HRM Practice Exam 3

As per the Fair Labor Standards Act, the current minimum wage stands at

$7.25 per hour.

Which department enforces standards and guidelines put in place to minimize pay disparities found through regression analyses?

Department of Labor

Which of the following statements best defines the acceptability of a performance measure?

It is the extent to which a performance measure is deemed to be satisfactory or adequate by those who use it.

Which of the following tests is used to determine if employees can get along with others and their tolerance for ambiguity?

Personality test

Which of the following suggests that dissatisfied individuals enact a set of behaviors to avoid their work situation?

Progression of withdrawal theory

Which of the following concepts addresses the fact that different employees in the same job may have different pay rates?

Rate ranges

IsaK Corp. is an event management company. In order to allot tasks that are more compatible with the personalities of individual employees, it conducts a test that rates them on the scales of introversion or extroversion, sensing or intuition, judging or perceiving, and thinking or feeling. Which of the following tests is IsaK using to assess employees?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Which of the following assessments is based on Carl Jung's personality type theory?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Internal equity pay comparison is

focused on what employees within the same organization but in different jobs are paid.

Low job involvement and low organizational commitment are

forms of psychological disengagement.

A(n) _____ is suitable for an organization with a culture that promotes individual competition.

merit pay plan

Isaiah has been given a new role in the company called a lateral demotion. This means

movement to another position at the same level.

An employee who engages in absenteeism is displaying job dissatisfaction through

physical withdrawal.

The _____ evaluation design is necessary if a manager wants to equate the effect of two training programs.

pretest/posttest with comparison group

Merit pay systems rely on 360-degree performance feedback.

False

Stretch assignments are optional tasks that employees may complete to earn extra rewards such as a bonus.

False

The perceptual-motor approach generally increases the job's cognitive demands.

False

Whereas employee wellness programs deal with employees who have developed problems at work because of health-related issues, employee assistance programs (EAPs) take a proactive and preemptive focus on trying to prevent health-related problems in the first place.

False

Pedro has been attending lectures by business experts on how to provide excellent customer service and increase his knowledge of business practices. Which of the following trends is he using?

Formal education programs

Micah has a swimsuit model calendar hanging in his cubicle and often comments to a female employee that he would like to see her in a swimsuit. This is an example of which form of sexual harassment?

Hostile working environment

According to expectancy theory, which of the following is the main influence of compensation?

Instrumentality

Which of the following is true of the point-factor system?

When a priori weights method is used, factors are weighted using expert judgments.

Which of the following pay strategy dimensions best fits with a business strategy of concentration?

Above-market benefits levels

Which of the following is a procedure in which an organization compares its own practices against those of the competition?

Benchmarking

Which of the following determinants of procedural justice requires that procedures are applied by someone who has no prior prejudices regarding the individual involved in the discussion?

Bias suppression

_____ perception is the perceived link between effort and performance.

Expectancy

Which type of pay is similar to pay structures based on individual characteristics such as skill or knowledge but usually refers to a plan that covers exempt employees?

Competency-based pay

Prometheus Corp. is a large-scale manufacturer of consumer electronic gadgets. As part of its performance management system, Prometheus measures the amount each employee contributes to the profits of the company, and the employees are either held accountable or rewarded based on their contributions. With regard to performance measurement, under which of the following would contribution to profits be categorized?

Critical success factors (CSFs)

Knowing the college is on the verge of a financial crisis, a few of the older professors get together and decide that they can help. Which option will they choose?

Early retirement causes relatively less human suffering.

How does employees' use of mobile devices offer an advantage to companies?

Employees have access to work information at any time or location.

Why does E. L. Thorndike's Law of Effect work?

It states a response followed by a reward is more likely to recur in the future.

Nolan has started to call in sick when there is a scheduled meeting and asks to leave early on days when reports are due. How do you know that Nolan is experiencing job withdrawal?

Job withdrawal is a set of behaviors that dissatisfied individuals enact to avoid the work situation.

In a typical progressive discipline program, which of the following should be the step taken before terminating an employee?

Last chance notification

Which of the following is true of how managers may differ from shareholders?

Managers diversify investments more easily.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of a formal mentoring program?

Mentors may not be able to provide counseling and coaching in an artificially created relationship.

Which of the following best describes a broad band in job-based pay structures?

The wider grouping of jobs accomplished through delayering

Employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) carry significant investment risks for employees.

True

The 9-box grid is used to compare employees within one department, function, or division or within the entire company.

True

There is a strong link between employee satisfaction and engagement, on the one hand, and critical organizational outcomes, on the other hand.

True

Under the Fair Labor Standards Act, nonexempt employees are eligible for overtime pay.

True

Lately you have noticed the smell of alcohol on Sue's breath when she returns from her morning break and after lunch. You call Sue into your office and offer her the name and phone number for the ______ program.

employee assistance

When a recruiter scores the test given after the interview, he is using ______ to mark answers correct or incorrect.

expert judgment

Tacit knowledge is different from explicit knowledge in that

explicit knowledge can be easily articulated.

Gainsharing plans differ from profit-sharing plans in that

gainsharing plans distribute payouts more frequently.

Darcy is frustrated by the ____ that has kept her from becoming the first woman to be the CEO at her company.

glass ceiling

The items in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator that focus on individuals' preferences for energy will score the individuals based on

introversion versus extroversion.

The degree to which people are energized to do their jobs because it helps other people is called

prosocial motivation.

The items in the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator that focus on individuals' preferences for information gathering will score the individuals based on

sensing versus intuition.

A high level of pay relative to that of competitors can ensure that

the company attracts high-quality employees.

If Jonah and Xiomara want to keep their individual incentives, then

they must realize that they are continuously earned and re-earned.