Exam 2: Computing Wages and Salaries

Personnel in certain full-time occupations are classified as ____ instead of independent contractors.

Payroll records that contain evidence of fraud or other illegal action must be ____.

Josh, who is 21 years of age, is a new employee of XYZ Company. To establish his identity and employment authorization, he could present:

____ pay is based on sales revenue, while ____ pay is based on manufacturing.

Which of the following is a potential consequence of incorrect calculation of employee time for payroll purposes? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

Stan works for a bakery for which part of his compensation is based on the decoration of wedding and other specialty cakes. His compensation has a ____ element.

Mako was an employee of the Jaeger Corporation. After she voluntarily terminated employment, auditors discovered evidence of fraudulent activity that they traced to her. Mako's records must be retained:

Max Johnson was terminated from a company in South Carolina because of a reduction in workforce. Which statement best describes the state's requirements for disbursement of his final pay?

Outsourcing the payroll process:

The two focuses of payroll procedures are company needs and governmental rules.

Which of the following factors assist employers in determining employee pay rates? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

A company should assign employee(s) the responsibility for signing payroll checks and disbursements.

Geoff is the payroll clerk for a firm that maintains its payroll through computerized records on a centralized server. One of his responsibilities is employee file maintenance, including the destruction of records after the retention time has elapsed. His method of purging employee records is to delete the file from the database. What other record destruction procedures should Geoff follow?

Abigail is a full-time worker whose primary occupation involves extensive overnight travel to visit wholesaler sites on the behalf of a single company. Which of the following classifications most accurately describes Abigail's employment status?

Which of the following is a purpose of new hire reporting? (You may select more than one answer. Single click the box with the question mark to produce a check mark for a correct answer and double click the box with the question mark to empty the box for a wrong answer. Any boxes left with a question mark will be automatically graded as incorrect.)

Newly hired employees must be reported to governmental officials within 20 days of starting work for an employer.