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Whichiofitheifollowingiisiusuallyiconsiderediailawf
ulipractice?
A.ifeatherbedding
B.islowdowns
C.iwildcatistrikes
D.isympathyistrikes
D.iSympathyistrikesiareinotiprohibitedibyitheiLabo
r-
RelationsiAct.iAiworkerimayirefuseitoicrossiaipicke
tilineiatianotheriemployer'siplaceiofibusinessiwhen
ithereiisiaistrikeiapprovedibyiaimajorityiunion.iInis
omeicases,iaiunionicontractimayihaveiclausesithati
prohibitisuchiaistrike,ibutifederalilawidoesinotipro
hibitisuchiaction.iFeatherbeddingi(requiringimorei
workersithaninecessary),islowdowni(partialioriinter
mittentistrikes),iandiwildcatistrikesi(strikesiiniviol
ationiofiaino-
strikeiprovisioniareinotilawfuliactivities.
Theiconceptiofibroadbandingiwasidevelopedito
A.ilimititheiautonomyiofilineimanagers
B.ireduceiemployeeimobilityiwithinitheiorganizatio
n
C.iworkiwithiflatteriorganizationalistructure
D.iprovideinarrowerisalaryiranges
C.iBroadbandingicombinesiseveralisalaryigradesior
ijobiclassificationsiwithinarrowipayirangesiintoione
ibandiwithiaiwiderisalaryispread.iThisiapproachisu
pportsitheide-
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,layeringieffortsidesigneditoireduceitheinumberiofir
eportingilevelsiwithinianiorganization.
Computerihackingiisiaidirectithreatitoiwhichiofithe
ifollowing:
A.ihumaniassets
B.ifinancialiassets
C.iinformationiassets
D.icommunicationiassets
TheicorrectiansweriisiC.iComputerihackingiisiaipro
minentithreatitoiinformationiassets
Inisomeiforeignicountries,ibriberyiandikickbacksia
reiwidelyiviewediasiaiculturallyiacceptediwayiofifac
ilitatingibusinessiagreements.iWhichiofitheifollowi
ngishouldicontroliaiU.S.icompany'sidecisioniabouti
whetheritoiengageiinibriberyiasiaiforeignibusinessi
practice?
A.itheilawsiofitheiforeignicountryiinvolved
B.itheiUnitediNationsiCharter
C.iU.S.ilaw
D.ialliofitheiabove
TheicorrectiansweriisiC.iBriberyiofiforeigninational
siisiexplicitlyiillegaliunderitheiU.S.iForeigniCorrup
tiPracticesiActiofi1977.iBriberyimostilikelyialsoivio
latesitheilawsiofitheicountryiinvolved,ibutithisiwoul
dinotibeiaicontrollingifactoriiniaicountryiwhereibri
beryiisianiacceptedibusinessipractice.iAnd,ithoughi
theiGeneraliAssemblyiadopteditheiUnitediNationsi
ConventioniagainstiCorruptioniini2003,itheiUNiCh
arteriitselfimakesinoimentioniofibribery,ikickbacks,
ioricorruption.
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,Luisa,iaiManageriatiDrlcomiMobile,ihasi12idirectir
eports.iWhatiisiherispanioficontrol?
A.i6
B.i12
C.i24
D.iItidepends
TheicorrectiansweriisiB.iAimanager'sispanioficontr
oliisidefinediasitheinumberiofiworkersiwhoireportit
oiher.
JennaiisiaiSalesiRepresentativeiandireceivesiherihe
althcareithroughiheriemployer,iwhichihasiaicontra
ctiwithiJRB,iaihealthiinsuranceicompany.iItiisiaigr
oupihealthiplanithatiallowsiJennaitoigoitoianyiphys
icianiiniherinetworkiwithoutiaireferral,ibutiifisheig
oesioutsideiherinetwork,isheimustipayiaihigherirat
e.iWhichiofitheifollowingitypesiofihealthcareiplanid
oesiJennaimostilikelyihave?
