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Mometrix Media LLC, 2013. — 61 p. — ISBN: 1627332154, 9781627332156
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Practice Test (First Set) Practice Questions 1. When employees leave work early or purposefully work at a slow pace, they are engaging in a. property deviance. b. production deviance. c. political deviance. d. personal aggression. 2. In which business structure do partners exist mainly as investors, without much influence on daily operations? a. limited liability partnership b. sole proprietorship c. general partnership d. joint venture 3. Which piece of legislation declared that back pay awards cannot be a part of compensatory damages? a. Civil Rights Act of 1964 b. Civil Rights Act of 1991 c. Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1974 d. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 4. The SMART model outlines the important characteristics of a. forecasting studies. b. employee training. c. effective recruiting. d. organizational goals. 5. Name one consequence of the Clayton Act of 1914. a. Workers retained the right to organize. b. The Sherman Act was applied to unions. c. Employers could not always use injunctions to break strikes. d. Federal contractors must pay the going rate for workers. 6. Which of the following statements about performance appraisal is false? a. Ranking is a good method for appraising large groups of employees. b. Focal review programs include all of the employees in an organization. c. Forced ranking systems assume that most employees are neither exceptionally good nor exceptionally bad.
d. A behaviorally anchored rating system isolates each job’s most important tasks. 7. Which of the following would be considered nonmonetary compensation? a. flex time b. stock options c. medical care premiums d. paid leave 8. Which piece of legislation established a new definition for “highly compensated individual”? a. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Act Fairness Act of 1996 b. Sarbanes-Oxl