What type of discrimination does the Equal Pay Act deal with?
Gender
100
What is the most common way to communicate policies, procedures, and rules to employees?
Employee Handbooks
100
OSHA inspects organizations based on a priority system. What is OSHA's first priority when making an inspectation?
Imminent Danger
100
In a firm's training and development program, the trainee must believe that improved skills will lead to desired outcomes and that his or her effort in the training program will result in improved skills. These assumptions are related to which theory of motivation?
Expectancy Theory
100
Which type of interview has the most potential for valid selection?
Structured
200
What is one critical microeconomic factor that will continue to be of critical importance within a global economy?
Labor Costs
200
__________are employees who are asked to work outside their home countries for a period of time eventually to return to their home countries.
Expatriates
200
Ergonomics refers to the proper design of the work environment to address the __________ experienced by employees.
Physical Demands
200
Training
A needs Analysis
200
What does a false positive represent in the selection process?
An unqualified candidate who was hired
300
An organization conducts job evaluations to establish___________
Relative worth of jobs to the organization.
300
Which thoery is based on people with high needs for recognition and achievement?
McClelland's
300
Major work accidents can be attributed to three different types of factors: internal organization, external organization, and/or ___________ factors.
Human
300
What is the best seating arrangement for a learning environment?
Circle
300
What best describes the content of job specifications?
Personal requirements or qualifications for performing a job?
400
What are the 3 elements that compensation objectives include?
Efficiency, Fairness, and Compliance
400
The_____________was established by the U.S. Commerce Department, for which organizations undergo a series of stringent self-examination concerning their quality processes.
Malcom Baldrige Award
400
Which type of data is generally unavailable to a HR manager in evaluating the effectiveness of an external Employee Assistance Program?
Treatment Outcome
400
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!
B.F. Skinner found that applying four different intervention strategies could alter behavior. Name the four strategies
Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Extinction, and Punishment
400
How many years should employers should keep EEO records of personnel data?