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1. An emphasis on monetary rewards may eliminate the strength of intrinsic rewards.

   1.   ?    True
   2.   ?    False

2. To be effective, pay must be linked to performance.

   1.   ?    True
   2.   ?    False

3. Employees may feel badly about their salary when they perceive that they are either earning too little or too much compared to what they consider fair.

   1.   ?    True
   2.   ?    False

4. When employees compare their salaries with those of others outside the enterprise this has to do with ______________ equity.

   
   
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5. When employees feel there is a lack of equity in what they earn, they may ask co-workers to either increase or decrease their present efforts.

   1.   ?    True
   2.   ?    False

6. Which answer is most correct? Paying each employee a different pay level depending on the task being performed:

   1.   ?    Eliminates problems related to pay equity issues between workers.
   2.   ?    Makes employees more sensitive to differences in pay grade.
   3.   ?    Conflicts based on pay are eliminated.
   4.   ?    Makes it so that it is not necessary to adjust pay when workers change job duties.

7. Within each rectangle in an internal wage structure, the height of the rectangle represents the:

   1.   ?    Illegal pay differences.
   2.   ?    Lack of pay equity.
   3.   ?    Pay grades.
   4.   ?    Rate ranges.

8. In most cases, farm employers can satisfy the competing demands of both the internal wage structure and the labor market.

   1.   ?    True
   2.   ?    False

9. A fan-like internal wage structure shows that:

   1.   ?    Changes in the minimum wage have not been taken into consideration.
   2.   ?    Farmers don’t care about worker needs.
   3.   ?    Rate ranges decrease with the increasing importance of the job.
   4.   ?    Rate ranges increase with the increasing importance of the job.

10. The principle that shows that workers at lower pay levels think about specific pay increases (e.g., 50 cents per hour) and those at higher levels think of percentage increases is called:

    1.   ?    Weber’s Law.
    2.   ?    Cecilia’s Law.
    3.   ?    Alan’s Law.
    4.   ?    Pay equity.

11. When you discover you are paying more for a job that what you think it is worth, within an internal wage structure this is called:

    1.   ?    Yellow pay grade.
    2.   ?    Red pay grade.
    3.   ?    Purple pay grade.
    4.   ?    Green pay grade.

12. Wage compression is often caused by ... (The closest answer)

    1.   ?    Increases in the minimum wage or inflation.
    2.   ?    Pay increases based on seniority.
    3.   ?    Color pay grades.
    4.   ?    Fan-type wage structures.

13. Today, women invest more time in their education compared to 100 years ago.

    1.   ?    True
    2.   ?    False

14. It is a good practice to discipline in private and commend in public.

    1.   ?    True
    2.   ?    False

15. The author opposes safety incentives.

    1.   ?    True
    2.   ?    False

16. Incentives have a greater motivating potential when directed toward:

    1.   ?    The individual.
    2.   ?    The small group.
    3.   ?    The large group.
    4.   ?    The complete enterprise.

17. An effective way to maintain work quality and increase worker speed in repetitive tasks is to:

    1.   ?    Pay by the piece and employ disciplinary measures to control quality.
    2.   ?    Pay by the hour with a speed bonus.
    3.   ?    Pay by the hour and include good supervision.
    4.   ?    Establish a speed limit.

18. The principal purpose of avoiding loopholes is protecting the worker.

    1.   ?    True
    2.   ?    False

19. Many incentives fail because farm employers tend to think in terms of how much they expect employees to earn per hour rather than how much work they have done.

    1.   ?    True
    2.   ?    False

20. One of the principal reasons why workers put an end to a work day when paid by the piece is:

    1.   ?    Earning enough for the day.
    2.   ?    Heat and fatigue.
    3.   ?    Income effect.
    4.   ?    Substitution effect.

21. According to the author, it is good to avoid chance incentives.

    1.   ?    True
    2.   ?    False

22. An incentive that requires a percentage increase over previous performance:

    1.   ?    Is poorly designed and punishes the employee.
    2.   ?    May be used with work that is not paid by the piece.
    3.   ?    Motivates employees to always be improving.
    4.   ?    Works well in the long run.