Question 1.                       

Human resource management involves all of the following functions EXCEPT

                                                budgeting

                                                job design

                                                recruiting

                                                workplace safety

                              

Question 2.                       

The _____________________ requires employers to provide job-protected unpaid leave to an employee who is unable to perform his or her job due to a serious health condition.

                                                Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990

                                                Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

                                                 Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993

                                                Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938

                              

Question 3.                       

Job description involves ___________; job specification involves _____________.

an applicant’s required skills and experience; the company’s need for the position.

what a job entails; an applicant’s required skills and experience.

    what a job entails; the company’s need for the position.

  an applicant’s required skills and experience; what a job entails.

                              

Question 4.                       

Performance appraisal consists of assessing an employee’s performance and providing him or her with feedback. Which of the following actions is NOT part of the performance evaluation process?

                                                informal appraisals

                                                customer evaluations

                                                self-appraisal

                                                 physical examination

                              

Question 5.                       

Larissa is a human resources manager who is drafting the tasks that will be assigned to the Junior Accounts Manager, a new position her company is creating. Which of the following processes is Larissa involved in?

                                                job specification

                                                job description

                                                job promotion

                                                 job analysis

                              

Question 6.                       

Which of the following is NOT a step in the process of employee selection?

                                                initial screening

                                                 job design

                                                contacting references

                                                final interview

 

Question 7.                       

An organization’s discipline system should be _________.

                                                enforced by a series of people

                                                 applied uniformly to all employees

                                                enforced multiple times per violation

                                                presented verbally when a worker begins a job

                              

Question 8.                       

Belinda works at a pharmaceutical company that has not given its employees raises in nearly seven years. Belinda peacefully pickets her company in the hopes they will raise employee salaries. Which law protects Belinda’s right to do this?

                                                 The Norris–LaGuardia Act of 1932

                                                The Wagner Act of 1935

                                                The Taft-Hartley Act of 1948

                                                The Landrum-Griffin/Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959

                              

Question 9.                       

The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) requires employers to do all of the following EXCEPT

                                                provide protection from at-work hazards

                                                notify supervisors of hazardous conditions

                                                 monitor employees’ health habits

                                                enforce the use of safety equipment

               

Question 10.                    

Management training programs, mentoring programs, and coaching systems are examples of ________.

                                                 company preparation and career development strategies.

                                                good union–management relationships.

                                                implementation of OSHA requirements.

                                                an employee’s assets and liabilities.