Business Test 1. A(n) is a group of individuals, working together to achieve shared job-related goals, such as higher pay, shorter working hours, greater benefits, or better working conditions.
A company hierarchy
B labor union
C external organization
D management organization
2. is the set of organizational activities directed at attracting, developing, and maintaining an effective workforce.
A Developing a mission statement
B Operations management
C Production management
D Human resource management
3. Estelle believes that her employees are lazy and will only be productive under the threat of punishment. Estelle is a(n) manager
A equity theory
B Theory Y
C two-factor theory
D Theory X
4. According to Abraham Maslow, workers are motivated by
A responsibility and recognition
B their lowest level of unsatisfied need
C attention from supervisors
D money
5. The legal concept of holds both employer and employee have the mutual right to terminate an employment relationship any time for any reason and without advance notice to the other.
A mutual consent
B employment-at-will
C affirmative action
D joint agreement
6. Which of the following describes Theory Y
A a theory of motivation holding that job satisfaction depends on two types of factors, hygiene and motivation
B a theory of motivation holding that people are naturally responsible, growth oriented, self-motivated, and interested in being productive
C a theory of motivation describing five levels of human needs and arguing that basic needs must be fulfilled before people work to satisfy higher-level needs
D a theory of motivation holding that people are naturally irresponsible and uncooperative
7. According to theory, workers are solely motivated by money
A human relations
B two-factor
C classical
D expectancy
8. The total package that a firm offers employees in return for their labor is called
A a benefits package
B a wage
C profit sharing
D a compensation system
9. When a bus company trains bus drivers on a simulator, they are employing training
A substitute
B vestibule
C on-the-job
D performance
10. is legally mandated nondiscrimination on the basis of race, creed, sex, or national origin
A Employment-at-will
B Contingent protection
C Affirmative action
D Equal employment opportunity