Human Resources Vocabulary Test

Human resources vocabulary test
1 Among the many (1)_______________ offered by the company in its efforts to

(2)_____________ a new vice president of manufacturing, were a luxury company car,
performance- related (3)________________ , full (4)________________ expenses,
including reimbursement for any loss incurred by selling his or her old home, and a
generous pension on retirement from the job at the age of 55.
relocation bonuses incentives appoint
2 The 20- strong sales (5)______________ was annoyed to discover that

(6)____________ was no longer (7)________________ them for expenses at the end of
each month, but on a bi-monthly basis instead.
reports supplies reimbursing
team maintenance rewarding
figures payroll reinvesting
pool production relocating
3 The (8)_______________ threatened to take the (9)______________ out on

strike if management carried out its plan to (10)______________________ the typing
(11) ____________ to an area of the building without windows.
transfer work force pool union
4 The supervisor who (12)_________________ the staff on the shop floor of the
furniture factory told a financial journalist that more than two-thirds of his
(13)_____________ had learned woodworking in a course given by a
(14)______________ high school or junior college.
head hunted managers primary
fired workers managerial
headed salespeople vocational
transferred accountants occupational
5 Personnel is now called “(15)_______________________.” Its prime functions

within the (16)_______________ , however, remain the (17)________________ and
subsequent (18)_________________ of new (19)__________________ .
training recruitment organization staff human resources
6 He (20) _________________ his position as warehouse manager when he

became certain that his yearly (21)________________ had gone badly. He knew that he
was unlikely to receive a (22)________________ in pay that year, and that there was not
much chance of (23)_____________ for him in the future.
resigned promotion appraisal raise
7 It is possible to hire a specialist company to prepare a (24)______________ for

you that puts your job (25)______________ and academic (26)______________ in the
best possible light to a prospective employer or (27)____________ you want to impress.
resume qualifications headhunter skills
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8 The assembly line workers were stunned when they were told as they
(28)______________ at 8 :30 that morning that because of a lack of sales during the last
Christmas selling period, they were to be (29)_________________ for a period of at least
three months. They also learned that the distribution manager had been
(30)____________ the previous day and was no longer with the company.
punched in recruited brought in
trained laid off paid off
retired rehired punched out
bought out retrained relocated
9 Although safety (31)_____________ in coal mines have dramatically improved

over the last 50 years, difficulty in breathing and the long-term risk of lung disease are
still regarded as major (32)______________ hazards of miners.
conditions conservational
risks occupational
machinery occasional
mechanism conversational
10 One of the drawbacks of working at home as a (33)_____________ is that you

lose the (34)___________that full-time workers are (35)____________ for, like company
–subsidized health insurance, maternity leave, a pension plan, and vacation pay.
benefits freelancer eligible maternity
11 She was awarded (36)_______________ when the court decided that she had
been (37)______________ against on the basis of race when (38)_____________ for a
(39)_____________ in the police force.
applying promotion compensation discriminated
12 It seemed unusual to many in the company that a person with a

(40)________________ in finance should be the leading (41)______________ to take up
the post of vice president in charge of (42)_________________ .
personnel employee background candidate
13 The bus company gave (43)_____________ to its drivers that any

(44)__________ members found (45)____________ for taxi companies would be
(46)_____________ immediately.
notice fired moonlighting staff
14 Our new (47)___________________ policy is to offer all

(48)__________________ a flexible package, with the option to work flextime, and an
index-linked (49)__________ on (50)_________________ at the age of 55.
retirement human resources pension workers
15 The personnel manager was in an unusual predicament and did not know what
to do. A (51)_______________ given by a person on her job application form had turned
out to be extremely negative toward the (52)______________ .The problem was that the
person had already been employed and her supervisor had reported that her work and
attitude had been excellent during her three-month probation period.
reference benefactor customer supervisor
candidate secretary manager appraiser

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1 Among the many (1)_______________ offered by the company in its efforts to

2 The 20- strong sales (5)______________ was annoyed to discover that

3 The (8)_ threatened to take the (9) out on

5 Personnel is now called “(15)_______________________.” Its prime functions

6 He (20) _________________ his position as warehouse manager when he

7 It is possible to hire a specialist company to prepare a (24)______________ for

9 Although safety (31)_____________ in coal mines have dramatically improved

10 One of the drawbacks of working at home as a (33)_____________ is that you

12 It seemed unusual to many in the company that a person with a

13 The bus company gave (43)_____________ to its drivers that any

14 Our new (47)___________________ policy is to offer all

candidate secretary manager appraiser

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