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WGU C202 MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL
ALL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% SURE PASS.
Direct financial compensation -
-Correct Answers -compensation received in the form
of salary, wages, commissions, stock options or bonuses
indirect financial compensation -
-Correct Answers -all the tangible and financially valued
rewards that are not included in direct compensation
including free meals, vacation time and health insurance
nonfinancial compensation -
-Correct Answers -rewards and incentives given to
employees that aren't financial in nature
base pay -
-Correct Answers -reflects the size and scope of an
employee's responsibilities
severance pay -
-Correct Answers -give to employees upon termination
of their employment
fixed pay -
-Correct Answers -pays employees a set amount
regardless of performance
variable pay -
,2
-Correct Answers -bases some or all of an employee's
compensation on employee, team, or organizational
pay structure -
-Correct Answers -the array of pay rates for different
work or skills within a single organization
pay mix -
-Correct Answers -the relative emphasis give to
different compensation components
pay leader -
-Correct Answers -organization with a compensation
policy of giving employees greater rewards than
competitors
pay follower -
-Correct Answers -an organization that pays its front-
line employees as little as possible
resource dependence theory -
-Correct Answers -proposition that organizational
decisions are influenced by both internal and external
agents who control critical resources
wage differentials -
-Correct Answers -differences in wage between various
workers, groups of workers, or workers within a career
field
labor market -
,3
-Correct Answers -all of the potential employees
located within a geographic area from which the
organization might be able to hire
cost of living allowances -
-Correct Answers -clauses in union contacts that
automatically increase wages base on the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics' cost of living index
market pricing -
-Correct Answers -uses external sources of information
about how others are compensating a certain position
to assign value to a company's similar job
Compensation surveys -
-Correct Answers -surveys of other organizations
conducted to learn what they are paying for specific jobs
or job classes
benchmark jobs -
-Correct Answers -jobs that tend to exist across
departments and across diverse organizations allowing
them to be used as a basis for compensation
comparisons
job evaluation -
-Correct Answers -a systematic process that uses
expert judgement to assess differences in value
between jobs
ranking methos -
, 4
-Correct Answers -subjectively compares jobs to each
other based on their overall worth to the organization
job classification method -
-Correct Answers -subjectively classifies jobs into an
exiting hierarchy of grades and categories
point factor method -
-Correct Answers -uses a set of compensable factors to
determine a job's value. skill, resp, effort, working cond.
compensable factor -
-Correct Answers -any characteristic used to provide a
basis for judging a job's value
skills, responsibilities, effort, working conditions -
-Correct Answers -Four categories of compensable
factors
Hay Group Guide Chart - Profile Method -
-Correct Answers -a point-factor system is used to
produce both a profile and a point score for each
position.
know how
problem solving
accountability
working conditions
Know-how, problem solving, accountability, working
conditions -
WGU C202 MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL
ALL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS 100% SURE PASS.
Direct financial compensation -
-Correct Answers -compensation received in the form
of salary, wages, commissions, stock options or bonuses
indirect financial compensation -
-Correct Answers -all the tangible and financially valued
rewards that are not included in direct compensation
including free meals, vacation time and health insurance
nonfinancial compensation -
-Correct Answers -rewards and incentives given to
employees that aren't financial in nature
base pay -
-Correct Answers -reflects the size and scope of an
employee's responsibilities
severance pay -
-Correct Answers -give to employees upon termination
of their employment
fixed pay -
-Correct Answers -pays employees a set amount
regardless of performance
variable pay -
,2
-Correct Answers -bases some or all of an employee's
compensation on employee, team, or organizational
pay structure -
-Correct Answers -the array of pay rates for different
work or skills within a single organization
pay mix -
-Correct Answers -the relative emphasis give to
different compensation components
pay leader -
-Correct Answers -organization with a compensation
policy of giving employees greater rewards than
competitors
pay follower -
-Correct Answers -an organization that pays its front-
line employees as little as possible
resource dependence theory -
-Correct Answers -proposition that organizational
decisions are influenced by both internal and external
agents who control critical resources
wage differentials -
-Correct Answers -differences in wage between various
workers, groups of workers, or workers within a career
field
labor market -
,3
-Correct Answers -all of the potential employees
located within a geographic area from which the
organization might be able to hire
cost of living allowances -
-Correct Answers -clauses in union contacts that
automatically increase wages base on the U.S. Bureau of
Labor Statistics' cost of living index
market pricing -
-Correct Answers -uses external sources of information
about how others are compensating a certain position
to assign value to a company's similar job
Compensation surveys -
-Correct Answers -surveys of other organizations
conducted to learn what they are paying for specific jobs
or job classes
benchmark jobs -
-Correct Answers -jobs that tend to exist across
departments and across diverse organizations allowing
them to be used as a basis for compensation
comparisons
job evaluation -
-Correct Answers -a systematic process that uses
expert judgement to assess differences in value
between jobs
ranking methos -
, 4
-Correct Answers -subjectively compares jobs to each
other based on their overall worth to the organization
job classification method -
-Correct Answers -subjectively classifies jobs into an
exiting hierarchy of grades and categories
point factor method -
-Correct Answers -uses a set of compensable factors to
determine a job's value. skill, resp, effort, working cond.
compensable factor -
-Correct Answers -any characteristic used to provide a
basis for judging a job's value
skills, responsibilities, effort, working conditions -
-Correct Answers -Four categories of compensable
factors
Hay Group Guide Chart - Profile Method -
-Correct Answers -a point-factor system is used to
produce both a profile and a point score for each
position.
know how
problem solving
accountability
working conditions
Know-how, problem solving, accountability, working
conditions -
