WGU C202 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What is an example of workforce redeployment? - Answer-A firm assigning a Java IT
expert to a new client requesting a Java IT engineer
Which type of compensation can developmental opportunities be considered? - Answer-
Nonfinancial compensation
What is a disadvantage of a pay-for-performance plan? - Answer-It could promote
unintended consequences.
What are two reasons why companies offer employee benefits? - Answer-To provide
employees with work-life balance and To boost employee satisfaction
Which type of a benefit are domestic partner benefits? - Answer-Optional
What is the goal of an organization that offers the benefits of a wellness program,
flextime, and personal days? - Answer-To decrease employee absenteeism
What is the goal of an organization that offers an on-site day care for children and
elderly people? - Answer-To decrease employee stress
Performance Management - Answer-aligning individual employees' goals and behaviors
with organizational goals and strategies, appraising and evaluating past and current
behaviors and performance, and providing suggestions for improvement.
Strategic Risk - Answer-affect business strategy through the overall talent strategy,
company culture, ethics, investments in people, and the implementation of change
initiatives.
Operational Risk - Answer-affects the speed and the effectiveness of talent acquisition
as well as the development of employees' skills and the identification and retention of
top performers.
Financial Risk - Answer-affects the organization's workforce costs and productivity
directly through compensation, benefits, turnover, overtime, and time-to-hire and
indirectly through errors, accidents, delays, and lost production.
, Compliance Risk - Answer-defined as the risk of legal sanctions, material financial loss,
or loss to reputation the Bank may suffer as a result of its failure to comply with laws, its
own regulations, code of conduct, and standards of best/good practice.
Entrepreneurial Culture - Answer-Emphasizes creativity, innovation, and risk taking.
Electronic Arts and IDEO are examples of companies with entrepreneurial cultures.
Bureaucratic Culture - Answer-Emphasizes formal structures and the correct
implementation of organizational procedures, norms, and rules. This type of culture is
commonly associated with consistency and high ethical standards.
Consensual Culture - Answer-Emphasizes loyalty and tradition, and encourages
employees to stay with the organization for a long time. Promotion is generally from
within.
Competitive Culture - Answer-Emphasizes competitive advantage and market
superiority.
Utilitarian Standard - Answer-The ethical action best balances good over harm by doing
the most good or doing the least harm.
Rights Standard - Answer-The ethical action is the one that best respects and protects
the moral rights of everyone affected by the action, including the right to privacy, to be
told the truth, or to be safe.
Fairness Standard - Answer-The ethical action treats all people equally, or at least fairly,
based on some defensible standard.
Common Good Standard - Answer-The ethical action shows respect and compassion
for everyone, especially the most vulnerable.
Virtue Standard - Answer-The ethical action is consistent with certain ideal virtues
including civility, compassion, and benevolence.
Unfair discrimination - Answer-occurs when employment-related decisions and actions
are not job-related, objective, or merit-based.
Fair discrimination - Answer-is when only objective, merit-based, and job-related
characteristics are used to determine employment-related decisions.
National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Answer-Prohibits retaliation against employees
seeking to unionize.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 - Answer-Establishes both a national
minimum wage and overtime rules
WITH CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
What is an example of workforce redeployment? - Answer-A firm assigning a Java IT
expert to a new client requesting a Java IT engineer
Which type of compensation can developmental opportunities be considered? - Answer-
Nonfinancial compensation
What is a disadvantage of a pay-for-performance plan? - Answer-It could promote
unintended consequences.
What are two reasons why companies offer employee benefits? - Answer-To provide
employees with work-life balance and To boost employee satisfaction
Which type of a benefit are domestic partner benefits? - Answer-Optional
What is the goal of an organization that offers the benefits of a wellness program,
flextime, and personal days? - Answer-To decrease employee absenteeism
What is the goal of an organization that offers an on-site day care for children and
elderly people? - Answer-To decrease employee stress
Performance Management - Answer-aligning individual employees' goals and behaviors
with organizational goals and strategies, appraising and evaluating past and current
behaviors and performance, and providing suggestions for improvement.
Strategic Risk - Answer-affect business strategy through the overall talent strategy,
company culture, ethics, investments in people, and the implementation of change
initiatives.
Operational Risk - Answer-affects the speed and the effectiveness of talent acquisition
as well as the development of employees' skills and the identification and retention of
top performers.
Financial Risk - Answer-affects the organization's workforce costs and productivity
directly through compensation, benefits, turnover, overtime, and time-to-hire and
indirectly through errors, accidents, delays, and lost production.
, Compliance Risk - Answer-defined as the risk of legal sanctions, material financial loss,
or loss to reputation the Bank may suffer as a result of its failure to comply with laws, its
own regulations, code of conduct, and standards of best/good practice.
Entrepreneurial Culture - Answer-Emphasizes creativity, innovation, and risk taking.
Electronic Arts and IDEO are examples of companies with entrepreneurial cultures.
Bureaucratic Culture - Answer-Emphasizes formal structures and the correct
implementation of organizational procedures, norms, and rules. This type of culture is
commonly associated with consistency and high ethical standards.
Consensual Culture - Answer-Emphasizes loyalty and tradition, and encourages
employees to stay with the organization for a long time. Promotion is generally from
within.
Competitive Culture - Answer-Emphasizes competitive advantage and market
superiority.
Utilitarian Standard - Answer-The ethical action best balances good over harm by doing
the most good or doing the least harm.
Rights Standard - Answer-The ethical action is the one that best respects and protects
the moral rights of everyone affected by the action, including the right to privacy, to be
told the truth, or to be safe.
Fairness Standard - Answer-The ethical action treats all people equally, or at least fairly,
based on some defensible standard.
Common Good Standard - Answer-The ethical action shows respect and compassion
for everyone, especially the most vulnerable.
Virtue Standard - Answer-The ethical action is consistent with certain ideal virtues
including civility, compassion, and benevolence.
Unfair discrimination - Answer-occurs when employment-related decisions and actions
are not job-related, objective, or merit-based.
Fair discrimination - Answer-is when only objective, merit-based, and job-related
characteristics are used to determine employment-related decisions.
National Labor Relations Act of 1935 - Answer-Prohibits retaliation against employees
seeking to unionize.
Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) of 1938 - Answer-Establishes both a national
minimum wage and overtime rules
