quiz 10 Flashcards
Companies are prohibited from exporting quantities of used electronics to companies in underdeveloped countries.
F
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.
T
Foreign professionals can convert their H-1B visas into permanent green cards.
T
In a coemployment relationship, two employers have actual or potential legal rights and duties with respect to the same employee or group of employees.
T
China is considered one of the best sources of programming skills outside Europe and North America.
F
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.
F
It is fairly simple to prevent contingent workers from passing on corporate processes and strategies to subsequent employers.
F
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.
T
A person can work for a U.S. employer as an H-1B employee for a maximum continuous period of ten years.
F
A firm is likely to use contingent IT workers if it experiences pronounced fluctuations in its technical staffing needs.
T
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.
T
Contingent work is a job situation in which an individual has an implicit contract for long-term employment.
F
The European Union’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive restricts the use of many hazardous materials in computer manufacturing.
T
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.
T
If a whistle-blower wants to remain unknown, the safest course of action is to leak information anonymously to the press.
T
A key requirement for using H-1B workers is that employers must pay H-1B workers the prevailing wage for the work being performed.
T
Unethical companies cannot use H-1B visas to exploit the average salary requirements for H-1B workers.
F
There is no evidence that the hiring of H-1B workers has affected the salaries of U.S. IT workers.
F
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.
F
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.
F
Companies can use the Statement on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAE) No. 16, to ensure that company data is protected in an outsourcing arrangement.
T
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.
T
The U.S. Congress has approved the granting of an unlimited number of H-1B visas.
F
Violators of the False Claims Act are liable for the exact dollar amount for which the government was defrauded.
F
