WorldatWork T4 Strategic Communication in Total Rewards Online Training
WorldatWork T4 Online Training
The questions for T4 were last updated at Apr 01,2025.
- Exam Code: T4
- Exam Name: Strategic Communication in Total Rewards
- Certification Provider: WorldatWork
- Latest update: Apr 01,2025
Which of the following steps is NOT considered part of formulating the compensation strategy?
- A . determining actual dollar values for jobs and individual employees
- B . determining the total level of compensation to provide
- C . determining how each of the mix choices should be structured
- D . determining the mix of compensation components
A particular company wants to make sure employees feel they are appreciated, while at the same time ensuring key employees have a sense of loyalty towards the company.
Which of the following systems does this company most likely use?
- A . benefits
- B . performance pay
- C . indirect pay
- D . base pay
Johnny is compensated based on a rate of $25.00 per hour worked.
Which of the following terms best describes the manner in which Johnny is compensated?
- A . commission
- B . wage
- C . piece rate
- D . salary
Which of the following is a reason why employees may prefer base pay over performance pay?
- A . Performance pay is more predictable.
- B . Base pay is directly related to their performance level.
- C . They dislike uncertainty about their compensation.
- D . Market conditions are always changing.
As a human resource consultant, you have been asked to provide some rationale why an organization may decide to use base pay as a cornerstone for a compensation scheme.
Which of the following notions would you advance in supporting your argument?
- A . It provides an organization with more labour flexibility in the allocation of tasks.
- B . It guarantees employee performance and aligns salaries to performance.
- C . It is the most popular; hence, the organization should use it.
- D . Unions are most likely to agree with management’s approach, given this scheme encourages individual performance.
Which of the following conditions make it impractical to use output-related pay?
- A . Output is easy to measure.
- B . Output is very stable.
- C . Output cannot be controlled by the individual employee.
- D . Output is easy to price in terms of its value to the employer.
As an employer, you believe it is always a good idea to pay people for their contributions to organizational results.
Which of the following plans would likely be the key component of the compensation plan?
- A . indirect pay
- B . base pay
- C . pay for knowledge
- D . performance pay
A particular organization wants to include in their compensation system some element of organizational performance linkage, while at the same time it wants to encourage employee commitment.
In addition to base pay, which of the following would most likely be included in this compensation mix?
- A . merit pay
- B . piece rates
- C . profit sharing
- D . targeted incentives
As the new owner of a car dealership, you have become concerned with some behaviour being displayed by most of your sales force. You have decided to change the compensation systems. Yet, you are very concerned with your ability to meet payroll if sales decrease.
Which of the following pay plans should you consider using?
- A . employee stock plans
- B . targeted incentives
- C . extensive benefits
- D . competency-based plan
Which of the following is an objective of variable pay?
- A . to help retain long-service employees
- B . to help link individual performance to individual pay
- C . to help promote cost savings initiatives by employees
- D . to help keep labour costs down