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Managing Human Resources: Productivity, Quality of Work Life, Profits, 6/e
Wayne Cascio, University of Colorado-Denver
Indirect Compensation: Employee Benefit Plans

Multiple Choice Quiz



1

National health policy is decreasingly shifting costs from the private to the public sector.
A)True.
B)False.
2

Workers' compensation benefits usually do not cover stress and occupational disease.
A)True.
B)False.
3

The objective of Health Maintenance Organizations is to control the costs of health care by keeping people in hospitals for shorter periods for observation.
A)True.
B)False.
4

What appears to be evolving in benefits is a system that makes employees more responsible (and employers less responsible) for pension planning.
A)True.
B)False.
5

Early retirement offers are legal.
A)True.
B)False.
6

The Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, enacted in 2000, gives electronic signatures less legal standing as ink-on-paper signatures.
A)True.
B)False.
7

The three major categories of employee benefits include the following except:
A)they are all major categories.
B)payments for time not worked.
C)health and security.
D)employee services.
8

Currently, _________ states have workers' compensation laws.
A)50
B)40
C)38
D)27
9

Insurers provide the following medical coverage for employees:
A)drug abuse.
B)alcholism.
C)all of these.
D)mental illness.
10

A defined pension plan extended to older employees that has been increased for new employees is a provision called a/an:
A)labor contract.
B)management rights clause.
C)tentative agreement.
D)grandfather clause.
11

When a worker can pick and choose among benefit plans provided by a company, this is called:
A)open benefit plans.
B)defined benefit plans.
C)cafeteria style benefit plans.
D)bonus incentive plans.
12

The major components of the benefits package offered to employees include the following:
A)b, c, and d.
B)payments for time not worked.
C)security and health.
D)employee services.








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