Payroll Test Questions with Verified Correct
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Certain types of businesses are always covered by FLSA provisions. Which of the
following businesses are always covered by FLSA?
A school for children with learning disabilities.-checked Correct
A privately run hospital.-checked Correct
A Social Security Administration branch office.
Rick Richards, a waiter at the Misosis Club in Pennsylvania, receives the tipped
minimum wage. During a 40-hour workweek, how much must he earn in tips to meet
the minimum wage requirement?
$176.80
Marty Burgess works for Hyrolated Sports. His compensation is based on sales of store
products to customers. Which type of pay basis represents Marty's pay?
Commission
Lana Reid is an accounting clerk at Tenity Enterprises who is paid $18.15 per hour.
During a week's pay period, she worked 39 hours and 41 minutes. Based on a
hundredth-hour pay method, what is her gross pay for the period?
$720.25
According to the FLSA, what is the basis used to determine overtime worked for
standard nonexempt workers?
The excess over 40 hours in seven consecutive days.
, Eugene Torres works in a shared role for Multiglass Computers. He works in both the
programming and the research departments for the company and splits his time equally
in both roles. Eugene is paid $20 per hour in the programming department and $28 per
hour in the research department. When he works overtime in the research department,
what is his pay rate?
$42 per hour
Bobby Howard is a salaried exempt employee at Coric Industries. He is married with
two withholding allowances. His contract stipulates a 40-hour workweek at $47,500 per
year. During the week ending November 27, there was a company paid holiday for one
day.
$47,500 / (52 × 40) = $22.83654
$22.83654 × 8 = $182.69
$22.83654 × 32 = $730.77
$182.69 + $730.77 = $913.46
Marcell Teague submitted a pay card reflecting the following hours worked at Kicy Inc.
He earns $16.02 per hour. The company pays overtime only on hours worked exceeding
40 per week. The company is considering changing from quarter-hour to hundredth-
hour time collection. Under the current quarter-hour system, each time the employee
clocks in or out, the time is rounded to the nearest quarter-hour.
Calculate Marcell's time for both the quarter-hour and hundredth-hour systems.
Calculate Marcell's total pay in the hundredth-hour and quarter-hour systems.
Marcell's total pay in the hundredth-hour system: $16.02 × (8.45 + 7.43 + 5.68 + 7.97) =
$473.07.
Answers
Certain types of businesses are always covered by FLSA provisions. Which of the
following businesses are always covered by FLSA?
A school for children with learning disabilities.-checked Correct
A privately run hospital.-checked Correct
A Social Security Administration branch office.
Rick Richards, a waiter at the Misosis Club in Pennsylvania, receives the tipped
minimum wage. During a 40-hour workweek, how much must he earn in tips to meet
the minimum wage requirement?
$176.80
Marty Burgess works for Hyrolated Sports. His compensation is based on sales of store
products to customers. Which type of pay basis represents Marty's pay?
Commission
Lana Reid is an accounting clerk at Tenity Enterprises who is paid $18.15 per hour.
During a week's pay period, she worked 39 hours and 41 minutes. Based on a
hundredth-hour pay method, what is her gross pay for the period?
$720.25
According to the FLSA, what is the basis used to determine overtime worked for
standard nonexempt workers?
The excess over 40 hours in seven consecutive days.
, Eugene Torres works in a shared role for Multiglass Computers. He works in both the
programming and the research departments for the company and splits his time equally
in both roles. Eugene is paid $20 per hour in the programming department and $28 per
hour in the research department. When he works overtime in the research department,
what is his pay rate?
$42 per hour
Bobby Howard is a salaried exempt employee at Coric Industries. He is married with
two withholding allowances. His contract stipulates a 40-hour workweek at $47,500 per
year. During the week ending November 27, there was a company paid holiday for one
day.
$47,500 / (52 × 40) = $22.83654
$22.83654 × 8 = $182.69
$22.83654 × 32 = $730.77
$182.69 + $730.77 = $913.46
Marcell Teague submitted a pay card reflecting the following hours worked at Kicy Inc.
He earns $16.02 per hour. The company pays overtime only on hours worked exceeding
40 per week. The company is considering changing from quarter-hour to hundredth-
hour time collection. Under the current quarter-hour system, each time the employee
clocks in or out, the time is rounded to the nearest quarter-hour.
Calculate Marcell's time for both the quarter-hour and hundredth-hour systems.
Calculate Marcell's total pay in the hundredth-hour and quarter-hour systems.
Marcell's total pay in the hundredth-hour system: $16.02 × (8.45 + 7.43 + 5.68 + 7.97) =
$473.07.
