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Question 1

Your company offers you pay for time not worked, disability benefits, supplemental medical coverage, and a full range of free employee services. These items refer to which component of the compensation mix?

Adirect pay

Bbase pay

Cindirect pay

Dperformance pay

Answer : C

Question 2

As a human resource consultant, you have been asked to provide some rationale why an organization may decide to use base pay as a cornerstone for a compensation scheme. Which of the following notions would you advance in supporting your argument?

AIt provides an organization with more labour flexibility in the allocation of tasks.

BIt guarantees employee performance and aligns salaries to performance.

CIt is the most popular; hence, the organization should use it.

DUnions are most likely to agree with management's approach, given this scheme encourages individual performance.

Answer : A

Question 3

Which of the following is a qualitative method used to obtain audience data?

AFocus groups

BBenefits enrollment data

CAge and education segmentations

DDemographic data

Answer : A

Question 4

Which of the following steps is NOT considered part of formulating the compensation strategy?

Adetermining actual dollar values for jobs and individual employees

Bdetermining the total level of compensation to provide

Cdetermining how each of the mix choices should be structured

Ddetermining the mix of compensation components

Answer : A

Question 5

As an employer, you believe it is always a good idea to pay people for their contributions to organizational results. Which of the following plans would likely be the key component of the compensation plan?

Aindirect pay

Bbase pay

Cpay for knowledge

Dperformance pay

Answer : D

Question 6

What is considered a soft measure of communication effectiveness?

AEmployee awareness, understanding or satisfaction

BThe amount of money spent on the communication campaign

CData on productivity and turnover

Answer : A

Question 7

Which methods are used to establish base pay?

Amarket pricing, job evaluation, and pay for knowledge

Bjob analysis, competency testing, and demographics

Ctenure, job preview, and environmental analysis

Dknowledge, education, and market pricing

Answer : A

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