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If an OSHA violation results in citations, the employer must post each citation in a
prominent place near the location of the violation.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]TRUE
If an OSHA violation results in citations, the employer must post each citation in a
prominent place near the location of the violation.[/membership]
In general, employers may conduct random searches of areas like desks, lockers, and
toolboxes at any point in time without any justification to the employee.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
In general, random searches of areas such as desks, lockers, toolboxes, and
communications such as e-mails are permissible, so long as the employer can justify that
there is probable cause for the search and the organization has work rules that provide for
searches.
[/membership]
Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, an employer may need to grant a clinically
depressed employee time off or a flexible schedule to accommodate treatment.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Employers also should recognize that dissatisfaction with other facets of life can spill over
into the workplace. As a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities
Act, the employer may need to grant the employee time off or a flexible schedule to
accommodate treatment.[/membership]
The Polygraph Act legalized the use of polygraph tests for employment screening in most
organizations.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
In 1988, the passage of the Polygraph Act banned the use of polygraphs for screening job
candidates.[/membership]
Teamwork gives the employees the authority and ability to decide on how to do their work.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]TRUE
Organizations need to set up work in a way that gives employees the authority and ability
to make those decisions to improve quality and provide customer service right at the point
of sale or production. One of the most popular ways to increase employee responsibility
and control is to assign work to teams.[/membership]
The use of temporary workers might burden the organization with additional
administrative tasks.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
In addition to flexibility, temporary employment offers lower costs. Using temporary
workers frees the employer from many administrative tasks and financial burdens
associated with being the "employer of record."[/membership]
Skilled knowledge workers would suffer the most in a slow economy as they have little
operational importance in a company.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Knowledge workers are in a position of power, because they own the knowledge that the
company needs in order to produce its products and services. Skilled knowledge workers
have many job opportunities, even in a slow economy. If they choose, they can leave a
company and take their knowledge to another employer. Replacing them may be difficult
and time consuming.[/membership]
The Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) is meant to be completed by job incumbents.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
The PAQ is meant to be completed only by job analysts trained in this method. In fact, the
ratings of job incumbents tend to be less reliable than ratings by supervisors and trained
analysts.[/membership]
Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source
of value to their organizations.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a
necessary expense, rather than as a source of value to their organizations.[/membership]
An outside party cannot be barred from holding an election for more than three years.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
After the union and employer have finished negotiating a contract, an election cannot be
held for the time of the contract period or for three years, whichever comes first. The
parties to the contract may agree not to hold an election for longer than three years, but an
outside party (another union) cannot be barred for more than three years.[/membership]
A reliable measurement generates consistent results.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
The reliability of a type of measurement indicates how free that measurement is from
random error. A reliable measurement therefore generates consistent results.[/membership]
A country's political system does not usually affect human resource management.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
FALSE
A country’s political-legal system—its government, laws, and regulations—strongly
impinges on human resource management. The country’s laws often dictate the
requirements for certain HRM practices, such as training, compensation, hiring, firing, and
layoffs.
[/membership]
Along with physical elements, the training context should include emotional elements.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
TRUE
Along with physical elements, the training context should include emotional elements.
[/membership]
Which of the following individuals will NOT be covered under the Americans with
Disabilities Act?A. An individual with a history of heart disease
B. An individual with a history of mental illness
C. An individual with cancer in remission
D. An individual who is deaf and blind
E. An individual who is subject to substance abuse
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
E.
Conditions not covered under the ADA include obesity, substance abuse, irritability, and
poor judgment.[/membership]
When should a training program be evaluated?
A. Before the request for proposal is developed.
B. When the organization ensures readiness.
C. After the program has been developed.
D. During the implementation of the program.
E. When the program is being developed.
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
E.
After a training program ends, or at intervals during an ongoing training program,
organizations should ensure that the training is meeting objectives. The stage to prepare for
evaluating a training program is when the program is being developed.
[/membership]
A bona fide occupational qualification _____. A. is considered illegal by the court
B. is a necessary qualification for the job
C. is strictly prohibited by organizations
D. is a preferred qualification for the job
E. is used to deem disparate treatment illegal
Answer:[membership level="2,3,4,5"]
B.
The courts have held that in some situations, a factor such as sex or race may be a bona
fide occupational qualification (BFOQ), that is, a necessary (not merely preferred)
qualification for performing a job. In this case disparate treatment is legal.[/membership]
When an individual is promised a positive outcome for submission to sex, or threatened
with a negative outcome for failure to submit to sex, this is referred to as _____.A. adverse
