Question 1

Recruiting advertisements in newspapers and periodicals

Accepted Answer

A) are exempt from the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. 
B) are used exclusively to attract applicants who are currently employed. 
C) are likely to generate less desirable candidates than direct applications or referrals. 
D) are generally used to attract candidates from a specific minority community. 
E) are less expensive than direct applications or referrals. 
A) are exempt from the requirements of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. 
B) are used exclusively to attract applicants who are currently employed. 
C) are likely to generate less desirable candidates than direct applications or referrals. 
D) are generally used to attract candidates from a specific minority community. 
E) are less expensive than direct applications or referrals.

Question 2

Statistical planning models are useful when there is a long,stable history that can be used to reliably detect relationships among variables.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

How many of the production managers employed in 2013 were promoted to the category of assistant plant manager in 2016?

Accepted Answer

A) 2 percent 
B) 10 percent 
C) 5 percent 
D) 13 percent 
E) 8 percent 
A) 2 percent 
B) 10 percent 
C) 5 percent 
D) 13 percent 
E) 8 percent

Question 4

The approach that pays employees higher wages than what competitors pay their employees in similar roles is called the

Accepted Answer

A) premium-wage approach. 
B) free-rider effect. 
C) lead-indicator approach. 
D) lead-the-market approach. 
E) first-mover advantage. 
A) premium-wage approach. 
B) free-rider effect. 
C) lead-indicator approach. 
D) lead-the-market approach. 
E) first-mover advantage.

Question 5

The goals that are set in the human resource planning process should come directly from

Accepted Answer

A) the mid-level managers who tend to be most in touch with the organization's needs. 
B) the results of the previous year's appraisal process. 
C) the analysis of the labor supply and demand. 
D) the strategic choices made by the company's top-level managers. 
E) the feedback provided by the organization's customers. 
A) the mid-level managers who tend to be most in touch with the organization's needs. 
B) the results of the previous year's appraisal process. 
C) the analysis of the labor supply and demand. 
D) the strategic choices made by the company's top-level managers. 
E) the feedback provided by the organization's customers.

Question 6

Is the argument that "call center" staffing is the only type of work being offshored valid?

Accepted Answer

A) No,because countries to where jobs are being offshored are facing a shortage of skilled labor and are refusing "call center" jobs. 
B) Yes,because the level of education and infrastructure does not support high-end support jobs such as reading X-rays and other medical tests. 
C) Yes,because the state of online security and privacy is less advanced in developed countries. 
D) No,because figures have shown that countries such as China and India are trying to climb the skill ladder of available work. 
E) Yes,because in order to maintain employment rates in their own countries,companies avoid offshoring jobs. 
A) No,because countries to where jobs are being offshored are facing a shortage of skilled labor and are refusing "call center" jobs. 
B) Yes,because the level of education and infrastructure does not support high-end support jobs such as reading X-rays and other medical tests. 
C) Yes,because the state of online security and privacy is less advanced in developed countries. 
D) No,because figures have shown that countries such as China and India are trying to climb the skill ladder of available work. 
E) Yes,because in order to maintain employment rates in their own countries,companies avoid offshoring jobs.

Question 7

Characteristics of a job vacancy are less important than recruiters or recruiting sources when it comes to predicting job choice.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage is a slow solution and has low revocability?

Accepted Answer

A) Overtime 
B) Temporary employees 
C) Retrained transfers 
D) Technological innovation 
E) Outsourcing 
A) Overtime 
B) Temporary employees 
C) Retrained transfers 
D) Technological innovation 
E) Outsourcing

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of image advertising?

Accepted Answer

A) Orange Inc.releases an advertisement promoting the product it produces. 
B) Paper Corp.publishes its profit details in the newspaper. 
C) Richmond Inc.releases an advertisement on television about an event it is promoting. 
D) Umbrella Corp.asks its employees to work on Saturdays for the next three months to meet project deadlines. 
E) Rain Inc.releases television advertisements that give an idea about the pleasant working conditions in the organization. 
A) Orange Inc.releases an advertisement promoting the product it produces. 
B) Paper Corp.publishes its profit details in the newspaper. 
C) Richmond Inc.releases an advertisement on television about an event it is promoting. 
D) Umbrella Corp.asks its employees to work on Saturdays for the next three months to meet project deadlines. 
E) Rain Inc.releases television advertisements that give an idea about the pleasant working conditions in the organization.

