11. Which actions of a water bottling company would be regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency?
A. Selling bottling water
B. Selling empty water bottles
C. Selling water-bottling equipment
D. Inventing water-bottling equipment
13. What is a violation of the Clean Water Act of 1972?
A. A city drains water from a wetlands area to develop the land.
B. A municipality restricts use of wetlands within city limits.
C. A business seeks approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to dredge a river.
D. A business is contracted to build a bridge over a river.
24. What would be a violation of an employee's reight to privacy?
A. An employer requesting an employee to take a voluntary lie detector test.
B. an employer keeping records of an employee's voluntary lie detector test results.
C. An employer maintaining a polygraph expert on staff.
D. an employer requiring that an employee submit to a lie detector test.
25. Which situation is an example of workplace discrimination?
A. An employee is unhappy over a failed relationship with a coworker.
B. An employee returning sick leave is placed on light duty based on doctor's orders.
C. A private religious school refuses to hire teachers of other religions.
D. A female employee is refused a promotion after returning from maternity leave.
27. Which action by an employer does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 permit?
A. Refusing to hire an employee over age 60.
B. Requiring all employees under age 30 to undergo drug testing.
C. Requiring the company president to retire at age 50.
D. Requiring employees under age 70 to retire.
28. When may an employer require a medical exam of a prospective employee under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
A. When the exam is job related and all prospective employees must undergo the exam.
B. When the exam is required by the in-house company doctor.
C. When the exam is needed to determine the extent of the employee's disability.
D. When the exam is used to determine reasonable accommodations.
31. A company has no employment contract in use. The Employee Handbook does state that employees could be fired only by just cause, and then only after warnings, notice, and a hearing. An employee was fired without notice.
What relationship did the employer have to the employee?
A. A contractual employment relationship based on the Employee Handbook.
B. No relationship becasue there was no written employment contract.
C. An "at will" employment relationship allowing firing at any time.
D. An implied employment relationship which could be terminated at will.
32. A 360-degree appraisal conducted at the workplace revealed a serious of weak areas in a ratee's performance.
What does this denote?
A. The ratings are subjective and not relevant to the ratee's development within the organization.
B. Individuals who were asked to evaluate the ratee's performance did not like the ratee and were too critical.
C. The ratee's employment should be immediately terminated since it is evident that the employee is not meeting standards and expectations.
D. The ratee needs to work on the weak areas to improve and to meet standards and expectations.
A. Selling bottling water
B. Selling empty water bottles
C. Selling water-bottling equipment
D. Inventing water-bottling equipment
13. What is a violation of the Clean Water Act of 1972?
A. A city drains water from a wetlands area to develop the land.
B. A municipality restricts use of wetlands within city limits.
C. A business seeks approval from the Environmental Protection Agency to dredge a river.
D. A business is contracted to build a bridge over a river.
24. What would be a violation of an employee's reight to privacy?
A. An employer requesting an employee to take a voluntary lie detector test.
B. an employer keeping records of an employee's voluntary lie detector test results.
C. An employer maintaining a polygraph expert on staff.
D. an employer requiring that an employee submit to a lie detector test.
25. Which situation is an example of workplace discrimination?
A. An employee is unhappy over a failed relationship with a coworker.
B. An employee returning sick leave is placed on light duty based on doctor's orders.
C. A private religious school refuses to hire teachers of other religions.
D. A female employee is refused a promotion after returning from maternity leave.
27. Which action by an employer does the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 permit?
A. Refusing to hire an employee over age 60.
B. Requiring all employees under age 30 to undergo drug testing.
C. Requiring the company president to retire at age 50.
D. Requiring employees under age 70 to retire.
28. When may an employer require a medical exam of a prospective employee under the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990?
A. When the exam is job related and all prospective employees must undergo the exam.
B. When the exam is required by the in-house company doctor.
C. When the exam is needed to determine the extent of the employee's disability.
D. When the exam is used to determine reasonable accommodations.
31. A company has no employment contract in use. The Employee Handbook does state that employees could be fired only by just cause, and then only after warnings, notice, and a hearing. An employee was fired without notice.
What relationship did the employer have to the employee?
A. A contractual employment relationship based on the Employee Handbook.
B. No relationship becasue there was no written employment contract.
C. An "at will" employment relationship allowing firing at any time.
D. An implied employment relationship which could be terminated at will.
32. A 360-degree appraisal conducted at the workplace revealed a serious of weak areas in a ratee's performance.
What does this denote?
A. The ratings are subjective and not relevant to the ratee's development within the organization.
B. Individuals who were asked to evaluate the ratee's performance did not like the ratee and were too critical.
C. The ratee's employment should be immediately terminated since it is evident that the employee is not meeting standards and expectations.
D. The ratee needs to work on the weak areas to improve and to meet standards and expectations.