Career Prep Midterms Review
How many Career Clusters are there?
16
When was the Occupation Safety & Health Act enacted?
1970
If leave is foreseeable, how much advance notice should be given?
30 days
Employers are required to pay overtime after how many hours have been worked?
40 hours per week
Approximately how many work-related injuries or illnesses are reported each year?
5,000,000
What formula will appear in cell C7 if the formula =B6*$B$1 is copied from cell C6 to cell C7?
=B7*$B$1
A cell references that does not change when copied because a dollar sign has been placed in front of both the column letter and row number, such as $A$5.
Absolute cell referance
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for keeping very careful track of how money is spent in a company or organization
Accounting
The selected cell displayed with a bold outline. Data can only be entered into an active cell.
Active cell
Education and Training Health Science
Administration and Administrative Support
Consider every detail of every option over and over again
Agony
Which of the following achievements of Randy helps kids have fun while learning something hard?
Alice
Position of text in a paragraph relative to the sides of the page. Left, right, centered, and justified are alignments.
Alignment
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of organizational structures?
All organizations require a minimum number of people
What is the shortcut key for Switching between applications?
Alt+Tab
What situation would qualify an employee for 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the FMLA?
An employee on maternity leave caring for a new child
Which of the following is not a part of the priority list for the OSHA enforcement schedule?
Anonymous reports
Data required by a function to perform calculations.
Argument
One reason to make a decision is to
Arrive at a solution which ends uncertainty or a displute,selecting a course of action, making a choice between two or more alternatives
Which of the following actions is recommended in how to deal with a bully?
Attack the problem, not the person.
Function that adds the values of the cells in a range and divides the result by the number of cells in the range.
Average
Which technological tool is important for storing critical files?
Battery backup systems and drives
A(n) _______________ is a small program that tells the operating system how to communicate with a device.
Driver
Which of the following career pathway of Human Services is responsible for providing services that may relate to things as different as purchase of real estate, creating a public image for a company, overseeing property, or having text or conversation translated to another language?
Consumer Services
Law, Public Safety, Corrections, and Safety
Correction Services
Human Services
Counseling & Mental Health Services
Being able to evaluate arguments and information quickly, solve problems creatively and identify mistakes with efficiency is referred to as
Critical thinking
Jane remains relevant to the point, seeks information as well as precision in information and is open-minded to new ideas exibits which employability skill?
Critical thinking
What short-cut keys selects all files?
Ctrl+A
what is the shortcut for copying a file?
Ctrl+C
What is the shortcut key for creating a new document?
Ctrl+N
What is the shortcut key for printing a document?
Ctrl+P
The data to be charted.
Data range
A set of related data to be plotted on a chart.
Data series
Striving to ensure a quality performance, such as putting in extra hours beyond what is expected is an example of which ethical skill?
Dedication
Procrastination is a decision-making strategy to do which of the following?
Delay making a decision
Which of the following is not covered under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act?
Discrimination based on political views
Which of the following menu commands provides you the capability to find and replace text within your document?
Edit, Find & Replace
Inspiring trust and confidence is a Cluster responsibility of which Cluster?
Education and Training
Is possibly the most important skill in the workplace
Effective communication
What do surge protectors help prevent in the workplace?
Electrical fires
Which of the following is an occupation in the Architecture and Construction Cluster?
Electrician
Which of the following career pathway of Law, Public Safety, Corrections and Security is responsible for protecting the public by helping when there are emergencies
Emergency & Fire Management Services
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)
Engineering & Technology
If you have the capability to see the "big picture" and like complexity and puzzles then you have the characteristics that make you ideally suited for a career in
Enterprise Systems Analysis and Integration
What are some factors in decision making?
Environment, peers, family
What does EEOC stand for?
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
"Don't worry about it!" Valerie deflected when her mom asked about her homework. This is an example of which decision-making strategy?
Escape
Paragraph format that adds more space between each line of text.
Double Spaniin
Which of the following methods may be used to open an application?
Double-click on an icon, Right-click on an icon and select "Open", Select the program from the Start menu
Avoid a decision or make up an answer to deflect an injury
Escape
Organizational structures should accomplish which of the following?
Establish growth and reach objectives
Which of the following is an appropriate sanitation practice?
Establish hand-washing procedures when appropriate
Which of the following is an advantage of the indoor workplace?
Established work area
What must an employee do to perform their role in a safe and healthy work environment?
