Professional Development/Workplace Skills Quiz

Honest goal setting usually helps you to ________ your priorities.

• confuse

• clarify

• conceal

• complicate

Rechargeable batteries are an example of what type of innovation?

Mel is about to decide which job to take—using only the facts. As she compares and contrasts information about each job opportunity, Mel is showing that she is aware of which decision-making influence?

• Input

• Framing

• Logic

• Style

Rob decides that he really can't know if Patrick will help him unless he asks, so he decides to do so. Which step of the seven-step problem-solving method does this situation illustrate?

What activity are Nikki and Josh performing when they read over a scenario and then act out the parts in a training class?

• Experimenting

• Brainstorming

• Meditation

• Role-playing

In order to decide which tasks are most important and the order in which the tasks are to be completed, planners can use the ________.

• GDP Factor.

• ABC Principle.

• KHZ Factor.

• XYZ Principle.

Employees who arrive at work on time and direct their own work-related activities during the course of the day usually possess positive ________ skills.

• personal-orientation

• self-conceptual

• inner-qualitative

• self-management

Which of the following is an example of a right that workers should expect to have in the workplace:

• Freedom from discrimination

• Flexible work schedule

• Unlimited personal time

• Access to company information

One way to obtain reliable and up-to-date information about employment trends in a certain career or field is by:

• speaking with a salesperson.

• reading older periodicals.

• asking retired workers.

• visiting government websites.

When using exploratory interviews to identify occupational interests, you should try to interview someone who:

• has an executive position in the company.

• used to have the kind of job you want.

• holds the kind of job you want.

• hires people for the kind of job you want.