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Questions # 1:

How can compensation professionals ensure their statistical data are not distorted?

Options:

A.

Use statistical software, which prevents distortion of data.


B.

Develop a plan that provides an objective approach to collecting, organizing and displaying data


C.

Avoid training that shows how data can be distorted, as that training might cause one to distort data subconsciously.


D.

Distortion of data is commonly accepted as a method for making compelling arguments for change in orgs.


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Questions # 2:

Why do compensation professionals collect & use data?

Options:

A.

To support personal agendas


B.

To respond to stock price volatility


C.

To improve changes of making sound decisions


D.

To replace the need for modeling


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Questions # 3:

For the same problem set, the market appears to be paying entry-level buyers 42,500. Approx how many job evaluation points should your entry-level buyer position be worth to your org, assuming the regression model provides a good fit, based solely on the linear model of y = 15000 + 50x?

Options:

A.

50


B.

15000


C.

500


D.

550


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Questions # 4:

You have the following salary grades and midpoints. Your org wants to have a constant midpoint progression. What would be the midpoint percentage?

Grade 10 = Midpoint 2,000

Grade 11 = Midpoint 2,217

Grade 12 = Midpoint 2,456

Grade 13 = Midpoint 2,698

Options:

A.

8%


B.

9.6%


C.

10.5%


D.

11.7%


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Questions # 5:

Suppose your monthly pay is 3,000. The mean for all employees in your grade is 3,500, and the standard deviation is 200. What is your z-score relative to this group of employees?

Options:

A.

3.0


B.

2.5


C.

-2.5


D.

-3.0


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Questions # 6:

What type of relationship does this equation model?

y = a + bx + cx2

Options:

A.

Nonlinear regression


B.

Straight line regression


C.

Bivariate regression


D.

All of the above


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Questions # 7:

You have 660 hourly, 420 salaried non-management and 320 salaried management employees. What is the percentage of salaried non-management employees?

Options:

A.

23%


B.

30%


C.

45%


D.

47%


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Questions # 8:

For the same problem set, what does the value 50 represent in the same equation? y = 15000 + 50x

Options:

A.

The monetary market-based pay increase associated with every additional point value in the job worth scale


B.

The ratio of the change in y-values relative to the change in x-values on the line of best fit


C.

The slope of the line


D.

All of the above


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Questions # 9:

Market based pay = Intercept + (slope) x (job worth). You have collected data and have quantified your model as follows: y = 15000 + 50x. The value of 15,000 in the model represents which of the following?

Options:

A.

The slope of the line


B.

The point where the line of best fit crosses the x-axis corresponding to a y-value of zero


C.

The mean for y


D.

The intercept for the line of best fit


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Questions # 10:

What does a correlation of +1.0 indicate?

Options:

A.

A positive slope


B.

A negative slope


C.

A positive intercept


D.

A negative intercept


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