Execute appropriate judgment and behavior
I enjoy discussing questions about life
Existential
Transportation, Distribution and Logistics
Facility & Mobile Equipment Maintenance
Which act provided child labor laws?
Fair Labor Standard Act
A graphical user interface typically is more difficult to learn and use than a command-line interface because it requires memorization of a command language.
False
A multiprocessing operating system uses the computer hardware to simulate several virtual machines.
False
A multitasking operating system uses the computer hardware to simulate several virtual machines.
False
A person must have suffered economically in order to claim to be a victim of harassment.
False
A picture is moved by dragging a handle.
False
A synonym is a word that has an opposite meaning.
False
Coca-Cola® is an example of a business-to-consumer business.
False
Columns are horizontal.
False
Delayed payments ofent help you save money in the long run.
False
Emotions play a more important role in decision making than intellect.
False
Etiquette are values or standards which direct the way individuals live.
False
Fear of failure makes all people more determined to ensure they make the right decision.
False
Fonts, or letter shapes, fall into two main categories: Serif and Times New Roman.
False
If you are running a UNIX or Linux operating system on your computer, you can use the same software that you use for a computer running Windows.
False
Individual columns on a worksheet are identified by a number.
False
Most IT workers must sit at a desk all day
False
Scarcity is the problem of society having limited wants and needs, while possessing unlimited resources.
False
The header area should display at the bottom of the every page
False
The kernel contains external commands.
False
affects employers when dealing with chronic health problems of employees
Family Medical Leave Act
With Windows, the formatting process defines the _____________, which is a table of information that the operating system uses to locate files on the disk.
File Allocation Table
Shape of a set of characters.
Font
Text that is printed at the bottom of each page.
Footer
consists of upward, downward and horizontal communication
Formal Communication
Which of the following menu commands provides you the capability to change an existing style?
Format | Paragraph Styles
__________________ is the process of preparing a disk for reading and writing.
Formatting
Area near the top of the worksheet window that displays the contents of the active cell.
Formula bar
A business organization in which an entity allows another business to operate under the name of the sponsoring company like "McDonalds" is called a .
Franchise
to friend; to accept another user's friend request on a social networking website
Friending
Performs a calculation that results in a single value
Function
Randy Pausch's advice in dealing with difficult people is to
Give them time, eventually they'll surprise you
___ are set up in order to plan how one will obtain a want or need.
Goals
Forensic accountant is an example of a(n) __________________ occupation within the Finance Cluster?
Government
Have a good ability to learn and use language to accomplish your goals
Have a good ability to learn and use language to accomplish your goals
What was one of the most useful tools Randy Pausch used to inform the students how well they were doing in a project group setting?
Having each group member rate the other
Text that is printed at the top of each page.
Header
decentralized; employees make more of their own decisions, communication is less distorted
Horizontal Organizations
Which of the following is true about horizontal organizational structures?
Horizontal organizations handle problems faster
Food service manager is an example of a career in which of the following career clusters?
Hospitality and Tourism
Business Management and
Human Resources Management
Assisting people with decisions is a Cluster responsibility of which Cluster?
Human Services
Which of the following statements is an example of a good goal?
I want to graduate in the top 10 of my class
Go with first reaction
Impulse
Pettiness, rudeness, profanity, "attitude" are characteristics of which inappropriate behavior?
Incivility
commonly known as the "grapevine"
Informal Communication
Which of the following is also known as "the grapevine."
Informal communication
What refers to the day-to-day work procedures, social and informal interactions and corporate environment.
Informal structures
Information Technology
Information Support & Services
Which of the following career pathway of Information Technology is responsible for collecting, entering, and analyzing data by computer. Some organize computer databases?
Information Support & Services
Where must you click in order to move a window to a new location?
Inside the title bar
Finance
Insurance
I learn best interacting with others
Interpersonal
I need to know why I should do something
Intrapersonal
What question should you ask your self when determining if a certain action you are deciding to take is ethical?
Is it illegal? Does it follow policy and procedures? Do I have to think twice? Would I do it to someone I trust?
How does surfing the Internet during business hours negatively effect the
It can spread viruses to other computers and it can expose private details to co-workers
How does surfing the Internet during business hours negatively effect the workplace?
It can spread viruses to other computers and it can expose private details to co-workers
What happens when you minimize a window?
It shrinks down to a button on the taskbar
Character format that makes text slanted.
Italic text
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for gathering information, write news stories, and get them out to the public
Journalism & Broadcasting
Paragraph format where both sides of the paragraph are straight.
