Hello please help if you can! This class has been hard for me and is very crucial.

1. Pay for performance awards which not scheduled, but are lump sum bonuses given for exceptional performance on a project or customer service, are called;

a. spot awards

b. employee of the month awards

c. service awards

d. piecework awards

2. Employers may prefer to give lump - sum bonuses instead of merit increases because they;

a. are not added to base pay, and thus cost less over the years.

b. always cost less in the year given

c. are given in the same month, and thus cost less.

d. reduce the employees' tax liability.

3. Variable pay plans including individual and group incentive plans, are offered by about ___ % of all companies !

a. 25 %

b. 96 %

c. 78 %

d. 56 %

e. 38 %

4. American Express offers a unique individual incentive plan which pay $200 toward an employee's health care premium if the employee;

a. stops smoking

b. becomes a vegetarian

c. walks 2.5 miles per day.

d. passes an annual physical

5. Perhaps the greatest problem with team based incentive plans is ;

a. individual members become too competitive within the team.

b. individual members may become convinced their efforts dont affect the team's overall performance.

c. teams lack specified goals.

d. teams change members too often.