GR1 Online Practice Questions and Answers

How should learning opportunities to enhance a current job best be determined?

A. By each employee's pay grade

B. By what is available on the annual development schedule

C. By what is appropriate for the business and the job

D. By what the manager thinks the employee should have

Which of the following best describes midpoint-to-midpoint differentials?

A. The ordering of jobs from highest to lowest

B. The market wage for a particular job compared to a specific company's wage for the job

C. The adjustments to midpoints based on geographic differentials

D. The difference in wage rates paid at the midpoint of two adjacent grades.

Which statement is most accurate regarding organizational performance?

A. Individual performance is unrelated to organizational performance.

B. The poor performance of just one individual will disrupt the performance of the entire organization.

C. Performance at every level should be aligned towards achievement of organizational goals.

D. Performance can only be accurately measured at the organizational level.

Which type of base pay is typically based on an individual employee's rate of production?

A. Hourly rate

B. Salary

C. Piece rate

D. Production rate.

Why should the annual development and career opportunities discussion take place separately from the performance discussion?

A. To change the focus from reviewing past performance to planning for future performance

B. To allow the manager to rank the employee after the performance discussion

C. To allow both the manager and employee to have a "cooling off" period

D. To allow human resources adequate time to post new job opportunities.

What employee needs are most commonly addressed by work-life programs?

A. Financial

B. Intrinsic

C. Retirement

D. Insurance.

What term best describes an effective way to provide ongoing, instant information to those performing the work so that they can monitor their own performance and take steps to improve?

A. Coaching

B. Assessing

C. Rewarding

D. Grading

What does a total rewards strategy identify?

A. The organization's reason for existence

B. The optimal mix of reward elements

C. The organization's primary competitors

D. The organization's ability to pay for performance

What are the three most common part-time options under the workplace flexibility category?

A. Flex time, telecommunicating and shift flexibility

B. Regular part-time work, phased return from leave, and phased retirement

C. Flex time, phased retirement, and phased return from leave

D. Regular part-time work, shift flexibility and telecommuting

Why is understanding the organization's business strategy key to planning for future human capital needs?

A. To make certain turnover remains low at all times

B. To ensure there are never any unanticipated job vacancies in the organization

C. To ensure that the number of employees with the right skills are available to meet future organizational requirements

D. To make certain company recruiters know how many job ads to place