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DSST Human Resource Management

Subjects : dsst, business-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Rejection of a higher percentage of protected classes for employment; unintentional discrimination.






2. Power derived from the degree in which one is admired and people want to emulate them.






3. Traditional approach to appraisal - a review by management one level higher.






4. Groups of employees who meet to resolve problems and improve the organization.






5. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.






6. Requires the rater to choose from statements that best describe the employee's output.






7. Quantitative approach to job analysis that assumes all parts of the job relate to data - people - and things.






8. Compensation system that equals American money to foreign money on terms of purchasing power.






9. Host country natives that are employees. Usually is shifted to because it is cheaper - gives a good impression on locals - and no adjustment to culture.






10. 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.






11. Reward given for desired behavior.






12. An extremely hard goal - but not impossible to reach.






13. An interview that may have no format at all or have open ended questions - but makes it difficult to compare candidates.






14. Team formed to solve a major organizational issue.






15. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.






16. Employees that are not from the home or host country.






17. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.






18. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






19. The ability to influence people to achieve goals for the organization.






20. A resignation in which an employee chooses to resign without provocation from the employer.






21. Idea that all cultures are inherently equal.






22. Only suitable defense against discrimination; postulates that age - religion - sex - or nationality is an actual qualification for the job. It does NOT cover race or color.






23. Group of healthcare providers that guarantee lower healthcare costs to the employer; seen as a higher quality to the employee.






24. The need for achievement - recognition - responsibility - and growth; they both eliminate job dissatisfaction and stimulate motivation.






25. Withdrawal of a reward.






26. Belief that things happen due to luck or chance.






27. 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.






28. An early retirement incentive in a form of a cash bonus or increased pension.






29. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.






30. Consists of vertical scales for each dimension of employee's performance.






31. Improvement of job efficiency by simplifying it.






32. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






33. The knowledge - skills - and abilities required for the job.






34. Purposeful discrimination.






35. Harassment based on employment decisions; an economic or position consequence for noncompliance.






36. Documents that contain the main information about hazardous material.






37. Insurance that pays for nursing homes and medical-related costs to old age and illness.






38. A problem in appraisal in which an employee is given the same grade on all dimensions based on a few attributes.






39. An appraisal distributional error where the appraiser gives their employees unusually high or low marks.






40. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.






41. 1986. Used to control the hiring - recruiting - or referring of people not eligible to work in the US. Uses the form I-9.






42. 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.






43. A behavioral method that notes an unusual event that identifies superior or inferior performance by the employee.






44. When every desired behavior is reinforced; effective when the behavior is new.






45. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.






46. To discipline by being effective - consistent - and applied to all equally. 1. Documentation of Misconduct 2. Investigative Interview 3. Application of Discipline






47. Rewards according to a random number of behaviors. Results in very high performance.






48. An integrated knowledge within an organization that sets it out from the competition.






49. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






50. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.