NAME: Siyu Yang

Yuejia Zhu Syl

1.) Which of these is NOT typically categorized as an individual performance-based reward?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Piece Rate
Commissions
Merit Pay
Profit- Sharing
Ans: D

2.) The HR department of a certain company is contacting its interview in this way: The interview
process requires all the potential candidates to answer offbeat questions, share interesting
anecdotes about themselves and rate themselves on a creative scale from 1-10. Which quality
is this selection process most focusing on?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Hiring for potential

Hiring for experience
Hiring for cultural fit
Hiring for technical skills
Ans: C

3.) Which of the following element is NOT a part of the success equation for the innovation-based
company - 3M?
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

Customer focused research

Formal and informal networking
Intolerance against mistakes
Active maintenance of company culture
Access to broad base of technology

Ans: C

4.) Which of the following is most likely to be categorized under a type of seniority based
reward?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Profit-sharing
Skill-based pay
Employee benefits
Pay increase from promotions

Ans: D
5.) In job design, organizations often chose to use which of the following method to increase
employee responsibility?
A.
B.
C.
D.

Autonomy
Job Feedback
Job Specialization
Job Rotation
Ans: A
6.) The job design practice that involves in giving employees more responsibility such as
scheduling, facilitating, and planning their own daily work.

A.
B.
C.
D.

Job Enrichment
Job Enlargement
Task Significance
Task Identity
Ans: A
7.) Which of the following is considered as an advantage of functional structure:

A.
B.
C.
D.
E.

permits greater specialization so an organization has expertise in each area

encourages specialization and increases employee identity with their job
direct supervision is easier
creates common pools of talents that typically serve everyone in the organization
All of the above
Ans: E
8.) ______ is a kind of team reward that motivates team members to reduce the cost, provide
improvement ideas and increase labor efficiency in their work process?

A.
B.
C.
D.

Profit-sharing
Balanced scorecard
Employee stock ownership plan
Gainsharing plans
Ans: D
9.) In the Walt Disney case, the creation of primary and secondary teams is an example of
______________________ which helps employees to increase efficiency.

A. Job specialization

B. Job rotation
C. Task Identity
D. Task significance
Ans: B
10.) A(n) ________________ structure has a wide span of control; little formalization and highly
_______________ decision-making.
A.
B.
C.
D.

formal; decentralized
informal; centralized
organic; decentralized
formal; centralized
Ans: C
11.) All of these characteristics are those of a newly start-up firm , EXCEPT:

A.
B.
C.
D.

few people are employed

owners direct supervision coordinates work activities
minimal hierarchy
narrowly defined roles
Ans: D
12.) In the case pro Force Ranking, what are some of the main advantages in which proponents
claim force ranking has?

1.
2.
3.
4.

It is a fair system which accounts for everyone

It helps managers to identify high-potential employees and bottom performers
It prevents managers from shying away from doing tough, accurate performance assessments
It promotes team cooperation and motivation

A.
B.
C.
D.

1&2
2&4
2&3
All of the above
Ans: C