UPDATED D351 STUDY SET QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE ANSWERS.
What are the four implicit HR objectives? Answer - 1. Improve productivity 2.Improve
quality of work 3. Ensure legal compliance 4. Ensure ethical behavior
Affirmative Action Answer - any act taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory
effects of past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Answer - Federal legislation passed in 2010 that includes a number of provisions designed to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare, and explore new models of delivering and paying for healthcare.
Age Discrimination Answer - different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) Answer - A federal law that protects workers age 40 and older from employment discrimination based on their age.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Answer - A federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in all aspects of employment as well as in other public services.
BFOQ Answer - Bona fide occupational qualifications are employment qualifications that employers are permitted to consider while making decisions about hiring and retaining employees. However, consideration of these qualities in any other contexts might be deemed discriminatory.
Baby Boomers Answer - People born between 1946 and 1964; in general, they greatly value loyalty, financial security, stability, and a positive work ethic.
Business Ethics Answer - The values and principles that are used to evaluate whether the collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate. Cash Plan Answer - Provides for payment of profit shares at regular intervals.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Answer - Comprehensive civil rights legislation, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 Answer - This Act allows for compensatory and punitive damages for violations of Title VII.
Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, and 1871 Answer - These acts prohibit employers from discriminating against minorities.
Consequentialist Theories Answer - evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action based on the consequences of that action.
Content Validity Answer - A method used to confirm that a selection test measures what it is intended to measure by comparing the test to the job description (knowledge, skills, and abilities required to complete a job).
Correlation Coefficient Answer - reflects the stability of a test over time—the higher the coefficient of stability, the more reliable the measure.
Culture Answer - represents an organization's value system. It includes factors such as employees' willingness to work, their ethics, how the organization thinks they should be treated, and so on.
Define "Reliability" Answer - The consistency or stability of a selection instrument
Define "Validity" Answer - how accurately and precisely a measure assesses an attribute. It assumes the appropriateness of using a given measuring device for drawing inferences about certain criteria.
Define the Term "Demand." Answer - The number and types of employees you will need to achieve the organization's strategic mission
Define the Term "Supply." Answer - The number and types of employees who will be
available now or in the future to fill the jobs
Defined Benefit Plan Answer - A retirement plan in which the employer commits (and
pays) a specific monthly benefit (or amount) to the employee when the employee retires.
Defined Contribution Plan Answer - A retirement plan in which the employer pays a specific amount, or contribution, to an employee's retirement during each pay period that the employee is with the firm. Both the traditional 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans are examples of defined contribution plans.
Delphi Technique Answer - A method of group decision-making and forecasting that involves successively collating the judgments of experts.
What are the four implicit HR objectives? Answer - 1. Improve productivity 2.Improve
quality of work 3. Ensure legal compliance 4. Ensure ethical behavior
Affirmative Action Answer - any act taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory
effects of past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) Answer - Federal legislation passed in 2010 that includes a number of provisions designed to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare, and explore new models of delivering and paying for healthcare.
Age Discrimination Answer - different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their age
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) Answer - A federal law that protects workers age 40 and older from employment discrimination based on their age.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) Answer - A federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities in all aspects of employment as well as in other public services.
BFOQ Answer - Bona fide occupational qualifications are employment qualifications that employers are permitted to consider while making decisions about hiring and retaining employees. However, consideration of these qualities in any other contexts might be deemed discriminatory.
Baby Boomers Answer - People born between 1946 and 1964; in general, they greatly value loyalty, financial security, stability, and a positive work ethic.
Business Ethics Answer - The values and principles that are used to evaluate whether the collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate. Cash Plan Answer - Provides for payment of profit shares at regular intervals.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 Answer - Comprehensive civil rights legislation, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 Answer - This Act allows for compensatory and punitive damages for violations of Title VII.
Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, and 1871 Answer - These acts prohibit employers from discriminating against minorities.
Consequentialist Theories Answer - evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action based on the consequences of that action.
Content Validity Answer - A method used to confirm that a selection test measures what it is intended to measure by comparing the test to the job description (knowledge, skills, and abilities required to complete a job).
Correlation Coefficient Answer - reflects the stability of a test over time—the higher the coefficient of stability, the more reliable the measure.
Culture Answer - represents an organization's value system. It includes factors such as employees' willingness to work, their ethics, how the organization thinks they should be treated, and so on.
Define "Reliability" Answer - The consistency or stability of a selection instrument
Define "Validity" Answer - how accurately and precisely a measure assesses an attribute. It assumes the appropriateness of using a given measuring device for drawing inferences about certain criteria.
Define the Term "Demand." Answer - The number and types of employees you will need to achieve the organization's strategic mission
Define the Term "Supply." Answer - The number and types of employees who will be
available now or in the future to fill the jobs
Defined Benefit Plan Answer - A retirement plan in which the employer commits (and
pays) a specific monthly benefit (or amount) to the employee when the employee retires.
Defined Contribution Plan Answer - A retirement plan in which the employer pays a specific amount, or contribution, to an employee's retirement during each pay period that the employee is with the firm. Both the traditional 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans are examples of defined contribution plans.
Delphi Technique Answer - A method of group decision-making and forecasting that involves successively collating the judgments of experts.
