Some job descriptions have a ‘standards of performance” section.
According to the Equal Pay Act, management must pay workers the same under all
circumstances.
An employer can avoid liability for discrimination by proving that it would have taken
the same action even without the discriminatory motive.
Historically, the main issue in collective bargaining is wage rates.
Rejected applicants who receive bad references could sue the source of a reference for
defamation of character.
EEOC investigators are empowered to act as courts and can conclude discrimination
based on their investigations.
Even if the employee was treated easily with first aid, employers must report the
occupational injury.
Once a candidate allows a company to use a test, the test taker gives up all rights.
Women affected by pregnancy and childbirth are eligible for the same benefits as
disabled employees.
Reliability is not a concern with respect to a test’s validity.
The EEOC does not have the power to sue on behalf of complainants.
Changing performance appraisal to include components regarding intergroup conflicts
is not helpful in managing diversity.
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act requires employers of 100 or
more employees to give 60 days’ notice before closing a facility.
One party can obligate the other party to negotiate over permissible items if the
employees agree to it.
The alternation ranking method is the simplest and most popular technique for
appraising performance.
Avoiding negligent hiring claims requires taking every single precaution possible.
The severity of a penalty is usually a function of the type of offense and the number of
times the offense has occurred.
What is the purpose of the wage curve?
A) to show the relationship between the value of the job as determined by one of the job
evaluation methods and the current average pay rates for your grades
B) to equate jobs of approximately equal difficulty or importance as established by job
evaluation
C) to assign pay rates to pay grades
D) to choose benchmark jobs within each pay grade
Right to work laws inhibit union formation by ________.
A) outlawing unions in right to work states
B) prohibiting any form of union security
C) leaving the question of union affiliation up to each company
D) leaving the question of union security up to each company
________ develop pay grades and compensation plans.
A) Compensation managers
B) Recruiters
C) Job analysts
D) Trainers
What is the second step in the guidelines for an effective termination interview?
A) plan the interview carefully
B) get to the point
C) describe the situation
D) listen
What is the final step in the training process?
A) evaluate the program’s successes or failures
B) present the program to a small test audience
C) conduct a needs analysis
D) train the targeted group of employees
Which of the following is a reason to appraise subordinates’ performance?
A) appraisals provide important data for promotion and salary decisions
B) appraisal let supervisors and subordinates develop plans to correct performance
deficiencies
C) appraisals serve as useful career planning purposes
D) All of the above.
Employers can and should use all the tools listed below to attempt to detect dishonest
job applicants except:
A) polygraph tests.
B) credit checks.
C) background checks.
D) honesty tests.
All of the following are basic causes of workplace accidents except:
A) chance occurrences.
B) unsafe conditions.
C) unsafe behavior by employees.
D) weather-related accidents.
Arbitration means ending an impasse by ________.
A) assisting the principals in reaching an agreement
B) studying the issue in a dispute
C) making a public recommendation
D) giving a third-party the power to determine and dictate the settlement terms
What is the fourth thing you should do to make reference checking more productive?
A) have the candidate sign a release authorizing the background check
B) get two forms of identification and make applicants fill out job applications
C) use a structured reference checking form
D) use references provided by the applicant as a source of other references
The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act is also known as ________.
A) COBRA
B) the plant closing law
C) ERISA
D) the privacy law
Which of the following is not a violation of the requirement for good faith bargaining
stipulated in the National Labor Relations Act?
A) surface bargaining
B) willingness to compromise
C) dilatory tactics
D) bypassing the union representative
All of the following are a line supervisor’s responsibilities for effective HRM except:
A) coercing other supervisors to get with the program.
B) controlling labor costs.
C) developing the abilities of each person.
D) starting (orienting) new employees in the organization.
The ________ HR group operates as relationship managers for the corporation.
A) transactional
B) training
C) embedded
D) centers of expertise
Which of the following is NOT a guideline arising out of Griggs v. Duke Power?
A) job relatedness
B) burden of proof on employer
C) discrimination need not be intentional
D) discrimination must have disparate impact only
Which of the following could result in a legally questionable appraisal process?
A) conduct a job analysis to establish criteria and standards for successful performance
B) base appraisals on subjective supervisory observations
C) administer and score appraisals in a standardized fashion
D) use clearly defined job performance dimensions
All of the following are advantages of team incentives except that:
A) team planning is reinforced.
B) worker’s pay may not be proportional to his or her efforts.
C) jealousy is reduced.
D) collaboration is encouraged.
Pamlico River Productions is seeking a top-level executive to serve in its finance
division. Qualified candidates can be difficult to find because there is more demand
than supply. Pamlico River Productions should consider using a(n) ________ for
recruitment.
A) state-run employment agency
B) executive recruiter
C) temporary agency
D) Any of the above.
According to the Landrum-Griffin Act, national and international unions must elect
officers at least once every ________ years.
A) two
B) four
C) five
D) ten
Which of the following is one of the categories set out by labor law as subject to
bargaining?
A) legal bargaining items
B) permissible bargaining items
C) non-mandatory bargaining items
D) benefits-related bargaining items
Research estimates that the cost of health care is nearly ________ higher for high-stress
workers then for workers with less stress.
A) 10%
B) 25%
C) 50%
D) 100%
The ________ is the group of employees the union will be authorized to represent.
A) bargaining unit
B) collective unit
C) unit
D) unitary principle
The “S” in the acronym for SMART goals stands for ________.
A) specific
B) straightforward
C) strategic
D) support
Which of the following characterizes training today?
A) training is increasingly more strategic
B) training is more prevalent in the higher levels of an organization
C) training is developing a great reputation for getting results
D) training is being evaluated extensively
Making an extra effort to promote and hire under-represented protected individuals is
called ________.
A) progressive desegregation
B) affirmative action
C) progressive action
D) permitted discrimination