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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. The degree in which an individual believes they have control of their fate.






2. Teaching long-term skills.






3. Test that measure what a person can do right now.






4. Threat of power in order to convince someone to engage in sexual activity.






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






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






7. Rewards according to a specific time interval. Results in average and irregular performance.






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






9. A flexible benefit plan for the employee - letting them choose the benefits best suited to their personal needs and situation.






10. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.






11. The act of returning to the country of origin after an international assignement.






12. Group specifically to provide a new product or service.






13. Reporting criminal activity to the government.






14. 1972. Extended Civil Rights Title VII to government workers.






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






16. Withdrawal of a reward.






17. Flexible working hours that allow workers to choose start and end times.






18. Second level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes security of body - employment - resources - morality - family - health - and posterity.






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






20. Breeds mistrust in the workplace; fairly excepted practice in private industry.






21. Quantitative job evaluation that determines the value based on the points assigned to it; uses the point manual.






22. Measures the frequency of observed behavior.






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






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






25. Cost of living that measures the average prices of products and services over time.






26. Diversity as a result of acquisitions and mergers - which is a forced diversification of the workplace.






27. 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.






28. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.






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






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






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






32. 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.






33. A group with mix of specialists that are assigned rather than voluntary membership.






34. Third level of Maslow's hierarchy. Includes friendship - family - and interaction.






35. Measures what a person is capable of learning.






36. A decision based on total impartiality.






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






38. Act that amended age discrimination in employment to include all employee benefits; also provided terminated employees with time to consider group termination or retirement programs and consult an attorney.






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






40. 1990. Employers cannot discriminate against people with physical or mental capabilities - and must make reasonable accommodations for people with disabilities or religious preferences.






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






42. Listening to understand without judgment.






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






44. Removal of something unpleasant for desire behavior.






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






46. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration






47. A method that evaluates based on: 1. Knowledge 2. Accountability 3. Mental Activity (KAMA)






48. Rewards according to random times. Results in moderately high and stable performance.






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






50. Includes the social environment of the workplace and informal work groups.