mie 330 final exam Questions With Complete Solutions
________ can uncover reasons why employees leave and
perhaps set the stage for some of them to return or allow the
employer to make changes so employees do not want to leave.
a. Principles of justice (POJ)
b. Exit interviews
c. Progressive discipline
d. Alternate dispute resolution (ADR) Correct Answers exit
interviews
_________ is one of the benefits that is not required by law for
an Employer to provide its' employees.
a. Workers' Compensation
b. Social Security
c. Dental Insurance
d. FMLA Correct Answers dental insurance
____________occurs when policies, practices, rules or other
systems that appear to be neutral have an effect on a protected
group.
a. Business necessity.
b. disparate impact.
c. Affirmative Action.
d. disparate treatment. Correct Answers disparate impact
,A discharge can be found illegal if it violates a public policy (for
example, firing an employee for refusing to do something
illegal). This is referred as_____________?
a. Exception to reverse discrimination
b. Exception to implied contract
c. Exception to the employment-at-will doctrine
d. Exception to equal employment opportunity Correct Answers
Exception to the employment-at-will doctrine
A Manufacturer has seen sales decline in a highly competitive
environment. To be able to offer a lower-cost product,
management decides to close its factory in North Carolina,
laying off 85 workers from the company's 465-person
workforce. Under the Workers' Adjustment Retraining and
Notification Act, what must the manufacturer do?
a.It must give the employees 60 days' notice before it can begin
the layoffs.
b.It must explain employment-at-will principles to the
employees.
c.It must provide all the employees with exit interviews.
d.It must seek legal advice to identify any exemptions available.
Correct Answers a.It must give the employees 60 days' notice
before it can begin the layoffs.
A strenuous physical-ability test as a job requirement for a
firefighter might have a disparate impact for women, but it is a
_______ for fire departments.
a. Business necessity
, b. Morale matter
c. Legal requirement
d. Accepted tradition Correct Answers a. Business necessity
A supervisor, needs to assess Amanda's, a subordinate's,
performance. She considers Amanda to be reliable and meets all
her requirements, so she rates her as a good performer. But then
the supervisor thinks about an exceptional employee, in his
department, and decides that, compared with her, Amanda is just
average. In this way, the supervisor's rating is a ________ error.
a. contrast
b. horns
c. halo
d. central tendency Correct Answers contrast
A typical progressive discipline system identifies and
communicates unacceptable behaviors and responds to a series
of offenses with which types of actions?
a. Consequences that are immediate
b. peer review and final determinations
c. benchmarking and realistic interviews
d. spoken and then written warnings, temporary suspension, and
finally, termination Correct Answers spoken and then written
warnings, temporary suspension, and finally, termination
After completing a certification process for basic welding,
Enrico received a pay raise. He will get another pay raise as
soon as he finishes the advanced welding course. Enrico is
participating in which type of pay system?
________ can uncover reasons why employees leave and
perhaps set the stage for some of them to return or allow the
employer to make changes so employees do not want to leave.
a. Principles of justice (POJ)
b. Exit interviews
c. Progressive discipline
d. Alternate dispute resolution (ADR) Correct Answers exit
interviews
_________ is one of the benefits that is not required by law for
an Employer to provide its' employees.
a. Workers' Compensation
b. Social Security
c. Dental Insurance
d. FMLA Correct Answers dental insurance
____________occurs when policies, practices, rules or other
systems that appear to be neutral have an effect on a protected
group.
a. Business necessity.
b. disparate impact.
c. Affirmative Action.
d. disparate treatment. Correct Answers disparate impact
,A discharge can be found illegal if it violates a public policy (for
example, firing an employee for refusing to do something
illegal). This is referred as_____________?
a. Exception to reverse discrimination
b. Exception to implied contract
c. Exception to the employment-at-will doctrine
d. Exception to equal employment opportunity Correct Answers
Exception to the employment-at-will doctrine
A Manufacturer has seen sales decline in a highly competitive
environment. To be able to offer a lower-cost product,
management decides to close its factory in North Carolina,
laying off 85 workers from the company's 465-person
workforce. Under the Workers' Adjustment Retraining and
Notification Act, what must the manufacturer do?
a.It must give the employees 60 days' notice before it can begin
the layoffs.
b.It must explain employment-at-will principles to the
employees.
c.It must provide all the employees with exit interviews.
d.It must seek legal advice to identify any exemptions available.
Correct Answers a.It must give the employees 60 days' notice
before it can begin the layoffs.
A strenuous physical-ability test as a job requirement for a
firefighter might have a disparate impact for women, but it is a
_______ for fire departments.
a. Business necessity
, b. Morale matter
c. Legal requirement
d. Accepted tradition Correct Answers a. Business necessity
A supervisor, needs to assess Amanda's, a subordinate's,
performance. She considers Amanda to be reliable and meets all
her requirements, so she rates her as a good performer. But then
the supervisor thinks about an exceptional employee, in his
department, and decides that, compared with her, Amanda is just
average. In this way, the supervisor's rating is a ________ error.
a. contrast
b. horns
c. halo
d. central tendency Correct Answers contrast
A typical progressive discipline system identifies and
communicates unacceptable behaviors and responds to a series
of offenses with which types of actions?
a. Consequences that are immediate
b. peer review and final determinations
c. benchmarking and realistic interviews
d. spoken and then written warnings, temporary suspension, and
finally, termination Correct Answers spoken and then written
warnings, temporary suspension, and finally, termination
After completing a certification process for basic welding,
Enrico received a pay raise. He will get another pay raise as
soon as he finishes the advanced welding course. Enrico is
participating in which type of pay system?