Question 10

________ is a generic term used to refer to organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are recruited.

Accepted Answer

A) Budgetary policies 
B) Personnel policies 
C) Judicial policies 
D) Fiscal policies 
E) Monetary policies 
A) Budgetary policies 
B) Personnel policies 
C) Judicial policies 
D) Fiscal policies 
E) Monetary policies

Question 11

MediPlus is planning a large technology project.The company currently has a technology staff of two people who provide desktop support.The company has decided to contract with IT4U to get the job done.This is an example of outsourcing.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The final step in the planning process is to

Accepted Answer

A) evaluate results. 
B) set goals and objectives. 
C) formulate strategies. 
D) establish forecasting methods. 
E) implement recruiting methods. 
A) evaluate results. 
B) set goals and objectives. 
C) formulate strategies. 
D) establish forecasting methods. 
E) implement recruiting methods.

Question 13

Which of the following is most likely to lead to a successful downsizing?

Accepted Answer

A) Avoiding indiscriminant reductions 
B) Informing employees that they are laid off via emails 
C) Downsizing at random 
D) Avoiding changes in the nature of work roles 
E) Removing the company's long-term employees first 
A) Avoiding indiscriminant reductions 
B) Informing employees that they are laid off via emails 
C) Downsizing at random 
D) Avoiding changes in the nature of work roles 
E) Removing the company's long-term employees first

Question 14

The ________ requires that everyone receiving unemployment compensation be registered with a local state employment office.

Accepted Answer

A) Social Security Act 
B) Employers' Liability Act 
C) Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 
D) Protection of Employment Regulations 
E) Equal Pay Act 
A) Social Security Act 
B) Employers' Liability Act 
C) Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act 
D) Protection of Employment Regulations 
E) Equal Pay Act

Question 15

Which of the following statements is true about downsizing?

Accepted Answer

A) The typical organizational response to a surplus of labor has been downsizing,which is slow but low in human suffering. 
B) An organization turns to downsizing only in times of recession. 
C) In firms that are high in research and development intensity,downsizing has been linked to higher long-term organizational profits. 
D) The negative effects of downsizing seem to be reduced in service industries characterized by high levels of customer contact. 
E) Downsizing efforts often fail because employees who survive the purges often become narrow-minded,self-absorbed,and risk averse. 
A) The typical organizational response to a surplus of labor has been downsizing,which is slow but low in human suffering. 
B) An organization turns to downsizing only in times of recession. 
C) In firms that are high in research and development intensity,downsizing has been linked to higher long-term organizational profits. 
D) The negative effects of downsizing seem to be reduced in service industries characterized by high levels of customer contact. 
E) Downsizing efforts often fail because employees who survive the purges often become narrow-minded,self-absorbed,and risk averse.

Question 16

Which of the following is true about temporary workers?

Accepted Answer

A) Although they are temporary,these workers have to be included in employee records. 
B) The objective perspective that temporary workers bring with them is of no value because of their lack of experience. 
C) Despite prior training from temporary agencies,companies have to retrain temporary workers to match company standards. 
D) Temporary workers give employers some flexibility to respond to fluctuations in consumer demand for their products and services. 
E) Instead of replacing long-term employees with temporary employees,many organizations supplement their core staff with a small set of temporary workers who act more like assistants to the core staff than potential replacements. 
A) Although they are temporary,these workers have to be included in employee records. 
B) The objective perspective that temporary workers bring with them is of no value because of their lack of experience. 
C) Despite prior training from temporary agencies,companies have to retrain temporary workers to match company standards. 
D) Temporary workers give employers some flexibility to respond to fluctuations in consumer demand for their products and services. 
E) Instead of replacing long-term employees with temporary employees,many organizations supplement their core staff with a small set of temporary workers who act more like assistants to the core staff than potential replacements.

Question 17

Employers prefer hiring and training new employees rather than having to pay existing workers extra for overtime production.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

________ are people who apply for a vacancy without prompting from the organization.

Accepted Answer

A) Internal employees 
B) Direct applicants 
C) Referrals 
D) Poached employees 
E) Virtual employees 
A) Internal employees 
B) Direct applicants 
C) Referrals 
D) Poached employees 
E) Virtual employees

Question 19

The programs developed in the strategic-choice stage of the process are put into practice in the ________ stage.

