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DSST Human Resource Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 1967. No discrimination based on ages of people over 40. No pressure for older to retire; no terminating only older employees when downsizing;
four-fifths rule
laissez-faire leadership type
vesting
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
2. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.
external locus
Landrum-Griffin Act
coercive leadership
selection
3. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.
separations
achievement test
continuous reinforcement
accountability
4. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.
generalized sexual harassment
Medical savings account (MSA)
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
job enrichment
5. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.
coercive sexual harassment
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
involuntary reduction
quality circle
6. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.
management by objectives (MBO)
forced-choice
stretch goal
non-cash compensation
7. Encourages teamwork and knowledge transfer among employees.
development assignments
absenteeism
conventional moral development
piecework pay
8. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.
pay secrecy
Norris-La Guardia Act
eustress
competence based pay
9. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.
punishment
unstructured interview
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
reward leadership
10. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.
charge form
quality circle
behavioral performance appraisal method
tell and sell appraisal interview
11. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
structured interview
management by objectives (MBO)
discipline
recency error
12. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Age Discrimination in Employment Act
salary pay
fair representation
13. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.
behavior observation scales (BOS)
management by objectives (MBO)
social needs
red circle rates
14. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.
ethnorelativism
manager/supervisor appraisal
cash compensation
Society for Human Resource Management
15. Payment rates above the pay range.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
self-appraisal
red circle rates
defined benefit plan
16. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.
project team
strategic diversity management
Medical savings account (MSA)
democratic leadership type
17. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.
Civil Rights Act
variable-ratio reinforcement
utilitarian ethical decision
broadbanding
18. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.
vertical career path
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
voluntary protection program (VPP)
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
19. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
defined benefit plan
contrast error
defined contribution plan
401(k) savings plan
20. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
pay for performance standard
factor comparison system
Immigration Reform and Control Act
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
21. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
involuntary reduction
taskforce team
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
22. Test that measure what a person can do right now.
continuous reinforcement
achievement test
defined benefit plan
job specifications
23. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.
unencouraged resignation
adverse impact
critical incident method
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
24. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.
continuous reinforcement
flextime
host country nationals
career path
25. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
unencouraged resignation
career path
moral rights ethical decision
401(k) savings plan
26. 1947. Pro-business act created to counter the pro-labor Wagner Act by banning unfair practices of labor unions. Created the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS) to help resolve grievances.
job analysis
repatriation
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
trait performance appraisal method
27. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.
inappropriate sexual harassment
vesting
broadbanding
compressed workweek
28. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.
virtual team
negative reinforcement
ethnorelativism
voluntary protection program (VPP)
29. The first level of moral development - in which people make decisions based on selfish reasons; concerned only with external rewards or punishments. A characteristic of managers with authoritarian and coercive styles.
project team
development
preconventional moral development
business ethics
30. 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.
conventional moral development
cafeteria plans
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
coercive leadership
31. Rating based on having certain characteristics.
Norris-La Guardia Act
graphic rating scale
defined benefit plan
OSHA form 300
32. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.
job enrichment
conventional moral development
learning organization
broadbanding
33. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
constructive discharge
progressive discipline
34. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.
OSHA form 300
strategic planning
transformational leader
coercive sexual harassment
35. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
encouraged resignation
resignation
OSHA form 300
utilitarian ethical decision
36. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
expatriates
Railway Labor Act
37. A leader that has an ability to motivate employees to go beyond expectations; less predictable than transactional and embrace new ideas. Charismatic leaders are visionaries; they try to get others to see a better future and their participation in it.
job description
justice ethical decision
charismatic leader
business ethics
38. Hiring through searching and evaluating internal job postings and existing employee files.
internal selection
negative reinforcement
individualistic ethical decision
employee involvement (EI) groups
39. Law that affects employers with one hundred or more employees and requires the employer to give advance notice of at least sixty days when a plant closing or mass layoff is planned.
tell and sell appraisal interview
pay secrecy
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
broadbanding
40. A pension plan in which both employer and employee fund pensions.
job ranking system
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
peer appraisal
contributory pension plan
41. A pension plan in which the employer contributes percentage of employer pay to an account that earns interest. When the employee leaves - the amount is rolled up into an individual retirement account (IRA).
involuntary reduction
cash balance pension plan
separations
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
42. Characterized by dictatorship that dismisses input from team members; decides the term of tasks and who will perform the work to be done.
repatriation
authoritarian leadership type
protected classes
job rotation
43. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
partial reinforcement
constructive discharge
critical incident method
learning organization
44. Two part-time employees share one full time position.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
positive reinforcement
job sharing
variable-interval reinforcement
45. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.
repatriation
fixed-ratio reinforcement
cafeteria plans
charge form
46. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.
reward leadership
vesting
aptitude tests
voluntary reduction
47. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control
positive discipline
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
discipline
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
48. An situation in which an employer makes work life so difficult for the employee that they have no choice but to resign.
reward leadership
quid pro quo harassment
constructive discharge
encouraged resignation
49. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
progressive discipline
value-added compensation
50. Rating based on comparison than a standard.
mixed-standard rating scale
hot-stove approach
preconventional moral development
noncontributory pension plan