Question 1

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 2

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

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 5

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.

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

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.

Question 8

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.

Question 9

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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 11

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 12

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 13

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.

Question 14

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 15

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 16

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

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.

Question 18

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 19

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.

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 2: Computing Wages and Salaries

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

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

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

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

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:

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

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

The FLSA requires that:

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

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

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

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

Workers exempt from all of the FLSA requirements include:

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

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.

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

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:

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.

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

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