Human Resources Exam

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There are many laws and regulations that affect both HRM practices and the employment relationship

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HRM is responsible for people-related issues as well as employment related legal compliance

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Aligning the HRM strategy, policies, and activities with the business strategy is essential to effective HRM

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Line managers are usually part of the HR Department

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Competitive advantages involves a company making products and services different enough that consumers will pay more for them
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Each company has a different way of managing its employees that is most appropriate given its unique context

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At any point in time, some parts of an organization may be facing a shortage of employee talent, while others may have a surplus

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Employment laws have limited effect on HR practices in the United States

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Organizational cultural has little effect on how employees operate on day o day basis

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Managing virtual teams is more challenging than physically Co-located T.

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In today’s era, contingent labor is a growing segment in the workforce composition. Which of the following are not considered to be contingent laborers

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Which of the following is a benefit that is not mandated by law

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Ryan is expanding his business into another countries. He has a computer and has access to people across the world. As he expands his business, ____ is likely to become a central component to his business strategy

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Hiring an external vendor for a task rather than doing it internally is called

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Which HRM function helps in improving an organization’s overall capability to meet changing business needs by developing its employee skills

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Staffing, Performance management, training, and development, and compensation, and benefits are function of

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Which Primary HR activity ensures that employees have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively perform their task and duties

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What type of management involves- aligning employees objective and behaviors with firm’s goals and strategies, assessing, employee past and current behavior and providing suggestions for improvement

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One of the HR Practices under managing employee attitudes and behaviors is

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20. Making sure that the HR practices and activities address the HR challenges that organizations face is referred to as

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Even the best HR practices if implemented poorly or incorrectly may cause more harm than good

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HR internal alignment is more important than aligning HR activities and practices with the environmental influences.

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A business strategy is how an organization will compete in a particular market.

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Culture and HRM work together to influence employees’ performance and behaviors.

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Perceptions of the processes used to make employment decisions, allocate rewards or resolve disputes is called distributive justice

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Telecommuting employees are required to work the traditional 9:00 AM -5:00 PM job timings

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Ethics is the standard of moral behaviors that defines socially acceptable behaviors that are right as opposed to being wrong.

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It is usually quite clear to employees when ethics are being violated in an organization. Therefore, organizations do not need an articulated code of ethics.

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In the U.S and other western countries, the workforce is aging due to low fertility rates.

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Small organizations usually have more resources, which enable them to offer better salaries than large organizations.

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All of the following are organizational demands except

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cost leadership strategy focuses on

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What are the four broad types of organizational culture?

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A psychological contract

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hich of the following statements best explains the term “labor force”?

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Though Ford Motors standardizes its products across countries, it also tries to adapt to each country’s customer preferences. This strategy is an example of a _____________________.

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What is it called when companies show concern for the common good and the value of human dignity?

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What is causing an increasing trend of diversity?

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Which dimension describes the degree to which people in a country prefer to act as individuals or as members of groups?

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Smaller organizations tend to have

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Emplo\yment laws and regulations exist because organizations typically have more power than employees do.

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The EEOC is responsible for developing guidelines and overseeing compliance with executive orders.

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National origin and disability can never be used as BFOQs.

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The Equal Pay Act allows for difference in pay because of different levels of performance.

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Reasonable accommodation means that an employer is required to take reasonable steps to accommodate a disability, unless it would cause undue hardship to the employer.

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Disparate treatment occurs if an organization makes an employment decision based on the applicant’s race, religion, national origin, color, sex, disability, or age were different.

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U.S. residents working abroad for a U.S. company are not covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

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Affirmative action requires that employers establish hiring goals to reach predefined quotas of various demographic groups, and then provide evidence that they met those goals.

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Companies use the INS Form I-9 to document that their employees have a legal right to work in the United States.

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50. Under employment-at-will, an employee has a right to quit his/her job at any point in time and employers has the right to terminate an employee for no reason or any reaso

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Employment decisions/ actions that are not job-related, objective or merit-based are considered to be __________ discrimination.

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What does EEO stand for?

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Janice, Ian, Peter, and Andrew all applied for a job as the Maintenance Supervisor at a manufacturing plant. Janice had the most experience and met all of the qualifications for the job. However, she was turned down for the job. Peter, who had three years’ lesser experience than Janice was hired. Janice can make a prima facie case of

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An example of disparate (adverse) impact would be

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Over the past six months, Omar was being subjected to frequent comments about his religion by his co-workers. He had asked them to stop and even reported them to his supervisor (who did nothing). Omar is experiencing a _______________________________ work situation.

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Which act guarantee equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or perceived as having disabilities?

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Resolving EEO complaints by using an arbitrator or mediator is known as

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White firefighters in Boston claim that minorities with lower than minimum required test scores were hired. They are charging that they have been the victims of discrimination. This type of discrimination is known as

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Jorge has worked for a company for five years as a full time employee. He and his wife are adopting a child. Your company has 80 employees in the location where Jorge works. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Jorge is eligible for

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An employer has fired John after two months of his absence. His absence was due to his recall to serve in the National Guard for at least six months. The employer might have violated which of the following acts?

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When designing a job, it is important to consider how the job will add value to the organization’s processes.

