A corporations __________ ultimately control decisions
about its direction, vestments, and existence dependg on which best meets their
terests.
managers
shareholders
board
of directors
employees

Question 2. Question
:
Which of the followg is a feature of dividual vestors a corporation?
They
have limited liability.
They
can lose more than their origal vestments.
They
are prohibited from sellg their shares to new owners at any time.
They
cannot own the corporation collectively.

Question 3. Question
:
__________ offers employees a method for counterg employers
powers to unilaterally change employment conditions.
Spillover
Unionization
Certification
Picketg

Question 4. Question
:
Which of the followg is true about shareholders?
Large
corporations consist of a sgle shareholder, who participates the corporations day-to-day busess.
Operational
decisions are made by workers hired by the shareholders.
Shareholders
who are dissatisfied with corporate performance cannot sell their shares or
combe with others to oust the current board and its managers.
Shareholders
may decide, collectively, to sell their terests to another company that seeks
to acquire its assets.

Question 5. Question
:
Which of the followg was a goal of the National Labor Union?
The
troduction of a twelve-hour workday
The
removal of limitations imposed on immigration
The
prohibition of reforms of currency and bankg laws
The
establishment of consumer and producer cooperatives

Question 6. Question
:
the Danbury Hatters
case, the union was charged with conspirg to restra trade violation of the __________.
Landrum-Griff
Act
Norris-LaGuardia
Act
Sherman
Antitrust Act
Taft-Hartley
Act

Question 7. Question
:
the 1870s, immigrant
Irish mers America formed a secret
organization to terrorize me owners who had unilaterally cut wages below an
agreed mimum. The members of the secret organization were known as __________.
the
Irish Volunteers
Sat
Patrick’s Battalion
the
Molly Maguires
the
Irish Republican Brotherhood

Question 8. Question
:
Which of the followg is a provision under the
Norris-LaGuardia Act?
The
act permitted the federal courts to issue junctions agast union activities
The
act did not allow federal employees to strike
The
act mandated that employers recognize a union of their employees
The
act forbade federal courts from enforcg yellow-dog contracts

Question 9. Question
:
The __________ 1898
prohibited discrimation agast railroad employees based on union membership.
Sherman
Act
Erdman
Act
Wagner
Act.
Norris-La
Guardia Act

Question 10. Question
:
Except the
construction and apparel dustries, employees and unions cannot negotiate
contracts providg that particular products of certa employers will not be used.
This is the __________ issue.
union
shop agreement
hot
cargo
closed
shop
yellow-dog

Question 11. Question
:
Which act was passed to deter corruption by requirg the
forfeiture of illegal gas?
Racketeer
fluenced and Corrupt Organizations Act
Copeland
Anti-Kickback Act
Byrnes
Act
Norris-LaGuardia
Act

Question 12. Question
:
Which of the followg is an unfair labor practice on the part
of a union?
Forcg
an employer to contue bargag with a certified representative
Requirg itiation fees for union membership
Forcg
an employer to pay for services rendered
Forcg
an employer to barga with an uncertified labor organization

Question 13. Question
:
Which act states that the employer must provide 60 days’
notice of a plant closg volvg 50 or more employees and 30 days’ notice for mass
layoffs of more than 500 employees or more than one-third of the workforce?
Worker
Adjustment and Retrag Notification Act
Federal
Unemployment Tax Act
Occupational
Safety and Health Act
Fair
Labor Standards Act

Question 14. Question
:
Most national unions elect officers at/from their
__________, which are legally required to meet at least every five years.
dependent
local unions
executive
committees
conventions
negotiation
committees

Question 15. Question
:
Which of the followg committees reviews members grievances
and negotiates with management over grievances and contract changes?
Political
action committee
Negotiation
committee
Executive
committee
Benefits
committee

Question 16. Question
:
Which of the followg statements is true of stewards?
All
stewards have experience representg employees before they assume their
positions.
They
are the most junior members of the unit.
They
are activists; most are volved other
organizations outside their jobs.
They
prohibit participation union activities.

Question 17. Question
:
What is the duty of busess agents local unions?
They
collect union dues.
They
forbid participation union activities.
They
ensure that contracts are beg followed and refer members to available
employment.
They
help locals who work on a permanent basis with the same employer.

