Lesson 1.4.4b

1.4.4b Financial and non-financial motivation techniques Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 1

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The 20 questions

  1. Which financial payment method rewards employees based on the quantity of items produced?

    • Profit share
    • Piecework
    • Commission
    • Salaries

  2. Which financial incentive pays employees a percentage of the value of sales achieved?

    • Performance-related pay
    • Piecework
    • Commission
    • Profit share

  3. What financial motivation technique distributes a portion of company profits to employees?

    • Piecework
    • Profit share
    • Share ownership
    • Commission

  4. Moving workers between different tasks at the same level of responsibility is known as what?

    • Job rotation
    • Job enlargement
    • Empowerment
    • Job enrichment

  5. Adding more tasks of a similar complexity to a worker's role is known as what?

    • Empowerment
    • Job enlargement
    • Job enrichment
    • Job rotation

  6. Giving employees the official authority to make their own work-related decisions is called what?

    • Piecework
    • Job rotation
    • Empowerment
    • Job enlargement

  7. Which non-financial motivation technique involves employees working together towards shared goals?

    • Flexible working
    • Team working
    • Job enlargement
    • Job rotation

  8. A worker is paid £3 per unit for the first 100 units and £4 per unit after that. What is the pay for 150 units?

    • £400
    • £500
    • £600
    • £450

  9. Which financial incentive pays employees a percentage of the sales value they achieve?

    • Salary
    • Bonus
    • Commission
    • Piecework

  10. A business pays performance-related pay of 4% of a £30,000 salary. What is the bonus?

    • £3,000
    • £120
    • £300
    • £1,200

  11. Asking employees for their input before making major business decisions is known as what?

    • Empowerment
    • Delegation
    • Job rotation
    • Consultation

  12. Which motivation technique involves giving employees more complex and challenging duties?

    • Job rotation
    • Flexible working
    • Job enlargement
    • Job enrichment

  13. Giving employees official authority to make their own decisions is known as what?

    • Consultation
    • Piecework
    • Empowerment
    • Job rotation

  14. Which financial incentive awards employees a proportion of overall business profits?

    • Piecework
    • Commission
    • Profit share
    • Performance-related pay

  15. A firm pays a bonus of £500 to each of 20 staff and £1,000 to each of 5 managers. What is the total bonus cost?

    • £10,000
    • £5,000
    • £20,000
    • £15,000

  16. Which type of motivation technique focuses on fulfilling higher-level psychological needs?

    • Piecework schemes
    • Non-financial techniques
    • Financial incentives
    • Commission structures

  17. What is the main operational risk associated with using a piecework pay system?

    • Increased unit costs
    • Higher fixed expenses
    • Reduced product quality
    • Lower production speed

  18. A salesperson has a salary of £18,000 plus 8% commission on sales of £250,000. What is the total pay?

    • £20,000
    • £18,000
    • £38,000
    • £26,000

  19. A profit share of 12% of £600,000 profit is split equally among 60 staff. What is each share?

    • £7,200
    • £1,200
    • £120
    • £12,000

  20. Adding more tasks of a similar level of difficulty to an employee's job is called what?

    • Job enlargement
    • Job rotation
    • Delegation
    • Job enrichment

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