Globe university HR315 Unit 2 Quiz
Question 1
Which one of the following was not a
weakness in the Norris-LaGuardia Act?
a. It did not prevent unions from certain activities that
adversely affected commerce.
b.It did not recognize employee rights in labor relations.
c.It did not set up an administrative agency.
d.It did not establish unfair labor practices of employers.
e.All of these were weaknesses in the Norris-LaGuardia Act.
Question 2
Under the Railway
Labor Act, the federal agency responsible for resolving differences between
the parties when negotiating an agreement is the:
a. Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Service.
b.National Mediation Board.
c.Department of
Mediation.
d.National
Labor Relations Board.
e.Department
of Labor.
Question 3
The AFLâs political action goals:
a.
a. were directed at
establishing a third independent political party that could best
represent laborâs interests and attempted to change the existing
capitalist system.
b.were basically nonexistent.
c.stressed the principle,
âreward your friends, punish your enemies.â
d.attempted
to change the existing capitalist system.
e.were
directed at establishing a third independent political party that
could best represent laborâs interests.
Question
4
The negotiation of compensation for and number of intervals for bus
drivers reflects which technological component?
a. Tasks
to be performed.
b.Equipment
used.
c.The pace of work.
d.none
of these
e.all
of these
Question
5
The Congress of
Industrial Organizationâs tremendous success in organizing
employees after its formation in 1935 wasnotdue in part to:
a. strong
CIO leadership.
b.
b. favorable legislation.
c.use of the sit-down
strike.
d.active
cooperation with the American Federation of Labor.
e.none of these
contributed to the CIOâs organizing success.
Question 6
Which of the
following werenotincluded in the
Wagner Act?
a. specific
union unfair labor practices
b.specific employer unfair labor practices
c.guarantees of certain employee rights
d.NLRB
e.creation of an administrative agency
Question 7
Which of the following powers does the NLRB possess?
a. power to effectively reinstate
unfairly discharged employees
b.power to impose severe
penalties
c.power to award punitive
damages
d.constitutional penal powers
e.all of these
Question
8
The product market:
a. is where the company
either sells its product or purchases key
elements for its manufacture or can make
management more vulnerable.
b.is basically an
irrelevant influence on the labor relations
process and is where the company either sells
it product or purchases key elements for its
manufacture.
c.is basically an
irrelevant influence on the labor relations
process.
d.can make management
more vulnerable.
e.is where the company
either sells it product or purchases key
elements for its manufacture.
Question 9
Powderly felt
employees who joined the KOL
a. needed to loosen up
a bit and have a good time at union
functions such as picnics and needed to
be educated on major problems which
they were previously unable to
understand.
b.knew what was best
for them.
c.needed to loosen up
a bit and have a good time at union
functions such as picnics.
d.needed to be
educated on major problems with they
were previously unable to understand.
e.all of these
Question
10
The âlabor relations processâ occurs
when:
d.privately held
companies go public.
c.management and the
exclusive bargaining agent (the union)
engage in the joint determination and
administration of work rules.
e.unions find
international affiliations.
b.historical aspects
of organized labor affect current
decision.
a. government dictates
labor-management activities.
