Tag: softskills

Questions Related to softskills

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. satiate

  2. druggist

  3. making up for

  4. amendment or clause added to a legislative bill

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Compensatory means serving to make up for something lost, damaged, or deficient - providing compensation. 'Satiate' means to satisfy fully, 'druggist' is an old term for pharmacist, and 'legislative amendment' defines 'rider'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. powerful movement of or like a wave

  2. pithy, compact saying

  3. listing of information in tabular or book form

  4. (of something bad) widespread

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A compilation is a listing or collection of information gathered from various sources, often in tabular or book form. 'Powerful wave-like movement' describes 'surge', 'pithy saying' is 'aphorism', and 'widespread (bad thing)' defines 'rampant'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. bad-tempered

  2. elevation to godhood

  3. assemble

  4. narrow opening in a large mass

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

To compile means to assemble, collect, or gather materials from various sources into a single work or collection. 'Bad-tempered' defines 'surly', 'elevation to godhood' is 'deification', and 'narrow opening' describes 'fissure' or 'crevice'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. guess

  2. dismay

  3. self-satisfaction

  4. arrangement of masts and sails

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Complacency means self-satisfaction accompanied by lack of awareness of actual dangers or difficulties - smug contentment. 'Guess' is too simple, 'dismay' means distress, and 'arrangement of masts' describes 'rigging'.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. overcome

  2. evident

  3. trying to please

  4. morally upright

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Complaisant describes someone eager to please or accommodate others, often with a sense of deference. 'Overcome' and 'evident' are unrelated meanings. 'Morally upright' might be confused with 'compliant' but refers to ethics, not willingness to please.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. exceed

  2. ghost

  3. complete

  4. legally correct

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Complement means to complete or make whole, often referring to something that enhances or perfects. 'Exceed' and 'ghost' are unrelated. 'Legally correct' might be confused with 'compliant' but refers to law, not completion.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. done secretly

  2. pacify or soothe

  3. serving to complete something

  4. hard and unbending

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Complementary describes things that complete or enhance each other, like complementary skills or colors. 'Done secretly' and 'hard and unbending' are unrelated. 'Pacify or soothe' might be confused with 'complaisant' but means to calm, not complete.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. substitute

  2. name

  3. conformity in fulfilling requirements

  4. severity

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Compliance refers to the act of conforming to rules, standards, or requirements. 'Substitute' and 'severity' are unrelated. 'Name' might be confused with words like 'appellation' but is unrelated to conformity.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. close observation of a person (esp. one under suspicion)

  2. attach

  3. readily acting in accordance with a rule, order, or the wishes or others

  4. irritate

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Compliant describes someone ready to conform to rules or others' wishes. 'Close observation' might be confused with 'surveillance' but is unrelated. 'Attach' and 'irritate' are completely unrelated.

Multiple choice softskills leadership
  1. impressionable

  2. diligent attention

  3. participation

  4. tear or be torn quickly and violently

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Complicity means involvement or participation in a wrongful act, often as an accomplice. 'Impressionable' and 'diligent attention' are unrelated. 'Tear or be torn quickly and violently' describes 'lacerate,' not complicity.