Quiz 7 Human Resource Management

Course	Human Resource Management
Test	Quiz 7
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• Question 1

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	A form of management incentive that rewards short-term rather than long-term results to the detriment of the company is
	Selected Answer: 1. the commission.

• Question 2

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	Which of these is the most widely used formal job evaluation method?
	Selected Answer: 5. The ranking method

• Question 3

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	Social security is a federal- and state-mandated benefit.
	Selected Answer: 1. True

• Question 4

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	Which of the following is NOT a feature of the Family and Medical Leave Act?
	Selected Answer: 2. Employers are required to guarantee that employees can return to the same or comparable position.

• Question 5

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	The human resources department is heavily involved in planning incentive systems because
	Selected Answer: 2. it is heavily involved in administering the compensation system.

• Question 6

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	Merit pay is an incentive plan that ties pay increases to performance.
	Selected Answer: 1. True

• Question 7

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	Salary refers to a weekly, monthly, or yearly pay rate.
	Selected Answer: 1. True

• Question 8

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	Job evaluation determines the relative worth of jobs in an organization.
	Selected Answer: 1. True

• Question 9

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	Most profit-sharing plans are of the deferred -distribution type.
	Selected Answer: 2. False

• Question 10

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	Bonuses inflate the salary structure as they are added into the base pay.
	Selected Answer: 2. False

• Question 11

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	The plant Jessica worked in was closed when the company went through a major downsizing. She is eligible for
	Selected Answer: 1. unemployment compensation.

• Question 12

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	A wage and salary program should be designed with which of the following goal(s) in mind?
	Selected Answer: 1. All of these

• Question 13

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	Jill is the sales manager for a computer company in Virginia. According to the overtime provisions of the Walsh-Haley Act, she is
	Selected Answer: 5. supposed to earn overtime pay for work beyond eight hours per day.

• Question 14

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	Productivity gainsharing plans are
	Selected Answer: 2. incentives based on the productivity of the whole organization.

• Question 15

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	Workers’ compensation provides payments to workers or dependents in the event of job-incurred injuries, illnesses, or death.
	Selected Answer: 1. True

• Question 16

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	Strictly speaking, wage and salary are considered synonymous.
	Selected Answer: 2. False

• Question 17

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	Sales reps like straight commissions because they offer security.
	Selected Answer: 2. False

• Question 18

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	The principles of behavior modification are
	Selected Answer: 3. used in positive reinforcement programs.

• Question 19

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	Flexible benefit plans are called “cafeteria” plans because
	Selected Answer: 3. they offer a selection of benefits from which employers may choose.

• Question 20

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	Family leave is likely going to decline in importance since the number of elderly people is shrinking so rapidly.
	Selected Answer: [None Given]