Question 1

All employers can grant compensatory time off to employees in place of overtime pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

The FLSA requires that workers receive overtime pay of twice the employees' regular hourly rate for hours worked on Sunday.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

When employees spend time changing clothes on the employer's premises, this time must be counted as part of their principal activities for which they are always fully compensated.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

The FLSA requires that workers receive overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Violators of the overtime provision of the FLSA are required to pay the unpaid overtime at a rate of triple the employee's rate.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Under the FLSA enterprise coverage test, hospitals and nursing homes are only covered if their annual charges for services are at least $500,000.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

The Equal Pay Act stipulates that there cannot be any wage differentials between the sexes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 8

All interns in the for-profit sector are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

If an employee works two jobs at two different wage rates for the same employer during the same pay week, any overtime pay must be calculated by using an overtime hourly rate of:

Accepted Answer

A)  one and one-half the higher of the two wage rates.
B)  one and one-half the lower of the two wage rates.
C)  one-half of the higher of the two wage rates.
D)  one-half of the two rates combined.
E)  none of the above.F) B) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 10

Exempt professional employees are exempt from all provisions of the FLSA-minimum wages, overtime pay, and equal pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

Those tasks that employees must perform and which include any work of consequence performed for the employer are known as:

Accepted Answer

A)  preliminary activities.
B)  postliminary activities.
C)  work activities.
D)  principal activities.
E)  none of the above.F) B) and C)
G) B) and E)

Question 12

All major cities have enacted ordinances establishing a so-called "living wage" at $10.25 per hour.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The FLSA requires that:

Accepted Answer

A)  employers use time cards to record the employees' time worked.
B)  employers use the continental time system to record all time worked by employees.
C)  employers keep records that show the hours each employee worked each workday and each workweek.
D)  employees sign each clock card.
E)  none of the above.F) C) and D)
G) A) and D)

Question 14

The tips received by a tipped employee are less than $5.12 of the minimum hourly tip credit rate.The maximum permissible tip credit is:

Accepted Answer

A)  $30 a month.
B)  $5.12 an hour.
C)  45% of the employee's minimum wage.
D)  50% of the employee's minimum wage.
E)  the amount of tips actually received by the employee.F) A) and B)
G) A) and C)

Question 15

Payments made to a bona fide profit-sharing plan that meets the standards set by the secretary of labor's regulations are not deemed wages in determining the regular rate of pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

The FLSA requires that employees be given at least two 15-minute rest periods each workday.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 17

Employers may pay nonexempt employees who work fluctuating schedules a fixed salary.In these cases, the extra pay is:

Accepted Answer

A)  calculated at a time and one-half rate.
B)  calculated at a double time rate.
C)  calculated at the regular rate of pay.
D)  unpaid.
E)  none of the above.F) A) and E)
G) All of the above

Question 18

Under no conditions may children under age 16 be employed in food service establishments.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

A discretionary bonus is included in an employee's regular rate of pay.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Workers exempt from all of the FLSA requirements include:

Accepted Answer

A)  employees paid by the hour.
B)  clerk-typists earning less than $200 a week.
C)  taxicab drivers.
D)  motion picture theater employees.
E)  none of the above.F) A) and E)
G) A) and B)

Exam 2: Computing Wages and Salaries

All employers can grant compensatory time off to employees in place of overtime pay.

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The FLSA requires that workers receive overtime pay of twice the employees' regular hourly rate for hours worked on Sunday.

Correct AnswerverifiedFalse

When employees spend time changing clothes on the employer's premises, this time must be counted as part of their principal activities for which they are always fully compensated.

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The FLSA requires that workers receive overtime pay for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a workweek.

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Violators of the overtime provision of the FLSA are required to pay the unpaid overtime at a rate of triple the employee's rate.

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Under the FLSA enterprise coverage test, hospitals and nursing homes are only covered if their annual charges for services are at least $500,000.

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The Equal Pay Act stipulates that there cannot be any wage differentials between the sexes.

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All interns in the for-profit sector are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA.

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If an employee works two jobs at two different wage rates for the same employer during the same pay week, any overtime pay must be calculated by using an overtime hourly rate of:

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Exempt professional employees are exempt from all provisions of the FLSA-minimum wages, overtime pay, and equal pay.

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Those tasks that employees must perform and which include any work of consequence performed for the employer are known as:

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All major cities have enacted ordinances establishing a so-called "living wage" at $10.25 per hour.

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The FLSA requires that:

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The tips received by a tipped employee are less than $5.12 of the minimum hourly tip credit rate.The maximum permissible tip credit is:

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Payments made to a bona fide profit-sharing plan that meets the standards set by the secretary of labor's regulations are not deemed wages in determining the regular rate of pay.

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The FLSA requires that employees be given at least two 15-minute rest periods each workday.

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Employers may pay nonexempt employees who work fluctuating schedules a fixed salary.In these cases, the extra pay is:

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Under no conditions may children under age 16 be employed in food service establishments.

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A discretionary bonus is included in an employee's regular rate of pay.

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Workers exempt from all of the FLSA requirements include:

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