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WGU C236 OA QUESTION S |
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Question : An employee has worked for the same company in
two locations over the course of 20 years in Europe and North America. The employee has been trained as an international trade specialist and has been promoted to manager of international operations. Which pay basis should be used to compensate this employee?
Correct answer: Competency-based pay
Question : Which two approaches apply to internal reward
alignment?
Correct answer: Job-based approach
Individual-based approach
Question : A company implemented actions to improve its
return on investment on human capital. The company wants to be the premier employer in the state. The first step was giving
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more rewards for jobs compared to its competitors. Which type of reward system is this company using?
Correct answer: Relative
Question : What is merit pay?
Correct answer: Annual increase based on past performance
Question : Which compensation method is an annual pay
increase based on past performance that is added to an employee's base compensation?
Correct answer: Merit pay
Question : The CEO of a web development company gives
employees a lot of freedom to develop new applications, pays employees by the hour, and allows employees to work as needed to develop applications. Because of this approach, the payroll costs vary quite a bit. The CEO would like to get costs under control and make payroll costs more stable. Which approach can be used to bring payroll costs under control and make them more stable in this situation?
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Correct answer: Transition employees from an hourly pay
model to a salaried pay model
Question : What is the relationship among laws regarding
pay?
Correct answer: The benefit to employees dictates which law
is followed.
Question : Which provision applies if a job is covered by the
Fair Labor Standards Act?
Correct answer: Employees who work more than 40 hours in
a week must be paid time and a half for each hour they work over the 40 hours.
Question : At which step in job analysis do employers
determine the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of a job?
Correct answer: Interview incumbents
Question : Several jobs have been grouped into job families
based on their functions within the organization.
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Compensation levels must now be determined to establish internal award alignment. Which part of the job structure describes this human resources activity?
Correct answer: Job evaluation
Question : An employer has several job incumbents come
together to analyze a job. Which job analysis method is used in this scenario?
Correct answer: Panel interview
Question : Which element of a job description includes the
knowledge, skills, and abilities that an employee needs to perform the job at a satisfactory level?
Correct answer: The job specification
Question : An employee is assigned the task of designing the
job-value structure at his company. The employee has defined which jobs are within the organization and how they are related. What is the next step in defining the job-value structure?