Justified alignment
I enjoy making things with my hands
Kinesthetic
________________ is the ability to motivate people to accomplish a better result for an organization
Leadership
Data graphed using a continuous line.
Line chart
Hospitality Services
Lodging
Strength in this intelligence suggests that you are good at math and good at analyzing problems logically.
Logical/Math
Which of the following career pathway of Manufacturing is responsible for getting materials needed to the right place at the right time?
Logistics & Inventory Control
People who work in this pathway of Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics plan the best way for people and goods to be moved.
Logistics Planning & Management Services
What should be considered before accepting a job which requires physical labor?
Loss of work due to weather conditions
Which of the following is NOT an example of an industry occupation in the Law, Public Safety, Corrections & Security Cluster?
Loss prevention specialist
Architecture and Construction
Maintenance /Operations
The Americans with Disabilities Act does not require employees to do which of the following?
Make accommodations that would cause financial hardship
Real estate broker is an occupation in which Cluster?
Marketing
Which of the following career pathway of Marketing is responsible for figuring out what causes people to buy products and services?
Marketing Research
Solving problems comes easily to me
Math/Logical
Which of the following is NOT one of the Career Clusters?
Medicine
Marketing
Merchandising
Which of the following is an occupation in the Health Science Cluster?
Microbiologist
control loose wires or fraying cords
Monitor Outlets
I enjoy many kinds of music
Musical
Government and Public Administration
National Security
A high score in this intelligence suggests that you like the outdoors and that you might like studying animals and natural systems. This intelligence suggests that you are good at noticing subtle differences, and that you are skilled in identifying patterns in the natural world.
Naturalist
I enjoy studying biology, botany and/or zoology
Naturalist
Which characteristic of a good employee calls for looking ahead and taking care of "challenges" before they become problems?
Positive and Proactive Attitude
Deciding what tasks are urgent or important and completing those items first describes which skill of time management?
Prioritizing
Which employability skill requires gathering reliable information, assessing the information for answers and selecting a suitable solution based on the situation?
Problem Solving
___________________ allows for making decisions by creating a step-by-step process which allows an employee to work through problems in a systematic way.
Problem Solving
Delay until someone else makes the decision
Procrastination
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for assisting people with personal and family needs, mental health assistance, education goals and career making decisions
Professional Support Services
Is a specific style of behavior in the workplace
Professionalism
How should employers promote nutrition and exercise in the workplace?
Provide discounts to area gyms
What was the importance of Coach Graham riding and criticizing young Randy all day during practice?
Randy got to understand the importance of accepting criticism
__ is understanding the facts in a situation and weighing them when making a decision.
Reality
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for using their knowledge of rules, laws and regulatory systems to protect our health, safety and environment
Regulation
Which of the following is a disadvantage of an indoor work environment?
Repetitive environment
To remain safe in the workplace, employees should do which of the following?
Report violations
__ involves being accountable for one's actions and regarding all options when making a decision.
Responsibility
Paragraph format where the right edge of the paragraph is straight and the left edge is jagged.
Right alignment
Goals should be
SMART: specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-bound
Which of the following inappropriate behaviors is illegal?
Sexual Harrassment
Sarah logs into Facebook while at work and uploads photos of a party she went to over the weekend. Which of the following could NOT occur due to her use of social media?
She could receive a promotion for her social skills
What key is used to allow you to create a range of files and folders?
Shift
an online network of individuals where users can connect with other users through photographs, updates and common interests; Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Friendster
Social Networking
A process called _________________ sends print jobs to a buffer instead of sending them immediately to the printer.
Spooling
prevent against electrical fires
Surge Protectors
`_________________ consists of programs that control the operations and its devices.
System software
Specifies a location within a line of text.
Tab stop
Characters used to position text within a line.
Tabs
Your company has a confidentiality policy, however you were paid by a competitor to leak trade secrets. Due to this breach of confidentiality, which of the following could happen?
Termination
centralized and often used by large companies; follow a specific chain of command
Vertical Organizations
With ___________________, the operating system allocates a portion of a storage medium, usually the hard disk, to function as additional RAM.
Virtual memory
I can recall things in mental pictures
Visual/Spatial
Which of the following acts authorized largest amount of federal funds ever allocated for vocational education ?
Vocational Applied Technology Education Act
Which of the following is an occupation in the Agriculture, Food & Natural Resources Cluster?
Welder
What is the shortcut key for opening File Explorer?
