MGMT 3860 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
At the _______ level, we may choose to examine issues such as what types of
training yield positive outcomes for organizations and trainees (i.e. what works).
micro level
What is the purpose of the assessment phase of training?
To define what it is the employee should learn in relation to desired job behaviors.
____ refers to the material that is rich in association for the trainees and is
therefore easily understood by them.
Meaningfulness
Training that results in ______ is costly because of the cost of training (which
proved to be useless) and the cost of hampered performance.
negative transfer of training
In terms of the approaches to orientation, which of the following best describes
"suffocation?"
Giving too much information too fast.
The process of encouraging performance is concerned with all of the following
except:
cost of rewards.
_________ implies that there are clear links between the performance standards
for a particular job and organizational objectives, and between the critical job
,elements identified through a job analysis and the dimensions to be rated on an
appraisal form.
relevance
The simplest type of absolute rating system is _____, in which a rater describes,
in writing, an employee's strengths, weaknesses, and potential, together with
suggestions for improvement.
narrative essay
Which ratings format is likely to cause a great deal of employee resentment?
Forced distribution
What type of team is assembled for a specific purpose and expected to disband
after their task is completed?
Project
A career that consists of a sense of where a person is going in his or her work life
is the ________ career
subjective
The process of "moving inside" or becoming more involved in a particular
organization is:
organizational entry
Evidence now indicates that the older people are, the more control they feel over:
finances
_________ represent logical and possible sequences of positions that could be
held, based on an analysis of what people actually do in an organization.
Career paths
, Which type of quitter plans in advance to quit at a specific time in the future, such
as at age 60?
Preplanned
In the United States, about 90 percent of large and medium-sized companies now
offer some kind of _____ such as profit-sharing and bonus awards.
variable pay
The efficiency wage hypothesis holds that:
there is payment of wage premiums by some employers to attract the best talent
available and to enhance productivity in order to offset any increase in labor costs.
Which act states executives cannot retain bonuses or profits from selling
company stock if they mislead the public about the financial health of the
company?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Which type of pay structure is feasible if all jobs are benchmark jobs and direct
matches can be found in the market?
Market-based pay system
ESOP satisfaction tends to be highest in companies where:
the company makes relatively large annual contributions to the plan.
Which act covers private-sector employees over age 21 enrolled in
noncontributory (100% employer-paid) retirement plans who have one year's
service?
ERISA
HIPPA makes health insurance more portable by which of the following:
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
At the _______ level, we may choose to examine issues such as what types of
training yield positive outcomes for organizations and trainees (i.e. what works).
micro level
What is the purpose of the assessment phase of training?
To define what it is the employee should learn in relation to desired job behaviors.
____ refers to the material that is rich in association for the trainees and is
therefore easily understood by them.
Meaningfulness
Training that results in ______ is costly because of the cost of training (which
proved to be useless) and the cost of hampered performance.
negative transfer of training
In terms of the approaches to orientation, which of the following best describes
"suffocation?"
Giving too much information too fast.
The process of encouraging performance is concerned with all of the following
except:
cost of rewards.
_________ implies that there are clear links between the performance standards
for a particular job and organizational objectives, and between the critical job
,elements identified through a job analysis and the dimensions to be rated on an
appraisal form.
relevance
The simplest type of absolute rating system is _____, in which a rater describes,
in writing, an employee's strengths, weaknesses, and potential, together with
suggestions for improvement.
narrative essay
Which ratings format is likely to cause a great deal of employee resentment?
Forced distribution
What type of team is assembled for a specific purpose and expected to disband
after their task is completed?
Project
A career that consists of a sense of where a person is going in his or her work life
is the ________ career
subjective
The process of "moving inside" or becoming more involved in a particular
organization is:
organizational entry
Evidence now indicates that the older people are, the more control they feel over:
finances
_________ represent logical and possible sequences of positions that could be
held, based on an analysis of what people actually do in an organization.
Career paths
, Which type of quitter plans in advance to quit at a specific time in the future, such
as at age 60?
Preplanned
In the United States, about 90 percent of large and medium-sized companies now
offer some kind of _____ such as profit-sharing and bonus awards.
variable pay
The efficiency wage hypothesis holds that:
there is payment of wage premiums by some employers to attract the best talent
available and to enhance productivity in order to offset any increase in labor costs.
Which act states executives cannot retain bonuses or profits from selling
company stock if they mislead the public about the financial health of the
company?
Sarbanes-Oxley Act
Which type of pay structure is feasible if all jobs are benchmark jobs and direct
matches can be found in the market?
Market-based pay system
ESOP satisfaction tends to be highest in companies where:
the company makes relatively large annual contributions to the plan.
Which act covers private-sector employees over age 21 enrolled in
noncontributory (100% employer-paid) retirement plans who have one year's
service?
ERISA
HIPPA makes health insurance more portable by which of the following:
