1. The Norris-LaGuardia Act requires that all employers with over 50 employees must have a personnel officer responsible for compliance with all labor laws.

a.True

b.False

2. Agents, when hired by principals, can only act on behalf of a principal if the principal has granted "actual" authority.

a.True

b.False

3.Say a large defense contractor (builder of high tech weapons and assets used by the military whose only customer of such products is the United States government) also owns one of the three major USA media companies.If the executives of the company order the media company news outlets to file news reports suggesting that the United States may need to take military action against a country or group of terrorists operating in other parts of the world, and downplay stories to the contrary (so the U.S. voters will put pressure on Congress to purchase more military assets and weapons to make them "safe"), that defense contract is acting ethically.

a.True

b.False

5. In order to receive the benefits payable under Workers Compensation laws, an injured employee must give up the right to sue the employer for damage amounts greater than those awarded under Workers Compensation.

a.True

b.False

6.Acting within the boundaries set up by the laws are the minimum acceptable standards a business should be operated under.

a.True

b.False

7.Generally speaking, employees are employed "at will" meaning that an employer can terminate the employment arrangement at any time, with or without cause.

a.True

b.False

8.The amount an employee must pay annually for Social Security is limited after the employee reaches a certain level of compensation, but the rate the employee must pay in Medicare taxes continues regardless of the level of annual compensation.

a.True

b.False

9.In general, large employers must allow employees to form a union, and if no union is put in place, then it is up to the employer to sponsor a union that every employee must join.

a.True

b.False

10.OSHA is an agency thatonlyregulates employees whose job it is to work at or near the beaches of Oceans.

a.True

b.False