Employee benefits account for about one-third of wages and salaries.
Scanlon plans involve putting some portion of an employee’s weekly pay at risk for the
opportunity to earn incentives if the employee meets or exceeds his or her goals.
Monitoring software has been found to be illegal for use by human resource managers.
Interest inventories are useful for career planning because they compare the interests of
the test taker to the interests of those people in various occupations.
Criterion validity emphasizes judgment.
The primary advantage of broadbanding is that it provides greater flexibility into
employee assignments.
The principal cause of ethical compromises is based on organizational pressure to meet
a schedule or some other objective.
Most managers are very willing and able to set measurable goals for their subordinates.
A reliable test is one that yields consistent scores when a person takes two alternate
forms of the test when he or she takes the same test on two or more different occasions.
When it refers to filling jobs like that of a maintenance clerk, personnel planning is
called succession planning.
A disadvantage of on-the-job training is its expense.
Setting useful goals is easy to do.
Conducting the job analysis is the sole responsibility of the HR specialist.
Actions that can foster employee engagement include getting a sense of
accomplishment from working at the firm
The ________ states that employees of one sex may not be paid wages at a rate lower
than that paid to employees of the opposite sex for doing roughly equivalent work.
A) American Disabilities Act
B) Civil Rights Act
C) Employer Retirement Income Security Act
D) Equal Pay Act
The typical union authorization card does all of the following except:
A) lets the union state they will seek better working conditions.
B) states that the union will seek to improve wages.
C) states that the employee will get better deals.
D) Authorization cards do all of the above.
________ evaluates trainees as to whether they thought the training was worthwhile.
A) Reaction
B) Learning
C) Behavior
D) Results
________ refers to the tendency of firms to extend their ownership to new markets
abroad.
A) Strategic human resources
B) Trend analysis
C) Globalization
D) Outsourcing
The ________ HR group operates like a specialized HR consulting firm.
A) transactional
B) corporate
C) embedded
D) centers of expertise
When responding to employment discrimination charges, which of the following is
recommended?
A) Conduct your own investigation
B) Limit the information supplied to only those issues raised in the charge itself
C) Meet with the employee who made the complaint
D) All of the above.
Alternation ranking refers to an appraisal method, which ________.
A) is based on progress made toward the accomplishment of measurable goals
B) requires that the supervisor keep a log of positive and negative examples of a
subordinate’s work-related behavior
C) requires a supervisor to evaluate performance by assigning predetermined
percentages of those being rated into performance categories
D) involves listing all the subordinates to be rated, indicating the employee who is the
highest on each characteristic being measured and who is the lowest, and then
alternating between the next highest and lowest until all employees have been ranked
The plant closing law requires employers with ________ or more employees to give
advance notification prior to closing a facility.
A) 25
B) 50
C) 100
D) 150
The exception to the termination at will doctrine that would protect an employee from
dismissal because he or she refused to break the law is called the ________ exception.
A) covenant of good faith
B) implied contract
C) public policy
D) whistle blower
The Family and Medical Leave Act ________.
A) provides guidelines regarding what rates of return employers should use in
computing their pension plan values
B) ensures that an employer must grant an employee up to 12 weeks of leave in a
twelve-month period for the birth or care of a newborn child, placement of a child for
adoption, to care for a spouse, child, or parent with a serious health condition, or to care
for the employee’s own serious health condition
C) prohibits an employer’s health plan from using incentives to encourage employees to
leave the hospital after childbirth after less than the legislatively-determined minimum
stay
D) sets minimum requirements for protecting individuals’ health-care data accessibility
and confidentiality
Which of the following court decisions do NOT apply to cases of sexual harassment?
A) Griggs v. Duke Power
B) Meritor Savings v. Vinson
C) Burlington Industries v. Ellerth
D) Farragher v. City of Boca Raton
________ means collapsing salary grades and ranges into just a few wide levels or
bands, each of which contains a relatively wide range of jobs and salary levels.
A) Comparable worth
B) Strategic compensation
C) Broadbanding
D) Job grading
The agency shop form of union security means that the ________.
A) company can hire nonunion people, but they must then join the union
B) company can hire only union members
C) employees who do not belong to the union must still pay dues
D) employees can decide whether to join the union and only those who join pay dues
Bullying can take many forms except ________.
A) spreading rumors
B) using the Internet
C) leaving people out on purpose
D) All of the above are forms of bullying.
________ use detailed information to prepare job descriptions.
A) EEO representatives
B) Compensation managers
C) Job analysts
D) Recruiters
What is the first step in the guidelines for an effective termination interview?
A) plan the interview carefully
B) get to the point
C) describe the situation
D) listen
The ________ HR group may provide specialized support for organizational change.
A) transactional
B) corporate
C) embedded
D) centers of expertise
Unsatisfactory performance, one of the bases for dismissal, is defined as ________.
A) the deliberate and willful violation of the employer’s rules and may include stealing
and insubordination
B) an employee’s inability to do the assigned work despite his or her diligence
C) the persistent failure to perform assigned duties or to meet prescribed standards on
the job
D) an employee’s inability to do the work assigned because the nature of the job has
changed
Improperly guarded equipment, defective equipment, hazardous procedures, and
improper ventilation are all examples of ________.
A) chance occurrences
B) unsafe conditions
C) unsafe storage
D) weather-related accidents
Under the public policy exception to the termination at will doctrine, courts have held
that ________.
A) discharge is wrongful when it is against an explicit, well-established law
B) even in the absence of a written document, an implied contract existed based on
representations in the employee handbook
C) employers should not fire employees without good cause
D) persistent failure to perform assigned duties or to meet prescribed standards on the
job is reason for dismissal
Which of the following is not a fair discipline guideline?
A) A set of clear rules and regulations.
B) A system of progressive penalties .
C) An appeals process should be part of the disciplinary process.
D) All of the above are part of a fair discipline process.
Jack is being tested on static strength, dynamic strength, body coordination, and
stamina during the selection period at UPS. UPS is using ________ tests.
A) personality
B) motor and physical abilities
C) achievement
D) comprehensive
Besides determining whether a candidate is worth further consideration, college
recruiters also seek to ________.
A) fill the position
B) develop a pool of applicants for future screening
C) attract good candidates
D) All of the above.
List and explain two basic interview types. Explain which one might be better.
Why is it important to select the right employees for a position?
What is the main difference between performance appraisal and performance
management?
Why treat employees fairly?
Explain two basic types of interviews.
What is sexual harassment?