Saint HRM562 midterm exam (2016 version)/Saint HRM562 midterm exam (2016 version)

Question

Question 1.1. What are responsible for guiding the activities of a particular company in the market? 

Strategic decisions

Tactical decisions

Worker majority decisions

Informative decisions

Question 2.2. Which of the following is NOT one of the three broad categories that discretionary benefits fall into? 

Worker’s compensation laws

Paid time off

Protection programs

Services

Question 3.3. What US federal law established a national minimum wage for employees involved in commerce (rather than just those employed by companies working for the US government), as well as prohibit most employment of minors in oppressive child labor? 

The Equal Pay Act of 1963

The Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

Question 4.4. What is a systematic process for gathering, documenting, and analyzing information in order to describe jobs? 

Job evaluation

Internal consistency

Job analysis

Strategic analysis

Question 5.5. These are positive employer gestures that beyond what was required by law, created in part to thwart potential union activity. 

Employee benefit plans

Welfare practices

Scientific management practices

Compensable factors