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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. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.






2. RIF that include some type of severance pay and extension of benefits for a predetermined period of time.






3. 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.






4. A communication of strong and weak points of the employee's performance - and then in which the employee responds with his feelings about the appraisal.






5. Act that provides individuals and dependents who may lose medical coverage with opportunity to pay to continue coverage.






6. 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.






7. Job evaluation based on classification of jobs in groups of predetermined wage grades. This is what the federal government uses.






8. Sexual harassment that uses rewards; potential for criminal prosecution.






9. A pension plan in which the amount is specific.






10. A medical insurance plan that the employer contributes to meet the needs of the individual's medical needs.






11. Group assigned with improving quality.






12. Statement authorizing union to act as their representative.






13. Can directly align employees with the organizational goals - with evaluation based on profits - sales - etc.






14. Accommodation of several cultures.






15. 1. Treatment that punishes 2. Orderly behavior in an organization 3. Training that corrects undesirable behavior and develops self control






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






17. 1994. Jobs are protected for those that go on short military service.






18. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.






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






20. 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.






21. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






22. Different types of employee complaint resolution procedures.






23. Pay based on skills and increased job knowledge. Also called skilled based or knowledge based pay.






24. A decision based on the long-term interests of an individual.






25. Discipline based on corrective measures of increasing degree. Most commonly used. 1. Oral Warning 2. Written Warning 3. Suspension without Pay 4. Discharge






26. Purposeful discrimination.






27. Leadership based on the control that management has over punishing subordinates.






28. An interview that places the applicant in a simulated high stress setting to interview the candidate.






29. Method of performance measurement based on managers' records of specific examples of the employee acting in ways that are either effective or ineffective.






30. Organization of healthcare professionals that provide services on a prepaid basis; seen as lower quality to the employee.






31. An appraisal temporal error in which the appraiser inflates the evaluation because of a mutual connection.






32. A pension plan in which amount of benefits are based on how much is in their account at time of retirement.






33. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






34. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.






35. Unpaid union official that represents the employees when dealing with management.






36. An intent to resign from a company that is typically expressed in written communication to the employee's manager.






37. An attempt by the employer to alter the behavior of the employee by persuasion and motivational incentives.






38. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.






39. Belief that one culture is superior to another.






40. The matching of people with future vacancies.






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






42. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






43. Two part-time employees share one full time position.






44. When some of the desired behavior is reinforced. Can be classified into four groups: fixed-interval - fixed-ratio - variable-interval - and variable-ratio.






45. Strength of person's convictions. The higher it is - the more likely one will follow what they believe is ethical in lieu of following unethical impulses.






46. Belief that things happen due to their own responsibility.






47. 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.






48. 1993. Applies to employers with fifty or more employees. Paternal and maternal leave covered under this act.






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






50. An appraisal error based on biases of how the information is selected - evaluated - or organized.