Unit 6 Quiz 1

What type of payment structure involves compensating individuals based on the number of items they produce or tasks they complete?

• Commission

• Royalty

• Piecework Pay

• Salary

What factor determines the amount of commission earned by a salesperson?

• Length of employment with the company

• Complexity of the task completed

• Percentage of the sale price of the product or service

• Number of hours worked in a week

If a salesperson earns a commission of 5% on each sale and sells $10,000 worth of products in a month, how much commission does the salesperson make?

• $500

• $1,000

• $2,000

• $5,000

If a factory worker earns $0.50 for each item assembled and manages to assemble 200 items in a day, how much would they earn in total for that day?

• $10

• $25

• $50

• $100

A furniture maker is paid $20 for each custom chair they construct and $30 for each custom table they build. If they construct 5 chairs and 3 tables in a week, how much do they earn in total for that week?

• $130

• $150

• $160

• $190

If an employee works 40 hours in a week and earns an hourly rate of $15, what would be their gross pay for that week?

• $600

• $500

• $550

• $650

Sarah earns an hourly rate of $20. She works 8 hours a day for 5 days a week. If her pay period is bi-weekly, what would be her gross pay for a single pay period?

• $800

• $1,200

• $1,600

• $2,000

Alex earns an hourly rate of $18. He works 9 hours a day for 5 days a week. If any hours worked beyond 8 hours per day are considered overtime at 1.5 times the regular hourly rate, and his pay period is bi-weekly, what would be his gross pay for a single pay period?

• $1,080

• $1,710

• $1,350

• $1,440

Janice earns $10 per hour. If her regular hours are 40 hours per week, and she receives time-and-a-half overtime, find her total pay for a week in which she works 45 hours.

• $400

• $475

• $450

• $405

Ken is a mechanic who owns Ace Auto Repair. He needs a foreign car expert and is placing a twelve-line classified ad. The cost of an ad x lines long is given by the following piecewise function.

Find the cost of a twelve-line ad.

• $128

• $56

• $104

• $336