1301 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: The Home Depot, Xzibit, American Red Cross

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Ba 1301: chapter 11 quiz answers: a (n) _____ is any good or service that satisfies wants, along with its perceived attributes and benefits. Product: a pharmaceutical company with headquarters in india sells fluconazole, the generic version of. Pfizer"s anti-fungal drug diflucan internationally for significantly less money than many u. s. generic drug manufacturers. The generic drugs industry in this country needs to rethink its. Pricing: a target market is a specific group of consumers toward whom a firm directs its marketing effort. True: an example of a convenience product is a: candy, milk, distribution strategy is another term for place strategy. In 2006, the home depot launched its first consumer and business rewards credit cards. Home depot rewards mastercard and the home depot business rewards mastercard allows consumers and business owners earn rewards for everyday purchases. The home depot is engaged in: relationship marketing: maria manow is planning to sell handmade quilts over the internet.

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Discuss the impact of demographics and current socioeconomic conditions on organizational recruitment and selection practices for organizations.
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Compare and contrast content, construct, and criterion related validity strategies? Provide an example of each approach
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Would the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms prohibit an employer from putting in place a selection system that favoured women over men in the hiring process? Could such discrimination ever be justified under the Charter?
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Why is a job analysis essential to the defence of any selection process or selection system?
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QUESTION 1

Some workers are being paid above their pay range and then they get their wage rate frozen at their current rate of pay until salary scales catch up. What is this practice is called?
a.
green-circling
b.
red-circling
c.
merit pay reduction
d.
conservative pay reduction

1 points

QUESTION 2

Functional job analysis was pioneered in the United States in the 1930s and is the precursor to the Canadian National Occupational Classification system.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 3

Which method of job analysis focuses on the behaviours that make up a job and uses job elements to describe work activities?
a.
Position Analysis Questionnaire
b.
Interviews
c.
Observation
d.
Functional Job Analysis

1 points

QUESTION 4

A job specification is summary of the duties, responsibilities, and reporting relationships pertaining to a particular job.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 5

What is one problem with using the ranking/paired job evaluation method?
a.
It is time consuming.
b.
It is not acceptable to pay equity commissions.
c.
It is not acceptable to employment equity commissions.
d.
It cannot address external market equity.

1 points

QUESTION 6

What are the three main reasons for conducting job evaluations?
a.
to decrease wage costs, to create job families, and to create pay equity
b.
to control wage costs, to create equitable pay structures, and to create employment equity
c.
to control wage costs, to create equitable pay structures, and to create the perception of an equitable pay system among participants
d.
to increase wage costs, to create equitable pay structures, and to create pay equity

1 points

QUESTION 7

In 2018, Canada passed pay equity legislation that applies to all employers in Canada.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 8

A job description is a summary of the employee qualifications required to perform the duties for a given job.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 9

What is the major benefit for the ranking method of job analysis?
a.
It creates a series of grade descriptions.
b.
It creates a series of grade descriptions.
c.
It creates relative equal intervals between job classifications.
d.
It incorporates market data.

1 points

QUESTION 10

What occurs to the female job class if the percentage of secretaries in that job class changes from 95 percent to 30 percent?
a.
It becomes a new job class.
b.
It becomes a male job class.
c.
It remains a female job class.
d.
It becomes a gender neutral job class.

1 points

QUESTION 11

Why might using job descriptions for job evaluation purposes prove problematic?
a.
Companies simply do not keep wage rates updated.
b.
The dynamic nature of the general environment creates a situation whereby job duties change without human resources departments noticing it.
c.
Creating and maintaining job descriptions is not a laborious process.
d.
The output created by the job analysis process yields poor results.

1 points

QUESTION 12

What is a valid reason to re-evaluate jobs?
a.
A new member joins the committee.
b.
The compensation-level strategy changes.
c.
A new performance system is implemented.
d.
There is a high level of appeals.

1 points

QUESTION 13

What is the first step in most pay equity processes?
a.
analyze gender data
b.
determine what rules and laws apply
c.
review compensation
d.
analyze and compare jobs

1 points

QUESTION 14

Which term refers to an organization that gives an employee the ability to appeal a decision of the job evaluation committee?
a.
procedural justice
b.
distributional justice
c.
organizational justice
d.
grievance system

1 points

QUESTION 15

What is the observation method of job analysis well-suited for?
a.
jobs that have a short work cycle
b.
jobs with a long work cycle
c.
minimum wage jobs
d.
minimum wage jobs

1 points

QUESTION 16

Which term refers to the relative value of different jobs as determined by knowledgeable individuals?
a.
the proxy method
b.
PAQ analysis
c.
paired comparison method
d.
the ranking method

1 points

QUESTION 17

Once an organization has posted its pay equity plan, it has met its legal responsibility under the legislation and no further action is required.

True

False

1 points

QUESTION 18

Which job evaluation category uses human judgement as the determining factor?
a.
whole job
b.
factor comparison
c.
statistical/policy capturing
d.
point-factor management analysis

1 points

QUESTION 19

ABC Inc. is a new organization planning to launch a call centre in the next six months. You have been tasked with creating detailed job descriptions for several operational roles in the call centre. Which information collection method would you likely rely on to gather job information?
a.
utility analysis
b.
functional job analysis
c.
variable analysis
d.
data analysis

1 points

QUESTION 20

What is a primary problem of job analysis process?
a.
creating too many job families
b.
analyzing the jobholder not the job
c.
having a committee
d.
professional designations

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