A.ifeeiforiservice
B.ipointiofiservice
C.ipreferrediprovideriorganization
D.ihealthimaintenanceiorganization
TheicorrectiansweriisiC.iPreferrediprovideriorganiz
ationsiareicontractualiarrangementsibetweenihealt
hcareiprovidersiandianiemployeriorihealthiinsuran
ceicompany,iwhichiallowisubscribedimembersiwide
ilatitudeitoivisitianyiphysiciansiwithinitheiorganiza
tion'sinetworkiofiproviders.iOut-of-
networkicareiisiavailableibutiatiaihigheriprice.
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, IniwhichicaseididitheiSupremeiCourtiruleithatithei
employerimustiprovideibackipayiforiemployeesiwho
isufferedimonetaryilossidueitoiracialidiscriminatio
n?
A.iAlbemarleiPaperiCoivsiMoodyi(1975)
B.iMcDonelliDouglasiCorpivsiGreeni(1973)
C.iGriggsivs.iDukeiPoweri(1971)
D.iAutomobileiWorkersivsiJohnsoniControlsi(1977)
TheicorrectiansweriisiA.iAlbemarleiPaperiCo.iv.iMo
odyiestablisheditheiprincipleithaticriteriaiforiempl
oymentitestsimustibeitiedidirectlyitoijobirequireme
nts,iandimustinotibeibasedisolelyionisupervisoriran
kings.iItialsoiruledithatiemployersimustiprovideiba
ckipayiforiemployeesiwhoisufferedimonetaryilossid
ueitoiracialidiscrimination.
Gerry'siJeansicompensatesiitsisalesiemployeesithro
ughiaicombinationiofiaibaseisalaryiplusithreeiperc
entiofitheiemployee'sisalesiforitheiyear.iWhichitype
iofipaymentisystemidoesiGerry'siJeansiutilize?
A.imeritipay
B.icommission
C.iprofitisharing
D.igroupiincentiveipay
TheicorrectiansweriisiB.iGerry'siJeansipaysiitsiemp
loyeesithroughiaicommissionisystem.
Whatiisitheiprimaryiadvantageiofiusingiglobalivirtu
aliteams?
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wageicountries,iglobalivirtualiteamsicanilowericost
s
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Whichiofitheifollowingiisiusuallyiconsiderediailawf
ulipractice?
A.ifeatherbedding
B.islowdowns
C.iwildcatistrikes
D.isympathyistrikes
D.iSympathyistrikesiareinotiprohibitedibyitheiLabo
r-
RelationsiAct.iAiworkerimayirefuseitoicrossiaipicke
tilineiatianotheriemployer'siplaceiofibusinessiwhen
ithereiisiaistrikeiapprovedibyiaimajorityiunion.iInis
omeicases,iaiunionicontractimayihaveiclausesithati
prohibitisuchiaistrike,ibutifederalilawidoesinotipro
hibitisuchiaction.iFeatherbeddingi(requiringimorei
workersithaninecessary),islowdowni(partialioriinter
mittentistrikes),iandiwildcatistrikesi(strikesiiniviol
ationiofiaino-
strikeiprovisioniareinotilawfuliactivities.
Theiconceptiofibroadbandingiwasidevelopedito
A.ilimititheiautonomyiofilineimanagers
B.ireduceiemployeeimobilityiwithinitheiorganizatio
n
C.iworkiwithiflatteriorganizationalistructure
D.iprovideinarrowerisalaryiranges
C.iBroadbandingicombinesiseveralisalaryigradesior
ijobiclassificationsiwithinarrowipayirangesiintoione
ibandiwithiaiwiderisalaryispread.iThisiapproachisu
pportsitheide-
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,layeringieffortsidesigneditoireduceitheinumberiofir
eportingilevelsiwithinianiorganization.
Computerihackingiisiaidirectithreatitoiwhichiofithe
ifollowing:
A.ihumaniassets
B.ifinancialiassets
C.iinformationiassets
D.icommunicationiassets
TheicorrectiansweriisiC.iComputerihackingiisiaipro
minentithreatitoiinformationiassets
Inisomeiforeignicountries,ibriberyiandikickbacksia
reiwidelyiviewediasiaiculturallyiacceptediwayiofifac
ilitatingibusinessiagreements.iWhichiofitheifollowi
ngishouldicontroliaiU.S.icompany'sidecisioniabouti
whetheritoiengageiinibriberyiasiaiforeignibusinessi
practice?
