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High-performance work systems combine the talents of employees and rapidly deploy
them in new assignments with maximum flexibility in order to focus on which of the
following criteria?
a. Valuable
b. Rare
c. Organized
d. Difficult to imitate
A bargaining unit consists of:
a. employees being recruited by the union.
b. employees to be covered by the agreement.
c. hourly employees.
d. employees below the management level.
Injuries that result from workers using the same motions again and again are known as:
a. adjustment disorders.
b. bipolar disorders.
c. cumulative trauma disorders.
d. systematic trauma disorders.
Even the first serious violation of a workplace safety rule may be a cause for
termination.
a. True
b. False
If 100 resumes were obtained from an employment agency and 17 of the applicants
submitting those resumes were invited for an on-site interview, the yield ratio for that
agency would be _____.
a. 100 percent
b. 83 percent
c. 34 percent
d. 17 percent
Levi Strauss has identified all of the following as attributes of successful global
managers EXCEPT:
a. the ability to seize strategic opportunities.
b. sensitivity to issues of diversity.
c. interpersonal competency.
d. the capability to manage a highly centralized organization.
Strategic human resources management (SHRM) is a combination of strategic planning
and HR planning.
a. True
b. False
Yield ratios should be calculated for each recruiting source.
a.Trueb
b.False
A grant of units equal in value to fair market value or book value of a share of stock is
known as:
a. stock appreciation rights.
b. astock purchase.
c. restricted stock.
d. phantom stock.
Which of the following benefits is NOT a legally required employee benefit?
a. Employer contributions to Social Security
b. Employer contributions to unemployment insurance
c. Employer contributions to workers' compensation insurance
d. Employer contributions to minimum life insurance
Return on investment = Benefits of training/Training Costs
a. True
b. False
In 1990, union membership has _____ as a percentage of the civilian labor force and
has _____ in terms of total union members.
a. increased; increased
b. increased; decreased
c. decreased; increased
d. decreased; decreased
