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1. Including a disclaimer in an employee handbook that employees can be terminated at any time with or without cause does not imply that the right of employment at will holds.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
2. Alex, a graphic designer, suffers from a terrible headache while at work. He approaches the company nurse, who gives him aspirin. He gets back to work in an hour when his headache subsides. OSHA would categorize Alex’s illness as a __________.
a. disability injury
b. medical care injury
c. lost-time injury
d. minor injury
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
3. The halo effect is the tendency to rate people relative to one another rather than against performance standards.
a. True
b. False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
4. Considering the reciprocal nature of rights and responsibilities, if an employee has the right to a safe working environment, then the employer has __________.
a.the right to terminate employees in case of workplace injuries
b.the right to demand compliance to everything the company asks for
c.an obligation to improve working conditions so as to fulfill that right
d.a duty to enforce the right only if it is mentioned in the employment contract
5. Which of the following statements is true of the Americans with Disabilities Act?
a.Illegal drug users are considered disabled.
b.Recovering substance abusers are considered disabled.
c.Addiction to alcohol is not considered a disability.
d.Those addicted to legal prescription drugs are not considered disabled.
6. Why are obese employees considered more expensive by firms than nonobese employees?
a.Obese employees have more health issues.
b.They generally score less in intelligence and competency tests.
c.Obese employees are typically incompetent at work.
d.They are more accident-prone than nonobese employees.
7. Which of the following is true of the point factor method of job evaluation?
a.It is a simple system that places jobs in order, from highest to lowest, by their value to the organization.
b.It looks at compensable factors in a group of similar jobs and assigns weights to them.
c.It is a complex quantitative method that combines the ranking and classification methods.
d.In this method, descriptions of each class of jobs are written and then each job is put into a grade according to the class it best matches.
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
8. Companies must only use multisource feedback primarily as an administrative tool.
a.True
b.False
Indicate the answer choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
9. Combining short, fast-paced, interactive computer-based lessons and teleconferencing with traditional classroom instruction and simulation is called __________.
a.blended learning
b.outsourcing
c.cross training
d.job shadowing
10. Which of the following statements is true of the home country–based approach?
a.Compensation is adjusted to maintain the expatriate’s standard of living in the country that has the lowest cost of living index.
b.Compensation is adjusted to maintain the expatriate’s standard of living in the country where the MNE is headquartered.
c.Compensation is adjusted to maintain the expatriate’s standard of living in the third country.
d.Compensation is adjusted to maintain the expatriate’s standard of living in the country where the expatriate is sent from the headquarters.