quiz 10

Question 1

Companies are prohibited from exporting quantities of used electronics to companies in underdeveloped countries.

Answer 1

F

Question 2

Based on the data from the National Center for Education Statistics there are some 130,000 new computer and information science graduates each year to fill what the BLS projects as a need of roughly 53,000 new U.S. tech job openings per year.

Answer 2

T

Question 3

Foreign professionals can convert their H-1B visas into permanent green cards.

Answer 3

T

Question 4

In a coemployment relationship, two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees.

Answer 4

T

Question 5

China is considered one of the best sources of programming skills outside Europe and North America.

Answer 5

F

Question 6

Outsourcing is a short-term business arrangement in which a company contracts for services with an overseas organization that has expertise in providing a specific function.

Answer 6

F

Question 7

It is fairly simple to prevent contingent workers from passing on corporate processes and strategies to subsequent employers.

Answer 7

F

Question 8

Electronics manufacturing employees and suppliers at all steps along the supply chain and manufacturing process are at risk of unhealthy exposure to potentially harmful materials.

Answer 8

T

Question 9

A person can work for a U.S. employer as an H-1B employee for a maximum continuous period of ten years.

Answer 9

F

Question 10

A firm is likely to use contingent IT workers if it experiences pronounced fluctuations in its technical staffing needs.

Answer 10

T

Question 11

Depending on how closely workers are supervised and how the job is structured, contingent workers may be viewed as permanent employees by the Internal Revenue Service, the Labor Department, or a state’s workers’ compensation and employment agencies.

Answer 11

T

Question 12

Contingent work is a job situation in which an individual has an implicit contract for long-term employment.

Answer 12

F

Question 13

The European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive restricts the use of many hazardous materials in computer manufacturing.

Answer 13

T

Question 14

When an organization decides to use contingent workers for a project, it is making a trade-off between completing a single project quickly and cheaply versus developing people within its own organization.

Answer 14

T

Question 15

If a whistle-blower wants to remain unknown, the safest course of action is to leak information anonymously to the press.

Answer 15

T

Question 16

A key requirement for using H-1B workers is that employers must pay H-1B workers the prevailing wage for the work being performed.

Answer 16

T

Question 17

Unethical companies cannot use H-1B visas to exploit the average salary requirements for H-1B workers.

Answer 17

F

Question 18

There is no evidence that the hiring of H-1B workers has affected the salaries of U.S. IT workers.

Answer 18

F

Question 19

If a particular project requires only temporary help, and the workers will not be needed for future projects, the use of contingent workers is a poor approach.

Answer 19

F

Question 20

The Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition established a system that enables purchasers to evaluate, compare, and select electronic products based on a total of 51 environmental criteria.

Answer 20

F

Question 21

Companies can use the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.

Answer 21

T

Question 22

A qui tam plaintiff can receive between 15 and 30 percent of the total recovery from the defendant, depending on how helpful the person was to the success of the case.

Answer 22

T

Question 23

The U.S. Congress has approved the granting of an unlimited number of H-1B visas.

Answer 23

F

Question 24

Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for the exact dollar amount for which the government was defrauded.

Answer 24

F

Question 25

Temporary employees must be treated like official employees of the company and are eligible for vacation, sick pay, and retirement benefits.

Answer 25

F

Question 26

What term is used to refer to a work environment in which temporary positions are common and organizations contract with independent workers for short-term engagements?

Answer 26

gig economy

Question 27

Which of these statements about contingent workers is true?

Answer 27

They have neither an explicit nor an implicit contract for continuing employment.

Question 28

In which of the following practices does a business transfer all or part of its workforce to another firm, which handles all human-resource-related activities and costs?

Answer 28

employee leasing

Question 29

A situation in which two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees is called which of the following?

Answer 29

a coemployment relationship

Question 30

Which of the following is an internationally recognized standard that companies can use to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.

Answer 30

Statement on Standards for Attestation and Engagements No. 16

Question 31

How many H-1B visas has Congress set as the maximum amount to be granted yearly?

Answer 31

65,000