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DSST Human Resource Management
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A pay attached to acquiring new knowledge or skills.
constructive discharge
protected classes
subordinate appraisal
skill-based pay
2. Sexual remarks or actions not targeted at a specific individual.
reward leadership
manager/supervisor appraisal
positive discipline
generalized sexual harassment
3. Purposeful discrimination.
team appraisal
expatriates
EEO-1 Report
disparate treatment
4. A program that encourages employers to go beyond the minimum requirements outlined by OSHA. It includes three: 1. Star 2. Merit 3. Demonstration
voluntary protection program (VPP)
referent power
halo effect
diversity awareness training
5. Various software programs that write job description and specifications based on job analysis.
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
job ranking system
computerized job analysis
cash compensation
6. A group of 6-12 that meet regularly to discuss organizational issues.
quality circle
subordinate appraisal
labor agreement
strategic planning
7. RIF that is composed of lay-offs - either across the board or through company reorganization that result in fewer available positions.
subordinate appraisal
active listening
job analysis
involuntary reduction
8. A decision that considers humanity's fundamental rights.
moral rights ethical decision
competence based pay
job simplification
Landrum-Griffin Act
9. Collapses traditional salary grades into a few wide bands and helps eliminate obsession with grades and gives management an enhanced ability to reward on performance.
skill-based pay
cash balance pension plan
broadbanding
Equal Employment Opportunity Act
10. An appraisal error based on biases of how the information is selected - evaluated - or organized.
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
temporal errors
subordinate appraisal
Preferred Provider Organization (PPO)
11. A resignation suggested by the employer to the employee.
pluralism
esteem needs
encouraged resignation
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)
12. Power based on individual expertise.
expert power
characteristics model
defined contribution plan
vertical career path
13. Sexual harassment that is nonthreatening - but causes co-worker discomfort.
piecework pay
expert power
self-actualization
inappropriate sexual harassment
14. Group specifically to provide a new product or service.
solicitation sexual harassment
ethnocentrism
Hay profile method
project team
15. A pension plan in which only the employer funds pensions.
extinction
legitimate leadership
noncontributory pension plan
quality circle
16. 1932. Labor legislation that outlawed 'yellow dog' contracts and forbade federal courts from issuing injunctions to restrain strikes - boycotts - and peaceful picketing.
subordinate appraisal
value-added compensation
Norris-La Guardia Act
quid pro quo harassment
17. Guarantee of benefits - especially in pension plans.
expert power
vesting
reductions-in-force (RIF)
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA)
18. 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)
positive discipline
social contract ethical decision
repatriation
union steward
19. Compensation useful in advancing organizational goals.
piecework pay
value-added compensation
eustress
justice ethical decision
20. The on-the-job method of development for new employees. May be formal or informal.
self-directed team
tell and listen appraisal interview
cash compensation
orientation
21. An organization that is participatory in problem solving - improving - and increasing capabilities.
learning organization
ethnocentrism
retirement
leadership
22. A leader who motivates people to transcend their personal interests for the good of the group; characterized by the ability to bring innovation.
expatriates
transformational leader
solicitation sexual harassment
disparate treatment
23. 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.
McDonnell Douglas Test
horizontal career path
strategic planning
job classification system
24. Evaluating self - considering one's own strengths and weaknesses. Best used for developmental purposes.
balance sheet approach
self-appraisal
affirmative action
functional job analysis (FJA)
25. A career path that is hiearchical in nature and consists of interdependent sequential jobs.
workforce diversity
cafeteria plans
solicitation sexual harassment
vertical career path
26. Compensation tied to a reward for effort and performance.
similar to me error
pay for performance standard
defined benefit plan
ethnorelativism
27. Characterized by an open-line communication between workers and management; values team-input - and facilitates group cooperation without being overly active within the group.
burnout
stretch goal
democratic leadership type
position analysis questionnaire (PAQ)
28. Evaluation based on factor-by-factor of development and comparison. Comparison against key jobs within the organization.
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
factor comparison system
Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA)
reward leadership
29. A written description of the basic tasks - duties - minimum required experience - and responsibilities required of an employee holding a particular job.
virtual team
labor agreement
subordinate appraisal
job description
30. Performance appraisal done by fellow employees - usually combined by the manager into a single profile for use. May be the most accurate - but not used due to popularity copntests.
Supplemental unemployment benefits (SUBS)
value-added compensation
peer appraisal
job analysis
31. The idea that people with authority are subject to reporting to superiors.
stress interview
Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
accountability
32. Listening to understand without judgment.
active listening
piecework pay
coercive sexual harassment
job classification system
33. A procedural document designed by the federal government to assist in hiring - promotion - transfer - demotion - dismissal - and referrals.
Norris-La Guardia Act
workforce diversity
orientation
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures
34. 1963. Amendment to the Fair Labor Standards Act. No discrimination of pay - benefits - or pension based on gender.
McDonnell Douglas Test
business ethics
Equal Pay Act
employment-at-will
35. An appraisal temporal error when the evaluation is based upon the employee's most recent behavior.
job evaluation
problem solving appraisal interview
contrast error
recency error
36. The process of screening - interviewing - and hiring individuals.
selection
development
self-appraisal
401(k) savings plan
37. The matching of people with future vacancies.
equal employment opportunity (EEO) laws
human resource planning
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
coercive sexual harassment
38. Rating based on comparison than a standard.
human resource planning
disparate treatment
mixed-standard rating scale
positive discipline
39. Involves determining the type and number of individuals needed to get the job done.
mixed-standard rating scale
fair representation
arbitrator
job analysis
40. An uncomfortable environment that interferes with job performance.
defined contribution plan
self-appraisal
peer appraisal
hostile environment
41. Voluntary or involuntary reductions in labor.
consumer price index (CPI)
reductions-in-force (RIF)
similar to me error
results performance appraisal method
42. 1964 - amended in 1972 - 1991 - and 1994. Broadest and most significant law affecting employment opportunity rights.
behavior checklist
Walsh-Healy Act
flextime
Civil Rights Act
43. 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.
workforce diversity
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
diversity awareness training
preconventional moral development
44. Union must represent union and nonunion members equally.
internal locus
pluralism
variable-interval reinforcement
fair representation
45. Leadership based on the control that management has over rewarding subordinates.
characteristics model
resignation
Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)
reward leadership
46. 1936. Responsible for prevailing minimum wage in a locality. Regular working hours identified as 8 per day and 40 per week; and time and a half for additional; no employment for convicts and children.
Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
Walsh-Healy Act
workforce diversity
absenteeism
47. Home country nationals that are employees who live and work in a different country than their own.
graphic rating scale
job analysis
job sharing
expatriates
48. 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.
recency error
Hay profile method
Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ)
internal locus
49. Advancing to the next level in the minimum time required in the current position.
discipline
fast tracking
wage curve
career plateauing
50. Services provided for workers to deal with problems that interfere with how they do their jobs.
job sharing
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Health Maintenance Organization (HMO)
democratic leadership type