Windows+E
__ is a set of values based on the moral virtues of hard work and perseverance.
Work ethic
program dedicated to providing insurance for work-related injuries
Worker's Compensation
Charlie fell while moving boxes at work and broke his leg. Which of the following will pay for his medical expenses?
Workers' compensation
set of rules which define the professional manner within a company; many times written down and distributed in the form of a company handbook
Workplace Policies
step-by-step descriptions of how duties or functions are to be performed within a job; can also be written down and distributed in the form of a company handbook
Workplace Procedures
Defamation or hostility towards a person is a characteristic of which of the following inappropriate behaviors?
Workplace harassment
Which of the following careers falls into the Finance Cluster?
auditor
Which of the following is an example of indoor workplace injury or disease?
back problems, carpel tunnel, depression
What is the best way to organize files?
by category
Which of the following careers falls into the Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communication Career Cluster?
choreographers
Page numbers can be added to a footer by placing the insertion point in the footer and then
clicking Insert,Page Number
Cells are referenced by _____________.
column letter and row number
Which of the following careers falls into the Government and Public Administration Cluster?
combat control officer
Substance abuse in the workplace can lead to
decreased productivity
__________________ a disk, or reorganizing it so the files are stored in contiguous sectors, speeds up data access and thus the performance of the entire computer.
defragmenting
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for preparing detailed plans for the construction of buildings and other kinds of things?
design/pre-construction
Word processing is the ability to produce or modify text to create a _____________.
document
Bill Gates developed the microcomputer operating system called CPM.
false
What was the first dream Randy checks off in his list of accomplishments?
floating
Being skilled in managing stress can result in
greater productivity in the workplace, improved mental and physical health, greater success in life
Right aligned text
has a jagged left edge and a straight right edge.
Which of the following resources publishes the Occupation Outlook Handbook?
http://www.bls.gov
An individual is more likely to gain employment in today's job market with
knowledge of technology
According to Randy Pausch, the purpose of brick walls is to
let us prove how badly we want something
People with the following characteristics are suited for a career in technical support.
likes people, likes communication and teamwork, helps others understand, and happy to share what has been learned
Proper speech can show an individual as
mature, confident, intelligent, professional
Which of the following careers falls into the Health Science Cluster?
medical records and health information technician, athletic trainers, microbiologist
What type of pointing device is commonly used with a graphical user interface
mouse
The two types of system software are ____.
operating systems and utility programs
A file manager ____.
performs functions related to storage and file management
Which of the following careers falls into the Business Management and Administration Career Cluster?
public relations manager
Which of the following habits is not representative of a positive financial habit.
purchasing items you want rather than need
A sign of good note taking skills is that your notes may prove to be difficult to ____________ the next day.
read
When you change values in a spreadsheet, formulas are ___________ automatically.
recalculated
How are misspelled words identified in Writer?
red squiggly line
To correct a misspelled word
right-click the word and then select the correct spelling from the menu.
If you make a mistake on homework problems, you should rework and work __________ problems until you understand the concept.
similar
Which of the following careers falls into the Education and Training Career Cluster?
social worker
It is the teacher's responsibility to ________, it is the student's responsibility to _______.
teach, learn
Columns and rows are used ____________.
to organize data or information in a spreadsheet
Bringing together different view points helps create solutions to an issue.
true
A way to change the size of selected text is to
use the Font Size box on the toolbar.
The two types of system software include operating systems and ____________.
utility programs
Which of the following is a(n) characteristic of bullying?
verbal abuse, offensive conduct/behaviors (including nonverbal) which are threatening, humiliating or intimidating, work interference -- sabotage -- which prevents work from getting done
Experience is
what you get when you don't get what you want
To communicate with each device in the computer, an operating system relies on device drivers.
True
Use a sans serif font for headings because it helps draw attention to paragraph text below it.
True
Use bulleted lists for items not requiring a specific sequence.
True
What-if analysis is a powerful tool for testing the impact of changing values in a formula.
True
When making decisions, you should try to avoid listening to your impulses.
True
You must use Styles to generate a table of contents.
True
Let someone else decide; handing over control
Compliance
If you like to keep things organized and in order and you give careful attention to organization, procedure, and structure then you may like a career in
Computer Programming
Which of the following is not a type of characteristic of indoor work environments.
Physical labor
Which of the following involves identifying your goal and the steps you will take to achieve it?
