Question 1

Like in the private sector, the market economic system controls the price, quality, and availability of most services in the public sector.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the President may waive employee and union rights granted under the Civil Service Reform Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

The Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) makes it an unfair labor practice for a party to refuse or fail to cooperate in impasse procedures.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 4

What is the labor relations term used to describe the involvement of multiple parties in the collective bargaining process, particularly applicable to state and local level public sector bargaining?

Accepted Answer

A)   Transpartite bargaining.
B)   Sunshine bargaining.
C)   Sovereignty bargaining.
D)   Multilateral bargaining.
E)   End-run bargaining.

Question 5

The budget tends to play a more conspicuous role in private-sector collective bargaining than it does in public-sector bargaining.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

While strikes have been outlawed for most public employees, they still occur in some states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Public-sector unionization is highest in the Northeastern, Northern, and Western regions of the United States.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

If a governmental unit privatizes a government service to a private business, the private employer is likely to be covered under the Labor Management Relations Act.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Favorable public-sector labor laws appear to be a significant factor encouraging growth in public-sector labor relations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

The designation granted to a labor union by the federal government that indicates that the union has been selected by secret ballot of employees to be the exclusive representative of a group of employees is called:

Accepted Answer

A)   exclusive recognition.
B)   multilateral bargaining.
C)   amalgamation.
D)   national consultation.
E)   empowered representation.

Question 11

Which of the following is true about privatization?

Accepted Answer

A)   Privatization of public-sector jobs was begun in the 1980s under the Reagan administration.
B)   Where employees lacked collective bargaining rights in the public sector, privatization of their jobs has provided many of them with the opportunity to be represented by a union in the private sector.
C)   The Bush administration has proposed privatizing up to half of all federal public-sector jobs.
D)   Public-sector jobs are more likely to be privatized when the public sector union-management relationship is adversarial.
E)   All of these are true.

Question 12

Supervisors and managers have been granted the right to engage in collective bargaining in some states.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

The Federal Service Impasse Panel (FSIP) investigates any negotiation impasse presented to it but is not authorized to take any action to settle the dispute.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which one of the following organizations consists of one chairperson and at least six members appointed by the President that investigate any negotiation impasse presented and is authorized to take any necessary action to settle the dispute?

Accepted Answer

A)   Federal Trade Commission
B)   Federal Service Impasse Panel
C)   National Labor Relation Commission
D)   Federal Labor Relations Authority
E)   Federal Negotiations Service

Question 15

If a subject of collective bargaining is permissible, both parties are required to negotiate in good faith, even though an agreement may not be reached.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following is true about labor-management partnerships in the federal government.

Accepted Answer

A)   President Clinton formed the National Partnership Council (NP
C)   in 1993 to make recommendations concerning methods for empowering federal employees.
B)   It has been found that federal labor-management partnerships improve labor-management communications.
C)   President Bush dissolved the NPC in 2001 and revoked all of its standing rules and orders.
D)   A number of successes from federal labor-management partnerships have been documented.
E)   All of these statements are true.

Question 17

Which of the following statements is false about the differences between the public and private sectors?

Accepted Answer

A)   Monopolistic conditions frequently exist in the public sector.
B)   There are frequently no good substitutes available for the products/services offered by the public sector.
C)   Market forces act to constrain union and management negotiators in the public sector in much the same way that market forces constrain their private sector counterparts.
D)   Productivity bargaining is especially difficult because it is so difficult to measure productivity when it comes to many public-sector services.
E)   All of these are false statements.

Question 18

State laws that allow citizens to observe the collective bargaining process are referred to as:

Accepted Answer

A)   blue laws.
B)   sunshine laws.
C)   sunset laws.
D)   watergate laws.
E)   fishbowl laws.

Question 19

The "sovereignty doctrine" means that elected officials retain the authority to make decisions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Union negotiators have more difficulty determining "who speaks for management" in public-sector bargaining as compared to private-sector negotiations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 13: Labor Relations in the Public Sector

Like in the private sector, the market economic system controls the price, quality, and availability of most services in the public sector.

Under the Homeland Security Act of 2002, the President may waive employee and union rights granted under the Civil Service Reform Act.

The Civil Service Reform Act (CSRA) makes it an unfair labor practice for a party to refuse or fail to cooperate in impasse procedures.

What is the labor relations term used to describe the involvement of multiple parties in the collective bargaining process, particularly applicable to state and local level public sector bargaining?

The budget tends to play a more conspicuous role in private-sector collective bargaining than it does in public-sector bargaining.

While strikes have been outlawed for most public employees, they still occur in some states.

Public-sector unionization is highest in the Northeastern, Northern, and Western regions of the United States.

If a governmental unit privatizes a government service to a private business, the private employer is likely to be covered under the Labor Management Relations Act.

Favorable public-sector labor laws appear to be a significant factor encouraging growth in public-sector labor relations.

The designation granted to a labor union by the federal government that indicates that the union has been selected by secret ballot of employees to be the exclusive representative of a group of employees is called:

Which of the following is true about privatization?

Supervisors and managers have been granted the right to engage in collective bargaining in some states.

The Federal Service Impasse Panel (FSIP) investigates any negotiation impasse presented to it but is not authorized to take any action to settle the dispute.

Which one of the following organizations consists of one chairperson and at least six members appointed by the President that investigate any negotiation impasse presented and is authorized to take any necessary action to settle the dispute?

If a subject of collective bargaining is permissible, both parties are required to negotiate in good faith, even though an agreement may not be reached.

Which of the following is true about labor-management partnerships in the federal government.

Which of the following statements is false about the differences between the public and private sectors?

State laws that allow citizens to observe the collective bargaining process are referred to as:

The "sovereignty doctrine" means that elected officials retain the authority to make decisions.

Union negotiators have more difficulty determining "who speaks for management" in public-sector bargaining as compared to private-sector negotiations.