,Practice Test (First Set)
Practice Questions
1. When employees leave work early or purposefully work at a slow pace, they are
engaging in
a. property deviance.
b. production deviance.
c. political deviance.
d. personal aggression.
2. In which business structure do partners exist mainly as investors, without much
influence on daily operations?
a. limited liability partnership
b. sole proprietorship
c. general partnership
d. joint venture
3. Which piece of legislation declared that back pay awards cannot be a part of
compensatory damages?
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Civil Rights Act of 1991
c. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1974
d. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
4. The SMART model outlines the important characteristics of
a. forecasting studies.
b. employee training.
c. effective recruiting.
d. organizational goals.
5. Name one consequence of the Clayton Act of 1914.
a. Workers retained the right to organize.
b. The Sherman Act was applied to unions.
c. Employers could not always use injunctions to break strikes.
d. Federal contractors must pay the going rate for workers.
6. Which of the following statements about performance appraisal is false?
a. Ranking is a good method for appraising large groups of employees.
b. Focal review programs include all of the employees in an organization.
c. Forced ranking systems assume that most employees are neither exceptionally
good nor exceptionally bad.
, d. A behaviorally anchored rating system isolates each job’s most important tasks.
7. Which of the following would be considered nonmonetary compensation?
a. flex time
b. stock options
c. medical care premiums
d. paid leave
8. Which piece of legislation established a new definition for “highly compensated
individual”?
a. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act Fairness Act of 1996
b. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
c. Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
d. Pension Protection Act of 2006
9. In business, what is the primary difference between a goal and a strategy?
a. The terms are interchangeable.
b. Strategies are created by executives, while goals are set by middle managers.
c. Strategies precede goals.
d. Strategies are the means, while goals are the end.
10. A new employee is told by her coworkers that one of her duties is to handle customer
queries as they arrive. However, her superior informs her that customer queries are to be
handled by her department as a whole, and in fact she should defer to her coworkers until
she becomes more acclimated. This employee’s situation can be defined as
a. role orientation.
b. role conflict.
c. role overload.
d. role ambiguity.
11. Which of the following institutions did not receive Title VII coverage pursuant to the
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972?
a. Religious institutions
b. Universities
c. State government agencies
d. Federal legislative bodies
12. Which of the following is an example of a chemical health hazard?
a. bacterium
b. pesticide
c. fungus
, d. virus
13. The Stanley Corporation wants to avoid lawsuits, so the human resources department
occasionally reviews the hiring process to ensure compliance with all equal opportunity
regulations. This is an example of
a. risk avoidance.
b. risk elimination.
c. risk mitigation.
d. risk transfer.
14. Which of the following was a consequence of the Workforce Investment Act?
a. A Mass layoff was defined as either 500 employees or 33% of workforce.
b. Workers must be given 60 days notice before plant closing.
c. Labor unions were encouraged to cooperate with management on worker training.
d. The creation of comprehensive training centers for workers and employers
15. According to Edward E. Lawler, the four elements of a high-involvement organization
are
a. knowledge, communication, incentives, and evaluation.
b. planning, execution, evaluation, and control.
c. selection, maintenance, evaluation, and forecasting.
d. power, information, knowledge, and rewards.
16. Which of the following statements about union decertification is true?
a. Decertification does not prevent employees from joining a different union later.
b. Decertification only occurs when employees are displeased with the union.
c. Employers may lobby employees during the decertification process.
d. Half the employees must petition the NLRB before a decertification vote is held.
17. In which case did the Fifth Circuit determine that a company may not claim physical
difficulty as a bona fide occupational qualification in order to keep women out of certain
jobs?
a. Rosenfeld v. Southern Pacific (1968)
b. McDonnell Douglas Corporation v. Green (1973)
c. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone Company (1969)
d. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine (1981)
18. Which component of an affirmative action plan provides demographic information for
the labor market related to each job group?
a. job group analysis
b. determination of availability
Practice Questions
1. When employees leave work early or purposefully work at a slow pace, they are
engaging in
a. property deviance.
b. production deviance.
c. political deviance.
d. personal aggression.
