A comprehensive approach to compensating and rewarding employees is frequently referred to as
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total compensation.
total rewards.
total benefits.
complete compensation.
total direct compensation.
Question 2
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________ compensation refers to the financial rewards employees receive in exchange for their work.
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Base pay
Indirect
Direct
Total
Traditional
Question 3
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The __________ and services employees receive in exchange for their work is called _________________.
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pay; direct compensation
benefits; indirect compensation
commission; pay
training; total rewards
benefits; direct compensation
Question 4
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Job structure consists of the _________ for different jobs within the organization.
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relative pay
fixed pay
incentive plans
pay levels
base pay
Question 5
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Pay structures are developed based on which of the following?
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legal requirements
market forces
organization's goals
All of the answers are correct.
market forces and organization's goals
Question 6
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The procedure through which an organization compares its own practices to those of successful competitors is known as
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gainsharing.
commercial intelligence.
benchmarking.
profiling.
None of the choices are correct.
Question 7
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Many organizations group jobs into sets of jobs having similar worth or content called
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pay grades.
hourly rates.
pay policy groups.
pay ranges.
broadbands.
Question 8
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What type of pay system sets pay according to the employee's level of skill or knowledge and what they are capable of doing?
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broadbanding
pay for individual performance
competency-based pay system
variable pay
standard hour plan
Question 9
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Organizations that want employees to focus on efficiency may adopt a _________ program, which measures increases in productivity and effectiveness and distributes a portion of each gain to employees.
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commission
piecework
gainsharing
merit pay
bonus
Question 10
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Profit sharing involves awarding pay
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that then becomes part of employees' base pay, in a manner similar to merit pay.
in order to discourage employees from thinking like owners.
based on individual performance.
that is a percentage of the organization's profits.
All of the answers are correct.
Question 11
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Stock ownership plans
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make employees part owners of the organization.
are intended to encourage employees to focus on the success of the organization as a whole.
may not have a strong effect on individuals' motivation.
usually take the form of stock options or employee stock ownership plans.
All of the choices are correct.
Question 12
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The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and the Quebec Pension Plan (QPP) are
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required by law.
mandatory.
contributory.
Required by law and mandatory.
All of the answers are correct.
Question 13
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Incentive pay is also referred to as
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piecework rate.
market rate.
variable pay.
pay for performance.
variable pay and pay for performance
Question 14
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A gradual transition into full retirement by reducing hours or job responsibility is called
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phased retirement.
defined retirement.
flexible retirement.
deferred retirement.
paced retirement.
Question 15
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Which of the following is a way to communicate total rewards information to employees?