CH 9-13 LATEST UPDATE 2025 EXAM WITH 80
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Which of the following is true of long-term disability plans?
A. They provide a fixed annual income to all retired employees.
B. The payments typically begin after 48 weeks of disability.
C. They are taxable if the employee pays the full cost of the plan.
D. They provide protection only if the disability was caused due to the
nature of work.
E. They usually provide 50 percent to 75 percent of the employee's base
pay.
-Answer-E
Which of the following is a feature of a salary continuation plan?
A. It provides income protection due to long-term illness or injury.
B. It covers only work-related illness or injury.
C. It grants a specified number of paid sick days per month or per year.
D. It typically provides full pay for some period of time, often two or
three weeks.
E. It typically begins paying after 26 weeks of disability and continues to
age 65 or for life
-Answer-D
Which of the following is a disadvantage of flexible benefit plans?
A. Flexible plans fail to equip firms to meet the changing needs of
employees.
B. Flexible plans make introduction of new benefits more costly.
C. Flexible plans increase administrative burdens and expenses.
D. Flexible plans decrease the value of benefits as perceived by
employees.
E. Flexible plans are not suited for companies with diverse workforce. -
Answer-C
,In which of the following situations are larger incentive components
appropriate?
A. organizations have a highly variable annual performance and
employees have jobs that are fairly stable
B. when organizations have a stable annual performance and employees
have jobs that are fairly stable
C. when organizations have low variability in corporate performance
D. when organizations have a highly variable annual performance and
employees have jobs that fluctuate greatly in terms of what's expected of
them
E. when organizations work in an unstable external environment and
employees have stable jobs with little fluctuations
-Answer-D
Which of the following is an essential feature of Maslow's theory?
A. Employees are motivated when perceived outputs are equal to
perceived inputs.
B. Motivation is the product of three perceptions: expectancy,
instrumentality, and valence.
C. Employees will react negatively if they perceive those others are paid
more for the same effort.
D. Pay for performance works best when focused on unmet needs.
E. Challenging performance goals influence greater intensity and
duration in employee performance
-Answer-D
According to the _____ theory of motivation, challenging and specific
performance goals generate higher employee effort.
A. Herzberg's Two-Factor
B. expectancy
C. equity
D. goal setting
E. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
-Answer-D
, ____ theory of motivation states that people are concerned about
fairness of the reward outcomes exchanged for employee inputs.
A. Expectancy
B. Equity
C. Agency
D. Two-factor
E. Reinforcement
-Answer-B
Which of the following wage components refers to wage increase
granted regardless of performance?
A. cost-of-living increase
B. lump-sum bonus
C. individual incentive
D. group incentive
E. profit-sharing increase
-Answer-A
Which of the following statements about employee benefits is true?
A. Employee benefits of all types are mandated by law and are not
discretionary.
B. Employee benefits are not part of a company's total compensation
package.
C. Employee benefits are funded either by the government or the
employer; not the employee.
D. Employee benefits of all types are discretionary and are not mandated
by law.
E. Most employee benefits are not taxable.
-Answer-E
Which method of financing benefit plans allows costs to be shared
between employer and employee?
A. non-contributory
B. ESOPs
C. employee financed
QUESTIONS AND ACCURATE DETAILED ANSWERS
GRADED A+
Which of the following is true of long-term disability plans?
A. They provide a fixed annual income to all retired employees.
B. The payments typically begin after 48 weeks of disability.
C. They are taxable if the employee pays the full cost of the plan.
D. They provide protection only if the disability was caused due to the
nature of work.
E. They usually provide 50 percent to 75 percent of the employee's base
pay.
-Answer-E
Which of the following is a feature of a salary continuation plan?
A. It provides income protection due to long-term illness or injury.
B. It covers only work-related illness or injury.
C. It grants a specified number of paid sick days per month or per year.
D. It typically provides full pay for some period of time, often two or
three weeks.
E. It typically begins paying after 26 weeks of disability and continues to
age 65 or for life
-Answer-D
Which of the following is a disadvantage of flexible benefit plans?
A. Flexible plans fail to equip firms to meet the changing needs of
employees.
B. Flexible plans make introduction of new benefits more costly.
C. Flexible plans increase administrative burdens and expenses.
D. Flexible plans decrease the value of benefits as perceived by
employees.
E. Flexible plans are not suited for companies with diverse workforce. -
Answer-C
,In which of the following situations are larger incentive components
appropriate?
A. organizations have a highly variable annual performance and
employees have jobs that are fairly stable
B. when organizations have a stable annual performance and employees
have jobs that are fairly stable
C. when organizations have low variability in corporate performance
D. when organizations have a highly variable annual performance and
employees have jobs that fluctuate greatly in terms of what's expected of
them
E. when organizations work in an unstable external environment and
employees have stable jobs with little fluctuations
-Answer-D
Which of the following is an essential feature of Maslow's theory?
A. Employees are motivated when perceived outputs are equal to
perceived inputs.
B. Motivation is the product of three perceptions: expectancy,
instrumentality, and valence.
C. Employees will react negatively if they perceive those others are paid
more for the same effort.
D. Pay for performance works best when focused on unmet needs.
E. Challenging performance goals influence greater intensity and
duration in employee performance
-Answer-D
According to the _____ theory of motivation, challenging and specific
performance goals generate higher employee effort.
A. Herzberg's Two-Factor
B. expectancy
C. equity
D. goal setting
E. Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs
-Answer-D
, ____ theory of motivation states that people are concerned about
fairness of the reward outcomes exchanged for employee inputs.
A. Expectancy
B. Equity
C. Agency
D. Two-factor
E. Reinforcement
-Answer-B
Which of the following wage components refers to wage increase
granted regardless of performance?
A. cost-of-living increase
B. lump-sum bonus
C. individual incentive
D. group incentive
E. profit-sharing increase
-Answer-A
Which of the following statements about employee benefits is true?
A. Employee benefits of all types are mandated by law and are not
discretionary.
B. Employee benefits are not part of a company's total compensation
package.
C. Employee benefits are funded either by the government or the
employer; not the employee.
D. Employee benefits of all types are discretionary and are not mandated
by law.
E. Most employee benefits are not taxable.
-Answer-E
Which method of financing benefit plans allows costs to be shared
between employer and employee?
A. non-contributory
B. ESOPs
C. employee financed
