Mark lost his job at a large manufacturing company during downsizing. Which of the
following ensures that Mark may continue his health insurance coverage?
A) Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
B) Social Security Act
C) Family and Medical Leave Act
D) Workers’ Compensation Act
Maryland Times News is a publishing company that has a functional division of labor,
work specialization, and a pyramid of authority. MTN most likely uses a:
A) bureaucratic organizational structure.
B) flat organizational structure.
C) boundaryless organizational structure.
D) work flow organizational structure.
As an HR manager, you would most likely face all of the following challenges when
handling flexible benefits plans EXCEPT:
A) intense use of a benefit by employees that increases costs.
B) inadequate government guidelines and rules.
C) significant complexity of administration.
D) high potential for recordkeeping errors.
Additional Case 3.1
You have been hired as HR Director of a company with about 100 employees. As you
begin to learn about the company, you discover that female managers are paid about
20% less than their male counterparts. When you ask why, the CEO explains that men
have families to support and women are earning extra income. As you review personnel
files, it becomes apparent that protected-class employees are promoted less often and
have longer terms between promotions and raises than white employees. A test is used
as part of the promotion process, and protected-class candidates always do about 25%
worse on it than white candidates. Another test is used to screen job applicants. It
screens out about 25% of white male applicants and about 50% of protected-class
applicants.
The firm has a hazardous products division. Traditionally, women are not hired or
promoted into that division because the CEO is concerned that the toxic nature of the
production process will adversely affect the female employees’ reproductive processes.
Refer to Additional Case 3.1. As HR Director, you would most likely inform the CEO
that the firm’s current promotion test is:
A) causing disparate treatment.
B) violating the Equal Pay Act.
C) violating BFOQ guidelines.
D) causing an adverse impact.
Steve’s job has been eliminated. Steve, a senior employee, will take a job in a different
unit from an employee with less seniority. Steve’s employer is most likely using the
practice of:
A) attrition.
B) bumping.
C) job redesign.
D) rightsizing.
Job-based pay policies work best in which of the following situations?
A) Employees require little training for a job.
B) Employees’ jobs don’t change often.
C) Technology changes rapidly.
D) Turnover is fairly high.
________ give credit to people or teams that make outstanding contributions to the
firm.
A) Employee assistance programs
B) Suggestion systems
C) Employee feedback programs
D) Recognition awards
The Equal Pay Act of 1963:
A) permits pay differences for quality and quantity of production.
B) requires that gender be considered on compensation issues.
C) eliminated pay plans based on seniority.
D) prohibits the use of merit pay plans.
E) has resulted in an increasing compensation gap between men and women.
A firm considering the volatility of its product market, the degree of change that its
product is experiencing over the passing of time, and the number of competitors with
which it is competing is probably examining its HR strategy’s fit with:
A) organizational characteristics.
B) organizational capabilities.
C) the environment.
D) the customers.
Under a ________, unions and management negotiate with each other in good faith to
develop work rules for union members for a specific period of time.
A) labor contract
B) collective bargaining system
C) union acceptance strategy
D) distributive bargaining agreement
The best way for managers to encourage effective performance is to:
A) be specific about desired outcomes.
B) show employees how to accomplish goals.
C) design outcome goals without employee input.
D) develop small work teams within each department.
The legislation that laid the foundation for the Americans with Disabilities Act was the:
A) Vocational Rehabilitation Act.
B) Civil Rights Act of 1964.
C) Age Discrimination in Employment Act.
D) Equal Pay Act.
In the U.S., an apprenticeship would most likely be offered to:
A) carpenters.
B) graphic artists.
C) managers.
D) college students.
An employee’s right to privacy is best described as:
A) a guaranteed right.
B) implied in the Constitution.
C) explicitly stated in the Constitution.
D) protected with private employers but not public employers.
Berk has a drinking problem that is affecting work. He decides he needs to do
something about it. He needs to contact his company’s:
A) arbitrator.
B) employee feedback program.
C) speak-up program.
D) employee assistance program.
According to research, fetal health is most likely:
A) not linked to video display terminal usage of the mother.
B) negatively affected by the mother’s extensive cell phone usage.
C) not affected by any chemicals utilized in manufacturing plants.
D) negatively affected by the mother’s heavy video display terminal usage.