Question 18. Question
:
Which system ensures that the labor contract meets union
standards and is admistered fairly for all bargag unit members?
Closed
shop agreement
Corporate
campaign
Open
shop agreement
ternal
check-and-balance

Question 19. Question
:
How can economic gas be secured?
By
allowg employers to pass labor costs creases on to consumers
By
disallowg the formation of dependent labor unions
By
allowg only a fixed number of employees to jo labor unions
By
creasg wages and competitive labor costs much faster than employee productivity

Question 20. Question
:
Which of the followg was related to stewards positive
perceptions about the employers supervisors, promotional opportunities, and
the unions fluence on the employer; and beliefs that the grievance procedure
is not a tool to punish supervisors?
Dual
commitment
Exclusive
union commitment
Exclusive
employer commitment
No
commitment

Question 21. Question
:
Which of the followg is true of dumpg?
Dumpg
decreases the supply available what is
likely an already depressed market, further creasg prices and the likelihood
that domestic producers will be able to survive.
Where
dumpg is proved, tariffs are added to the price of dumped products to
discourage the practice and even the playg field.
Dumpg
occurs when goods are sold above their production costs.
Dumpg
happens most frequently dustries where
there are low fixed costs.

Question 22. Question
:
The ratification and implementation of the __________
provides a good example agast which to exame union objections and efforts.
North
American Free Trade Agreement
General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
World
Trade Organization
Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation

Question 23. Question
:
Which of the followg is true of successor organizations?
Where
ownership changes but operations contue unchanged, the new owner must honor the
existg contract but need not recognize the union.
Where
operations contue but, because of layoffs and/or new hires, the union lacks a
majority, the employer has to strictly honor a contract.
When
a closed firm is reopened by new owners, the bargag relationship contues if a
majority of the employees worked for the former company and were a represented unit.
A
firm that acquires or merges with another firm need not honor the existg
contractual obligations.

Question 24. Question
:
Economic returns from __________ are substantially greater
than costs of organizg for employees most dustries.
picketg
craft
severance
decertification
elections
union
representation

Question 25. Question
:
Which of the followg is true about successor organizations?
Where
ownership changes but operations contue unchanged, the new owner must honor the
existg contract.
A
firm that merges with another firm assumes existg contractual obligations.
Where
operations contue but, because of layoffs and/or new hires, the union lacks a
majority, the employer has an obligation to honor a contract.
When
a closed firm is reopened by new owners, the bargag relationship ceases to
exist if a majority of the employees worked for the former company and were a represented unit.

Question 26. Question
:
Which of the followg is true regardg solicitation by any
organization?
No-solicitation
rules strictly apply to all employees.
All
employers allow solicitations by any organization on company property or on
company time.
Nonemployee
organizers can, most stances, be barred
from solicitg on company property.
Employee
organizers cannot solicit fellow workers on company premises even if it is
clearly shown that solicitation terferes with production.

Question 27. Question
:
Unionization aims to permanently change the employment
relationship by stitutionalizg __________ as the method through which managers
and employees deal with each other about future wages, hours, and terms and
conditions of employment.
accretion
stewardship
craft
severance
collective
bargag

Question 28. Question
:
When does the elasticity of demand for a firms product crease
substantially?
When
an dustry is no longer concentrated
When
there is decreased consumer attention to quality
When
there is non-availability of labor
When
there is a lack of substitute products

Question 29. Question
:
How does global competition affect unions?
It
reduces union bargag power for representatives of employees.
It
allows unions to barga for higher wages because of the lack of skilled labor.
It
creases the employment of domestic workers basic dustries.
It
protects unionized employees agast offshorg.

Question 30. Question
:
What does management do to meet vestor objectives?
They
sell off a higher-earng division.
They
stay away from a possible sp off.
They
shift vestment from areas with creasg returns to those where improvement is
never anticipated.
They
try to maximize profits their present
operations.

Question 31. Question
:
Which of the followg takes place when an dustry matures?
It
forces more efficient producers to crease prices to ga market share.
It
forces the producers to substitute skilled craft work with cheaper labor.
It
results less standardized production
methods thus forcg employers to hire low-skilled labor.
It
gets domated by relatively few firms and the less domant either mimic the
leader or occupy niches.

