WGU C202 MANAGING HUMAN CAPITAL EXAM 2026 LATEST
VERSIONS AND ACCURATE AND WELL DETAILED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, extincition - ANS... -
Four type of reinforcers
positive reinforcement - ANS... -reinforcer: using rewards to increase the
likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
negative reinforcement - ANS... -reinforcer: removing current or future unpleasant
consequences to increase the likelihood that someone will repeat a behavior.
punishment - ANS... -reinforcer: creating negative outcomes to decrease the
likelihood of a behavior
extinction - ANS... -reinforcer: removal of any positive or negative reinforcement
following the occurrence of the behavior to be extinguished decreases the
likelihood of that behavior
Orientation - ANS... -training activities to help new hires fit in as organizational
members
socialization - ANS... -a long-term process of planned and unplanned, formal and
informal activities and experiences through which an individual acquires the
attitudes, behaviors and knowledge needed to successfully participate as an
organizational member
Anticipatory, Encounter, Settling In - ANS... -Three phases of Socialization
collective socialization - ANS... -newcomers go through a common set of
experiences as a group
individual socialization - ANS... -newcomers are socialized individually as in an
apprenticeship
formal socialization - ANS... -structured socialization using specifically designed
activities and materials awayfrom the work setting
,informal socialization - ANS... -unstructured, on-the-job socialization done by
coworkers
sequential socialization - ANS... -the degree to which socialization follows a
specific sequence of steps
fixed socialization - ANS... -new hires are informed in advance when their
probationary status will end
variable socialization - ANS... -employees do not know when to expect to pass to a
different status level and the timeline may be different across employees
tournament socialization - ANS... -each stage of socialization is an elimination
round and a new hire is out of the organization if he or she fails to pass
contest socialization - ANS... -each socialization stage is a contest in which one
builds a performance record
serial socialization - ANS... -accessible and supportive organizational members
serve as role models and mentors
Direct financial compensation - ANS... -compensation received in the form of
salary, wages, commissions, stock options or bonuses
indirect financial compensation - ANS... -all the tangible and financially valued
rewards that are not included in direct compensation including free meals, vacation
time and health insurance
nonfinancial compensation - ANS... -rewards and incentives given to employees
that aren't financial in nature
base pay - ANS... -reflects the size and scope of an employee's responsibilities
severance pay - ANS... -give to employees upon termination of their employment
fixed pay - ANS... -pays employees a set amount regardless of performance
,variable pay - ANS... -bases some or all of an employee's compensation on
employee, team, or organizational
pay structure - ANS... -the array of pay rates for different work or skills within a
single organization
pay mix - ANS... -the relative emphasis give to different compensation
components
pay leader - ANS... -organization with a compensation policy of giving employees
greater rewards than competitors
pay follower - ANS... -an organization that pays its front-line employees as little as
possible
resource dependence theory - ANS... -proposition that organizational decisions are
influenced by both internal and external agents who control critical resources
wage differentials - ANS... -differences in wage between various workers, groups
of workers, or workers within a career field
labor market - ANS... -all of the potential employees located within a geographic
area from which the organization might be able to hire
cost of living allowances - ANS... -clauses in union contacts that automatically
increase wages base on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' cost of living index
market pricing - ANS... -uses external sources of information about how others are
compensating a certain position to assign value to a company's similar job
Compensation surveys - ANS... -surveys of other organizations conducted to learn
what they are paying for specific jobs or job classes
benchmark jobs - ANS... -jobs that tend to exist across departments and across
diverse organizations allowing them to be used as a basis for compensation
comparisons
job evaluation - ANS... -a systematic process that uses expert judgement to assess
differences in value between jobs
, ranking methos - ANS... -subjectively compares jobs to each other based on their
overall worth to the organization
job classification method - ANS... -subjectively classifies jobs into an exiting
hierarchy of grades and categories
point factor method - ANS... -uses a set of compensable factors to determine a job's
value. skill, resp, effort, working cond.
compensable factor - ANS... -any characteristic used to provide a basis for judging
a job's value
skills, responsibilities, effort, working conditions - ANS... -Four categories of
compensable factors
Hay Group Guide Chart - Profile Method - ANS... -a point-factor system is used to
produce both a profile and a point score for each position.
know how
problem solving
accountability
working conditions
Know-how, problem solving, accountability, working conditions - ANS... -Hay
Group Method based on four main factors
Position Analysis Questionnaire - ANS... -a structured job evaluation questionnaire
that is statistically analyzed to calculate pay rates based on how the labor market is
valuing worker characteristics. a copyrighted, standardized, structured job analysis
questionnaire. 6 sections covering 187 job elements.