A.itheilawsiofitheiforeignicountryiinvolved
B.itheiUnitediNationsiCharter
C.iU.S.ilaw
D.ialliofitheiabove
TheicorrectiansweriisiC.iBriberyiofiforeigninational
siisiexplicitlyiillegaliunderitheiU.S.iForeigniCorrup
tiPracticesiActiofi1977.iBriberyimostilikelyialsoivio
latesitheilawsiofitheicountryiinvolved,ibutithisiwoul
dinotibeiaicontrollingifactoriiniaicountryiwhereibri
beryiisianiacceptedibusinessipractice.iAnd,ithoughi
theiGeneraliAssemblyiadopteditheiUnitediNationsi
ConventioniagainstiCorruptioniini2003,itheiUNiCh
arteriitselfimakesinoimentioniofibribery,ikickbacks,
ioricorruption.
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,Luisa,iaiManageriatiDrlcomiMobile,ihasi12idirectir
eports.iWhatiisiherispanioficontrol?
A.i6
B.i12
C.i24
D.iItidepends
TheicorrectiansweriisiB.iAimanager'sispanioficontr
oliisidefinediasitheinumberiofiworkersiwhoireportit
oiher.
JennaiisiaiSalesiRepresentativeiandireceivesiherihe
althcareithroughiheriemployer,iwhichihasiaicontra
ctiwithiJRB,iaihealthiinsuranceicompany.iItiisiaigr
oupihealthiplanithatiallowsiJennaitoigoitoianyiphys
icianiiniherinetworkiwithoutiaireferral,ibutiifisheig
oesioutsideiherinetwork,isheimustipayiaihigherirat
e.iWhichiofitheifollowingitypesiofihealthcareiplanid
oesiJennaimostilikelyihave?
A.ifeeiforiservice
B.ipointiofiservice
C.ipreferrediprovideriorganization
D.ihealthimaintenanceiorganization
TheicorrectiansweriisiC.iPreferrediprovideriorganiz
ationsiareicontractualiarrangementsibetweenihealt
hcareiprovidersiandianiemployeriorihealthiinsuran
ceicompany,iwhichiallowisubscribedimembersiwide
ilatitudeitoivisitianyiphysiciansiwithinitheiorganiza
tion'sinetworkiofiproviders.iOut-of-
networkicareiisiavailableibutiatiaihigheriprice.
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, IniwhichicaseididitheiSupremeiCourtiruleithatithei
employerimustiprovideibackipayiforiemployeesiwho
isufferedimonetaryilossidueitoiracialidiscriminatio
n?
A.iAlbemarleiPaperiCoivsiMoodyi(1975)
B.iMcDonelliDouglasiCorpivsiGreeni(1973)
C.iGriggsivs.iDukeiPoweri(1971)
D.iAutomobileiWorkersivsiJohnsoniControlsi(1977)
TheicorrectiansweriisiA.iAlbemarleiPaperiCo.iv.iMo
odyiestablisheditheiprincipleithaticriteriaiforiempl
oymentitestsimustibeitiedidirectlyitoijobirequireme
nts,iandimustinotibeibasedisolelyionisupervisoriran
kings.iItialsoiruledithatiemployersimustiprovideiba
ckipayiforiemployeesiwhoisufferedimonetaryilossid
ueitoiracialidiscrimination.
Gerry'siJeansicompensatesiitsisalesiemployeesithro
ughiaicombinationiofiaibaseisalaryiplusithreeiperc
entiofitheiemployee'sisalesiforitheiyear.iWhichitype
iofipaymentisystemidoesiGerry'siJeansiutilize?
A.imeritipay
B.icommission
C.iprofitisharing
D.igroupiincentiveipay
TheicorrectiansweriisiB.iGerry'siJeansipaysiitsiemp
loyeesithroughiaicommissionisystem.
Whatiisitheiprimaryiadvantageiofiusingiglobalivirtu
aliteams?
A.iByiusingiteamimembersifromilower-
wageicountries,iglobalivirtualiteamsicanilowericost
s
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