Accepted Answer

A) forecasting 
B) program-implementation 
C) goal-setting 
D) evaluation 
E) program feedback 
A) forecasting 
B) program-implementation 
C) goal-setting 
D) evaluation 
E) program feedback

Question 20

Statistical planning models almost always have to be complemented by

Accepted Answer

A) competitor information. 
B) subjective judgments. 
C) transitional matrices. 
D) unstable history. 
E) labor forecasts. 
A) competitor information. 
B) subjective judgments. 
C) transitional matrices. 
D) unstable history. 
E) labor forecasts.

Recruiting advertisements in newspapers and periodicals

Statistical planning models are useful when there is a long,stable history that can be used to reliably detect relationships among variables.

How many of the production managers employed in 2013 were promoted to the category of assistant plant manager in 2016?

The approach that pays employees higher wages than what competitors pay their employees in similar roles is called the

The goals that are set in the human resource planning process should come directly from

Is the argument that "call center" staffing is the only type of work being offshored valid?

Characteristics of a job vacancy are less important than recruiters or recruiting sources when it comes to predicting job choice.

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage is a slow solution and has low revocability?

Which of the following is an example of image advertising?

________ is a generic term used to refer to organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are recruited.

MediPlus is planning a large technology project.The company currently has a technology staff of two people who provide desktop support.The company has decided to contract with IT4U to get the job done.This is an example of outsourcing.

The final step in the planning process is to

Which of the following is most likely to lead to a successful downsizing?

The ________ requires that everyone receiving unemployment compensation be registered with a local state employment office.

Which of the following statements is true about downsizing?

Which of the following is true about temporary workers?

Employers prefer hiring and training new employees rather than having to pay existing workers extra for overtime production.

________ are people who apply for a vacancy without prompting from the organization.

The programs developed in the strategic-choice stage of the process are put into practice in the ________ stage.

Statistical planning models almost always have to be complemented by

Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage

Strategic Human Resource Management

The Legal Environment: Equal Employment Opportunity and Safety

The Analysis and Design of Work

Selection and Placement

Training

Performance Management

Employee Development

Employee Separation and Retention

Pay Structure Decisions

Recognizing Employee Contributions With Pay

Employee Benefits

Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Managing Human Resources Globally

Strategically Managing the Hrm Function

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Exam 5: Human Resource Planning and Recruitment

Recruiting advertisements in newspapers and periodicals

Statistical planning models are useful when there is a long,stable history that can be used to reliably detect relationships among variables.

How many of the production managers employed in 2013 were promoted to the category of assistant plant manager in 2016?

The approach that pays employees higher wages than what competitors pay their employees in similar roles is called the

The goals that are set in the human resource planning process should come directly from

Is the argument that "call center" staffing is the only type of work being offshored valid?

Characteristics of a job vacancy are less important than recruiters or recruiting sources when it comes to predicting job choice.

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage is a slow solution and has low revocability?

Which of the following is an example of image advertising?

________ is a generic term used to refer to organizational decisions that affect the nature of the vacancies for which people are recruited.

MediPlus is planning a large technology project.The company currently has a technology staff of two people who provide desktop support.The company has decided to contract with IT4U to get the job done.This is an example of outsourcing.

The final step in the planning process is to

Which of the following is most likely to lead to a successful downsizing?

The ________ requires that everyone receiving unemployment compensation be registered with a local state employment office.

Which of the following statements is true about downsizing?

Which of the following is true about temporary workers?

Employers prefer hiring and training new employees rather than having to pay existing workers extra for overtime production.

________ are people who apply for a vacancy without prompting from the organization.

The programs developed in the strategic-choice stage of the process are put into practice in the ________ stage.

Statistical planning models almost always have to be complemented by

Human Resource Management: Gaining a Competitive Advantage

Strategic Human Resource Management

The Legal Environment: Equal Employment Opportunity and Safety

The Analysis and Design of Work

Selection and Placement

Training

Performance Management

Employee Development

Employee Separation and Retention

Pay Structure Decisions

Recognizing Employee Contributions With Pay

Employee Benefits

Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Managing Human Resources Globally

Strategically Managing the Hrm Function

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