Question 32. Question
:
Which pay system refers to entitlements that dividuals
accrue from contuous employment?
Scanlon
plan
Productive
efficiency
Benefit
status seniority
Ga-sharg
plan

Question 33. Question
:
Which of the followg is a difference between the Scanlon
plan and Impro-Share?
Impro-Share
employees can easily calculate their bonus amount.
the Scanlon plan, the bonuses are shared
across work groups.
Impro-Share
is aimed at creasg employee participation.
the Scanlon plan, the bonus committee determes
the bonus formula.

Question 34. Question
:
Accordg to an extensive study of union wage differentials:
the
private sector wage premium is higher today than it was the 1970s.
public
sector wage effects are smaller than those the private sector.
nonunion
workers are able to resist employers efforts to reduce wages better than
unionized workers.
there
remas big variation the premium across
workers.

Question 35. Question
:
Why are performance-based pay programs used less unionized organizations?
Lack
of measurable performance criteria
Demand
for equal pay across functions
Performance
monitorg is difficult.
Union
jobs are more repetitive.

Question 36. Question
:
Why do unionized firms have higher skill levels than
nonunionized firms?
There
is creased competition unionized firms.
Employees
are more willg to share job formation.
Most
unionized firms adopt skill-based pay system.
Unionized
firms hire only highly-skilled labor.

Question 37. Question
:
Ford established and operated a(n) __________ to monitor
employee effort and to quickly identify pockets of malcontents the workforce.
ternal
security force
five
needs theory
human
relations approach
management
by objectives approach

Question 38. Question
:
Which of the followg is an exogenous change?
troduction
of a new technology
novation
products or services
Changes
competitive products and services
Changg
goals and objectives of new managers

Question 39. Question
:
The federal government regulated __________ for civil
servants durg President Van Burens admistration and imposed overtime penalties
for employers begng the 1930s.
work
hours
free
ridg
bumpg
dues
check off

Question 40. Question
:
Which of the followg contracts are most difficult to
negotiate, especially if economic environments are changg?
One-year
contracts
Longer-term
contracts
Flextime
contracts
Temporary
contracts

Question 41. Question
:
Does unionization troduce democracy to the employment
relationship? Expla.

5 of 5

Question 42. Question
:
Briefly discuss the responsibilities of the AFL-CIO.

5

Question 43. Question
:
Who are stewards? Describe their roles and responsibilities.

Question 44. Question
:
Under what conditions does the NLRB allow craft severance?

