Question 1

Fair personnel policies and decisions must be based on criteria that are clear, job related, and

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A)   partial toward friends.
B)   equally applied.
C)   ignore personality.
D)   minimize nepotism.

Question 2

A primary boycott occurs when people refuse to patronize companies that handle products of struck companies.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

In the interview process, the interview should avoid rudeness, coarseness, condescension, and

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A)   giddiness.
B)   hostility.
C)   sternness.
D)   questions.

Question 4

The Wagner Act of 1935 permitted firing workers because of union membership or union activities.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which of the following is a correct statement about union activities?

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A)   A sympathetic strike occurs when workers who have no particular grievance of their own and who may or may not have the same employer decide to strike in support of others.
B)   A corporate campaign occurs when people refuse to patronize companies that handle products of struck companies.
C)   The 1947 Taft-Hartley Act forbids individual states from outlawing union shops.
D)   Labor historians generally consider the American Federation of Labor (AFL)  the first truly national trade union.

Question 6

In union terms, a direct strike occurs

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A)   when an organized body of workers withholds its labor to force the employer to comply with its demands.
B)   when union members and their supporters refuse to buy products from a company being struck.
C)   when workers who have no particular grievance of their own and who may or may not have the same employer decide to strike in support of others.
D)   when people refuse to patronize companies that handle products of struck companies.

Question 7

Of the four types of discharge, firing

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A)   results from an employee's poorPerformance-that is, from his or her failure to fulfill expectations.
B)   is for-cause dismissal-the result of employee theft, gross insubordination, release of proprietary information, and so on.
C)   usually refers to the temporary unemployment experienced by hourly employees and implies that they are "subject to recall."
D)   designates the permanent elimination of a job as a result of workforce reduction, plant closing, or departmental consolidation.

Question 8

A corporate campaign occurs when an organized body of workers withholds its labor to force an employer to comply with its demands.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Sympathetic strikes are ineffective.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Choose the most accurate statement concerning the workplace:

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A)   If wages conform with the law, they are fair wages.
B)   Employers have no obligation to dismiss workers as painlessly as possible.
C)   An employer's financial capabilities affect what constitutes a fair wage scale for that employer's employees.
D)   All instances of nepotism raise serious moral concerns.

Question 11

An individual is usually an equal with the employer in the negotiation process.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

According to David Ewing, two factors explain the absence of civil liberties and the prevalence of authoritarianism in the workplace. Which of the following is one of them?

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A)   discriminatory employment practices due to strict constructionist interpretations of the Constitution
B)   the rise of personnel engineering and professional management
C)   the common law doctrine of eminent domain
D)   employer resistance to unionization B

Question 13

Unions employ two kinds of boycotts to enforce their demands. These two kinds of boycotts are

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A)   positive and negative.
B)   corporate and private.
C)   active and passive.
D)   primary and secondary.

Question 14

According to common law, unless there is an explicit contractual provision to the contrary, every employment is employment at will and either side is free to terminate it at any time without advance notice or reason.

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A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 15

Just cause requires that reasons for discipline or discharge relate directly to job performance.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The key moral ideal in promotions is

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A)   loyalty.
B)   likeability.
C)   intelligence.
D)   fairness.

Question 17

The express purpose of a boycott is the same as a strike -- to hurt the employer and strengthen the union's bargaining position.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

One of the chief concerns of nepotism is the disregard of managerial responsibilities to the organization and of fairness to other employees.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

According to David Ewing,

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A)   the corporate invasion of employees' civil rights is rampant.
B)   sympathetic strikes ought to be made illegal.
C)   employers have the right to fill the positions of striking workers with other workers.
D)   seniority ought not be a factor in making transfers or promotions. A

Question 20

From the beginning, unions have been driven by an attempt to protect workers from abuses of power at the hands of employers.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 8: The Workplace 1: Basic Issues

Fair personnel policies and decisions must be based on criteria that are clear, job related, and

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A primary boycott occurs when people refuse to patronize companies that handle products of struck companies.

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In the interview process, the interview should avoid rudeness, coarseness, condescension, and

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The Wagner Act of 1935 permitted firing workers because of union membership or union activities.

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Which of the following is a correct statement about union activities?

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In union terms, a direct strike occurs

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Of the four types of discharge, firing

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A corporate campaign occurs when an organized body of workers withholds its labor to force an employer to comply with its demands.

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Sympathetic strikes are ineffective.

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Choose the most accurate statement concerning the workplace:

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An individual is usually an equal with the employer in the negotiation process.

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According to David Ewing, two factors explain the absence of civil liberties and the prevalence of authoritarianism in the workplace. Which of the following is one of them?

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Unions employ two kinds of boycotts to enforce their demands. These two kinds of boycotts are

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According to common law, unless there is an explicit contractual provision to the contrary, every employment is employment at will and either side is free to terminate it at any time without advance notice or reason.

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Just cause requires that reasons for discipline or discharge relate directly to job performance.

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The key moral ideal in promotions is

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The express purpose of a boycott is the same as a strike -- to hurt the employer and strengthen the union's bargaining position.

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One of the chief concerns of nepotism is the disregard of managerial responsibilities to the organization and of fairness to other employees.

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According to David Ewing,

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From the beginning, unions have been driven by an attempt to protect workers from abuses of power at the hands of employers.

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