Choose the better of the following sentences.

a. Employees must be told when their annual performance reviews will be held.

b. Every employee must be told when their annual performance review will be held.

In each of the following sentences, underline the personal pronoun in parentheses that correctly completes the sentence. Then, on the line before the sentence, identify the pronoun's use by writing $D O$ for direct object, $I O$ for indirect object, or $O P$ for object of a preposition.
Referees asked the trainers and (they, them) for a stretcher.

Choose the correct answer.

An employee must show (a) his, (b) his or her, (c) their ID before entering the building.

In the following pair of sentences, choose the one that is punctuated or written properly.

a. We are posting the new job announcement online, and we are also asking for employee referrals.

b. We are posting the new job announcement online and we are also asking for employee referrals.

(Use Excel) The human resources department would like to consolidate the current set of retirement plan options offered to specific employee pay groups into a single plan for all pay groups (salaried, hourly, or piecework). A sample of 585 employees of various pay groups were asked which of three potential plans they preferred (A, B, or C). The results are shown in the accompanying table. The human resources department is hoping to conclude that the retirement plan preferred by the majority of employees is independent of pay group in order to avoid the impression that the preferred plan may favor a particular group.

$$\begin{array}{|l|c|c|c|} \hline \text { Preferred } & {\text { Employee Pay Group }} \\ \hline \text { Plan } & \text { Salaried } & \text { Hourly } & \text { Piecework } \\ \hline \text { A } & 78 & 98 & 37 \\ \hline \text { B } & 121 & 95 & 30 \\ \hline \text { C } & 51 & 57 & 18 \\ \hline \end{array}$$

a. Specify the competing hypotheses to determine whether the preferred retirement plan depends on employee pay group.

b. Calculate the value of the test statistic.

c. Use Excel's CHISQ.DIST.RT function to calculate the $p$-value.

d. What is your conclusion at the 10% significance level? What about the 5% significance level?

e. For any level of significance at which the preferred plan is deemed independent of employee pay group, which plan should be selected if the criterion is to choose the single plan with the highest overall employee support?

The process of observing and evaluating an employee's performance, recording the assessment, and providing feedback to the employee is referred to as:

a. classroom training.

b. orientation training.

c. performance appraisal.

d. a paper-and-pencil test.

e. none of these.

Choose the better of the following sentences.

a. Every nurse should listen sincerely to her patients.

b. All nurses should listen sincerely to their patients.

Choose the correct answer.

All employees are expected to display (a) his, (b) her, (c) his or her, (d) their photo name tags prominently.

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Every woman in the martial arts class had to purchase (a) her, (b) their own safety equipment.

Rosa, a student, is about to graduate as an LPN/LVN. She wants to begin searching for a job within her community. In looking at local advertisements, she notices that some are for RNs and some for LPN/LVNs.

What is the overall requirement for an LPN/LVN no matter where she or he works?

Choose the correct answer.

An office manager, as well as other members of management, must do (a) his, (b) her, (c) his or her, (d) their best to exhibit strong ethics.

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No one can go home for the evening until the jury announces (a) its, (b) their verdict.

Choose the correct answer.

In some doctors' offices (a) you, (b) patients are not allowed to use cell phones.

Choose the correct answer.

Many interns are excited about having (a) his, (b) his or her, (c) their names mentioned in the company newsletter.