Which of the following pieces of legislation was intended to improve accounting practices within public companies?
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: The SarbanesOxley Act was intended to improve accounting practices within public companies. The Rehabilitation Act penalized businesses for discriminating against employees who have a disability. Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 made it illegal for a business to discriminate against an employee due to his national origin. HIPAA, the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, in part, protects workers against losing their health coverage immediately if they lose their jobs.
Question 107
The term zero defects, as an ideal performance standard, was developed by which individual?
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: Philip B. Crosby is responsible for the term zero defects, as it relates to an ideal performance standard for businesses. W.Edwards Deming began the quality movement (of the 1940s) by focusing on the consumer for improving business standards. Joseph M. Juran followed Deming with a similar focus on quality. Dr. Kaoru Ishikawa is credited with applying data analysis tools to company activities with the goal of quality improvement.
Question 108
Which of the following is a necessary part of the three plans that all organizations must develop?
Correct Answer: A
Explanation: However organizations choose to create their plans, a company policy about employee protection is required for all of them. This policy lets employees know what the organization's approach to employee protection is. Answer choice B is incorrect because a disaster recovery plan is not a necessary part of the three plans. Answer choice C is incorrect because organizations are not obligated to include hazard assessment in all three plans. Answer choice D is incorrect because organizations are not required to include a union policy about employee protection. And answer choice E is incorrect because organizations are not required to create a fellow servant rule. In fact, the fellow servant rule is a part of common law doctrine that is now considered obsolete.
Question 109
Which of the following is NOT defined as a major life activity by the Americans with Disabilities Act?
Correct Answer: B
Explanation: The Americans with Disabilities Act does not count driving as a major life activity. According to the act, major life activities are personal care, manual tasks, seeing, hearing, eating, sleeping, breathing, learning, reading, concentrating, thinking, communicating, and working. However, a person may also be covered by the ADA when certain physical or mental impairments are present, including "any physiological disorder or condition, cosmetic disfigurement, or anatomical loss affecting one or more body systems, such as neurological, musculoskeletal, special sense organs, respiratory (including speech organs), cardiovascular, reproductive, digestive, genitourinary, immune, circulatory, hemic, lymphatic, skin, and endocrine; or ... any mental or psychological disorder, such as an intellectual disability ... organic brain syndrome, emotional or mental illness, and specific learning disabilities." (Code of Federal Regulations, 29CFR1630)
Question 110
How is the lost time rate calculated?
Correct Answer: B
Explanation: The lost time rate is calculated by dividing the number of lost time accidents by 200,000. The number 200,000 is chosen because it is the number of hours worked by a hundred employees (given forty hours a week and fifty weeks a year). Answer choice A is the formula for calculating the lost work day index (LWDI). For this measure, only those days lost to personal injury are counted. Answer choice C is the formula for the OSHA recordable rate. Lost time rate, LWDI, and OSHA recordable rate are the most common methods of calculating the safety of a work site.