job pricing - ANS... -the generation of salary structures and pay levels for each job
based on the job evaluation data
single rate system, pay grades and broadbanding - ANS... -Three most common job
pricing systems
pay grade (pay scale) - ANS... -the range of possible pay for a group of jobs
broadbanding - ANS... -using very wide pay grades to increase pay flexibility
VERSIONS AND ACCURATE AND WELL DETAILED QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GUARANTEED PASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
positive reinforcement, negative reinforcement, punishment, extincition - ANS... -
Four type of reinforcers
positive reinforcement - ANS... -reinforcer: using rewards to increase the
likelihood that a behavior will be repeated
negative reinforcement - ANS... -reinforcer: removing current or future unpleasant
consequences to increase the likelihood that someone will repeat a behavior.
punishment - ANS... -reinforcer: creating negative outcomes to decrease the
likelihood of a behavior
extinction - ANS... -reinforcer: removal of any positive or negative reinforcement
following the occurrence of the behavior to be extinguished decreases the
likelihood of that behavior
Orientation - ANS... -training activities to help new hires fit in as organizational
members
socialization - ANS... -a long-term process of planned and unplanned, formal and
informal activities and experiences through which an individual acquires the
attitudes, behaviors and knowledge needed to successfully participate as an
organizational member
Anticipatory, Encounter, Settling In - ANS... -Three phases of Socialization
collective socialization - ANS... -newcomers go through a common set of
experiences as a group
individual socialization - ANS... -newcomers are socialized individually as in an
apprenticeship
formal socialization - ANS... -structured socialization using specifically designed
activities and materials awayfrom the work setting
,informal socialization - ANS... -unstructured, on-the-job socialization done by
coworkers
sequential socialization - ANS... -the degree to which socialization follows a
specific sequence of steps
fixed socialization - ANS... -new hires are informed in advance when their
probationary status will end
variable socialization - ANS... -employees do not know when to expect to pass to a
different status level and the timeline may be different across employees
tournament socialization - ANS... -each stage of socialization is an elimination
round and a new hire is out of the organization if he or she fails to pass
contest socialization - ANS... -each socialization stage is a contest in which one
builds a performance record
serial socialization - ANS... -accessible and supportive organizational members
serve as role models and mentors
Direct financial compensation - ANS... -compensation received in the form of
salary, wages, commissions, stock options or bonuses
indirect financial compensation - ANS... -all the tangible and financially valued
rewards that are not included in direct compensation including free meals, vacation
time and health insurance
nonfinancial compensation - ANS... -rewards and incentives given to employees
that aren't financial in nature
base pay - ANS... -reflects the size and scope of an employee's responsibilities
severance pay - ANS... -give to employees upon termination of their employment
fixed pay - ANS... -pays employees a set amount regardless of performance
,variable pay - ANS... -bases some or all of an employee's compensation on
employee, team, or organizational
pay structure - ANS... -the array of pay rates for different work or skills within a
single organization
pay mix - ANS... -the relative emphasis give to different compensation
components
pay leader - ANS... -organization with a compensation policy of giving employees
greater rewards than competitors
pay follower - ANS... -an organization that pays its front-line employees as little as
possible
resource dependence theory - ANS... -proposition that organizational decisions are
influenced by both internal and external agents who control critical resources
wage differentials - ANS... -differences in wage between various workers, groups
of workers, or workers within a career field
labor market - ANS... -all of the potential employees located within a geographic
area from which the organization might be able to hire
cost of living allowances - ANS... -clauses in union contacts that automatically
increase wages base on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' cost of living index
market pricing - ANS... -uses external sources of information about how others are
compensating a certain position to assign value to a company's similar job
Compensation surveys - ANS... -surveys of other organizations conducted to learn
what they are paying for specific jobs or job classes
benchmark jobs - ANS... -jobs that tend to exist across departments and across
diverse organizations allowing them to be used as a basis for compensation
comparisons
job evaluation - ANS... -a systematic process that uses expert judgement to assess
differences in value between jobs
, ranking methos - ANS... -subjectively compares jobs to each other based on their
overall worth to the organization
job classification method - ANS... -subjectively classifies jobs into an exiting
hierarchy of grades and categories
point factor method - ANS... -uses a set of compensable factors to determine a job's
value. skill, resp, effort, working cond.
compensable factor - ANS... -any characteristic used to provide a basis for judging
a job's value
skills, responsibilities, effort, working conditions - ANS... -Four categories of
compensable factors
Hay Group Guide Chart - Profile Method - ANS... -a point-factor system is used to
produce both a profile and a point score for each position.
know how
problem solving
accountability
working conditions
Know-how, problem solving, accountability, working conditions - ANS... -Hay
Group Method based on four main factors
Position Analysis Questionnaire - ANS... -a structured job evaluation questionnaire
that is statistically analyzed to calculate pay rates based on how the labor market is
valuing worker characteristics. a copyrighted, standardized, structured job analysis
questionnaire. 6 sections covering 187 job elements.
job pricing - ANS... -the generation of salary structures and pay levels for each job
based on the job evaluation data
single rate system, pay grades and broadbanding - ANS... -Three most common job
pricing systems
pay grade (pay scale) - ANS... -the range of possible pay for a group of jobs
broadbanding - ANS... -using very wide pay grades to increase pay flexibility
