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Chapter 09 Contract Clauses and Their Administration Answer Key
True / False Questions
1. (p. 308) Contract administration is a term used to describe interpreting, applying and
resolving conflicts pertaining to collective bargaining agreements.
TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
2. (p. 308) Under the employment-at-will doctrine, employers are generally free to
establish whatever terms and conditions of employment they desire.
TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
3. (p. 308) A key criticism of the bureaucratic model of collective bargaining is that it allows too
much flexibility and unpredictability in the workplace.
FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
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4. (p. 308) In the U.S. it is generally believed that efficiency, equity, and voice are best
attained using written rules enforced privately at the workplace level.
TRUE
Difficulty: Hard
5. (p. 308,309) Traditional U.S. union contracts provide strict guidelines for employers, but are
not legally enforceable in the United States.
FALSE
Difficulty: Moderate
6. (p. 308) From the union perspective, the bureaucratic system of collective bargaining
contracts may achieve stability at the expense of rank and file involvement and activism.
TRUE
Difficulty: Moderate
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7. (p. 309) Workers seeking the protection of a union contract generally prefer
workplace decisions that are guided by impartial rules such as seniority-based pay
increases or promotions.
TRUE
Difficulty: Hard
8. (p. 309) U.S. Labor relations are set primarily by strike power, court orders, and public
decision-making than by private administrations of contract terms.
FALSE
Difficulty: Hard
9. (p. 310) Nearly every U.S. union contract contains a just cause clause protecting workers
from arbitrary dismissal or discipline.
TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
10. (p. 310) Employers in the U.S. are generally required by contract to give union workers a
valid, job-related reason for dismissal, just like they must for nonunion workers.
FALSE
Difficulty: Hard
11. (p. 310) The concept of just cause means that employers may fire an employee only if
there is an economic reason for doing so.
FALSE
Difficulty: Moderate
[Author name]
[COMPANY NAME] [Company address]
, NURSING QUIZ TEST
Chapter 09 Contract Clauses and Their Administration Answer Key
True / False Questions
1. (p. 308) Contract administration is a term used to describe interpreting, applying and
resolving conflicts pertaining to collective bargaining agreements.
TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
2. (p. 308) Under the employment-at-will doctrine, employers are generally free to
establish whatever terms and conditions of employment they desire.
TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
3. (p. 308) A key criticism of the bureaucratic model of collective bargaining is that it allows too
much flexibility and unpredictability in the workplace.
FALSE
Difficulty: Easy
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4. (p. 308) In the U.S. it is generally believed that efficiency, equity, and voice are best
attained using written rules enforced privately at the workplace level.
TRUE
Difficulty: Hard
5. (p. 308,309) Traditional U.S. union contracts provide strict guidelines for employers, but are
not legally enforceable in the United States.
FALSE
Difficulty: Moderate
6. (p. 308) From the union perspective, the bureaucratic system of collective bargaining
contracts may achieve stability at the expense of rank and file involvement and activism.
TRUE
Difficulty: Moderate
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7. (p. 309) Workers seeking the protection of a union contract generally prefer
workplace decisions that are guided by impartial rules such as seniority-based pay
increases or promotions.
TRUE
Difficulty: Hard
8. (p. 309) U.S. Labor relations are set primarily by strike power, court orders, and public
decision-making than by private administrations of contract terms.
FALSE
Difficulty: Hard
9. (p. 310) Nearly every U.S. union contract contains a just cause clause protecting workers
from arbitrary dismissal or discipline.
TRUE
Difficulty: Easy
10. (p. 310) Employers in the U.S. are generally required by contract to give union workers a
valid, job-related reason for dismissal, just like they must for nonunion workers.
FALSE
Difficulty: Hard
11. (p. 310) The concept of just cause means that employers may fire an employee only if
there is an economic reason for doing so.
FALSE
Difficulty: Moderate
