Question 1

One of the three chief sources for dissatisfaction in the workplace is

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A)  lack of opportunities to be promoted faster.
B)  lack of opportunities to have a company vehicle.
C)  lack of opportunities to have one's own office.
D)  lack of opportunities to be one's own boss.E) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

Increased productivity by changing the color of the surrounding working environment is known as the "Hawthorne effect."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Statistics indicate that on the job,about 5,000 people every year are

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A)  killed.
B)  laid off.
C)  maimed.
D)  fall asleep.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 4

One study suggests a positive correlation between job satisfaction and longevity.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

No set of assumptions about human nature is absolutely correct or incorrect,nor is there one perfectly right way to manage.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Different management theories rest on different theories of human nature.Which is the correct theory of human nature?

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There is no one correct theory of human ...

Question 7

Businesses often claim polygraphs are a fast and economical way to verify the information provided by a job applicant.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Used properly,personality tests serve two purposes in the work place.Which of the following is one of those purposes?

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A)  personality tests help screen applicants for jobs by indicating areas of adequacy and inadequacy.
B)  personality tests help to determine whether an applicant is a drug user.
C)  personality tests help determine how little the business has to pay an applicant if hired.
D)  personality tests allow the business to usefully place applicants into a relatively small number of categories in terms of personality types and character traits.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 9

The one key questionable premise underlying personality tests is

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A)  they sometimes screen out potentially creative or individualistic employees.
B)  they presuppose that all employees can be validly placed in a small number of categories.
C)  they can help determine job applicants' areas of adequacy and inadequacy.
D)  that all individuals can usefully and validly be categorized on the basis of a relatively small number of personality characteristics.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 10

The general proposition that a firm has a legitimate interest only in employee behavior that significantly influences work performance applies equally to off-the-job conduct.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to published statistics,each year in the United States nearly 100,000 workers are killed on the job.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

What is the Hawthorne Effect?

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The Hawthorne Effect refers to the pheno...

Question 13

What moral considerations argue for companies' providing childcare and dealing flexibly with employees' family needs? How can doing so also be cost-effective in the narrow sense?

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There are several moral considerations t...

Question 14

Suppose that a company has 1,000 workers,20 of whom are thieves.Suppose,too,that a polygraph test is 95 percent accurate.If the company subjects all its employees to a polygraph test,how many thieves will be identified? How many innocent employees will be (falsely) identified as thieves?

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The answer of Suppose that a company has 1,000 workers,20...

Question 15

One problem that OSHA will have to address in the future is the increasing number of musculoskeletal disorders.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

In 1928,U.S.Supreme Court Judge Louis D.Brandeis described the right to privacy,or "the right to be left alone," as "the right most valued by men."

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Out of these four,which one is the only correct statement concerning OSHA?

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A)  Critics call OSHA a "toothless tiger".
B)  OSHA regulates the shifts people work.
C)  OSHA says few accidents are caused by sleep deprivation and fatigue.
D)  OSHA states the key to worker safety is improved engineering.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

Privacy

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A)  is an absolute value so corporate interests cannot be considered when it comes to employee privacy.
B)  must be respected if we are to function as complete,self-governing agents.
C)  is something that employees today care less about because of personal sharing on the internet.
D)  is guaranteed by Article 3,section 3,of the Constitution.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

As a general rule,the burden is on an organization to establish the legitimacy of infringing on what would normally be considered the personal sphere of the individual.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Parental leave and flexible work arrangements always hurt the bottom line,however much they may benefit parents.

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A) True 
 B)False

Exam 9: The Workplace 2: Todays Challenges

Different management theories rest on different theories of human nature.Which is the correct theory of human nature?

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No set of assumptions about human nature is absolutely correct or incorrect,nor is there one perfectly right way to manage.

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The general proposition that a firm has a legitimate interest only in employee behavior that significantly influences work performance applies equally to off-the-job conduct.

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Suppose that a company has 1,000 workers,20 of whom are thieves.Suppose,too,that a polygraph test is 95 percent accurate.If the company subjects all its employees to a polygraph test,how many thieves will be identified? How many innocent employees will be (falsely) identified as thieves?

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As a general rule,the burden is on an organization to establish the legitimacy of infringing on what would normally be considered the personal sphere of the individual.

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Privacy

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Businesses often claim polygraphs are a fast and economical way to verify the information provided by a job applicant.

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What moral considerations argue for companies' providing childcare and dealing flexibly with employees' family needs? How can doing so also be cost-effective in the narrow sense?

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Statistics indicate that on the job,about 5,000 people every year are

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Increased productivity by changing the color of the surrounding working environment is known as the "Hawthorne effect."

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The one key questionable premise underlying personality tests is

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Used properly,personality tests serve two purposes in the work place.Which of the following is one of those purposes?

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Parental leave and flexible work arrangements always hurt the bottom line,however much they may benefit parents.

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What is the Hawthorne Effect?

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In 1928,U.S.Supreme Court Judge Louis D.Brandeis described the right to privacy,or "the right to be left alone," as "the right most valued by men."

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According to published statistics,each year in the United States nearly 100,000 workers are killed on the job.

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One problem that OSHA will have to address in the future is the increasing number of musculoskeletal disorders.

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One of the three chief sources for dissatisfaction in the workplace is

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Out of these four,which one is the only correct statement concerning OSHA?

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One study suggests a positive correlation between job satisfaction and longevity.

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