WORKPLACE READINESS REVISION EXAM 2025/2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Letter of recommendation - ✔✔A written document that assesses the qualities,
characteristics, and capabilities of a person, which is typically related to employment,
college program admission, or scholarship eligibility
✔✔Transcript - ✔✔An official report supplied by a school on the record of an individual
student, listing subjects studied, grades received, degrees awarded, etc
✔✔Scholarship - ✔✔A sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of
merit, need, etc , to pursue his or her studies
✔✔Life values - ✔✔Personal standards that one believes is worthwhile and important
for overall happiness
✔✔Post-Secondary Education/Training Plan - ✔✔A personal plan of action following
high school to develop skills needed for the world of work
✔✔Master's Degree - ✔✔An academic degree awarded by a college or university upon
those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the Bachelor's Degree
✔✔Personal management - ✔✔A self awareness and management process to develop
skills necessary to maximize personal growth
✔✔Career Readiness Certificate - ✔✔A document based on the WorkKeys® job skills
assessment system for individual who score at certain levels on three WorkKeys
assessments—Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information
✔✔Budget - ✔✔An itemized list of expected income and expense for a given period in
the future
✔✔Competency - ✔✔The quality or state of being mentally competent physically and
intellectually
✔✔O*Net - ✔✔An on-line source of occupational information, providing comprehensive
information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations
✔✔Policy - ✔✔A deliberate plan of action to guide decisions
✔✔ACT WorkKeys - ✔✔Foundational and personal skills assessments providing
reliable and relevant information about workplace skill levels
, ✔✔Career One Stop - ✔✔An internet source for career information provided by the US
Dept of Labor to help manage one's career
✔✔Employable - ✔✔Having the skills and abilities necessary to hold a job
✔✔Occupational Outlook Handbook - ✔✔An on-line source for career information
provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
✔✔Labor laws - ✔✔State and federal safety regulations and compliance assistance to
protect the wages, health benefits, retirement security, employment rights, safety, and
health of America's workforce
✔✔SCANS skills - ✔✔Broad academic and workplace skills developed by the
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
✔✔Soft skills - ✔✔Personal and interpersonal qualities, abilities, and social graces
✔✔Transferable skills - ✔✔Acquired non-job specific skills or abilities that are applicable
when changing jobs
✔✔Technology skills - ✔✔Essential ability to use computer and information electronic
equipment
✔✔Dependability - ✔✔The quality of being reliable and trustworthy
✔✔Communication skills - ✔✔The ability to convey a message through various forms
and receive feedback
✔✔Collaboration - ✔✔To work jointly with others
✔✔Demographics - ✔✔The characteristics of human populations and population
segments, especially when used to identify consumer markets
✔✔Discrimination - ✔✔Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather
than individual merit; partiality or prejudice
✔✔Listening skills - ✔✔A person's ability to pay attention to or heed what others are
saying
✔✔Interpersonal skills - ✔✔The measure of a person's ability to operate within business
organizations through social communication and interactions
✔✔Cooperation - ✔✔A combination of people working together for mutual benefits
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Letter of recommendation - ✔✔A written document that assesses the qualities,
characteristics, and capabilities of a person, which is typically related to employment,
college program admission, or scholarship eligibility
✔✔Transcript - ✔✔An official report supplied by a school on the record of an individual
student, listing subjects studied, grades received, degrees awarded, etc
✔✔Scholarship - ✔✔A sum of money or other aid granted to a student, because of
merit, need, etc , to pursue his or her studies
✔✔Life values - ✔✔Personal standards that one believes is worthwhile and important
for overall happiness
✔✔Post-Secondary Education/Training Plan - ✔✔A personal plan of action following
high school to develop skills needed for the world of work
✔✔Master's Degree - ✔✔An academic degree awarded by a college or university upon
those who complete at least one year of prescribed study beyond the Bachelor's Degree
✔✔Personal management - ✔✔A self awareness and management process to develop
skills necessary to maximize personal growth
✔✔Career Readiness Certificate - ✔✔A document based on the WorkKeys® job skills
assessment system for individual who score at certain levels on three WorkKeys
assessments—Applied Mathematics, Reading for Information, and Locating Information
✔✔Budget - ✔✔An itemized list of expected income and expense for a given period in
the future
✔✔Competency - ✔✔The quality or state of being mentally competent physically and
intellectually
✔✔O*Net - ✔✔An on-line source of occupational information, providing comprehensive
information on key attributes and characteristics of workers and occupations
✔✔Policy - ✔✔A deliberate plan of action to guide decisions
✔✔ACT WorkKeys - ✔✔Foundational and personal skills assessments providing
reliable and relevant information about workplace skill levels
, ✔✔Career One Stop - ✔✔An internet source for career information provided by the US
Dept of Labor to help manage one's career
✔✔Employable - ✔✔Having the skills and abilities necessary to hold a job
✔✔Occupational Outlook Handbook - ✔✔An on-line source for career information
provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
✔✔Labor laws - ✔✔State and federal safety regulations and compliance assistance to
protect the wages, health benefits, retirement security, employment rights, safety, and
health of America's workforce
✔✔SCANS skills - ✔✔Broad academic and workplace skills developed by the
Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS)
✔✔Soft skills - ✔✔Personal and interpersonal qualities, abilities, and social graces
✔✔Transferable skills - ✔✔Acquired non-job specific skills or abilities that are applicable
when changing jobs
✔✔Technology skills - ✔✔Essential ability to use computer and information electronic
equipment
✔✔Dependability - ✔✔The quality of being reliable and trustworthy
✔✔Communication skills - ✔✔The ability to convey a message through various forms
and receive feedback
✔✔Collaboration - ✔✔To work jointly with others
✔✔Demographics - ✔✔The characteristics of human populations and population
segments, especially when used to identify consumer markets
✔✔Discrimination - ✔✔Treatment or consideration based on class or category rather
than individual merit; partiality or prejudice
✔✔Listening skills - ✔✔A person's ability to pay attention to or heed what others are
saying
✔✔Interpersonal skills - ✔✔The measure of a person's ability to operate within business
organizations through social communication and interactions
✔✔Cooperation - ✔✔A combination of people working together for mutual benefits
