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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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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






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






3. Measure the extent which someone has characteristics. Relatively inexpensive - but high potential for errors - and not useful in allocating rewards or promotions.






4. Long-term(5 years +) planning reserved for the highest levels of management.






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






6. Harmful stress that accompanies a feeling of insecurity.






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






8. Power based on individual expertise.






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






10. Positive stress that makes some strive to accomplish something.






11. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.






12. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.






13. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.






14. Teaching long-term skills.






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






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






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






18. 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.






19. 194-point questionnaire with five-point scale to determine the degree in which tasks are performed.






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






21. A trait method that requires the rater to describe the employee's performance in a statement.; fairly subjective and reliant on the manager's ability to write effective statements.






22. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






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






24. The rater checks statements on a list that he believes are characteristic of the employee.






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






26. Systems that provide data for Human Resource control and decision making.






27. The survey of the wages paid to employees with similar skill sets in a labor market. The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes a reliable one.






28. 1978. No discrimination based on pregnancy - childbirth - and related conditions.






29. Official discrimination complaint to Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) - filled by employee.






30. Giving something unpleasant for an undesired behavior.






31. A process to make the job more complex to improve the level of boredom of an oversimplified job.






32. 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.






33. Accommodation of several cultures.






34. The oldest and simplest job evaluation that is based on grouping the jobs based on their relative worth to one another; can only be used on a small number of jobs.






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






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






37. Developed in response to a majority dominating the workforce.






38. Fourth level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes self-esteem - confidence - achievement - respect of and by others.






39. Laws that prevent discrimination in the workplace.






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






41. Pay is the same each pay period regardless of hours worked.






42. Groups of jobs within a class that are paid the same. Used by the federal government.






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






44. Rewards after a specific number of desired behaviors. Results in high or stable performance.






45. A decision based on existing norms.






46. 1914. No forbidding the existence of a union.






47. How an employee perceives his compensation relative to others within the organization.






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






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






50. An appraisal distributional error where the rater is reluctant to give high or low marks.