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Managers are concerned that the expertise of employees will be rapidly drained from
their companies because:
a. recruitment of minorities is increasing.
b. large portions of American workers are nearing retirement.
c. older workers' are becoming more resistant to flexible work hour.
d. older workers are increasing behaving like free agents.
Based on the Privacy Act of 1974, individuals have a legal right to examine reference
documentation about them.
a. True
b. False
_____covers a wide variety of applications such as web and computer-based training
(CBT), and social networks.
a. Vestibule instruction
b. Modeling
c. Videodisc instruction
d. E-learning
Employees receive a specified payment for each unit produced under a straight
piecework program.
a. True
b. False
A graphical representation of all organizational jobs along with the numbers of
employees currently occupying those jobs and future employment requirements is
called:
a. a staffing table.
b. an organization chart.
c. a skills inventory.
d. career planning.
Furloughing is a situation in which a firm asks an employee to take time off but the
employee is still provided with full pay and benefits.
a. True
b. False
Data obtained from nondirective interviews are difficult to validate.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is an advantage of telecommuting?
a. Employees develop high self-discipline while working alone at home.
b. Communication within an organization improves as telecommuting is unambiguous
in comparison with face-to-face communication.
c. Line managers accustomed to managing by observation may find supervising
distributed employees easy.
d. It reduces overhead costs and office space of a company.
Benefits generally account for approximately 14 percent of payroll costs.
a. True
b. False
A ____ occurs when a person has learned a job too well and is bored with day-to-day
activities.
a. life plateau
b. content plateau
c. structural plateau
d. sabbatical plateau
The standard hour plan provides bonus payment for completing work in less than the
specified time.
a. True
b. False
_____ can be defined as a set of acceptable conduct and moral judgments.
a. Morals
b. Ethics
c. Rules
d. Legislation
A downward transfer is known as:
a. lateral regression.
b. relocation.
c. demotion.
d. nepotism.
"Tell me more about your experiences on your last job" is an example of a nondirective
interview question.
a. True
b. False
Managers in Latin American countries can encourage performance by using personal
influence and working through individual members of a group.
a. True
b. False
The standard time for producing one unit of work in a job paying $12.75 per hour was
set at twelve minutes. The piece rate would be ____ per unit.
a. $1.95
b. $2.55
c. $2.95
d. $3.15
Despite its high unemployment rate, in 2011, _____ became the first state to cut the
number of weeks to 20 because its unemployment fund was so far in the red.
a. Pennsylvania
b. Michigan
c. South Dakota
d. California