2. In which business structure do partners exist mainly as investors, without much
influence on daily operations?
a. limited liability partnership
b. sole proprietorship
c. general partnership
d. joint venture
3. Which piece of legislation declared that back pay awards cannot be a part of
compensatory damages?
a. Civil Rights Act of 1964
b. Civil Rights Act of 1991
c. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1974
d. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990
4. The SMART model outlines the important characteristics of
a. forecasting studies.
b. employee training.
c. effective recruiting.
d. organizational goals.
5. Name one consequence of the Clayton Act of 1914.
a. Workers retained the right to organize.
b. The Sherman Act was applied to unions.
c. Employers could not always use injunctions to break strikes.
d. Federal contractors must pay the going rate for workers.
6. Which of the following statements about performance appraisal is false?
a. Ranking is a good method for appraising large groups of employees.
b. Focal review programs include all of the employees in an organization.
c. Forced ranking systems assume that most employees are neither exceptionally
good nor exceptionally bad.
, d. A behaviorally anchored rating system isolates each job’s most important tasks.
7. Which of the following would be considered nonmonetary compensation?
a. flex time
b. stock options
c. medical care premiums
d. paid leave
8. Which piece of legislation established a new definition for “highly compensated
individual”?
a. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act Fairness Act of 1996
b. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
c. Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996
d. Pension Protection Act of 2006
9. In business, what is the primary difference between a goal and a strategy?
a. The terms are interchangeable.
b. Strategies are created by executives, while goals are set by middle managers.
c. Strategies precede goals.
d. Strategies are the means, while goals are the end.
10. A new employee is told by her coworkers that one of her duties is to handle customer
queries as they arrive. However, her superior informs her that customer queries are to be
handled by her department as a whole, and in fact she should defer to her coworkers until
she becomes more acclimated. This employee’s situation can be defined as
a. role orientation.
b. role conflict.
c. role overload.
d. role ambiguity.
11. Which of the following institutions did not receive Title VII coverage pursuant to the
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972?
a. Religious institutions
b. Universities
c. State government agencies
d. Federal legislative bodies
12. Which of the following is an example of a chemical health hazard?
a. bacterium
b. pesticide
c. fungus
, d. virus
13. The Stanley Corporation wants to avoid lawsuits, so the human resources department
occasionally reviews the hiring process to ensure compliance with all equal opportunity
regulations. This is an example of
a. risk avoidance.
b. risk elimination.
c. risk mitigation.
d. risk transfer.
14. Which of the following was a consequence of the Workforce Investment Act?
a. A Mass layoff was defined as either 500 employees or 33% of workforce.
b. Workers must be given 60 days notice before plant closing.
c. Labor unions were encouraged to cooperate with management on worker training.
d. The creation of comprehensive training centers for workers and employers
15. According to Edward E. Lawler, the four elements of a high-involvement organization
are
a. knowledge, communication, incentives, and evaluation.
b. planning, execution, evaluation, and control.
c. selection, maintenance, evaluation, and forecasting.
d. power, information, knowledge, and rewards.
16. Which of the following statements about union decertification is true?
a. Decertification does not prevent employees from joining a different union later.
b. Decertification only occurs when employees are displeased with the union.
c. Employers may lobby employees during the decertification process.
d. Half the employees must petition the NLRB before a decertification vote is held.
17. In which case did the Fifth Circuit determine that a company may not claim physical
difficulty as a bona fide occupational qualification in order to keep women out of certain
jobs?
a. Rosenfeld v. Southern Pacific (1968)
b. McDonnell Douglas Corporation v. Green (1973)
c. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone Company (1969)
d. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine (1981)
18. Which component of an affirmative action plan provides demographic information for
the labor market related to each job group?
a. job group analysis
b. determination of availability
