Deck 13: Advancing in Your Career

Question 1

A productive approach to take toward your supervisor is:

A) Find out about her personal life.
B) Ask your co-workers what they think of her.
C) Seek frequent contact with her.
D) Avoid her and do not bother her.

Answer 1

Seek frequent contact with her.

Question 2

When you take a problem to your supervisor, you should:

A) Know who is to blame.
B) Bring an array of possible solutions or recommendations.
C) Let your supervisor solve the problem.
D) Avoid taking problems to your supervisor.

Answer 2

Bring an array of possible solutions or recommendations.

Question 3

The benefits of having critical thinking skills is all the following except:

A) Employers are looking for employees and candidates with these skills.
B) Helps you bring creative ideas and solutions to problems.
C) Be able to make logical decisions without personal biases and emotions.
D) Alleviates stress and improve concentration at work.

Answer 3

Alleviates stress and improve concentration at work.

Question 4

When your supervisor requests you to do something:

A) Always drop everything else and respond to the request right away.
B) If you are busy with other tasks, ask about the urgency of the request.
C) Promise you will do it as soon as possible, even if you are not sure you have time.
D) See if the work can be given to someone else.

Question 5

Keeping in mind your supervisor's time, the most important use of the time you spend with her is:

A) When you have a complaint.
B) When you need guidance or have something important to communicate.
C) When you see a co-worker doing something wrong or underperforming.
D) When she has made a mistake and you want to correct in private.

Question 6

When your supervisor criticizes some aspect of your performance:

A) She is doing her job and helping you improve as an employee.
B) She does not like you.
C) She is wrong.
D) She lacks appreciation for your skills.

Question 7

You can contribute to a positive performance evaluation by doing all the following except:

A) Writing a self-evaluation a few weeks ahead of time for your manager, letting her know your impression of your own performance and reminding her of some of your accomplishments over the period being reviewed.
B) Being objective and open about your strengths and weaknesses.
C) Disagreeing with her when she is brings up areas of improvements.
D) Asking for more information and her recommendations.

Question 8

If you have a difficult supervisor, try all the following strategies except:

A) Embarrass him in front of your co-workers.
B) Try to understand your supervisor.
C) Maintain a high quality of work.
D) Maintain a positive attitude.

Question 9

If you are ever asked to do anything unethical, you should:

A) Look at the consequences and then decide if you will do it or not.
B) Seek an alternative.
C) Discuss it with your spiritual advisor.
D) Refuse and explain the reason why, if necessary.

Question 10

All the following are ways you can support your manager during a time of significant change at work except:

A) Accept that change is inevitable and probably coming from higher up in your organization than your supervisor.
B) Suggest ways to your supervisor to help make the change more acceptable to you and your co-workers.
C) Speak up in favor of the change when you hear grumbling among your co-workers.
D) Keep silent since it is your supervisor's job to manage the change.

Question 11

To function, teams must have all the following except:

A) A leader.
B) Goals or a purpose.
C) A mascot.
D) Enough talent and expertise to accomplish its mission.

Question 12

In health care, teams are effective for all these reasons except:

A) They combine specialization and people with varied expertise to treat people in a holistic fashion.
B) Workflow can be structured methodically and efficiently to manage a large amount of work.
C) Teams can be competitive with each other.
D) Teams are cost-effective because they are flat organizations without a lot of management hierarchy.

Question 13

The main reason for teams to have regular meetings is:

A) To build team morale.
B) To monitor workflow, accountability, and progress toward goal achievement.
C) To handle emergency items.
D) To improve social interactions among team members.

Question 14

If you are a health professional, you should be aware of all the following except:

A) Your professional organization or organizations.
B) Pins and emblems representing your profession.
C) Journals that support your profession.
D) Certifications and continuing educational opportunities to support your career development.

Question 15

Benefits of attending a state or national convention of your professional organization include all the following except:

A) A few days off work.
B) Educational experiences and exposure to the latest research in your field.
C) Networking and socializing with peers from other cities and facilities in your profession.
D) Exhibit halls where vendors display the latest equipment, books, and other products supporting your profession.

Question 16

Benefits of establishing your profile on a professional networking site such as LinkedIn include all the following except:

A) You establish your "personal brand" on a professional social networking site.
B) You can chat online with your friends.
C) You can network within your profession.
D) It can be a great job-search tool.

Question 17

The best reason to subscribe to a research journal in your profession is:

A) You can follow the careers of people in your profession.
B) Your colleagues will be impressed.
C) Sometimes journals come free with society membership.
D) Medical research is always advancing and reading journals is the best way to become aware of the latest technology, discoveries, and treatments in your profession.

Question 18

The key to getting the future you hope for and deserve is:

A) Planning for it.
B) Going back to school.
C) It depends on your employer.
D) Meditation.

Question 19

If there are issues with accountability, the most likely first step in disciplinary action would be:

A) Termination.
B) Written counseling session.
C) Time off without pay.
D) A verbal or written warning.

Question 20

What are the best methods to avoid gossip at work except:

A) Say something positive about the person being gossiped about.
B) Participate as long as you did not start the gossip.
C) Leave when gossiping occurs.
D) Change the subject.