Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), only employers, not
employees, have to comply with all applicable OSHA standards.
a. True
b. False
The Social Security Administration administers the ______________ program.
a. Childcare
b. ERISA
c. Medicare
d. SNL
Because of low labor costs and language similarities, many Indian companies are
finding the United States an attractive place to locate their facilities, particularly call
centers.
a. True
b. False
Legally, medical examinations can beadministered to an applicant before he or she has
been made a conditional employment offer.
a. True
b. False
Some surveys have shown that _____ is the most popular means of e-recruiting.
a. social networking
b. online mail
c. text messaging
d. fax
In the context of the competencies required of HR managers, understanding an
organization€s customers and economic and financial capabilities is part of _____.
a. Personal credibility
b. HR mastery
c. Business mastery
d. Change mastery
Contemporary reasons given by organizations for implementing incentive plans are:
a. improving or maintaining high levels of productivity.
b. focusing employee efforts on specific performance targets.
c. linking compensation rewards to the achievement of results.
d. all of the above.
The approach to recruitment that informs applicants about all aspects of a job, including
both its desirable and undesirable facets, is called:
a. honesty recruiting.
b. a realistic job preview.
c. balance recruiting.
d. a negative or positive job assessment.
The elements of a job such as skills, efforts, responsibilities, and working conditions are
referred to as:
a. job specifications.
b. job classification factors.
c. compensable factors.
d. factor comparisons.
Goal setting:
a. provides a real life demonstration to get the message across.
b. provides learning through repetition.
c. sets a road map for the training program, its objectives, and its learning points.
d. sets a road map for breaking down tasks to facilitate modelling.
If one is to help an alcoholic, it is necessary to awaken the individual to the reality of
his/her condition.
a. True
b. False
Reasons for implementation of compressed workweek schedules include all of the
following EXCEPT:
a. coordinating production schedules.
b. recruiting and retaining employees.
c. avoiding paying overtime.
d. balancing employee and organizational needs.
According to the “Big Five” factors, _____ means the degree to which someone is
talkative, sociable, active, aggressive, and excitable.
a. extroversion
b. agreeableness
c. conscientiousness
d. neuroticism
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act led to the institution of the Equal Pay Act.
a. True
b. False
Instead of helping job seekers find the right job, _____ concentrate on helping
employers find the right person for a job.
a. public employment agencies
b. labor unions
c. private employment agencies
d. executive search firms
Which act covering most private-sector employers prohibits certain unfair labor
practices, such as a union’s refusal to bargain in good faith or a union persuading an
employer to discriminate against an employee?
a. TheSherman Act
b. TheRailway Labor Act
c. TheTaft-Hartley Act
d. TheLandrum-Griffin Act
Reliability refers to the stability or consistency of a standard.
a. True
b. False
In a typical progressive discipline program, what step immediately precedes the
termination of an employee?
a. A written warning
b. Formal discussions
c. An oral warning
d. Suspension
The statements in a job description covering job duties or essential job functions are
usually arranged in:
a. alphabetical order.
b. numerical order.
c. order of importance.
d. sequential order.