Job-relatedness requires the employer to use a careful job analysis to identify the
specific knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the job.
Financial or economic capability is derived from an advantage related to costs, when a
business is able to produce or provide a good or service more cheaply than competitors.
As a component of its management training program, a restaurant used a case study of a
manufacturing firm; this is a critical strategy to ensure trainees are able to transfer the
learning back to the job.
Team pay plans are based on the assumption that professional competence increases
with training and longevity.
A successful workforce scorecard should be balanced and include measurements related
to both leading and lagging indicators.
OSHAs has workplace standards for most potential hazards, with the exception of noise
levels in the work place.
One way to calculate a turnover rate is to consider the number of employees who leave
as a percentage of the total number of employees.
When trainees share their goals for improved performance with other trainees during a
training session, it is more likely that they will meet their stated goal.
Achievement, dependability, order, and cautiousness, as subfactors of conscientiousness
(C) help improve the prediction of job performance.
One reason for the failure of PFP systems is that employees do not understand the
connection between their performance and changes in pay.
The data derived from job analysis is static and once the criteria for success are
identified and correlated to job performance for a particular position, there is no need to
revisit that job in the future.
In the __________ approach, foreign subsidiaries have little autonomy, operations are
centralized, and major decisions are made at corporate headquarters.
A) Geocentric
B) Ethnocentric
C) Polycentric
D) Regiocentric
E) Sociocentric
__________ is an alternative work arrangement that allows workers to work at home or
in some other location other than the employers physical premises.
A) Telecommuting
B) Job sharing
C) Employee leasing
D) Part-time workers
E) Temporary employment
Reasons why a company could see and increase in the cost of their unemployment
insurance include?
A) Aggressively fighting unjustified claims for unemployment
B) Establishing an effective performance management system
C) Ensure that terminations are based on employee misconduct
D) Making a decision to have a mass layoff of 58% of the workforce
E) All of the above
Which type of interview uses questions based on the critical incident technique (CIT)
analysis?
A) semi-structured
B) situational
C) highly structured
D) group or panel
E) psychological
Which of the following is TRUE regarding group incentive plans?
A) Increased interest in PFP has resulted in a declining number of group incentive
plans.
B) The use of group plans is particularly effective when cooperation and teamwork are
less essential.
C) Group plans are most useful when tasks are so interrelated that it is difficult to
identify a measure of individual output.
D) There is increasing evidence that group incentives do NOT increase productivity.
E) Individual plans are generally preferable to group plans when tasks are interrelated
and teamwork is essential.
Pepsi provides Heineken with its formula or agrees to supply the cola syrup and
Heineken adds carbonated water, packages it in appropriate containers, and sells it in
the Netherlands. Pepsi cannot enter into a similar agreement with another firm to sell
Pepsi in the Netherlands, and Heineken cannot alter the product, nor can it begin
duplicating other Pepsi products (such as Lays Potato Chips) without a separate
agreement. This is an example of:
A) Franchising.
B) Exporting.
C) Licensing.
D) Contract manufacturing.
E) Management contracts.
All of the following are benefits of a career development system EXCEPT:
A) evaluation of career tools and practices.
B) realistic staff and development planning.
C) helpful assistance with career decisions.
D) clarification of goals of the organization.
E) enhanced reputation s a people developer.
An employers best defense when a case of negligent hiring goes to court is to
A) Produce the employees signed application form
B) Produce letters of reference provided by the employer
C) Produce evidence of employment and reference checking
D) Prove that the misconduct occurred after regular work hours
E) Produce evidence that the employee was given a personality test
Correlations from __________ show the direction and strength of the relationship
between selection methods and successful performance on the job.
A) 0 to 1.0
B) -1 to +1
C) -1 to 0
D) -1 to 0.8
E) 0.8 to 1
The Standard Hourly Rate:
A) pays the worker an incentive based on units of production.
B) relies on countable results as a basis for setting the PFP rate.
C) uses a formula to determine the employees share of cost savings.
D) uses a production standard that is expressed in time units.
E) is usually folded into the base pay of the recipient and is usually granted as a
percentage of a workers base pay.
Which the following constitutes a probable case of disparate impact?
A) An organization hires 25 whites and no African-Americans from a pool of 50 white
and 50 African-American applicants
B) Female applicants of childbearing age are not hired for jobs requiring the use of
chemicals.
C) An organization hires 30 whites and 15 African Americans from a pool of 90 white
and 20 African-American applicants.
D) There are different criteria for promotion depending on a candidates religion.
E) An organization intentionally does not promote employees who are more than 50
years old.
The competence to perform an observable behavior is known as _____.
A) ability
B) knowledge
C) tasks
D) skill
E) attitude
An employee uses potentially hazardous chemicals in the course of doing their work.
As a result, the employee occasionally contracts a minor rash. In this situation,
according to OSHA the employer must
A) transfer the employee to a job without the harmful chemical.
B) inform the employee of the hazards associated with the job.
C) require the employee to secure a doctors permission to continue on the job
D) provide that employee to take special protection clothing.
E) fire the employee and pre-screen all candidates with a medical examination.
Which of the following plans calls for a distribution of pay based on an appraisal of a
workers performance?
A) Merit pay plan
B) Incentive plan
C) Halsey plan
D) Commission plan
E) Profit sharing plan
The concept that both employees and employers can terminate an employment
relationship at any time, for any reason other than those covered by law, is known as:
A) employment rights.
B) employer rights.
C) contract at will.
D) contract law.
E) employment at will.
The Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) of 1978 is applicable to the railroad industry
employees, airline workers, and federal employees.
You have a business in south Florida. The minimum wage under the FLSA is
$7.50/hour. Florida has set its minimum wage at $8.00/hour. You are required to pay
your secretary:
A) Base pay of $7.50 plus benefits
B) Market rate regardless of if it is lower than either minimum standard
C) Base pay of $8.00/hour and minimum of $7.50/hour in medical benefits
D) Premium pay of $7.50/hour
E) Base pay of $8.00/hour
What are the limitations of the individual and group-based pay plans?
List a few steps recommended by Dr. Cascio for enhancing the effectiveness of
restructuring and downsizing.
List the most common assessment exercises and explain any two.
List the five-factor model (FFM) to describe personality.
Highlight the types of violations that may be cited and the penalties that may be
proposed.
List the steps involved in forming unions.
What are the different ways in which an organization structures its base salary program?
Explain the few ways in which reward systems can influence a companys success (or
failure).
List a few disadvantages to using diaries as a form of work analysis data collection
method.