standards
Stress Management
Budget
Professionalism
Meeting
3. Meals to be served
Covers
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Deployment chart
Control
4. Refers to the need to exercise leadership and apply authority over others
Payroll standards
Contact list
Control
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
5. The procedure and guidelines for employees to follow when they want time off from work
Professionalism
Motivators/Satisfiers
Favoritism
Time-off request policy
6. The many expressions and movements of a speaker that convey additional information about the message being given
Nonverbal communication
Deployment chart
Message context
Individual performance of objectives
7. Team members can analyze and solve problems effectively together
Performing
Internal communication
Conflict resolution
Merit pay
8. The norms regarding how meetings are run - how participants should interact - and what behavior is acceptable
Objective
Ground rules
Interpersonal communication
Affection
9. A process of working with and through others to get a significant task or project completed
Information sender
Storming
Evacuation
Delegation
10. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Ground rules
Information receiver
Self-disclosure
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
11. 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
Conflict resolution
Motivation
Certification
Semivariable costs
12. Meetings in which the purpose is to generate a list of ideas or creative solutions to an issue confronting the organization
Cross-training
Brainstorming meetings
Progressive disciplinary action
Listening
13. Further refine and divide the organizational goals and departmental objectives into smaller components that focus on an individual's contribution
Individual performance of objectives
Warm-up activity
Nepotism
Organizational communication
14. The act of identifying with the feelings - thoughts - or attitudes of another person
Empathy
Structured exit interview
Supporting
Message channel
15. Statements of desired results
Exit interview
Goal
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Ground rules
16. A group of individuals who operate as a unit for an assigned task or goal
Inclusion
Team
Formal communication
Cross-training
17. Meetings that share communication
Information meetings
Performing
Problem-solving team
Controllable costs
18. Any unwelcome sexual advance - request for sexual favors - or any conduct of a sexual nature
Sexual harassment
Parking lot
Cross-functional team
Facilitator
19. These objectives link to the organizational goals and help produce the desired outcome
Contingency plan
Departmental/team objectives
Professional Development
Workplace Ethics
20. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Communication
Listening
Measurable results
Facilitator
21. Tend to be associated with management positions since they are fixed dollar amounts for compensation
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Individual performance of objectives
Salaries
Inclusion
22. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Favoritism
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Mediation
Preventable crisis
23. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Measurable results
Mission Statement
Interfunctional team
Supporting
24. Factors that incite an employee to put out more effort and enthusiasm for his or her job
Informal communication
Control
Motivators/Satisfiers
Goal
25. A visible space to write those ideas or topics that are important and brought up in a meeting - but that cannot be addressed
Parking lot
Professional Development
Performance review cycles
Communication
26. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Action plan
Historical sales information
Accountability
Stress
27. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Individual performance of objectives
Performance standard
Debrief meeting
Affection
28. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Informal communication
Conflict resolution
Organizational goals
Performance standard
29. Process in which a third party listens and reviews facts and makes a decision to settle the conflict
Evacuation
Management schedule
Arbitration
Problem-solving model
30. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Vision Statement
Standard
Spin
Nonverbal communication
31. The process of removing customers and employees from the premises when a crisis occurs
Objective
Nonverbal communication
Evacuation
Root cause
32. A strategy developed in advance for dealing with newspaper - television - and radio reporters regarding the company's reaction to a crisis
Self-directed teams
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
Voluntary termination
Media policy
33. 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
Control
Core values
Message context
Formal communication
34. The standards of conduct or set of values and principles an individual or organization applies to work
Conflict resolution
Problem solving
Listening
Workplace Ethics
35. A projection of sales - costs - and profit that is used to guide day-to-day operational decisions
Value Statement
Scheduling
Budget
Standard
36. 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
Involuntary termination
Leadership
Message
Team
37. Being unfairly partial to one or more employees
Favoritism
Problem solving
Standard
Crisis
38. A report written by management reiterating the problem and its solution
Management schedule
Documentation
Informal communication
Controllable costs
39. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Call/emergency meetings
Arbitration
Performance standard
Master schedule
40. 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
Information meetings
Management
Message
Documentation
41. 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
Information sender
Professional Development
Stress
Minutes
42. Employees who - inaddition to their regularly assigned tasks - train new hires and perform other functions assigned by management
Crisis
Deployment chart
Agenda
Shift leaders
43. 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
Action meetings
Personal treatment
Interpersonal communication
Inclusion
44. A specific description or statement of what a manager wants to achieve
Problem-solving meetings
Organizational communication
Objective
Measurable results
45. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Accountability
Listening
Action item
Mentor
46. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Planning
Meeting
Cross-training
Time Management
47. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Collective bargaining agreement
Meeting
Documentation
Control
48. Any sound that interferes with clear reception
Salaries
Self-disclosure
Environmental noise
Objective
49. A process that assists the employee in improving his or her performance - and bringing it up to standards to avoid termination procedures
Certification
Progressive disciplinary action
Scheduling
Norming
50. Costs that management cannot control
Compensation
Information receiver
Noncontrollable costs
Communication