Week 3

Question 1

A fixed amount of wages paid to an employee on a regular basis for a prescribed period of time, for example, weekly or monthly.

Answer 1

Salary

Question 2

The amount of work accomplished in a period of time.

Answer 2

Productivity

Question 3

Remaining after all deductions have been made; to clear as profit.

Answer 3

Net

Question 4

Amount of wages paid to an employee per hour; a varying amount of income depending on hours worked.

Answer 4

Hourly wage

Question 5

Freed from or not liable for something to which others are subject.

Answer 5

Exemptions

Question 6

To deduct or subtract; remove, take away.

Answer 6

Deductions

Question 7

(Wages) sometimes known as fringe benefits

Answer 7

Benefits

Question 8

Generally involving such concepts as responsibility, liability, and other terms associated with the exception of account-giving.

Answer 8

Accountability

Question 9

The part of a written or spoken statement that surrounds a particular word or passage and can clarify its meaning.

Answer 9

Context

Question 10

Written communications; communication by the exchange of letters.

Answer 10

Correspondence

Question 11

Standardized marks in written matter to clarify meaning.

Answer 11

Punctuation

Question 12

Written communication; communication by the exchange of letters

Answer 12

Proofread

Question 13

Computer program (such as Microsoft Word) that contains numerous built-in templates.

Answer 13

Word processing

Question 14

Assessment; judgment concerning the worth, quality, significance, or value of a situation, person, or product .

Answer 14

Evaluation

Question 15

Exclusive of deductions; total; entire

Answer 15

Gross

Question 16

The quality of being competent, adequacy; possession of required skill, knowledge, qualification, or capacity.

Answer 16

Competence

Question 17

The process of the lens changing shape to permit close vision.

Answer 17

Accommodation

Question 18

Peripheral nerve ending of a sensory nerve that responds to stimuli

Answer 18

Receptors

Question 19

A ringing or tingling sound in ear that is heard only by the person affected.

Answer 19

Tinnitus

Question 20

An eye disorder caused by imbalance of the ocular muscles.

Answer 20

Strabismus

Question 21

A degeneration of the retina caused by a decrease in blood supply

Answer 21

Retinopathy

Question 22

Hidden; not apparent

Answer 22

Insidious

Question 23

A watery, transparent liquid that circulates between the anterior and posterior chambers of the eye.

Answer 23

Aqueous humor

Question 24

Surgical excision of the eyeball

Answer 24

Enucleation

Question 25

Nosebleed; hemorrhage from the nose

Answer 25

Epistaxis