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DSST Human Resource Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.
McDonnell Douglas Test
Civil Rights Act
salary pay
Medical savings account (MSA)
2. 1935. Referred to as the Magna Carta of Labor. Guarantees the right to form labor movements.
Worker Adjustment and Restraining Notification (WARN)
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
career path
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
3. Discipline focused on early correcion of employee misconduct. 1. Conference between employee and supervisor. 2. Second conference when solution did not work 3. Decision-making leave (paid leave)
cross-functional team
contrast error
tell and listen appraisal interview
positive discipline
4. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.
problem solving appraisal interview
continuous reinforcement
employment-at-will
unencouraged resignation
5. An interview based on a set group of questions so to be compared answers across all candidates. Questions are asked based on job knowledge - job simulation - situational - and work willingness.
encouraged resignation
tell and sell appraisal interview
structured interview
Landrum-Griffin Act
6. Theory Z people - those that have reached the self-actualization phase.
distress
trancenders
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
justice ethical decision
7. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
balanced scorecard (BSC)
reward leadership
hourly pay
orientation
8. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.
resignation
balanced scorecard (BSC)
balance sheet approach
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
9. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.
locus control
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
hygiene factors
human resource information system
10. Pay by the hour.
hourly pay
fast tracking
job enlargement
individualistic ethical decision
11. When twelve months have been worked at an employer with health insurance - a worker can transfer to another employer with no regard to preexisting conditions.
fair representation
external locus
trancenders
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
12. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.
authorization card
fast tracking
repatriation
pay secrecy
13. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.
skill-based pay
expatriates
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
four-fifths rule
14. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.
laissez-faire leadership type
OSHA form 300
charge form
salary pay
15. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.
postconventional moral development
stress interview
retirement
voluntary reduction
16. Defining the characteristics that the organization feels would be a good fit for the vacancies. To recruit - an organization must conduct job analysis - provide a job description - and give job specification.
401(k) savings plan
positive reinforcement
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
recruiting
17. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
succession planning
retirement
ego strength
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
18. Includes other employee benefits - such as health insurance - pension contributions - tuition reimbursement - and legal assistance programs.
non-cash compensation
mixed-standard rating scale
unencouraged resignation
recruiting
19. 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.
customer appraisal
job enrichment
unstructured interview
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
20. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.
motivators
referent power
fair representation
point system
21. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.
encouraged resignation
quality circle
fixed-ratio reinforcement
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
22. 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).
job description
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
silver handshake
cash balance pension plan
23. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.
job specifications
Railway Labor Act
legitimate leadership
project team
24. A pension plan in which the main source of retirement funds today - some employers will match contributions to a certain percentage.
charismatic leader
inappropriate sexual harassment
401(k) savings plan
internal locus
25. Withdrawal of a reward.
conventional moral development
restricted policy
extinction
trait performance appraisal method
26. Identification of future candidates for future anticipated vacancies.
selection
temporal errors
succession planning
essay
27. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.
360-degree appraisal
employment-at-will
preconventional moral development
referent power
28. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.
servant leader
behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)
Landrum-Griffin Act
union steward
29. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.
problem solving appraisal interview
eustress
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
30. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.
esteem needs
motivators
protected classes
tell and sell appraisal interview
31. Power based on individual expertise.
expert power
trancenders
McDonnell Douglas Test
utilitarian ethical decision
32. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.
continuous reinforcement
unencouraged resignation
recency error
essay
33. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.
cafeteria plans
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
value-added compensation
ethnorelativism
34. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
job enlargement
orientation
involuntary reduction
35. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.
protected classes
coercive sexual harassment
pay grades
adverse impact
36. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.
tell and sell appraisal interview
Railway Labor Act
job enrichment
halo effect
37. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.
Medical savings account (MSA)
encouraged resignation
results performance appraisal method
quid pro quo harassment
38. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.
job enrichment
orientation
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
leadership
39. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
piecework pay
broadbanding
employee involvement (EI) groups
locus control
40. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.
tell and listen appraisal interview
vesting
red circle rates
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
41. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.
wage curve
job sharing
generalized sexual harassment
flextime
42. Highest level of sexual harassment and would result in a punishable act under the law.
coercive sexual harassment
horizontal career path
labor agreement
criminal sexual harassment
43. Right for an employer to terminate an employee for no reason and for the employee to resign for the same.
error of leniency or strictness
strategic planning
employment-at-will
burnout
44. The number of days in the work week is shortened and the hours per day are longer.
third-country nationals
unstructured interview
expatriates
compressed workweek
45. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.
eustress
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
solicitation sexual harassment
critical incident
46. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.
silver handshake
Davis-Bacon Act
individualistic ethical decision
charge form
47. Teaching short-term skills. May be 'on-the-job' or 'off-the-job'.
training
accountability
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
justice ethical decision
48. An appraisal error involving groups of ratings given to employees.
distributional errors
expatriates
workforce diversity
taskforce team
49. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.
tell and sell appraisal interview
Long-term disability (LTD) insurance
behavior checklist
competence based pay
50. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.
partial reinforcement
stress interview
job sharing
fast tracking