TEST BANK STRATEGIC COMPENSATION CHAPTER 5
EXAM WITH ANSWERS / RATED A+/ BEST FOR
REVISION AND GUARANTEED PASS
Which pay plan generally rewards employees for meeting work objectives?
A) knowledge-based
B) seniority
C) longevity
D) job performance-based - ANSWER D) job performance-based
This type of pay system rewards employees for successfully acquiring new job-related knowledge.
A) person-focused pay
B) competency-based pay
C) merit pay
D) incentive pay - ANSWER A) person-focused pay
Which compensation approach refers to three types of person-focused pay programs?
A) competency-based
B) innovation-based
C) service-based
D) stair-step - ANSWER A) competency-based
This type of pay program rewards employees for successfully learning specific curricula.
A) skill-based
B) person-based
C) pay-for-knowledge
, D) incentive - ANSWER C) pay-for-knowledge
Which of the following pay systems is used by unions and contractors to reward their carpenters for
increasing carpentry abilities?
A) knowledge-based
B) incentive
C) skill-based
D) merit-based - ANSWER C) skill-based
When a filing clerk is trained to maintain employee attendance records, it is an example of acquiring
which type of skills?
A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) depth
D) breadth - ANSWER A) horizontal
Employees would need to learn these types of skills in order to develop self-managed work teams.
A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) depth
D) breadth - ANSWER B) vertical
In this team, members learn scheduling, coordinating, training, leadership. Which of the following
describes this type of work team?
A) self-regulating
B) supervisory
C) management
D) non-supervised - ANSWER A) self-regulating
This term refers to the level of specialization or expertise an employee possesses in a particular job.
EXAM WITH ANSWERS / RATED A+/ BEST FOR
REVISION AND GUARANTEED PASS
Which pay plan generally rewards employees for meeting work objectives?
A) knowledge-based
B) seniority
C) longevity
D) job performance-based - ANSWER D) job performance-based
This type of pay system rewards employees for successfully acquiring new job-related knowledge.
A) person-focused pay
B) competency-based pay
C) merit pay
D) incentive pay - ANSWER A) person-focused pay
Which compensation approach refers to three types of person-focused pay programs?
A) competency-based
B) innovation-based
C) service-based
D) stair-step - ANSWER A) competency-based
This type of pay program rewards employees for successfully learning specific curricula.
A) skill-based
B) person-based
C) pay-for-knowledge
, D) incentive - ANSWER C) pay-for-knowledge
Which of the following pay systems is used by unions and contractors to reward their carpenters for
increasing carpentry abilities?
A) knowledge-based
B) incentive
C) skill-based
D) merit-based - ANSWER C) skill-based
When a filing clerk is trained to maintain employee attendance records, it is an example of acquiring
which type of skills?
A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) depth
D) breadth - ANSWER A) horizontal
Employees would need to learn these types of skills in order to develop self-managed work teams.
A) horizontal
B) vertical
C) depth
D) breadth - ANSWER B) vertical
In this team, members learn scheduling, coordinating, training, leadership. Which of the following
describes this type of work team?
A) self-regulating
B) supervisory
C) management
D) non-supervised - ANSWER A) self-regulating
This term refers to the level of specialization or expertise an employee possesses in a particular job.
