Free Supervisor Quizzes

Below is an assessment quiz for supervisory staff. If your staff members do not score at least a 90% on this test, then they need management training immediately. Please contact MNW for your training needs. For the correct answers to the quiz, please e-mail admin@managementnw.net


Supervisory Quiz

Please mark as True or False:

1. Salaried employees are exempt from receiving overtime.

2. Non-exempt employees are not eligible for overtime pay.

3. When interviewing it is lawful to ask if the applicant can work on Sundays if that is a requirement of the job.

4. E-mails to and from co-workers do not have to be produced in a lawsuit.

5. E-mails by and between the HR Department and management do not have to be produced in a lawsuit.

6. If an employee reports unauthorized time worked, the employer should not pay the unauthorized hours.

7. An employer is only obligated to pay the hours reported by an employee on his/her timecard.

8. An employee’s 25-year old son breaks his arm due to a car accident. This is a permissible medical condition requiring Family Medical Leave if other eligibility requirements are met.

9. If a warning is documented in the personnel file the employee must be notified of this adverse employment action.

10. To be eligible for FMLA (Family Medical Leave Act) benefits, an employee must have worked for an employer for twelve consecutive months and have worked at least 1,250 hours over the last twelve consecutive months.

11. Exempt employees on intermittent or reduced schedule FMLA can be paid on an hourly basis without losing their exempt classification.

12. Under workers’ compensation laws in Idaho, an employee who suffers an on-the-job (work-related) injury is lawfully entitled to reinstatement to his/her job after fully recovering from the injury.

13. A supervisor can be held financially responsible for his or her harassing conduct at work.

14. A manager can be held personally liable for failing to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act (wage laws).

15. In Idaho, an employer can be held liable for refusing to hire someone because they smoke cigarettes.

16. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act, a reasonable accommodation could include removing an essential job function from a disabled employee’s job duties.


Multiple Choice (Circle One):

1. Circle each of the following interview questions that would be lawful to ask during a job interview:
a) Have you ever been warned, disciplined or terminated for harassment, discrimination or assault? If yes, explain.
b) Are you able to perform the duties of this position with or without a reasonable accommodation?
c) Have you ever been convicted of any misdemeanor or felony?
d) You look tired – have you worked for us before?
e) Are you eligible to work in the United States?

2. Circle each person/entity that is legally entitled to review a personnel file in Idaho simply by making a written request?
a) Current employee
b) Former employee
c) Police Officer
d) Ex-spouse desiring more alimony
e) Law Enforcement
f) None of the Above

3. Circle each class that is legally protected from discrimination under federal and Idaho state laws:

a) marital status
b) political affiliation
c) citizenship
d) color
e) height

4. Two hourly employees are driving to an overnight business conference after normal working hours. Who, if any, of the hourly employees must be paid for this travel time:
a) driver only
b) passenger only
c) neither
d) both