CPP - Section 2 Quiz

The FLSA always overrides any state wage-hour law.

The basic unit for determining the proper wages due employees is the workweek.

Hospital workers are covered by the FLSA regardless of the hospital’s annual volume of revenue.

The job title is a strong factor in determining whether an employee is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime provisions of the FLSA.

Employers that enter into an agreement with their employees to pay them a fixed weekly wage even though their hours vary from week to week are operating under a fluctuating workweek.

FLSA wages include the fair market value of facilities such as board and lodging.

The FLSA requires overtime pay at 1½ times the employee’s regular hourly rate of pay.

The FLSA requires overtime pay for hours worked on Sunday.

Employers are required by the FLSA to give rest periods to employees.

The time spent by employees during bona fide meal periods is considered working time.

The FLSA requires employers to pay employees for hours not worked because of illness.

The FLSA does not require that an employee’s preliminary and postliminary activities be counted as time worked.

To determine gross earnings, the total overtime earnings are subtracted from the total regular earnings.

The FLSA is commonly known as the Federal Wage-Hour Law.

Sharon works in Hawaii, where the minimum hourly wage is $10.10. At that time, Sharon must be paid at least the federal minimum hourly wage of $7.25 if she is covered by both the state wage-hour law and the FLSA.

€�Mom and Pop” shops whose only employees are immediate family members are excluded from coverage under the FLSA.

Exempt employees do not have to be paid the required minimum wage or overtime payments.

The Portal-to- Portal Act of 1947 generally states that travel time spent commuting from home to work and work to home is not considered compensable work time.

Seamen working on foreign ships are fully exempt from the FLSA’s minimum wage and overtime requirements.

Taxicab drivers are exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the FLSA.

For a 40-hour workweek, Paul, who is a nonexempt employee, is paid $270. This is a violation of the FLSA.

Wages other than cash are included in the minimum wage calculation if they primarily benefit the employer.

The FLSA requires employers to pay tipped employees a cash wage of at least $2.13 per hour.

For the purpose of determining whether the minimum wage has been paid, service charges automatically added to a customer’s bill are classified as tips.

A mechanic must be reimbursed for the cost of laundering his work clothes if the clothes are required by the employer.

What government agency enforces the Equal Pay Act?

Which of the following conditions of employment is governed by the FLSA?

What is the minimum wage that hourly paid computer professionals must be paid to be exempt from the overtime requirements of the FLSA?

What is the FLSA salary test for outside salespersons?

What is the maximum number of hours a nonexempt employee can work in a workweek under the FLSA before overtime premium pay is due?

Barbara is an hourly paid employee making $7.48 per hour. She is scheduled to work 35 hours a week. For the past week, Barbara worked 43 hours. Under the FLSA, what is the minimum she must receive as gross pay?

Which of the following laws established minimum wage and overtime standards in the U.S.?

Sam’s regular workweek consists of 40 hours and he is paid biweekly. If Sam works 38 hours in week one and 43 hours in week two, how many overtime hours must he be paid for?

Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements may be exempt from which provisions of the FLSA?

Which of the following areas is not governed by the Portal-to- Portal Act?