A corporations __________ ultimately control decisions
about its direction, vestments, and existence dependg on which best meets their
terests. managers shareholders board
of directors employees Question 2. Question
: Which of the followg is a feature of dividual vestors a corporation? They
have limited liability. They
can lose more than their origal vestments. They
are prohibited from sellg their shares to new owners at any time. They
cannot own the corporation collectively. Question 3. Question
: __________ offers employees a method for counterg employers
powers to unilaterally change employment conditions. Spillover Unionization Certification Picketg Question 4. Question
: Which of the followg is true about shareholders? Large
corporations consist of a sgle shareholder, who participates the corporations day-to-day busess. Operational
decisions are made by workers hired by the shareholders. Shareholders
who are dissatisfied with corporate performance cannot sell their shares or
combe with others to oust the current board and its managers. Shareholders
may decide, collectively, to sell their terests to another company that seeks
to acquire its assets. Question 5. Question
: Which of the followg was a goal of the National Labor Union? The
troduction of a twelve-hour workday The
removal of limitations imposed on immigration The
prohibition of reforms of currency and bankg laws The
establishment of consumer and producer cooperatives Question 6. Question
: the Danbury Hatters
case, the union was charged with conspirg to restra trade violation of the __________. Landrum-Griff
Act Norris-LaGuardia
Act Sherman
Antitrust Act Taft-Hartley
Act Question 7. Question
: the 1870s, immigrant
Irish mers America formed a secret
organization to terrorize me owners who had unilaterally cut wages below an
agreed mimum. The members of the secret organization were known as __________. the
Irish Volunteers Sat
Patrick’s Battalion the
Molly Maguires the
Irish Republican Brotherhood Question 8. Question
: Which of the followg is a provision under the
Norris-LaGuardia Act? The
act permitted the federal courts to issue junctions agast union activities The
act did not allow federal employees to strike The
act mandated that employers recognize a union of their employees The
act forbade federal courts from enforcg yellow-dog contracts Question 9. Question
: The __________ 1898
prohibited discrimation agast railroad employees based on union membership. Sherman
Act Erdman
Act Wagner
Act. Norris-La
Guardia Act Question 10. Question
: Except the
construction and apparel dustries, employees and unions cannot negotiate
contracts providg that particular products of certa employers will not be used.
This is the __________ issue. union
shop agreement hot
cargo closed
shop yellow-dog Question 11. Question
: Which act was passed to deter corruption by requirg the
forfeiture of illegal gas? Racketeer
fluenced and Corrupt Organizations Act Copeland
Anti-Kickback Act Byrnes
Act Norris-LaGuardia
Act Question 12. Question
: Which of the followg is an unfair labor practice on the part
of a union? Forcg
an employer to contue bargag with a certified representative Requirg itiation fees for union membership Forcg
an employer to pay for services rendered Forcg
an employer to barga with an uncertified labor organization Question 13. Question
: Which act states that the employer must provide 60 days’
notice of a plant closg volvg 50 or more employees and 30 days’ notice for mass
layoffs of more than 500 employees or more than one-third of the workforce? Worker
Adjustment and Retrag Notification Act Federal
Unemployment Tax Act Occupational
Safety and Health Act Fair
Labor Standards Act Question 14. Question
: Most national unions elect officers at/from their
__________, which are legally required to meet at least every five years. dependent
local unions executive
committees conventions negotiation
committees Question 15. Question
: Which of the followg committees reviews members grievances
and negotiates with management over grievances and contract changes? Political
action committee Negotiation
committee Executive
committee Benefits
committee Question 16. Question
: Which of the followg statements is true of stewards? All
stewards have experience representg employees before they assume their
positions. They
are the most junior members of the unit. They
are activists; most are volved other
organizations outside their jobs. They
prohibit participation union activities. Question 17. Question
: What is the duty of busess agents local unions? They
collect union dues. They
forbid participation union activities. They
ensure that contracts are beg followed and refer members to available
employment. They
help locals who work on a permanent basis with the same employer. Question 18. Question
: Which system ensures that the labor contract meets union
standards and is admistered fairly for all bargag unit members? Closed
shop agreement Corporate
campaign Open
shop agreement ternal
check-and-balance Question 19. Question
: How can economic gas be secured? By
allowg employers to pass labor costs creases on to consumers By
disallowg the formation of dependent labor unions By
allowg only a fixed number of employees to jo labor unions By
creasg wages and competitive labor costs much faster than employee productivity Question 20. Question
: Which of the followg was related to stewards positive
perceptions about the employers supervisors, promotional opportunities, and
the unions fluence on the employer; and beliefs that the grievance procedure
is not a tool to punish supervisors? Dual
commitment Exclusive
union commitment Exclusive
employer commitment No
commitment Question 21. Question
: Which of the followg is true of dumpg? Dumpg
decreases the supply available what is
likely an already depressed market, further creasg prices and the likelihood
that domestic producers will be able to survive. Where
dumpg is proved, tariffs are added to the price of dumped products to
discourage the practice and even the playg field. Dumpg
occurs when goods are sold above their production costs. Dumpg
happens most frequently dustries where
there are low fixed costs. Question 22. Question
: The ratification and implementation of the __________
provides a good example agast which to exame union objections and efforts. North
American Free Trade Agreement General
