Discuss the three major provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
Electrix Inc. is an electrical appliances manufacturing company. It distributes shares of
stock to its employees by placing the stock in a trust managed on the employees’ behalf.
Which of the following has been implemented by Electrix in this scenario?
A. Scanlon plan
B. Balanced scorecard
C. Piecework stock plan
D. Employee stock ownership plan
E. Differential piece stock plan
Lola, a general manager at Thorton Inc., tries to resolve a conflict initiated by two
managers in her organization by listening to what both parties had to say about the issue
and facilitating the negotiations. In this scenario, Lola is exercising which of the
following types of alternatives to work stoppages?
A. Mediation
B. Final-offer arbitration
C. Fact-finder technique
D. Conventional arbitration
E. Rights arbitration
Which of the following best describes needs assessment?
A. It is the process of evaluating the organization, individual employees, and
employees’ tasks to determine what kinds of training are necessary.
B. It is a combination of employee characteristics and positive work environment that
permit training.
C. It is a process that evaluates the monetary needs of employees that can motivate
them to undertake a training program.
D. It is an application that automates the administration and delivery of a company’s
training program.
E. It is the process to determine employees’ characteristics to ensure their readiness for
training.
The new type of psychological contract has resulted in reduced:
A. creativity.
B. employee compensation.
C. flexibility.
D. training and development opportunities.
E. job security.
Which of the following practices is most likely to enhance occupational intimacy?
A. Lowering emphasis on organizational learning
B. Narrowing the scope of work
C. Setting highly abstract goals
D. Establishing rigid and enduring pay structures
E. Establishing policies that show concern for employees’ needs
Which of the following categories in the DiSC inventory means that a person
emphasizes relationships and also displays optimism?
A. Conscientiousness
B. Steadiness
C. Influence
D. Dominance
E. Initiative
Harry, the HR manager at Kopi Co., has been asked to reward good performance.
However, the budget allocated for rewards is limited. He therefore decides to offer
raises to a few employees and spot bonuses to the remaining employees. Which of the
following would further strengthen his decision?
A. The performance appraisals of each employee were performed by two supervisors to
avoid bias.
B. The performance measures used to evaluate employees had been communicated to
the employees before the start of the review period.
C. The spot bonuses have been increased by ten percent from the previous financial
year.
D. The organization had decided to reward teams that worked on new types of projects.
E. The organization believes that merit pay is for exceptional and not regular work.
Songreen Inc., a firm that manufactures ready-to-eat soups, offers incentives based on
an employee’s performance rating and the employee’s compa-ratio. Which of the
following payment plans is exemplified in this scenario?
A. Piecework plan
B. Merit pay
C. Standard hour plan
D. Differential plan
E. Skill-based plan
Which of the following statements is true about skill-based pay?
A. Skill-based pay provides a way to ensure that employees can use their new skills.
B. Gathering market data about skill-based pay is easy.
C. Skill-based pay ensures that the employer pays the employee for learning skills that
benefit the employer.
D. Skill-based pay does not necessarily provide an alternative to the bureaucracy and
paperwork of traditional pay structures.
E. Skill-based pay does not require records related to skills, training, and knowledge
acquired.
Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act’s Hazard Communication Standard,
organizations must have _____ for chemicals that employees are exposed to.
A. EEO-1 forms
B. white papers
C. material safety data sheets
D. standard operating protocols
E. action reports
An investigation at Quadramine Textiles Inc. reveals that when employees feel little or
no control over their situation, they tend to become fatigued and dissatisfied. Bobby, the
HR manager, suggests simplifying jobs in order to deal with this problem. In this
scenario, it can be most beneficial to simplify jobs where:
A. employees face the least amount of challenges.
B. the costs of errors are severe.
C. the scope for errors is minimal.
D. employees do not engage in multitasking.
E. the information-processing requirements of the jobs are minimal.
Which of the following is true of mentoring?
A. Mentoring is the best substitute for therapy.
B. Most mentoring relationships develop formally as a result of interests or values
officially discussed by a mentor and a protege.
C. Employees most likely to seek a mentor are emotionally unstable and have a low
need for power and achievement.
D. Mentoring programs tend to be most successful when they are voluntary and
participants understand the details of the program.
E. Informal mentoring programs ensure access to mentors for all employees, regardless
of gender or race.
Which of the following is a disadvantage of using incentive plans?
A. The goals of an incentive plan may interfere with other management goals.
B. The goals of incentive plans can seldom be linked to particular outcomes or
behaviors.
C. Incentive plans cannot be used to promote group and organizational performance.
D. Incentive plans cause dissatisfaction among the non-performing employees in the
organization.
E. Incentive plans are not very effective for jobs other than sales and service.
Which of the following scenarios exemplifies an external labor market?
A. Katie, a contract worker, working for a certain period specified in a written contract.
B. Andrew, a temporary worker, being paid by a company for his services.
C. Jill, an engineering graduate, looking for a job.
D. Hilary, an employee, going through training.
E. Salim, an employee, securing his financial services certification.
Developed in the 1930s, the Scanlon plan is a variation of the:
A. profit sharing plans.
B. gainsharing plans.
C. merit pay plans.
D. individual bonus plans.
E. commission plans.
Which of the following situations is an example of a voluntary turnover?
A. Clara, a supervisor at Green Xpress LLC, is demoted from her current position
B. Samuel, a manager at Travellerz Co., is suspended for a month due to drug use
C. Fatima, an employee at Flora Inc., is about to resign her job to start her own business
D. Alex, a trainee at RandomWorks Inc., is reprimanded for arriving late at work every
day
E. Carissa, an employee at Beta Corp., is transferred to another city for career growth
What is a disadvantage of using resumes as a source of information about job
applicants?
A. It is a relatively expensive method of gathering information.
B. It does not allow applicants to highlight accomplishments.
C. Review of resumes is least valid when the content of the resumes is evaluated in
terms of the elements of a job description.
D. It is biased in favor of the employer.
E. The content of the resume is controlled by the applicant.
Das Work and Edge Tech are electronics manufacturing companies competing to serve
the same customers. The labor-related expenses per product for Das Work is $30 higher
than that for Edge Tech. However, Das Work makes more profits than Edge Tech. In
this case, which of the following actions has contributed to the profits made by Das
Work?
A. It produces high quality goods and charges more for these products than competitors.
B. It does not provide overtime pay to employees who work more than 40 hours in one
week.
C. It has recently introduced the comparable-worth policy for employees.
D. It provides free home delivery of purchased goods.
E. It has a company website where customers can purchase goods online.