HRM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% GAURANTEED PASS
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HRM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% GAURANTEED PASS
Identify the final step in effective career planning.
a. Maintenance
b. Individual assessment
c. Career exploration
d. Career counseling - Answer-d. Career counseling
Which of the following statements is true of a labor union?
a. It...
HRM FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% GAURANTEED
PASS
Identify the final step in effective career planning.
a. Maintenance
b. Individual assessment
c. Career exploration
d. Career counseling - Answer-d. Career counseling
Which of the following statements is true of a labor union?
a. It works toward achieving job-related goals such as acquiring higher wages.
b. It is established by the government to monitor labor-related issues.
c. It has sole authority over deciding the pay increments of the workers of an
organization.
d. It is an illegally established entity of the workers of an organization. - Answer-a. It
works toward achieving job-related goals such as acquiring higher wages.
The process by which managers and union leaders negotiate acceptable terms and
conditions of employment for those workers represented by the unions is called _____.
a. collective bargaining
b. labor brokering
c. craft unionism
d. featherbedding - Answer-a. collective bargaining
Which of the following statements is true of craft unions?
a. They limited themselves to representing groups of workers who performed common
and specific skilled jobs.
b. They organized employees by industry, regardless of their skills or occupation.
c. They were formed under the National Labor Relations Act.
d. They were established by the government to create labor laws during the
Revolutionary War. - Answer-a. They limited themselves to representing groups of
workers who performed common and specific skilled jobs.
Which of the following statements is true of the Knights of Labor?
a. It admitted people on the basis of race and creed.
b. It sought to replace worker cooperatives through capitalism.
c. It expanded its membership to include workers in many different fields.
,d. It only sought to improve the wages of its members. - Answer-c. It expanded its
membership to include workers in many different fields.
In the context of unionization in the United States, which of the following labor unions
was founded in 1886 and was focused on improved working conditions rather than
getting involved in legislative and political activities?
a. The American Federation of Labor
b. The National Trades Union
c. The Congress of Industrial Organizations
d. The Knights of Labor - Answer-a. The American Federation of Labor
Which of the following was a weakness of the American Federation of Labor (AF of L)?
a. Its focus on becoming a direct organization instead of an umbrella organization
b. Its focus on legislative and political activities that affected workers
c. Its focus on accepting only skilled craftspersons for specifically defined jobs
d. Its focus on organizing employees by industry, regardless of their skills - Answer-c.
Its focus on accepting only skilled craftspersons for specifically defined jobs
Victor was a labor union president in the 1880s. His union represented various small
craft unions. Victor rarely got involved in legislative and political activism. Instead, he
put his efforts into improving working conditions and acquiring more beneficial labor
contracts. In the given scenario, Victor was most likely the president of the:
a. American Federation of Labor.
b. National Trades Union.
c. Congress of Industrial Organizations.
d. Knights of Labor. - Answer-a. American Federation of Labor.
In the context of unionization in the United States, which of the following labor unions
was established in the late 1930s and was focused on organizing employees by
industry, regardless of their craft, skills, or occupation?
a. The Congress of Industrial Organizations
b. The Industrial Workers of the World
c. The American Federation of Labor
d. The Knights of Labor - Answer-a. The Congress of Industrial Organizations
Which of the following statements is true of the Cordwainer doctrine?
a. It mandated the provision of health benefits to the workers of an organization.
b. It declared that labor unions were in restraint of trade and thus illegal.
c. It prohibited employers from interacting directly with union members in case of
strikes.
d. It mandated the presence of a mediator during collective bargaining. - Answer-b. It
declared that labor unions were in restraint of trade and thus illegal.
Which of the following acts was passed in 1935 and gives workers the legal right to form
unions, to bargain collectively with management, and to engage in group activities such
as strikes to accomplish their goals?
, a. The Landrum-Griffin Act
b. The Norris-La Guardia Act
c. The Taft-Hartley Act
d. The Wagner Act - Answer-d. The Wagner Act
Which of the following agencies was established to administer the provisions of the
Wagner Act?
a. The National Labor Relations Board
b. The National Trades Union
c. The American Federation of Labor
d. The Federal Labor Relations Authority - Answer-a. The National Labor Relations
Board
Which of the following is true of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947?
a. It required national labor unions to elect new leaders at least once every 5 years.
b. It abolished closed-shop agreements and union shop agreements.
c. It conferred on the National Labor Relations Board the power to regulate unfair union
practices.
d. It aimed at putting labor unions on an equal footing with managers. - Answer-c. It
conferred on the National Labor Relations Board the power to regulate unfair union
practices.
In the context of union security agreements, a closed shop refers to a:
a. factory where the workers are shut out of their workplace for a prolonged period of
time.
b. workplace in which only workers who are already union members may be hired by
the employer.
c. situation where workers abruptly walk off their jobs due to dissatisfaction.
d. condition where a company or an industry shuts down due to financial constraints. -
Answer-b. workplace in which only workers who are already union members may be
hired by the employer.
In the context of union security agreements, which of the following agreements allows a
nonunion member to be hired, although he or she must join the union within a specified
time to keep his or her job?
a. An open shop agreement
b. An agency shop agreement
c. A union shop agreement
d. A fair-share provision union agreement - Answer-c. A union shop agreement
Which of the following acts was passed in the year 1959 and focused on eliminating
various unethical, illegal, and undemocratic union practices?
a. The Norris-La Guardia Act
b. The Taft-Hartley Act
c. The Landrum-Griffin Act
d. The Wagner Act - Answer-c. The Landrum-Griffin Act
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