Test Bank for Payroll and Accounting
Exam 9th Edition by Jeanette Landin
The Fair Labor Standards Act is commonly known as the Federal Wage and Hour Law T/F? -
ANSTrue
All states have set their minimum wage to be the same as the federal government. T/F? -
ANSFalse
By the use of executive orders, the federal government has banned discrimination in
employment on government contracts. T/F? - ANSTrue
Each state imposes an income tax on employees that is 2% of gross wages T/F? - ANSFalse
Which law establishes the minimum wage?
A. Fair Labor Standards Act
B. Federal Income Tax
C. Federal Insurance Contributions Act
D. Federal Unemployment Tax Act - ANSA. Fair Labor Standards Act
What is the current federal minimum wage? - ANS$7.25
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is also referred to as which of the following?
A. Wage and Hour Act
B. Social Security Act
C. Age Discrimination Act
D. Equal Employment Opportunity Act - ANSD. Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Which information is included on Form I-9, a form completed by each employee?
A. Contributions to individual retirement accounts
B. Verification of employment eligibility
C. Eligibility for unemployment benefits
D. Eligibility for Medicare benefits - ANSB. Verification of employment eligibility
What information does the E-Verify program check against existing Social Security Information?
A. Age of new hires
B. Vesting status of all employees
C. Health status of employees on medical leave
D. Employment eligibility of new hires - ANSD. Employment eligibility of new hires
, What is the definition of an applicable larger employer according to the Affordable Care Act?
A. 15 or more full-time employees during the previous year
B. 1 or more full-time employee during the previous year
C. 200 or more full-time employees during the previous year
D. 50 or more full-time employees during the previous year - ANSD. 50 or more full-time
employees during the previous year
Domestics, which includes cooks, butlers, caretakers, are excluded from coverage under the
FLSA T/F? - ANSFalse
Employees paid biweekly receive earnings every two weeks T/F? - ANSTrue
The FlSA requires that workers receive overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a
workweek T/F? - ANSTrue
One of the tests to be met for the white-collar exemption for an executive is to be paid a salary
of at least $1000 per week T/F? - ANSFalse, it should be $684/week
Under enterprise coverage, all employees of a business are covered by the Fair Labor
Standards Act if the organization is which of the following?
A. Nursing home
B. Public Agency
C. A hospital
D. All of the Above - ANSD- All of the above
Which workers are exempt from all Fair Labor Standards Act requirements?
A. Clerk-typists earning less than $200 a week
B. Taxi-cab drivers
C. Motion picture theater employees
D. None of the above - ANSD. None of the Above
Which of the following is true according to the Equal pay act?
A. Employers must pay a married male a higher wage rate than a single female if both are
performing equal work
B. White collar workers are exempt from its requirements
C. Wage differentials based on a seniority system are allowed
D. If there is an unlawful pay differential, employers may reduce the higher rate to equal the
lower rate - ANSC. Wage differentials based on a seniority system are allowed
Which of the following is true according to FLSA?
A. That employers use time cards to record the employees' time worked
B. That employers use the continental time system to record all time worked by employees
C. That employers keep records that show the hours each employee worked each workday and
each workweek
Exam 9th Edition by Jeanette Landin
The Fair Labor Standards Act is commonly known as the Federal Wage and Hour Law T/F? -
ANSTrue
All states have set their minimum wage to be the same as the federal government. T/F? -
ANSFalse
By the use of executive orders, the federal government has banned discrimination in
employment on government contracts. T/F? - ANSTrue
Each state imposes an income tax on employees that is 2% of gross wages T/F? - ANSFalse
Which law establishes the minimum wage?
A. Fair Labor Standards Act
B. Federal Income Tax
C. Federal Insurance Contributions Act
D. Federal Unemployment Tax Act - ANSA. Fair Labor Standards Act
What is the current federal minimum wage? - ANS$7.25
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act is also referred to as which of the following?
A. Wage and Hour Act
B. Social Security Act
C. Age Discrimination Act
D. Equal Employment Opportunity Act - ANSD. Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Which information is included on Form I-9, a form completed by each employee?
A. Contributions to individual retirement accounts
B. Verification of employment eligibility
C. Eligibility for unemployment benefits
D. Eligibility for Medicare benefits - ANSB. Verification of employment eligibility
What information does the E-Verify program check against existing Social Security Information?
A. Age of new hires
B. Vesting status of all employees
C. Health status of employees on medical leave
D. Employment eligibility of new hires - ANSD. Employment eligibility of new hires
, What is the definition of an applicable larger employer according to the Affordable Care Act?
A. 15 or more full-time employees during the previous year
B. 1 or more full-time employee during the previous year
C. 200 or more full-time employees during the previous year
D. 50 or more full-time employees during the previous year - ANSD. 50 or more full-time
employees during the previous year
Domestics, which includes cooks, butlers, caretakers, are excluded from coverage under the
FLSA T/F? - ANSFalse
Employees paid biweekly receive earnings every two weeks T/F? - ANSTrue
The FlSA requires that workers receive overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a
workweek T/F? - ANSTrue
One of the tests to be met for the white-collar exemption for an executive is to be paid a salary
of at least $1000 per week T/F? - ANSFalse, it should be $684/week
Under enterprise coverage, all employees of a business are covered by the Fair Labor
Standards Act if the organization is which of the following?
A. Nursing home
B. Public Agency
C. A hospital
D. All of the Above - ANSD- All of the above
Which workers are exempt from all Fair Labor Standards Act requirements?
A. Clerk-typists earning less than $200 a week
B. Taxi-cab drivers
C. Motion picture theater employees
D. None of the above - ANSD. None of the Above
Which of the following is true according to the Equal pay act?
A. Employers must pay a married male a higher wage rate than a single female if both are
performing equal work
B. White collar workers are exempt from its requirements
C. Wage differentials based on a seniority system are allowed
D. If there is an unlawful pay differential, employers may reduce the higher rate to equal the
lower rate - ANSC. Wage differentials based on a seniority system are allowed
Which of the following is true according to FLSA?
A. That employers use time cards to record the employees' time worked
B. That employers use the continental time system to record all time worked by employees
C. That employers keep records that show the hours each employee worked each workday and
each workweek
