C202 WGU: CHAPTER 10: BENEFITS: TEST QUESTIONS WITH
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) Organizations offer employee benefits in order to: -- Answer ✔✔ - attract and
retain top employees
- boost employee performance, satisfaction, commitment, and retention
- promote employee health
- provide financial protection
- improve employees' work-life balance
- Although some organizations may pursue these goals for moral reasons,
many do it for economic and productivity reasons.
2) The choice of how much to invest in employee benefits is influenced by several
factors: -- Answer ✔✔ - The organization's competition for talent
- The organization's compensation strategy
- The organization's culture
- Characteristics of the organization's workforce
3) Companies use _________ to attract and retain employees, and sometimes to
compensate for offering lower pay then their competitors. -- Answer ✔✔
benefits
, 4) The goal of an organization that offers the benefits of flextime, personal days, and
a wellness program is to ______ -- Answer ✔✔ decrease absenteeism
(Wellness program; flextime; personal days; on-site daycare for kids and elders)
5) The goal of an organization that offers benefits of health, life, workers'
compensation, and disability insurance is to_______ -- Answer ✔✔ Increasing
financial security (Health, life, workers' compensation, and disability insurance;
prescription drug coverage; financial planning seminars; retirement plan)
6) The goal of an organization that offers the benefits of greater 401(k) matching,
financial planning seminars, and long term care insurance is to ________ --
Answer ✔✔ Increasing retirement security (Greater 401(k) match; financial
planning seminars, long-term care insurance)
7) The goal of an organization that offers the benefits of wellness programs, a fitness
center, health coaches, and free healthy lunches and snack is to ______ --
Answer ✔✔ Decreasing healthcare claims (Wellness program; fitness center;
health coaches; free healthy lunches and snacks; stress management program)
8) the goal of an organization that offers an on-site daycare for kids and elders is
to_______ -- Answer ✔✔ Decrease employee stress (Wellness program;
flextime; personal days; on-site daycare for kids and elders)
9) the goal of an organization that offers tuition reimbursement is to _____ --
Answer ✔✔ Improving employee skills (Tuition reimbursement; paid sabbaticals)
10) the goal of an organization that offers services that improve employees' at work
experience (on site oil change, dry cleaning, food, massages) is to________ --
Answer ✔✔ improve retention (USAA example - Flextime; 401(k); health, dental,
and life insurance benefits; improving the employee experience (on-site oil
changes, dry cleaning, food, massages, and health care)
ACCURATE SOLUTIONS
1) Organizations offer employee benefits in order to: -- Answer ✔✔ - attract and
retain top employees
- boost employee performance, satisfaction, commitment, and retention
- promote employee health
- provide financial protection
- improve employees' work-life balance
- Although some organizations may pursue these goals for moral reasons,
many do it for economic and productivity reasons.
2) The choice of how much to invest in employee benefits is influenced by several
factors: -- Answer ✔✔ - The organization's competition for talent
- The organization's compensation strategy
- The organization's culture
- Characteristics of the organization's workforce
3) Companies use _________ to attract and retain employees, and sometimes to
compensate for offering lower pay then their competitors. -- Answer ✔✔
benefits
, 4) The goal of an organization that offers the benefits of flextime, personal days, and
a wellness program is to ______ -- Answer ✔✔ decrease absenteeism
(Wellness program; flextime; personal days; on-site daycare for kids and elders)
5) The goal of an organization that offers benefits of health, life, workers'
compensation, and disability insurance is to_______ -- Answer ✔✔ Increasing
financial security (Health, life, workers' compensation, and disability insurance;
prescription drug coverage; financial planning seminars; retirement plan)
6) The goal of an organization that offers the benefits of greater 401(k) matching,
financial planning seminars, and long term care insurance is to ________ --
Answer ✔✔ Increasing retirement security (Greater 401(k) match; financial
planning seminars, long-term care insurance)
7) The goal of an organization that offers the benefits of wellness programs, a fitness
center, health coaches, and free healthy lunches and snack is to ______ --
Answer ✔✔ Decreasing healthcare claims (Wellness program; fitness center;
health coaches; free healthy lunches and snacks; stress management program)
8) the goal of an organization that offers an on-site daycare for kids and elders is
to_______ -- Answer ✔✔ Decrease employee stress (Wellness program;
flextime; personal days; on-site daycare for kids and elders)
9) the goal of an organization that offers tuition reimbursement is to _____ --
Answer ✔✔ Improving employee skills (Tuition reimbursement; paid sabbaticals)
10) the goal of an organization that offers services that improve employees' at work
experience (on site oil change, dry cleaning, food, massages) is to________ --
Answer ✔✔ improve retention (USAA example - Flextime; 401(k); health, dental,
and life insurance benefits; improving the employee experience (on-site oil
changes, dry cleaning, food, massages, and health care)
