1. Question : Performance evaluation systems break down because they are  ______

1. Question : Performance evaluation systems break down because they are 
______________.
Student Answer:
poorly communicated 
misunderstood 
poorly designed 
punitive 
2. Question : _____________ means that the criterion being used reflects the 
difference between high and low performers.
Student Answer:
Relevance 
Sensitivity 
Practicality 
Reliability 
3. Question : Which of the following is not one of the reasons that many merit 
pay systems fail to increase performance?
Student Answer:
Employees fail to make the connection between pay and performance. 
The secrecy of the reward is perceived by other employees as inequity. 
The budget is too small to fund the merit awards. 
The merit award is too small to impact performance. 
4. Question : When companies have thrift plans, about ____________________ of 
employees participate.
Student Answer:
85 percent 
50 percent 
24 percent 
8 percent 
5. Question : Most elderly Americans believe that security in their later years 
rests on a three-legged stool consisting of all of the following except:
Student Answer:
Social Security 
Part-time employment 
Personal savings 
Private pensions 
6. Question : Continuous overtime often results in ___________.
Student Answer:
lower labor costs and higher productivity 
lower labor costs and lower productivity 
higher labor costs and lower productivity 
higher labor costs and higher productivity 
7. Question : Employees must have been employed for ____________________ to be 
eligible for unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Student Answer:
1 day 
30 days 
6 months 
1 year 
8. Question : A survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and 
Employers found that occupational choice is most heavily 
influenced by __________.
Student Answer:
teachers 
friends 
parents 
career counselors 
9. Question : The bureaucratic job-based approach used in determining pay will 
not be used to design pay systems in the future. Instead, the new designs will be ____________________ based.
Student Answer:
production 
profit 
people 
customer 
10. Question : All of the following are features of a behaviorally anchored rating 
scale except:
Student Answer:
Six to ten performance dimensions are identified and defined by raters and ratees. 
The dimensions are anchored with positive and negative critical incidents. 
The wording on the form contains jargon commonly used by the ratee. 
Ratings are fed back using the terms displayed on the form.