chapter 10 quiz
Offshore demand is driving up salaries in India by roughly how much per year?
15 percent
Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) is a system that enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of how many environmental criteria?
51
Which of the following statements is true about the Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast for employment between 2014 and 2024?
532,000 new jobs are expected to be added to IT related positions.
How many H-1B visas has Congress set as the maximum amount to be granted yearly?
65,000
Companies applying for H-1B visas must offer a wage that is at least what percent of the average salary for the occupation?
95%
A person can work for a U.S. employer as an H-1B employee for a maximum continuous period of ten years.
False
China is considered one of the best sources of programming skills outside Europe and North America.
False
Companies are prohibited from exporting quantities of used electronics to companies in underdeveloped countries.
False
Contingent work is a job situation in which an individual has an implicit contract for long-term employment.
False
If a particular project requires only temporary help, and the workers will not be needed for future projects, the use of contingent workers is a poor approach.
False
It is fairly simple to prevent contingent workers from passing on corporate processes and strategies to subsequent employers.
False
Outsourcing is a short-term business arrangement in which a company contracts for services with an overseas organization that has expertise in providing a specific function.
False
The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition established a system that enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of 51 environmental criteria.
False
There is no evidence that the hiring of H-1B workers has affected the salaries of U.S. IT workers.
False
Unethical companies cannot use H-1B visas to exploit the average salary requirements for H-1B workers.
False
Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for the exact dollar amount for which the government was defrauded.
False
The goal of which of the following was to entice whistle-blowers to come forward by offering them a share of the money recovered?
False Claims Act
What type of visa is a temporary work visa granted by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services for people who work in specialty occupations?
H-1B
Which country is considered one of the best sources of programming skills outside of Europe and North America?
India
Which company has been able to achieve EPEAT's Gold level by using increasing amounts of recycled plastics in their product development?
Lenovo
What term is used to identify a form of outsourcing in which services are provided by an organization whose employees are in a foreign country?
Offshore outsourcing
Which of the following is an internationally recognized standard that companies can use to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.
Statement on Standards for Attestation and Engagements No. 16
Temporary employees must be treated like official employees of the company and are eligible for vacation, sick pay, and retirement benefits.
Temporary employees must be treated like official employees of the company and are eligible for vacation, sick pay, and retirement benefits.
Which of the following is a true statement about the number of declared undergraduate computer science majors based on data from the National Center for Education Statistics?
There are some 130,000 new computer and information science graduates each year.
Which of these statements about contingent workers is true?
They have neither an explicit nor an implicit contract for continuing employment.
A firm is likely to use contingent IT workers if it experiences pronounced fluctuations in its technical staffing needs.
True
A key requirement for using H-1B workers is that employers must pay H-1B workers the prevailing wage for the work being performed.
True
A qui tam plaintiff can receive between 15 and 30 percent of the total recovery from the defendant, depending on how helpful the person was to the success of the case.
True
Based on the data from the National Center for Education Statistics there are some 130,000 new computer and information science graduates each year to fill what the BLS projects as a need of roughly 53,000 new U.S. tech job openings per year.
True
Companies can use the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.
True
Depending on how closely workers are supervised and how the job is structured, contingent workers may be viewed as permanent employees by the Internal Revenue Service, the Labor Department, or a state's workers' compensation and employment agencies.
True
Electronics manufacturing employees and suppliers at all steps along the supply chain and manufacturing process are at risk of unhealthy exposure to potentially harmful materials.
True
Foreign professionals can convert their H-1B visas into permanent green cards.
True
If a whistle-blower wants to remain unknown, the safest course of action is to leak information anonymously to the press.
True
In a coemployment relationship, two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees.
True
The European Union's Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive restricts the use of many hazardous materials in computer manufacturing.
True
When an organization decides to use contingent workers for a project, it is making a trade-off between completing a single project quickly and cheaply versus developing people within its own organization.
True
A situation in which two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees is called which of the following?
a coemployment relationship
In which of the following practices does a business transfer all or part of its workforce to another firm, which handles all human-resource-related activities and costs?
employee leasing
What term is used to refer to a work environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements?
gig economy
After a six year H-1B visa expires, a foreign professional can convert their H-1B visa into which of the following?
green card
What classification is given to an individual who provides services to another individual or organization according to terms defined in a written contract or within a verbal agreement?
independent contractor
A disadvantage of using contingent workers is that they:
may pass on information about corporate processes and strategies to subsequent clients who could be competitors
For which of the following reasons has Egypt become a less attractive country as a source of IT outsourcing?
political unrest
Which of the following is a part of the False Claims Act that allows a private citizen to file a suit in the name of the U.S. government, charging fraud by government contractors and other entities who receive or use government funds?
qui tam provision
An H-1B worker can work for a U.S. employer for a maximum continuous period of how many years?
six
The False Claims Act was enacted during which war?
the U.S. Civil War
One potential disadvantage of using contingent workers is that:
they may not feel a strong connection to the company for which they are working
Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for how many times the dollar amount for which the government was defrauded?
three
Since contingent workers are already specialists in a particular task, the hiring firm does not customarily incur which of the following?
training costs
Which of the following terms is used to describe an effort to attract public attention to a negligent, illegal, unethical, abusive, or dangerous act by an individual or organization?
whistle-blowing
An H-1B visa is a temporary visa granted for people who:
work in specialty occupations that require at least a four-year bachelor's degree
