C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
1. A The employment relationship is:
A. An agreed-upon basis for organizations and people
meeting each other's needs
B. A disagreed-upon basis for organizations and people
meeting each other's needs
C. An agreed-upon basis for organizations and govern-
ment meeting each other's needs
D. None of the above
2. C Organizations get work done through:
A. Dollars
B. Customers
C. People
D. Product
3. C Total rewards includes:
A. Benefits, base salary, paid time off
B. Benefits
C. Base salary and benefits
D. Base salary
4. B Meaningful work would be considered a discretionary
employee benefit.
A. True
B. False
5. B Understanding the total rewards system will not allow you
to create a meaningful total rewards plan.
A. True
B. False
6. D Which of the following job families would not be affected
by total rewards?
A. Engineers
B. Finance
C. Marketing
D. All job families are affected by total rewards
7. B
, C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
Pay is not a broad category that refers to the mone-
tary compensation that is provided to an employee in
exchange for their work.
A. True
B. False
8. A Cash compensation is monetary pay from
to .
A. Employers, employees
B. Employees, employers
C. Government, citizens
D. None of the above
9. A Fringe benefits have become quite to
compensation plans.
A. Central
B. Unimportant
C. Conditional
D. Proven
10. A When you think about a company's health benefits or re-
tirement plan, you are thinking about employee benefits.
A. True
B. False
11. B refers to the direct mon-
etary pay given to an employee in exchange for their
contributions to the organization.
A. Total rewards
B. Cash compensation
C. Benefits
D. Time off
12. B Which of the following would not be included as an intan-
gible reward?
A. Meaningful work
B. Salary
C. Positive working relationships
D. Location
, C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
13. A Cash compensation can have an influence on the employ-
ee's perception of how much they are valued at the firm.
A. True
B. False
14. B To create a strategic total rewards plan, you need to
understand all of the following except:
A. Market
B. Benefits
C. Customers
D. None of the above
15. A Base pay includes:
A. Salary or hourly wages
B. Hourly and benefits
C. Benefits and salary
D. None of the above
16. A Team performance:
A. Comprises the collective actions of groups of employ-
ees
B. Comprises senior management level of performance
C. Comprises customer feedback regarding employees
D. Comprises the star employees' level of performance
17. B Total Reward Systems do not need to be reviewed to en-
sure that they are not penalizing such OCBs and instead
provide a degree of encouragement for those helpful be-
haviors.
A. True
B. False
18. C Organizational performance includes all but:
A. Profits
B. Meeting customer needs
C. Employee satisfaction
D. New market share
19. A Employee perception of the organization has potential to
lead to turnover and performance.
, C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
A. True
B. False
20. A Managing total rewards is an art and a science.
A. True
B. False
21. C What is the total rewards content strategy?
A. A negotiation between management and the employee
for total rewards offered
B. Market-driven levels of rewards offered
C. Type, Level, and Combination of rewards offered
D. Experienced-based rewards offered
22. D Reward form combination strategy refers to:
A. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they compete
in the market
B. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they compete
with departments within the organization
C. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they differ from
each other
D. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they relate to
each other
23. A Absolute level refers to:
A. Base salary
B. Experience salary
C. Fair salary
D. Competitive salary
24. D What is a communication strategy?
A. The plan for sharing coworkers' salary data
B. The plan for communicating with employees about
competitive salaries
C. The plan for communicating with other HR profession-
als to understand market data
D. The plan for sharing the compensation strategy with
employees and receiving their ongoing feedback
25. D
1. A The employment relationship is:
A. An agreed-upon basis for organizations and people
meeting each other's needs
B. A disagreed-upon basis for organizations and people
meeting each other's needs
C. An agreed-upon basis for organizations and govern-
ment meeting each other's needs
D. None of the above
2. C Organizations get work done through:
A. Dollars
B. Customers
C. People
D. Product
3. C Total rewards includes:
A. Benefits, base salary, paid time off
B. Benefits
C. Base salary and benefits
D. Base salary
4. B Meaningful work would be considered a discretionary
employee benefit.
A. True
B. False
5. B Understanding the total rewards system will not allow you
to create a meaningful total rewards plan.
A. True
B. False
6. D Which of the following job families would not be affected
by total rewards?
A. Engineers
B. Finance
C. Marketing
D. All job families are affected by total rewards
7. B
, C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
Pay is not a broad category that refers to the mone-
tary compensation that is provided to an employee in
exchange for their work.
A. True
B. False
8. A Cash compensation is monetary pay from
to .
A. Employers, employees
B. Employees, employers
C. Government, citizens
D. None of the above
9. A Fringe benefits have become quite to
compensation plans.
A. Central
B. Unimportant
C. Conditional
D. Proven
10. A When you think about a company's health benefits or re-
tirement plan, you are thinking about employee benefits.
A. True
B. False
11. B refers to the direct mon-
etary pay given to an employee in exchange for their
contributions to the organization.
A. Total rewards
B. Cash compensation
C. Benefits
D. Time off
12. B Which of the following would not be included as an intan-
gible reward?
A. Meaningful work
B. Salary
C. Positive working relationships
D. Location
, C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
13. A Cash compensation can have an influence on the employ-
ee's perception of how much they are valued at the firm.
A. True
B. False
14. B To create a strategic total rewards plan, you need to
understand all of the following except:
A. Market
B. Benefits
C. Customers
D. None of the above
15. A Base pay includes:
A. Salary or hourly wages
B. Hourly and benefits
C. Benefits and salary
D. None of the above
16. A Team performance:
A. Comprises the collective actions of groups of employ-
ees
B. Comprises senior management level of performance
C. Comprises customer feedback regarding employees
D. Comprises the star employees' level of performance
17. B Total Reward Systems do not need to be reviewed to en-
sure that they are not penalizing such OCBs and instead
provide a degree of encouragement for those helpful be-
haviors.
A. True
B. False
18. C Organizational performance includes all but:
A. Profits
B. Meeting customer needs
C. Employee satisfaction
D. New market share
19. A Employee perception of the organization has potential to
lead to turnover and performance.
, C236 Compensation and Benefits Exam with Answers
A. True
B. False
20. A Managing total rewards is an art and a science.
A. True
B. False
21. C What is the total rewards content strategy?
A. A negotiation between management and the employee
for total rewards offered
B. Market-driven levels of rewards offered
C. Type, Level, and Combination of rewards offered
D. Experienced-based rewards offered
22. D Reward form combination strategy refers to:
A. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they compete
in the market
B. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they compete
with departments within the organization
C. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they differ from
each other
D. Rewards (cash, benefits, etc.) and how they relate to
each other
23. A Absolute level refers to:
A. Base salary
B. Experience salary
C. Fair salary
D. Competitive salary
24. D What is a communication strategy?
A. The plan for sharing coworkers' salary data
B. The plan for communicating with employees about
competitive salaries
C. The plan for communicating with other HR profession-
als to understand market data
D. The plan for sharing the compensation strategy with
employees and receiving their ongoing feedback
25. D
