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1. Based on court decisions, which of the following is not one of the standards for performance appraisal?

Appraisal systems that require supervisors to provide feedback about appraisal results to the affected employees

Performance criteria should be based on sound job descriptions

Appraisal systems should provide specific written instructions on how to conduct appraisal

Performance criteria should be based on what the employee considers important

2. What is the primary emphasis of an MBO appraisal format?

Performance dimensions

Rater is unbiased

Goals set by employees and managers

Anchored rating scales

3. You are a project manager for a small construction project. Your project was budgeted for U.S. $82,000 over a six-week period. As of today, you have spent U.S. $32,000. The earned value is U.S. $34,000. According to your schedule, you should have spent U.S. $40,000 by this time. Based on these circumstances, your project could be BEST described as:

Ahead of schedule

Behind schedule

On schedule

Not enough information is provided

4. Activity C has an early start time of 8, an early finish time of 12, a latest start time of 13, and a latest finish time of 17. Its slack is:

A. 0

B. 1

C. 4

D. 5

E. 9