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Business Knowledge for HR [Question - Answer]-part3

1.

What is the name of an employees' organization which represents itsmembers in discussions with employers about wages and conditions of

employment?(a) a job union (b) an occupation union (c) a vocation union (d) a workunion (e) a trade union

2.

What do we call a company which you can only join if you are amember of a particular trade union?(a) a limited shop (b) a full shop (c) a closed shop (d) a barred shop (e)a sweat shop

3.

Unions sometimes put pressure on management to keep theirmembers in their jobs or employ more workers, even if theorganization doesn't need them anymore. What is the name of this

practice?(a) feather weighting (b) feather fanning (c) feather braining (d)feather bedding (e) feather dusting

4.

What is the name of an elected union official who representsemployees in day-to-day negotiations with the management?(a) a shop steward (b) a store steward (c) a factory steward (c) aworkers' steward (d) a department steward

5.

Complete this sentence: Ordinary members of a union or organizationare known as ________members.

(a) safe and sound (b) rank and file (c) cloak and dagger (d) collar andtie (e) moan and groan

6.

A union may stop workers from doing certain jobs, especially if theyare not a member of thatunion. This is known as:(a) restrictive practices (b) recumbent practices (c) reductive practices(c) reactionarypractices (d) reality practices

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Negotiations between employers and workers' representatives over

wage increases and conditions is called:(a) collective bargaining (b) correctional bargaining (c) connectedbargaining (d) corruptive bargaining (e) collapsing bargaining



8. If workers are unhappy with the way management is treating them,they may work strictlyaccording to the rules of the company as a protest (with the result thatproduction is slowed down).

What do we call this method of protest?(a) rule with a rod of iron (b) work-to-rule (c) ruling the roost (d) ruling infavour(e) work-by-rules9. Workers sometimes try to achieve their demands by not going to workand claiming that they are ill.What is the name of this form of protest?(a) a sickie (b) a sick note (c) a sickout (d) sick leave (e) a sickbag10. When workers are unhappy with the management, they sometimesstop working and leave the

company building as a protest. What is this action called?(a) a run-out (b) a skip-out (c) a hop-out (d) a jump-out (e) a walk-out11. In order to make their workers agree to their conditions, themanagement of a company mayprevent the workers from entering the building. What is this called?(a) a kickout (b) a pushout (c) a blockout (d) a lockout (e) a knockout12. When there is a dispute between workers and management, a personwho is not concerned withthe dispute might be chosen by both sides to try to settle the dispute.

What is this person called?(a) an arboretum (b) an archbishop (c) an arbitrator (d) an archer (e) anarraignment13. Four of these expressions are correct, and one of them is wrong.Which one is wrong?(a) to strike (b) to go on strike (c) to be on strike (d) to get on strike (e) totakestrike action14. What do we call a strike organised suddenly by the workers withoutthe approval of the main unionoffice?(a) a wilddog strike (b) a wildpig strike (c) a wildfire strike (d) a wildflowerstrike(e) a wildcat strike15. Workers usually vote before a strike, to decide if a strike should beheld. What is this called?



(a) a strike vote (b) a strike ballot (c) a strike election (d) a strike canvass(e) a strike poll16. What is the name for a worker who is on strike and standing at theentrance of a place of work to

try to persuade other employees not to work?(a) a wicket (b) a cricket (c) a ticket (d) a picket (e) a ricket17. What do we call an employee who continues working when a companyis on strike?(a) a blackberry (b) a blackhead (c) a blackbird (d) a blackleg (e) ablacksmith18. What do we call a strike when all the workers in a country go onstrike?(a) a complete strike (b) a formal strike (c) a general strike (d) a countrystrike

(e) a home strike



1. Many employees experience tension or worry at work as a result of overwork, problems withmanagers, etc. What do we call this?(a) strain (b) struggle (c) strife (d) stress

2. RSI is a pain in the arm or other part of the body felt by somebody whodoes the same movementmany times as part of their job (for example, when keyboarding). Whatdoes RSI stand for?(a) regular stress incident (b) repeated self intolerance (c) repetitive straininjury(d) repressive sickness ignorance3. A lot of office equipment (for example, chairs, keyboards, etc) isdesigned to be more comfortableto use and so helps to prevent RSI. What is the adjective we use to

describe objects like this?(a) ergonomic (b) erroneous (c) eponymous (c) equivocal4. In some places of work, employees are often ill because of problems inthe building itself (forexample, blocked air-conditioning ducts, poor lighting, poor ventilation,etc) . What is the name of this problem?(a) ill workplace phenomena (b) sick building syndrome (c) unwell officeexperience

(d) ailing industrial angst5. Before a company has to do a dangerous job, it needs to consider howdangerous the job is, andwhat precautions it can take. What is this called?(a) danger analysis (b) risk assessment (c) hazard perception (d)troubleshooting6. Safety officers inspect some places of work to make sure that they aresafe, but in most casescompanies have to make sure that health and safety procedures are beingfollowed in theworkplace. What is this called?(a) self-control (b) self-satisfaction (c) self-assessment (d) self-regulation7. Employees have to follow company instructions on how to behave inthe workplace, especiallywhen they are working with dangerous equipment or substances. Whatare these rules called?



(a) rules of the house (b) codes of practice (c) regulations of behavior(d) laws of the land8. To some extent, a company is responsible for how its employeesbehave, and the risks they take,

while they are at work. What is this called?(a) vicarious liability (b) risk liability (c) limited liability (d) behaviorliability9. What do we call an accident which takes place at work?(a) on-the-job accident (b) occupational accident (c) working accident(d) environmental accident10. A safety officer might decide that a workplace is too dangerous, andorders everyone to stopworking. What is the name of this order?(a) a cancellation notice (b) a closure notice (c) a prohibition notice (d) a

barring notice



Subject - Answers - Ir

1. (e) Trade Union2. (a) a limited shop3. (a) feather weighting

4. (c) a factory steward5. rank and file6. (a) restrictive practice7. (a) collective bargaining8. (b) work to rule9. (b) a sick note10. (e) walk out11. (d) lock out12. (c) an arbitrator13. (e) to take strike action is a wrong expression14. (a) wildfire strike15. (e) a strike poll16. (d) a picket17. (a) blackberry18. (d) a country strike

1. (d) stress2. (c) repetitive strain injury3. (b) erroneous

4. (a) ill workplace phenomena5. (c) hazard perception6. (c) self-assessment

7. (b) codes of practice8. (a) vicarious liability9. (b) occupational accident

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