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In most companies, motivational and efficient job designs can be maximized simultaneously.

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Cross-training is training employees in more than one job, in other words to build multiple skills.

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Job descriptions are contained in the job specifications

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The primary goal of conducting a job analysis exercise is to identify the performance expectations in the job and the specific competencies that are necessary for effective performance.

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The Position Analysis Questionnaire focuses on the functional categories that are applicable to all jobs.

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Flextime is the term used to describe the time in which employees could pursue non job-related projects.

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Telecommuting is becoming less common as some major organizations are abandoning this employment practice.

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In developed countries, companies experience success by implementing the motivational tactics during job design.

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Employee stress at any level is never a good thing.

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___________ is the process of determining the tasks and responsibilities that employees in a particular job are expected to perform, as well as how they need to interact with their coworkers to realize these contributions.

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Henry has a narrow scope in his job and does a few specific tasks as part of a larger production process. According to the job characteristics model for job design, which dimension is he likely experiencing as low?

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The efficiency approach for job design focuses on

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builds on the job characteristics's model dimension of __ to modify the job itself.

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__________ is the degree to which the job entails a variety of activities, enabling the worker to use different skills and talents.

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_________ teams are usually made up of different members from all over the organization. Their specific task is to address a problem or solve a particular business issue.

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A __________ is a written description of the duties and responsibilities of the job itself.

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If you are creating a new job and do not want to start from scratch, the best source of information to use at early stages of the job analysis would be

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Companies that focus on autonomy and empowerment are likely pursuing a(n)

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From a legal perspective, especially considering the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is critical that one outcome of job analysis is

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Labor shortage is when the supply of labor is greater than the demand

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The labor supply is the number and types of employees the company needs to meet its current and future strategic objectives

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A transition matrix can be useful in preparing workforce demands for the future.

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The goal of succession management is to have an effective pipeline of qualified people, especially for key jobs.

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It is usually beneficial to hire older workers since they need no training

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Technology has led to both - an increase and a decrease in the level of skills needed to perform new jobs.

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There is not a wide variance in unemployment rates in different countries, as most companies are global.

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It is clear when workers are employees and not independent contractors

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When an employer discharges an employee due to poor performance, misconduct or reorganization, it is called voluntary turnover.

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A tactic to address labor shortage is outsourcing, which involves transferring work such as payroll, cafeteria and maintenance to other companies.

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______________ can help organizations in planning potential replacements for higher positions and identifying skills needed for success at these positions

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92. Using the transition matrix below, what is the labor surplus or labor shortage of supervisors to maintain the 2015 levels?
2016
2015 Manager Supervisor Employee exit
10 mangers 5 2 0 3
30 supervisors 5 20 0 5
100 employees 0 30 60 10

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Estimate the number of employees that will be needed in 2016 to achieve the productivity output, with the given productivity ratio. (Check values from the table below)

Year ProductivityOutput per month Number of Employees Productivity Ratio
2011 500 11 45.45
2012 550 11 50
2013 600 13 46.15
2014 600 12 50
2015 650 13 50
2016 (To be estimated) 700 ????? 50

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To be prepared for a potential labor shortage, a company can increase its ________________, in order to have employees with multiple skills who can fill requisite areas within the company.

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Which of the following labor surplus tactics is likely to be the fastest in helping companies address their labor surplus needs?

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Which piece of legislation states that - employees must be informed in advance when a plant is shutting down?

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Akean is classified as an independent contractor by the company he works for. He is not informed on - what or how to do his work. Which dimension is supported to illustrate that he is an independent contractor?

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Human Resources Exam

There are many laws and regulations that affect both HRM practices and the employment relationship

HRM is responsible for people-related issues as well as employment related legal compliance

Aligning the HRM strategy, policies, and activities with the business strategy is essential to effective HRM

Line managers are usually part of the HR Department

Competitive advantages involves a company making products and services different enough that consumers will pay more for them a. True

Each company has a different way of managing its employees that is most appropriate given its unique context

At any point in time, some parts of an organization may be facing a shortage of employee talent, while others may have a surplus

Employment laws have limited effect on HR practices in the United States

Organizational cultural has little effect on how employees operate on day o day basis

Managing virtual teams is more challenging than physically Co-located T.

In today’s era, contingent labor is a growing segment in the workforce composition. Which of the following are not considered to be contingent laborers

Which of the following is a benefit that is not mandated by law

Ryan is expanding his business into another countries. He has a computer and has access to people across the world. As he expands his business, ____ is likely to become a central component to his business strategy

Hiring an external vendor for a task rather than doing it internally is called

Which HRM function helps in improving an organization’s overall capability to meet changing business needs by developing its employee skills

Staffing, Performance management, training, and development, and compensation, and benefits are function of

Which Primary HR activity ensures that employees have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively perform their task and duties

What type of management involves- aligning employees objective and behaviors with firm’s goals and strategies, assessing, employee past and current behavior and providing suggestions for improvement

One of the HR Practices under managing employee attitudes and behaviors is

20. Making sure that the HR practices and activities address the HR challenges that organizations face is referred to as

Competitive advantages involves a company making products and services different enough that consumers will pay more for them
a. True