APU HRMT412 WEEK 2 quiz 1,week 4 quiz 2 and week 6 quiz 3

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Question 1 of 10

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Examples of specific employee benefits include:

A.Paid vacation and medical insurance coverage.

B.Tuition reimbursement

C.Both of the above

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Question 2 of 10

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Core compensation refers to?

A.Bonuses

B.Incentive pay

C.Base pay

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Question 3 of 10

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The Social Security laws were enacted when?

A.1964

B.1935

C.1950

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Question 4 of 10

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The term "Distributive Justice" is percieved fairness of...

A....processes

B....the interpersonal treatment people receive from others.

C....how rewards are distributed.

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Question 5 of 10

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Why might employers offer benefits in their compensation packages?

A.To recruit certain types of workers.

B.To incur excess costs to the organization.

C.To increase employer satisfaction.

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Question 6 of 10

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The Family and Medical Leave Act requires that eligible employers provide certain employees with up to how many weeks of leave?

A.8 weeks or two months

B.12 Weeks

C.18 weeks

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Question 7 of 10

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Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act in what year?

A.1935

B.1956

C.1964

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Question 8 of 10

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The Worker Adjustment and

Retraining Notification (WARN) Act generally requires that management give at least how many days advance notice of a plant closing or mass layoff?

A.Thirty days (30)

B.Ninety days (90)

C.Sixty days (60)

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Question 9 of 10

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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) was established to regulate the establishment and implementation of...

In A.Retirement defined benefit plans.

B.Discretionary benefits practices.

C.Direct backfill rtirement programs.

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Question 10 of 10

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What protects against the loss of vested pension benefits when plans fail?

A.Termination insurance

B.Pension plan insurance

C.Social security insurance

Question 1 of 10

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The first pension plan in the United States was established in what year?

A. 1865

B. 1759

C. 1964

D. 1776

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Question 2 of 10

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According to the text what percent of workers

employed in the private sector participated in at least one company-sponsored retirement plan in 2006?

A.55%

B.19%

C.50%

D.75%

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Question 3 of 10

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In accordance with the text, the second reason for changes away from participation in defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans is?

A.The decline of qualified workers.

B.Technology and computer based operations.

C.Defined contribution plans are quite costly to

employers compared to defined benefit plans.

D.Defined benefit plans are quite costly to

employers compared to defined contribution plans

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Question 4 of 10

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Pay, health-care benefits and other benefits such as 401(k) plans can all make up what type of package? A.A total compensation package.

B.A retention package

C.A recruiting package.

D.A bonus package.

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Question 5 of 10

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The term Vesting refers to?

A.A Union classification system. B.An employee’s nonforfeitable rights to

pension benefits.

C.The rate at which participants accumulate

(or earn) benefits.

D.All of the above.

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Question 6 of 10

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What type of retirement plan provides benefits usually expressed in terms of a monthly sum equal to a percentage of a participant’s preretirement pay multiplied by the number of years he or she has worked for the employer?

A.A dedicated retirement plan.

B.A defined contribution plan.

C.An employee's 401k retirement plan.

D.A defined benefit plan.

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Question 7 of 10

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What type of plan allows employers and employees to make annual contributions to separate accounts established for each articipating employee, based on a formula contained in the plan document?

A.A defined contribution plan.

B.A defined benefit plan.

C.Individual retirement account (IRA) plan.

D.Roth IRA plans.

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Question 8 of 10

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When the government regulates the health care system and uses taxpayer dollars to fund health care this system is known as?

A.Multi payer system of health care.

Correct B.Single payer system of health care.

C.Government sponsored health care system.

D.Universal health care system.

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Question 9 of 10

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Congress enacted the Employee Retirement Income Security Act in what year?

A.1964

B.1865

C.1935

Correct D.1974

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Question 10 of 10

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What type of tables are created by actuaries to express annual probabilities of the ccurrence of health problems?

A.Macro tables.

B.Mortality tables.

C.Morbidity tables.

D.Maintenance tables.

Question 1 of 10

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What is disability insurance?

A.Insurance that replaces income for employees who become unable to work on a regular basis because of an illness or injury.

B.Insurance that pays for helth care resultant from an injury.

C.Insurance that pays the beneficiary a death benefit.

D.Insurance that covers an employee against job loss.

Question 2 of 10

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Short-term disability insurance, provides benefits for limited periods of time, usually less than how many months?

A.Nine months.

B.12 months.

C.Six months.

D.Eighteen months.

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Question 3 of 10

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Long-term disability insurance, provides benefits for extended periods of time anywhere between six months and life.

A. True

B. False

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Question 4 of 10

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The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA) was passed in the early 1870s.

A. True

B. False

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Question 5 of 10

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What is the name of the 1990 amendment to the ADEA that generally bans the termination of an employee’s long-term disability benefits

for active employees based on age?

A.The Privacy Act of 1974.

B.The FICA Act of 1964.

C.The EEOC Act of 1990.

D.The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act (OWBPA).

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Question 6 of 10

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Employer-sponsored life insurance protects family members by paying a specified amount to an employee’s beneficiaries upon the employee’s death.

A. True

B. False

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Question 7 of 10

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The Social Security Act was passed in what year?

A.1935

B.1965

C.1870

D.1964

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Question 8 of 10

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Unemployment Insurance provides annual income to individuals who become unemployed through no fault of their own.

In

A. True

B. False

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Question 9 of 10

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Most states impose a waiting period of how long before paying unemployment benefits?

A.Usually one month following submission of a claim.

B.Usually two weeks following submission of a claim.

C.Usually one week following submission of a claim.

D.Usually 90 days following submission of a claim.

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Question 10 of 10

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How are unemployment benefits financed?

A.Unemployment insurance benefits are financed by employee income taxes.

B.Unemployment insurance benefits are financed by so called "sin" taxes by individuals.

C.Unemployment insurance benefits are financed by federal and, sometimes, state taxes levied on employers.

D.Unemployment insurance benefits are financed by a national unemployment tax.