Employers are required to pay Social Security according to:
a) ERISA
b) FICA
c) OWBPA
d) ADEA - CORRECT ANSWERS-b) FICA
employers are legally required by the Federal Insurance Contribution Act of
1935 (FICA) to provide Social Security to their employees.
Identifying internal and external factors that drive a company's strategies,
goals, and decisions is called __________.
a) forecasting
b) quantitative research
c) environmental scanning
d) operational strategizing - CORRECT ANSWERS-C) environmental scanning
When more stimulating and rewarding work is added to a job during
redesign, this is called:
a) job simplification
b) job enlargement
c) job enrichment
d) job creation - CORRECT ANSWERS-c) job enrichment
Which approach to job design focuses attention on a worker's comfort,
whether it be with the equipment he or she uses or the work environment's
noise level?
a) mechanistic
b) biological
c) motivational
d) perceptual-motor - CORRECT ANSWERS-b) biological
Which element of a PEST (or, STEP) analysis is primarily concerned with
demographics?
a) Political
b) Economic
c) Social
d) Technological - CORRECT ANSWERS-c) social
, Which of the following are mostly used to assess the company as a whole?
a) PEST (or, STEP) analysis
b) SWOT analysis
c) Demographic analysis
d) All of the above - CORRECT ANSWERS-b) SWOT Analysis
Which of the following best describes what an HR manager does when
performing a ratio analysis?
a) makes predictions about how technological advances will change
workforce needs
b) makes predictions about what skills new employees will need in the
coming year
c) uses historical information to predict staffing needs
d) collects information from professionals to reach a consensus about a
problem - CORRECT ANSWERS-c) uses historical information to predict
staffing needs
A ratio analysis is a means for determining whether an organization has
enough employees to meet the requirements of the company, and it involves
using historical information to make predictions about the workforce needs
in the organization's future.
When is an employee permitted to waive their rights under the Older Worker
Benefit Protection Act?
a) After being given 45 days to consider the agreement
b) After being given 21 days to consider the agreement
c) Only in circumstances where the employee is part of a group termination
d) Employers are never able to waive their rights under the OWBPA -
CORRECT ANSWERS-b) After being given 21 days to consider the agreement
Griggs V. Duke Power established the judicial concept of:
a) protected classes
b) arbitration
c) disparate impact
d) disparate treatment - CORRECT ANSWERS-c) disparate impact
The legal requirement that samples collected for drug testing be carefully
tracked and documented is referred to as:
a) double negative
b) false positive
c) chain of custody
d) validity - CORRECT ANSWERS-c) chain of custody
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