Cont. Sample Q & A Flashcards
Function of HR
Attract, engage, develop, reward, retain talent
Labor relations deal with
unions, policies/procedures, bargaining agreements
Performance evaluations include:
planning, assessment, feedback, coaching
LMS
Learning Management Systems
Social Learning
experience, knowledge, cultural understanding of each generation
Cost of goods
Direct costs to produce product incl. labor
Simple balance sheet aka:
Statement of Financial Position
ACH (automatic clearing house)
network for clearing financial transactions
Four primary record value categories:
Business/Operational, legal/reg., financial, historical
PII
Personally identifiable information
FIFO
First in, first out
ERP (enterprise resource planning)
software to manage day-to-day bus. activities
PMI
Project Management Institute
KPI
Key Performance Indicators
Board meetings
Brings executives together w/ governing board
ESG (event specification guide)
working docs. w/ info about event - for staff
F&B
Food & Beverage
Local Meeting Professionals
PYM, MeCo, Meeting Prof. Int’l
BEO
Banquet Event Order
Chartered transportation
groups 10 or more - bus, shuttle, trolley
Bureau of Consular Affairs
website w/ travel requirements, needed vaccines, & warnings
Non-traditional venue
historical facilities, restaurants, museums, arenas
GroupWise
online tool for meeting planning
Analog record
paper or micrographic, photos, film
Digital copier
device that scans physical docs. to electronic
APA (American Psych. Assoc.)
Writing about medicine, health
Qualitative research
mix of hard/anecdotal data - why people behave
Internet
network connecting millions of computers
Yammer
Internet social network
share ideas & images
WordPress
blogging platform
WAN
wide area
Wi-fi
network w/o direct cable
CSV (comma separated values)
format open in spreadsheet
GIF (graphic interchange format)
lossless file for static & animated images
Snapshot
copy of entire computer system at certain time
Sentences should be below ____ words
20
Coordinating conjunction
join 2 or more independent clauses w/ and, but, yet (comma)
Transitional expressions are:
therefore, however
Information repositories:
Information maintained across network. SharePoint, OneNote, Google Docs, Dropbox
Chart
Visual representation of data
Scatter plot
2 dimensional; using dots to represent values
Variable
Quantity or value displayed in chart
Graph
Chart representing relationship 2 variables
Cloud tools for charts include:
LucidChart, Amcharts, Chartgo
MLA (Modern lang assoc)
For writing about literature/arts
Chicago
For writing about history
Web design quality should be between ___ & ____
72 & 200 dpi
Print design quality should be _______ or above
300 dpi
In finance, CDs are:
Certificates of deposit - fixed
Interest
Percent paid by bank
Overdraft
withdrawing more $ than you have
Safe Deposit Box
at bank for customer valuables
Style guides examples:
Elements of style, Gregg Reference, Chicago, Franklin Covey
Cognitive leap of the brain
brain superimposes what supposed to be written w/ actually written
Cliches
worn out phrases
BLUF approach (communicating)
bottom line up front
Ideal score for readability is:
7 or 8
Subject line should include:
Reason + Subject; Purpose + Topic
Proposals
persuasive reports for consideration
Reference documents
record for future reference
Ethnocentrism
Belief your ethic group is better
Filter
Comprises biases, personal beliefs, outside influence
Herzberg’s motivational factors:
achiev, recogn, job. perf, responsibility, advance, feedback
Customer service
assisting customers w/ Qs & needs
Destination point
Deciding if document….action or information
Confirmation bias
….evidence that supports expected outcome
Cross/multi functional or matrix teams
people from different areas of expertise, common goal
Anecdotal evidence
based on person’s thoughts/feelings
Accounts Receivable
for goods/services sold on credit
Cloud tool
online tool to create charts & embed
Client-facing mtgs.
External mtgs w/ clients
Brainstorming
Teams share ideas
Dangling modifiers
Word/phrase…not clearly stated
Data archiving
Docs stored for later/long-term reference
Deficiency Needs (D needs)
1st 4 needs of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs
Deluxe room
Step up from standard
Descriptive statistics
method central tendency/standard deviation
Font
complete asst. of characters
Herzberg Hygiene Theory
…which factors….cause satisfaction/dissatisfaction
Interpersonal dynamics
study…how body language..support/negate
Lack of accountability
reason people do not provide satisfactory justification for actions
In planning event, a planning document is:
detailed info incl. resources, costs, …
Revenue projections
Estimate of revenue….historical data
Project
Temporary endeavor
Statement of Financial Activities
Income/revenue for…period of time
Teleconferences
meetings via the phone
Typeface
characters in consistent type/style
Unethical decision making
lack in moral principles
Videoconference mtgs.
Meet diff. places, hear/see ea. other on computer
Web conference mtg.
Visual/audio transfer through VoIP; e-meetings
Withdrawal
taking $ out of acct.
Variable costs
periodic costs that change