If you could please answer all id be more than grateful. It's a test.

1. The primary objective of the ESOP programs at Lincoln Electric Company, DuPont, Coca - Cola, etc. is to ;

a. lower accidents on the job.

b. increase employee involvement in the organization.

c. find more markets through employee contacts.

d. appeal to new applicants.

2. The likely reason Employee Stock Option Plans (ESOPs) have not spread to many organizations is;

a. federal regulations have limited their appeal due to increased administration.

b. they are too difficult for employees to understand.

c. employees don't see any connection between their daily performance and thestock price when they exercise their options.

d. they are more costly than other incentive plans.

3. Scanlon Plans are designed to share the company's increased financial position by;

a. lowering the costs of capital by re-financing.

b. lowering costs compared to the value of production - thus increased efieiency.

c. increasing customer satisfaction through faster delivery times.

d. increasing sales through pricing changes.

4. In 2016 Ford Motor Company paid its production workers an average of $9,000. in profit -sharing bonuses.

Overall, profit-sharing is popular in the U.S. for all the following reasons, except which of the following which is not true;

a. Employees pay less taxes on money received through profit-sharing.

b. employees spend more time learning about, and caring about the financial side of the company.

c. The focus on is what matters most - profitability.

d. Employers like the fact that in a down year they may pay out little or no bonuses.

5. Merit pay systems usually use a scale similar to the one on p. 337. In that example an employee receiving an average evaluation would receive a pay increase of ___ %, and over the next ten years the employee , not including compounding would receive total base pay increases of ____ % due to that one pay increase.

a. 4% / 25%

b. 3% / 45%

c. 3% /10%

d. 1% / 10%

e. 3% / 30%