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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. 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
Cross-training
Directing
Core values
Networking
2. Any message presented to staff to create a cohesive and productive workforce
Internal communication
Brainstorming
SWOT analysis
Action plan
3. Refines the vision statement by stating the purpose of the organization to employees and customers
Leadership
Mission Statement
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Mediation
4. A conversation without prepared questions
Cross-functional team
Unstructured exit interview
Performing
Mentor
5. Developing the message to be sent
Interfunctional team
Media policy
Encoding
Ground rules
6. A strategy of steps to carry out so that a problem does not recur
Performance standard
Action plan
Commissions
Mediation
7. Includes key personnel to be notified in the event of a crisis - such as each member of management
Contact list
Performance review cycles
Storming
Formal communication
8. The ability to inspire and motivate employees to behave in accordance with the vision of an organization and to accomplish the organization's goals
Information sender
Delegation
Leadership
Standard
9. Set by management to ensure the operation's profitability
Payroll standards
Meeting
Directing
Management schedule
10. Refers specifically to the pay that an employee receives as a result of working for the organization and is a subcategory to compensation
Media policy
Norming
Wage
Documentation
11. The reality of the project sets in for the team and various interpersonal conflicts begin to surface
Management
Storming
Value Statement
Noncontrollable costs
12. A strategy to share information that the receiver would not normally know
Commissions
Cross-functional team
Standard
Self-disclosure
13. The degree of responsibility an individual has to an activity
Accountability
Shift leaders
Message channel
Meeting
14. A process for developing employees' abilities to do tasks other than the ones they are regularly assigned to do
Cross-training
Sales projections
Call/emergency meetings
Documentation
15. 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
Documentation
Interpersonal communication
Conflict resolution
Performing
16. Created for the specific purpose of solving an immediate problem
Meeting
Work styles
Listening
Problem-solving team
17. A hybrid of favoritism in which a manager favors a relative for special assignments or promotions
Forming
Nepotism
Objective
Deployment chart
18. Occurs when an employee - of his or her own free will - decides to leave an organization
Semivariable costs
Mission Statement
Voluntary termination
Alternative
19. An estimate of future sales based on historical sales records and other information viewed as relevant by management
Management schedule
Sales projections
Crisis
Arbitration
20. A federal law that sets minimum wage - overtime pay - equal pay - record-keeping - and child-labor standards for covered employees
Measurable results
Agenda
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Value Statement
21. The originator and developer of the information that will be communicated
Information sender
Information receiver
Problem-solving model
Norming
22. Teams are getting to know each other - in addition to learning what will be required of them in order to achieve their assigned goal
Master schedule
Sexual harassment
Forming
Historical sales information
23. Meetings that share communication
Motivators/Satisfiers
Alternative
Mission Statement
Information meetings
24. Refers to a wide range of processes that encourages solutions to problems that do not require formal grievance steps within an organization
Message channel
Nepotism
Value Statement
Conflict resolution
25. Simply stated criteria used to determine whether a goal has been met
Crew schedule
Standard
Organizational goals
Message
26. A thought-out process presented in a logical sequence - which must be followed to arrive at a reasonable conclusion
Crisis
Commissions
Controllable costs
Problem solving
27. 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
Merit pay
Next steps
Supporting
Unpreventable crisis
28. Those costs that have both a fixed and variable element - such that one part will not change as sales volume changes - whereas the other part will change
Semivariable costs
Floaters
Standard
Shift leaders
29. The budgeted dollar amount for each type of cost
Employee absence policy
Minutes
Standard
Nepotism
30. 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
Networking
Standard
Communication
31. Composed of employees from different areas who focus on solving problems that impact their particular areas as well as the organization
Crisis
Exit interview
Cross-functional team
Involuntary termination
32. These goals focus on broad statements of what the organization as a whole wants to achieve
Measurable results
Conflict resolution
Organizational goals
Benchmark
33. Putting a positive thought into the public's mind following a negative situation
Alternative
Semivariable costs
Self-directed teams
Spin
34. Dollar amounts in addition to the regular wage and salary
Value Statement
Facilitator
Bonuses
Directing
35. Costs that management can control
Controllable costs
Message
Contingency plan
Contact list
36. A document outlining specific actions to take in the event of an emergency - crisis - or unexpected event
Organizational communication
Negotiation
Contingency plan
Performance standard
37. 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
Root cause
Core values
Networking
Performing
38. A chart that shows which days and times the management staff is expected to work
Payroll standards
Management schedule
Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Laws
Principles
39. Statements of desired results
Goal
Warm-up activity
Mission Statement
Management schedule
40. A criterion set by management that measures the quality and quantity of an employee's work
Preventable crisis
Professional Development
Unstructured exit interview
Performance standard
41. A specific point associated with an agenda item that needs some type of action performed
Budget
Documentation
Action item
Core values
42. Intact work units of a small group of employees who manage many daily operational issues with little supervision
Ground rules
Facilitator
Action item
Self-directed teams
43. A type of action meeting in which some type of crisis has occurred and immediate action must be taken
Exit interview
Action meetings
Call/emergency meetings
Problem-solving model
44. An assembly of people for the purpose of discussing or making decisions about some topics
Meeting
Employee absence policy
Planning
Self-disclosure
45. Simply an account of past sales volumes in a foodservice operation
Objective
Controllable costs
Historical sales information
Voluntary termination
46. Discussion between involved people with the goal of reaching an agreement that both can accept
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Payroll standards
Negotiation
Voluntary termination
47. Outcomes that can be assessed by some means within the areas of performance - learning - and perception
Favoritism
Action plan
Performance standard
Measurable results
48. All aspects of the project are evaluated
Ground rules
Debrief meeting
Compensation
Controllable costs
49. Actions by an employee that typically cause immediate termination
Environmental noise
Terminable acts
Next steps
Networking
50. Guidelines and procedures that explain how employees must notify management if they are unable to work
Deployment chart
Team
Action meetings
Employee absence policy