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade World
Trade Organization Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation Question 23. Question
: Which of the followg is true of successor organizations? Where
ownership changes but operations contue unchanged, the new owner must honor the
existg contract but need not recognize the union. Where
operations contue but, because of layoffs and/or new hires, the union lacks a
majority, the employer has to strictly honor a contract. When
a closed firm is reopened by new owners, the bargag relationship contues if a
majority of the employees worked for the former company and were a represented unit. A
firm that acquires or merges with another firm need not honor the existg
contractual obligations. Question 24. Question
: Economic returns from __________ are substantially greater
than costs of organizg for employees most dustries. picketg craft
severance decertification
elections union
representation Question 25. Question
: Which of the followg is true about successor organizations? Where
ownership changes but operations contue unchanged, the new owner must honor the
existg contract. A
firm that merges with another firm assumes existg contractual obligations. Where
operations contue but, because of layoffs and/or new hires, the union lacks a
majority, the employer has an obligation to honor a contract. When
a closed firm is reopened by new owners, the bargag relationship ceases to
exist if a majority of the employees worked for the former company and were a represented unit. Question 26. Question
: Which of the followg is true regardg solicitation by any
organization? No-solicitation
rules strictly apply to all employees. All
employers allow solicitations by any organization on company property or on
company time. Nonemployee
organizers can, most stances, be barred
from solicitg on company property. Employee
organizers cannot solicit fellow workers on company premises even if it is
clearly shown that solicitation terferes with production. Question 27. Question
: Unionization aims to permanently change the employment
relationship by stitutionalizg __________ as the method through which managers
and employees deal with each other about future wages, hours, and terms and
conditions of employment. accretion stewardship craft
severance collective
bargag Question 28. Question
: When does the elasticity of demand for a firms product crease
substantially? When
an dustry is no longer concentrated When
there is decreased consumer attention to quality When
there is non-availability of labor When
there is a lack of substitute products Question 29. Question
: How does global competition affect unions? It
reduces union bargag power for representatives of employees. It
allows unions to barga for higher wages because of the lack of skilled labor. It
creases the employment of domestic workers basic dustries. It
protects unionized employees agast offshorg. Question 30. Question
: What does management do to meet vestor objectives? They
sell off a higher-earng division. They
stay away from a possible sp off. They
shift vestment from areas with creasg returns to those where improvement is
never anticipated. They
try to maximize profits their present
operations. Question 31. Question
: Which of the followg takes place when an dustry matures? It
forces more efficient producers to crease prices to ga market share. It
forces the producers to substitute skilled craft work with cheaper labor. It
results less standardized production
methods thus forcg employers to hire low-skilled labor. It
gets domated by relatively few firms and the less domant either mimic the
leader or occupy niches. Question 32. Question
: Which pay system refers to entitlements that dividuals
accrue from contuous employment? Scanlon
plan Productive
efficiency Benefit
status seniority Ga-sharg
plan Question 33. Question
: Which of the followg is a difference between the Scanlon
plan and Impro-Share? Impro-Share
employees can easily calculate their bonus amount. the Scanlon plan, the bonuses are shared
across work groups. Impro-Share
is aimed at creasg employee participation. the Scanlon plan, the bonus committee determes
the bonus formula. Question 34. Question
: Accordg to an extensive study of union wage differentials: the
private sector wage premium is higher today than it was the 1970s. public
sector wage effects are smaller than those the private sector. nonunion
workers are able to resist employers efforts to reduce wages better than
unionized workers. there
remas big variation the premium across
workers. Question 35. Question
: Why are performance-based pay programs used less unionized organizations? Lack
of measurable performance criteria Demand
for equal pay across functions Performance
monitorg is difficult. Union
jobs are more repetitive. Question 36. Question
: Why do unionized firms have higher skill levels than
nonunionized firms? There
is creased competition unionized firms. Employees
are more willg to share job formation. Most
unionized firms adopt skill-based pay system. Unionized
firms hire only highly-skilled labor. Question 37. Question
: Ford established and operated a(n) __________ to monitor
employee effort and to quickly identify pockets of malcontents the workforce. ternal
security force five
needs theory human
relations approach management
by objectives approach Question 38. Question
: Which of the followg is an exogenous change? troduction
of a new technology novation
products or services Changes
competitive products and services Changg
goals and objectives of new managers Question 39. Question
: The federal government regulated __________ for civil
servants durg President Van Burens admistration and imposed overtime penalties
for employers begng the 1930s. work
hours free
ridg bumpg dues
check off Question 40. Question
: Which of the followg contracts are most difficult to
negotiate, especially if economic environments are changg? One-year
contracts Longer-term
contracts Flextime
contracts Temporary
contracts Question 41. Question
: Does unionization troduce democracy to the employment
relationship? Expla. 5 of 5 Question 42. Question
: Briefly discuss the responsibilities of the AFL-CIO. 5 Question 43. Question
: Who are stewards? Describe their roles and responsibilities. Question 44. Question
: Under what conditions does the NLRB allow craft severance?