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- A. job sharing
- B. flexible sharing
- C. benefit sharing
- D. severance sharing
Explanation: Job sharing divides one full-time position between two or more employees, with the workers sharing its hours and responsibilities.
Correct answer: job sharing- A. compatibility
- B. portability
- C. durability
- D. profitability
Explanation: Pension portability allows employees to preserve or transfer accumulated retirement benefits when they leave an organization.
Correct answer: portability- A. preferred health organization
- B. preferred provider organizations
- C. health maintenance organization
- D. preferred maintenance organizations
Explanation: A health maintenance organization, or HMO, provides members with organized medical care through doctors and specialists for a fixed or…
Correct answer: health maintenance organization- A. contributory flexibility
- B. work hour flexibility
- C. work week flexibility
- D. workplace flexibility
Explanation: Workplace flexibility uses technology and alternative work arrangements to let employees perform their jobs more flexibly, including from…
Correct answer: workplace flexibility- A. supplemental pay benefits
- B. optional pay benefits
- C. compensation law benefits
- D. unemployment pay benefits
Explanation: Supplemental pay benefits cover payments made in addition to direct wages, including pay for time not worked, unemployment benefits, and…
Correct answer: supplemental pay benefits- A. compensation law benefits
- B. supplemental pay benefits
- C. optional pay benefits
- D. unemployment pay benefits
Explanation: Pay for time not worked, such as vacation, holidays, and sick leave, is classified as a supplemental pay benefit because it compensates…
Correct answer: supplemental pay benefits- A. deferred work week
- B. flexible work week
- C. compressed work week
- D. stable work week
Explanation: A compressed work week reduces the number of working days by extending the hours worked on each day.
Correct answer: compressed work week- A. severance pay
- B. lifelong learning
- C. vacations and holidays
- D. optional pay benefitsPakMcqs App Subscription
Explanation: Severance pay is a payment made to employees whose employment ends because of termination or layoff.
Correct answer: severance pay- A. stock ownership
- B. benefits
- C. loyalty scholarships
- D. all of above
Explanation: Benefits are employer-provided rewards or payments that supplement employees' regular wages and support their continued employment.
Correct answer: benefits- A. optional pay benefits
- B. unemployment pay benefits
- C. supplemental pay benefits
- D. compensation law benefits
Explanation: Supplemental pay benefits cover paid absences and related payments, including vacations, jury duty, funeral leave and sabbatical leave.
Correct answer: supplemental pay benefits- A. defined benefit pension plan
- B. defined noncontributory pension plan
- C. defined contribution pension plan
- D. deferred contribution pension plan
Explanation: In a defined contribution plan, the employer's contribution is fixed, while the retirement benefit ultimately depends on contributions and…
Correct answer: defined contribution pension plan- A. employee stock ownership plan
- B. severance pay plan
- C. early retirement window plan
- D. cash balance plan
Explanation: A cash balance plan credits an employee's account with a stated percentage of compensation plus interest, creating a declared account…
Correct answer: cash balance plan- A. deferred profit sharing plan
- B. savings and thrift plan
- C. cash balance plans
- D. early retirement window
Explanation: A deferred profit-sharing plan places a specified share of company profits into employees' accounts, with payment generally deferred until…
Correct answer: deferred profit sharing plan- A. cash balance plans
- B. early retirement window
- C. savings and thrift plan
- D. deferred profit sharing plan
Explanation: A savings and thrift plan requires employees to contribute a portion of their earnings to a retirement fund, often with an employer match.
Correct answer: savings and thrift plan- A. ensuring that the 'human resources possess, adequate capital, tool equipment and material to perform the job successful
- B. Ensuring financial & Marketing Stability
- C. improving an Organisation's creditworthiness among financial institutions
- D. helping the Organisation deal with its employees in different stages of employment
Explanation: HRM helps an organization manage employees throughout recruitment, employment, development and separation.
Correct answer: helping the Organisation deal with its employees in different stages of employment- A. Functional
- B. Staff
- C. Line
- D. Implied
Explanation: Functional authority allows a specialist such as an HR manager to direct activities within a particular area, such as employee training.
Correct answer: Functional- A. consider how the various new stakeholders and clients will use the system
- B. draw-up a flow chart of the current assessment process
- C. train the employees that will be responsible for the administration of the process
- D. draft the desired flow process that will result from the E-selection processStrategic Planning
Explanation: An e-selection system should first be based on an understanding of the existing assessment process, so drawing its current flow chart…
Correct answer: draw-up a flow chart of the current assessment process- A. Litigation Process
- B. Legal compliance
- C. Fair employment
- D. Affirmative action
Explanation: Fair employment means making employment decisions without unlawful discrimination based on protected characteristics.
Correct answer: Fair employment- A. Production
- B. Marketing
- C. Inventory management
- D. Training & DevelopmentHuman Resources
Explanation: Training and development is a core HRM function because it builds employees’ skills and prepares them for present and future work.
Correct answer: Training & DevelopmentHuman Resources- A. Employee number chart
- B. Clear and precise job descriptions
- C. Well-defined mobility (promotion and transfer) paths
- D. Formal Organisation charts
Explanation: Traditional job design commonly includes organization charts, detailed job descriptions, and defined promotion or transfer paths.
Correct answer: Employee number chart