Planning
Choose the alternative with the lowest level of risk
Play it safe
Changing the margins can affect the number of pages in a document
True
Employability is used to describe the positive work behaviors and personal qualities which make individuals more likely to gain employment and succeed in their chosen career.
True
Employability skills are often more important to employers than having specific job-related skills
True
Ethical behavior governs the way people behave towards family members, employers, supervisors, co-workers and customers.
True
Every formula in a spreadsheet must begin with an equal sign.
True
Holding down the SHIFT key ensures the picture will resize proportionally.
True
Impulse buying appeals to the emotional side of the consumer.
True
In a cooperative multitasking system, the CPU access is controlled by other programs being used.
True
Limited financial resources can be managed with proper budgeting and allocation of funds.
True
Selecting a row and then clicking the Insert Rows button on the context menu adds a row below the selected row.
True
Serif font is excellent for body text because their "feet" lead your eye across the page, and make long passages easier to read.
True
System software serves as the interface between the user, the application software, and a computer's hardware.
True
Tables also provide more formatting options for borders and shading.
True
Tabs are used to position text within a line.
True
Templates are documents in which all the formatting and layout has already been done.
True
The computer industry is in a continual state of change.
True
The operating system can give higher priority to important programs by allocating them more time slices.
True
How can you have a positive attitude when it comes time to take a quiz or test?
Begin reviewing early
Health Science
Biotechnology Research and Services
Which of the following requires coming up with as many solutions as possible.
Brainstorming
An entity engaged in the purchase or sale of specific commodities is referred to as a(n) ___.
Business
Which of the following is NOT a Pathway in the Business Management & Administration Cluster?
Business Finance
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for designing, installing, maintaining and use general accounting systems to prepare, analyze and verify financial reports and related economic information to help make important financial decisions for an organization
Business Information Management
How can you stop harassment from occuring?
By not harassing others, by providing feedback to others who engage in offensive behavior, By reporting harassment when it continues
Which of the following acts changed the term "vocational education" to "career and technical education" CTE?
Career and Technical Education Improvement Act 2006
The intersection of a row and column is a
Cell
The column letter and row number used to identify a cell, such as B3.
Cell referance
Alignment format that positions text evenly between the left and right margins.
Center Alignment
In order to adequately prepare for class you should read the ______ before the class actually meets
Chapter Material
A formatting level that affects the selected characters.
Character format
Displays dialog boxes where the user can select options to create a chart.
Chart Wizard
Which of the following skills is(are) examples of teamwork.
Collaboration, conflict resolution, reliability, bringing together different view points
Data graphed as a series of vertical bars.
Column chart
Which of the following is not covered in the Occupational Safety & Health Act?
Nutrition
What requires frequent safety and health inspections?
OSHA
How would you address an employee who is abusing substances?
Offer rehabilitation programs
A(n) _________________ is a set of programs containing instructions that coordinates all of the activities among computer resources.
Operating System
Changes the pagination in a document.
Page break
A formatting level that affects the entire document.
Page format
The process of determining where one page ends and another begins
Pagination
The technique of swapping items between memory and storage is often called ______________.
Paging
A formatting level that affects the selected paragraph(s).
Paragraph format
Which of the following types of bullies is the most common?
The Snake
What happens when you select a file then select the cut command?
The icon dims
Which of the following should not be considered when creating workplace policies?
They should be reviewed once
When an operating system spends too much of its time paging, instead of executing application software, it is said TO BE
Thrashing
Which of the following menu commands provides you the capability to activate the word count command in Writer?
Tools, Word Count
Which of the following illustrates the correct flow of a formal structure?
Top management Middle management Supervisors Employees
Which of the following career pathway of Transportation, Distribution, and Logistics is responsible for planning transportation systems - such as subways, railroads, and road systems?
Transportation Systems/Infrastructure Planning, Management & Regulation
A spreadsheet can convert numerical calculations into charts and graphs to show relationships graphically.
True
A spreadsheet is a worksheet that resembles a table and is used for organizing numbers.
True
Adjacent cells are cells that are next to each other.
True
An opportunity cost is the cost of an item in terms of other opportuniies which were given up.
True
Both the harasser and employer may be personally liable for damages.
True
Brick walls are there to prove how badly you want something.
True
A cell reference that changes when it is copied is called
a relative cell reference.
Which of the following career pathway is responsible for coordinating all activities which contribute to the production of agricultural commodities and resources?
agribusiness
A multitasking operating system ____.
allows a single user to work on two or more applications at the same time