Test Your Knowledge

Health and Wellness Programs (Course W3)

Instructions: Choose an answer for each question and then click on the "Get Results" button at the end of the quiz.

1. What is one main element of a total rewards strategy?
A. Work-life
B. Health and wellness programs
C. Work redesign
D. Competitive advantage

2. What value does a work-life strategy bring to an organization?
A. Puts business needs ahead of individual employee needs
B. Aligns the HR mission and philosophy with the business strategy
C. Maximizes competitive advantage for an organization
D. Ensures business demands are met through efficient customer service

3. What is one common way that health and wellness issues are identified?
A. Employee communication bulletins
B. Organizational data
C. Employment application
D. Employee expectations for the organization

4. How can root causes be identified?
A. By examining answers to open-ended questions during employee interviews
B. By requesting funds for an on-site exercise facility
C. By observing that production employees are frequently ill
D. By asking senior management

5. What should be the focus of a strategy for supporting health and wellness?
A. Production goals of competitors
B. Temporary fixes to address an immediate need
C. Stress reduction for new parents
D. Short- and long-term solutions for the workplace

6. An organization offers a 10-week smoking cessation clinic as part of its efforts to support health and wellness. Employees who attend the class will be most successful if they are in which stage of the change model?
A. Action
B. Contemplation
C. Preparation
D. Maintenance

7. When assembling the health and wellness team, which of the following is important to do?
A. Ensure cross-functional representation
B. Focus mainly on HR employees
C. Focus on employee assistance programs (EAPs)
D. Stay within a narrow parameter, including mainly those who support health and wellness

8. Which of the following is a responsibility of the health and wellness team?
A. Developing the HR philosophy and strategy
B. Deciding which employees will be required to participate in the various programs
C. Helping to define the implementation process
D. Selecting the health insurance carrier

9. Which of the following should be outlined in a change management plan?
A. How expected changes brought about by the implementation of solutions will affect stakeholders
B. Whether program design meets the needs and wants of various stakeholder groups
C. What communication messages should be delivered to kick off the program
D. What the process for ongoing administration of programs should be

10. Which of the following is most accurate when gathering feedback to evaluate the health and wellness solution?
A. Data should be gathered over time to provide later comparisons.
B. Data gathered should focus on improvements to be made to the program.
C. Data gathered should focus on statistics for each work group.
D. Data gathered should be positive toward the program.

The Test Your Knowledge questions are intended to provide a small sample of the information covered in a particular course. Passing this test should not be considered an indicator that you also will pass the related certification exam.No portion of this document may be reproduced in any form without express written permission from WorldatWork. Copyright 2006 WorldatWork.

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