Executive base salaries represent between _____ percent of the total annual
compensation.
a. 10 and 20
b. 20 and 30
c. 30 and 40
d. 40 and 50
The job classification system is used commonly by smaller employers.
a. True
b. False
Employers with exemplary health and safety records may receive recognition under the
____.
a. Voluntary Protection Program
b. Strategic Partnership Program
c. Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program
d. Alliances Program
Jobs that are grouped into the same pay grade should:
a. all receive the same wage rate in order to achieve equality.
b. be paid within a range that does not overlap with bordering job grades so that
distinctions between grades are maintained.
c. be paid within a range that may overlap with adjoining grades, so that an employee
with experience can be paid as much as or more than a newer employee in a higher
grade.
d. be paid at different wage rates because the worth of these jobs to the organization
may differ.
Validity refers to what a selection procedure measures and how well it measures it.
a. True
b. False
When the determination of a bonus includes both production employees and
nonproduction employees and this bonus is based on overall group productivity, which
type of gainsharing program is being used?
a. Profit sharing
b. The Rucker Plan
c. Improshare
d. The Scanlon Plan
A _____ analysis is intended to help executives summarize the major facts and forecasts
derived from external and internal analyses.
a. gap
b. Markov
c. SWOT
d. trend
The Social Security Act was designed to protect workers against the loss of earnings
resulting from old age and unemployment.
a. True
b. False
A 35-year-old applicant who is denied employment based upon age may file a claim
under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act if the organization hired a
21-year-old.
a. True
b. False
Generation Y employees are less likely to be concerned with having pensions than Baby
Boomers.
a. True
b. False