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OSHA - Correct Answer-Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 sets standards and conducts inspections to ensure that employers are providing safe and healthful workplaces ERISA - Correct Answer-Employee Retirement Income Security Act is administered by EBSA (Employee Benefits Security Administration). Sets standards to ensure that employee benefit plans are established and maintained in a fair and financially sound manner. Employers have an obligation to provide promised benefits and sa...

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act - Correct Answer-The federal law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, or national origin concerning hiring, firing, promotion, or transfer. 1) 1991 2) The right to trial by jury on discrimination claims - Correct Answer- Congress amended the Civil Rights Act in...by providing... Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - Correct Answer- Discrimination claims are enforced by... Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADE...

Which type of analysis focuses specifically on the factors that determine what opportunities and threats an organization faces? a) PEST analysis b) SWOT analysis c) cost-benefit analysis d) innovation metric Correct Answer-a) PEST analysis Essential job functions listed in a job description should focus on: a) skills b) personality traits c) the manner in which a job will be completed d) desired outcomes Correct Answer-d) desired outcomes How should digital records stored on hard dr...

Human Resource Managment (HRM) - Correct Answer-HRM consists of an organization's "people practices" - the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance. Explain how HRM contributes to an organization's performance - Correct Answer- Through its practices or process, The HRM influences who works for the organization and how those people work. These human resources, if well managed, have the potential to be a source of sustainable competit...

Human Resource Managment (HRM) - Correct Answer-HRM consists of an organization's "people practices" - the policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and performance. Explain how HRM contributes to an organization's performance - Correct Answer- Through its practices or process, The HRM influences who works for the organization and how those people work. These human resources, if well managed, have the potential to be a source of sustainable competit...

The Clayton Act (1914) - Correct Answer-Modified the Sherman Anti-Trust act by prohibiting mergers and acquisitions that would lessen competition. Also prohibits a single person from being a director of two or more competing corporations. Restricts injunctions against labor and legalized peaceful strikes, picketing, and boycotts. The Consumer Credit Protection Act (1968) - Correct Answer-Congress expressed limits to the amount of wages that can be garnished in any one week by an employer. Pr...

which sentence is written correctly? A. - Answer-a. Because she was uncertain of her abilities, Renee asked for help. b. Because she was uncertain of her abilities; Renee asked for help. c. Because she was uncertain of her abilities Renee asked for help. d. Because she was, uncertain of her abilities, Renee asked for help. - A comma must appear bet

which sentence is written correctly? A. - Answer-a. Because she was uncertain of her abilities, Renee asked for help. b. Because she was uncertain of her abilities; Renee asked for help. c. Because she was uncertain of her abilities Renee asked for help. d. Because she was, uncertain of her abilities, Renee asked for help. - A comma must appear bet

Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job was that it would be full-time and would offer benefits. Which of the following is the complete subject? A. Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job B. Sandra's principal reason C. Sandra's principal D. Sandra - Correct Answer-A. Sandra's principal reason for choosing the job First and foremost,

B - Correct Answer-Which of the following captures the essence of informed consent? a. having members sign a contract before joining a group b. telling members in some detail about the nature and purpose of the group c. having members decide upon all the activities of the group d. making sure that groups will always be composed of voluntary members

The reflection of the subject matter in the content of the test is known as: - Correct Answer-Content Validity The immediate comparison of test results with the results from other sources that measure the same factors in the same short time span is known as: - Correct Answer- Concurrent Validity How many steps are included in Koocher & Keith-Spiegel's problem-solving model for ethical dilemmas (1998)? - Correct Answer-9 What is at the heart of deontological view of ethics? - Correct Answe...

The sensorimotor period is part of whose developmental stage theory? - Correct Answer-Piaget Presenting stinuli in different sequennces to redu e "order of presentation" influences in an experiment is callled. - Correct Answer-counterbalancing The eskimo workd piblokto refers to "actic hysteria" charachterized by uncontrolled screaming and cying that is often accomanie by running through the snow naked. THis is an example of what kind of disorder - Correct Answer-culture specific Inter...

Over ___% of marriages are dual-earner marriages. - Correct Answer-54 (Around 60% when looking at marriages with children. In 1950, it was 20.4%.) Studies suggest how many workers snare a job based on chance factors? - Correct Answer-1 in 5 What ____% of all college students have career difficulties? - Correct Answer-50 (of all college students) What are 're-entry women'? - Correct Answer-Women who have made the transition from homemaker to jobs outside the home. Displaced homemaker - C...

Experimental research - Correct Answer-the process of gathering data in order to make evaluative comparisons regarding different situations. The experiment - Correct Answer-The most valuable type of research (used to discover cause-and-effect relationships) You need at least 30 individuals to conduct a 'true' experiment. - Correct Answer- Correlational research requires 30 subjects per variable. Quasi-experiment - Correct Answer-Uses PRE-EXISTING groups, so the independent variable (IV) ca...

SMART goals should have which of the following characteristics? - Correct Answer- Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely When performing a cost-benefit analysis of a proposed project, what is a project worker's salary an example of? - Correct Answer-A cost Which of the following is a tool from the Six Sigma approach? - Correct Answer- Value stream mapping An organizations overall attitude towards dress code, working remotely, social retreats for employees, and designated break ...

Blake-Mouton Theory - Correct Answer-Highest to lowest (R to L, Top to Bottom): 1: Team Leader 2. Country Club 3. Middle of the Road 4. Authoritarian 5. Improverished Leader Hersey-Blanchard's Situational Leadership - Correct Answer--No ideal leadership type, but style should match maturity of employees. -Flex to situation or to people involved. Fiedler's Contingency Theory - Correct Answer--Certain leaderhip styles more favorable for certain situations. -Don't train/change leaders st...

Polytheism, communism, nationalism all have the suffix -ism. How does this apply to this group of words? a) Doctrine b) Condition c) Characteristic d) State of being - Correct Answer-a) Doctrine A doctrine is a belief or set of beliefs by a religious group, political party, or other group. "Please don't take what I said so personally." - Which of the following parts of speech is "personally" used in the sentence? a) article b) adjective c) verb d) adverb - Correct Answer-d) adve...

Vocational guidance - Correct Answer-This emerged in the late 1800s as a result of the Industrial Revolution and social reform movements. Vocational guidance - Correct Answer-Frank Parsons is the founder of what? Frank Parsons - Correct Answer-Who opened the Bureau of Vocational Guidance in Boston which helped match individuals with suitable careers based on their skills and personal traits? (Early 1900s) National Vocational Guidance Association - Correct Answer-NVGA Clifford Beers - Corre...

How do you convert a decimal to a percent? - Correct Answer-decimal x 100 = ____% Convert the decimal to a percent: 1.22 - Correct Answer-122% Convert 24.36% into a simplified fraction. - Correct Answer-609/2500 Steps: 1) 24.36/100 2) get rid of the decimal = 2436/10000 3) simplify = 609/2500 Convert the decimal to a percent: 0.384 - Correct Answer-38.4% How do you convert a percentage to a decimal? - Correct Answer-percentage divided by 100 Convert the percent to a decimal: 73.7% ...

injury to the integrity of the skin resulting in skin loss - Correct Answer-abrasion describes a sudden change that occurs w/o warning - Correct Answer-abrupt pus-forming pocket - Correct Answer-abscess the deliberate effort to refrain from an action, such as drinking alcohol or eating junk food - Correct Answer-abstain low level of CO2 in the blood - Correct Answer-acapnia to willingly receive something; the process of granting approval - Correct Answer- accept the freedom to use somethi...