Question 1

_____ forecast and monitor the proportion of various protected group members, such as women and minorities that are in various job categories and career tracks.

Accepted Answer

A)  Ethnocracies
B)  Group rights
C)  Affirmative action plans
D)  T-test techniques
E)  Employment background checks

Question 2

Which of the following is true about transitional matrices?

Accepted Answer

A)  Transitional matrices can be read across rows but cannot be read from top to bottom.
B)  Transitional matrices provide a comparison of the proportion of workers in protected subgroups with the proportion that each subgroup represents in the relevant labor market.
C)  Transitional matrices provide an objective measure of the effectiveness of an organization's human resource recruitment policy.
D)  Transitional matrices are extremely useful for charting historical trends in a company's supply of labor.
E)  Transitional matrices show the increase in productivity of employees over a period of time.

Question 3

A(n) _____ shows the proportion of employees in different job categories at different times.

Accepted Answer

A)  invertible matrix
B)  transitional matrix
C)  definite matrix
D)  task role matrix
E)  orthogonal matrix

Question 4

The last step in the human resource planning process is forecasting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Discuss the employment-at-will policies and due process policies.

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Recruiting advertisements in newspapers and periodicals typically generate more desirable recruits than direct applications or referrals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Newspaper ads generate the largest number of recruits and many of these are qualified for the position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

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.

Question 9

Research indicates that job applicants find companies with due process policies less attractive than companies with employment-at-will practices.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following is the definition for the term leading indicator?

Accepted Answer

A)  It is an informal way of measuring the purchasing power parity between two currencies.
B)  It is a measurement of consumer confidence, which is defined as the degree of optimism about the state of the economy.
C)  It is an economic indicator found by adding the unemployment rate to the inflation rate of an economy.
D)  It is an indicator to measure changes in the price level of consumer goods and services purchased by households.
E)  It is an objective measure that accurately predicts future labor demand.

Question 11

Which of the following is NOT one of the forces that draw out an older worker's career?

Accepted Answer

A)  The improved health of older people in general
B)  The fear of Social Security being cut
C)  Employers being constrained by age discrimination legislation
D)  Insufficient younger workers to replace the older workforce
E)  Employers' fear of losing the experience that older workers possess

Question 12

The first step in the human resource planning process is _____.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 13

Which of the following options is considered a slow option for reducing an expected labor surplus and has a low impact on human suffering?

Accepted Answer

A)  Downsizing
B)  Demotions
C)  Early retirement
D)  Pay reduction
E)  Temporary employees

Question 14

Which of the following job categories saw the highest percent of its employees leave the organization in 2013?

Accepted Answer

A)  HR assistant
B)  HR coordinator
C)  HR practitioner
D)  HR administrator
E)  HR officer

Question 15

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 along 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)  Some full-time employees perceive the temporary help as a threat to their own job security.
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 16

A critical aspect of the program implementation step of human resource planning is:

Accepted Answer

A)  setting a benchmark for determining the relative success of a program.
B)  making sure that some individual is held accountable for achieving the stated goals.
C)  selecting the best option for redressing a pending labor shortage or surplus.
D)  ascertaining whether or not the company has successfully avoided any potential labor surpluses or shortages.
E)  focusing attention on redressing a pending labor supply problem.

Question 17

The purpose of setting specific quantitative goals is to focus attention on the problem and provide a benchmark for determining the relative success of any programs aimed at redressing a pending labor shortage or surplus.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor surplus?

Accepted Answer

A)  Early retirement causes relatively less human suffering.
B)  The human suffering after pay reduction is relatively low.
C)  Retraining causes comparatively more human suffering than other options.
D)  A hiring freeze causes immense human suffering.
E)  Transfers cause the least amount of human suffering.

Question 19

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

Question 20

_____ 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

Exam 5: Human Resource Planning and Recruitment

Discuss the employment-at-will policies and due process policies.

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Which of the following job categories saw the highest percent of its employees leave the organization in 2013?

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Which of the following is the definition for the term leading indicator?

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Which of the following is true about transitional matrices?

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Which of the following is an example of image advertising?

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The final step in the planning process is to _____.

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_____ forecast and monitor the proportion of various protected group members, such as women and minorities that are in various job categories and career tracks.

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The first step in the human resource planning process is _____.

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The last step in the human resource planning process is forecasting.

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Which of the following options is considered a slow option for reducing an expected labor surplus and has a low impact on human suffering?

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Which of the following is true about temporary workers?

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A critical aspect of the program implementation step of human resource planning is:

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Recruiting advertisements in newspapers and periodicals typically generate more desirable recruits than direct applications or referrals.

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Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor surplus?

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Newspaper ads generate the largest number of recruits and many of these are qualified for the position.

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The purpose of setting specific quantitative goals is to focus attention on the problem and provide a benchmark for determining the relative success of any programs aimed at redressing a pending labor shortage or surplus.

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

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Research indicates that job applicants find companies with due process policies less attractive than companies with employment-at-will practices.

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