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DSST Human Resource Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.
hourly pay
resignation
selection
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
2. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.
salary pay
cafeteria plans
resignation
McDonnell Douglas Test
3. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.
achievement test
legitimate leadership
balance sheet approach
self-appraisal
4. Highest level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes morality - creativity - spontaneity - problem solving - lack of prejudice - and acceptance of facts.
self-actualization
trancenders
strategic diversity management
computerized job analysis
5. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
contributory pension plan
strategic diversity management
401(k) savings plan
6. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.
McDonnell Douglas Test
job specifications
distributional errors
quality circle
7. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
employee involvement (EI) groups
values
reductions-in-force (RIF)
individualistic ethical decision
8. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.
internal locus
Clayton Act
Equal Pay Act
wage curve
9. Understanding the duties of the job.
job rotation
halo effect
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
job analysis
10. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.
vesting
continuous reinforcement
workforce diversity
ego strength
11. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
servant leader
moral rights ethical decision
job description
whistleblowing
12. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.
vertical career path
similar to me error
Medical savings account (MSA)
career plateauing
13. A leader that clarifies roles - initiates structure - provides rewards - and is considerate of employees; fair - hardworking - and tolerant; emphasizes job-oriented(not personal) needs.
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
factor comparison system
noncontributory pension plan
transactional leader
14. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
learning organization
discipline
postconventional moral development
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
15. A group of people that rely primarily or exclusively on electronic forms of communication to work together in accomplishing goals.
pay equity
virtual team
punishment
job evaluation
16. Causes loss of productivity - frustration - or depression.
quid pro quo harassment
aptitude tests
ethnorelativism
burnout
17. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.
extinction
contributory pension plan
Civil Rights Act
informal factors
18. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.
problem solving appraisal interview
transformational leader
management by objectives (MBO)
core competencies
19. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.
selection
competence based pay
recency error
consumer price index (CPI)
20. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.
contrast effect
taskforce team
fast tracking
competence based pay
21. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.
individualistic ethical decision
distress
self-appraisal
values
22. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
authoritarian leadership type
employment-at-will
discipline
esteem needs
23. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.
fast tracking
active listening
temporal errors
job enrichment
24. The curve in the scattergram that identifies the worth of jobs and wages.
skill-based pay
discipline
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
wage curve
25. A personal disorientation when experiencing an unfamiliar way of life.
culture shock
360-degree appraisal
labor agreement
noncontributory pension plan
26. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.
consumer price index (CPI)
employee involvement (EI) groups
hostile environment
conventional moral development
27. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.
charismatic leader
functional job analysis (FJA)
external locus
ethnorelativism
28. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.
generalized sexual harassment
horizontal career path
democratic leadership type
contributory pension plan
29. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.
EEO-1 Report
partial reinforcement
four-fifths rule
results performance appraisal method
30. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.
defined contribution plan
tell and listen appraisal interview
cross-functional team
contrast effect
31. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.
unstructured interview
expatriates
behavior checklist
job rotation
32. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
job classification system
learning organization
conventional moral development
401(k) savings plan
33. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.
burnout
repatriation
aptitude tests
trait performance appraisal method
34. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.
wage curve
team appraisal
competence based pay
pay grades
35. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.
physiological needs
internal selection
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
similar to me error
36. 1938. Provided basic pay structure for workers. Those that have to be paid are non-exempt and must be paid at least the minimum wage. Those who hold executive or managerial positions are exempt.
pluralism
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
Executive Order 11246
37. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.
essay
team appraisal
critical incident
skill-based pay
38. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.
conventional moral development
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
variable-interval reinforcement
vertical career path
39. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.
noncontributory pension plan
Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
esteem needs
subordinate appraisal
40. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
trancenders
involuntary reduction
unencouraged resignation
self-appraisal
41. Hands-off approach over all decision-making without any further involvement unless asked to participate.
values
laissez-faire leadership type
job ranking system
diversity awareness training
42. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control
transactional leader
job ranking system
discipline
charge form
43. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.
managing workforce diversity
aptitude tests
ethnorelativism
generalized sexual harassment
44. 1959. Specially tailored to make labor officials responsible for the union's financial affairs - to prevent bully-boy tactics - ensure democratic voting practices within unions - outlaw secondary boycotts - and restrict picketing. Also called Labor-M
restricted policy
Landrum-Griffin Act
strategic planning
error of central tendency
45. Systems that provide data for Human Resource control and decision making.
human resource information system
quid pro quo harassment
hot-stove approach
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
46. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
Davis-Bacon Act
contributory pension plan
social contract ethical decision
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
47. Two part-time employees share one full time position.
self-directed team
pay for performance standard
job sharing
culture shock
48. A code of moral principles and values that govern organizational behavior.
business ethics
union steward
democratic leadership type
self-appraisal
49. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.
development
characteristics model
inappropriate sexual harassment
reductions-in-force (RIF)
50. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
human resource information system
employee involvement (EI) groups
protected classes
Medical savings account (MSA)