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DSST Human Resource Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.
charge form
job analysis
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
self-appraisal
2. Rates performance of employee achievement of goals set by manager and the employee.
management by objectives (MBO)
pay secrecy
vertical career path
positive discipline
3. An appraisal temporal error when the employee is compared to someone previously rated and not independently.
job specifications
contrast error
project team
pay secrecy
4. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.
competence based pay
fair representation
generalized sexual harassment
coercive leadership
5. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.
stretch goal
reductions-in-force (RIF)
protected classes
salary pay
6. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.
third-country nationals
job enrichment
employee involvement (EI) groups
ethnorelativism
7. Evidence suggesting selection precludes members from protected classes.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
factor comparison system
restricted policy
continuous reinforcement
8. A use of motivators to increase satisfaction.
job enrichment
critical incident
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
safety needs
9. Reporting criminal activity to the government.
whistleblowing
ego strength
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
involuntary reduction
10. 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)
solicitation sexual harassment
repatriation
positive discipline
quid pro quo harassment
11. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.
balance sheet approach
values
self-actualization
labor agreement
12. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
Wagner Act (National Labor Relations Act)
business ethics
pay for performance standard
active listening
13. The working conditions - pay - company policies - and interpersonal relationships; they help eliminate job satisfaction - but do not motivate the employee according to the two-factor theory.
labor agreement
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
hygiene factors
wage and salary survey
14. Separation that is typically planned well in advanced - and are well received - celebratory occasions.
retirement
unstructured interview
balanced scorecard (BSC)
workforce diversity
15. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
critical incident
value-added compensation
consumer price index (CPI)
voluntary reduction
16. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.
pay equity
contrast effect
computerized job analysis
EEO-1 Report
17. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.
consumer price index (CPI)
human resource information system
justice ethical decision
strategic planning
18. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
pay for performance standard
positive discipline
fixed-interval reinforcement
19. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.
flextime
job enlargement
defined contribution plan
adverse impact
20. A neutral third party that will make the binding decision between both parties.
defined benefit plan
development
results performance appraisal method
arbitrator
21. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.
flextime
development
whistleblowing
stress interview
22. A career path that is not sequentially interdependent but each of the jobs in the arrangement must be completed before one can advance to the next higher level.
broadbanding
orientation
horizontal career path
team appraisal
23. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
labor agreement
social needs
essay
24. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
hostile environment
safety needs
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
25. A step beyond tell and sell; stimulation of growth of the employee by discussing problems - needs - innovations - satisfactions - and dissatisfactions since last appraisal.
virtual team
external locus
problem solving appraisal interview
employee involvement (EI) groups
26. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
unencouraged resignation
manager/supervisor appraisal
Davis-Bacon Act
27. A report companies with 100 or more employees must fill out annually to determine workforce composition.
customer appraisal
EEO-1 Report
defined benefit plan
employee involvement (EI) groups
28. Federal agencies and government contractors must comply with anti discrimination practices. Created the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) to enforce this.
silver handshake
Executive Order 11246
strategic planning
adverse impact
29. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.
Immigration Reform and Control Act
halo effect
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
motivators
30. Leadership dependent upon one's position within the company.
legitimate leadership
arbitrator
postconventional moral development
punishment
31. Bottom level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes shelter - food - sleep - breaks - and compensation.
wage curve
burnout
physiological needs
silver handshake
32. Organization of healthcare professionals that provide services on a prepaid basis; seen as lower quality to the employee.
broadbanding
reductions-in-force (RIF)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
employment-at-will
33. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.
mixed-standard rating scale
unstructured interview
strategic diversity management
cash balance pension plan
34. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
flextime
job description
repatriation
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
35. 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.
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
salary pay
management by objectives (MBO)
preconventional moral development
36. Basic individual beliefs about right and wrong.
trancenders
values
balance sheet approach
results performance appraisal method
37. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.
diversity awareness training
voluntary protection program (VPP)
mixed-standard rating scale
fixed-ratio reinforcement
38. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
strategic planning
encouraged resignation
achievement test
quality circle
39. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.
development
eustress
authorization card
behavior observation scales (BOS)
40. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.
legitimate leadership
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
vertical career path
self-directed team
41. Seeking to minimize ethnocentrism and moving toward pluralism and ethnorelativism.
salary pay
employee involvement (EI) groups
managing workforce diversity
horizontal career path
42. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.
problem solving appraisal interview
esteem needs
taskforce team
similar to me error
43. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
transactional leader
salary pay
expatriates
protected classes
44. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
noncontributory pension plan
manager/supervisor appraisal
reductions-in-force (RIF)
self-directed team
45. Performance appraisal by an employee of their superior. Usually evaluates on leadership - oral communication - delegation of authority - coordination of team efforts - and interest in subordinates.
active listening
hygiene factors
subordinate appraisal
contributory pension plan
46. Measures what a person is capable of learning.
absenteeism
coercive leadership
Pregnancy Discrimination Act
aptitude tests
47. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
accountability
job analysis
third-country nationals
project team
48. Accommodation of several cultures.
silver handshake
Civil Rights Act
pluralism
cafeteria plans
49. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.
Taft-Hartley Act (Labor Management Relations Act)
employee involvement (EI) groups
pay for performance standard
self-actualization
50. The different conditions upon which someone leaves a company; may be voluntary or involuntary.
separations
factor comparison system
positive discipline
self-directed team
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