Civil Service Supervisor Sample Flashcards
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Which of the following is a characteristic of effective delegation?
Answer: Matching the task to the employee's skills and providing necessary authority
Effective delegation matches tasks to employee capabilities and grants sufficient authority to complete the work.
An employee's performance has declined after a previously clean record. Before initiating discipline, the supervisor should FIRST:
Answer: Investigate potential causes such as personal issues, workload changes, or unclear expectations
A sudden decline in a previously good performer often has an identifiable cause; investigating before acting is fair and may reveal a correctable problem.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a supervisor who retaliates against an employee for filing an EEO complaint has:
Answer: Committed an independent unlawful employment practice
Retaliation for protected EEO activity is independently prohibited under Title VII, regardless of the merits of the original complaint.
The 'recency effect' in performance evaluations means a supervisor:
Answer: Overweights events close to the review date while ignoring earlier performance
The recency effect biases evaluations toward recent events, overlooking performance over the full rating period.
A supervisor is planning work assignments for the upcoming quarter. Which scheduling approach BEST ensures continuity of service during employee absences?
Answer: Cross-training employees so multiple staff can perform key functions
Cross-training creates redundancy so that essential functions continue when any individual is absent.
A new supervisor inherits a team where several employees have longstanding informal work habits that violate policy. The BEST approach is to:
Answer: Privately meet with employees, explain the policies, and set a reasonable correction timeline
Explaining expectations and allowing a reasonable transition period is fair and more likely to gain compliance than abrupt discipline for habits the prior supervisor tolerated.
In civil service employment, 'due process' before an adverse action typically requires:
Answer: Written notice of charges, an explanation of evidence, and an opportunity for the employee to respond
Constitutional due process for public employees requires notice, disclosure of evidence, and a pre-action opportunity to respond (a 'Loudermill hearing').