Question 1

What is the primary reason organizations downsize? How do they meet this objective?

Accepted Answer

The primary reason organizations engage

Question 2

_____ are people who apply for a vacancy because someone in the organization prompted them to do so.

Accepted Answer

A)  Direct applicants 
B)  Natural applicants 
C)  Neutral applicants 
D)  Referrals 
E)  Internal applicants 
A)  Direct applicants 
B)  Natural applicants 
C)  Neutral applicants 
D)  Referrals 
E)  Internal applicants

Question 3

The second step in human resource planning is performance evaluation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

Outsourcing refers to:

Accepted Answer

A)  contracting with another organization to perform a broad set of services. 
B)  licensing another organization to perform an organization's business in a different country. 
C)  using a temporary or contract employee to fill a single job vacancy. 
D)  buying the necessary raw materials needed to perform a business from external agencies. 
E)  moving operations away from the home location to bring about cost savings. 
A)  contracting with another organization to perform a broad set of services. 
B)  licensing another organization to perform an organization's business in a different country. 
C)  using a temporary or contract employee to fill a single job vacancy. 
D)  buying the necessary raw materials needed to perform a business from external agencies. 
E)  moving operations away from the home location to bring about cost savings.

Question 5

Executive search firms:

Accepted Answer

A)  find new jobs almost exclusively for high-level, unemployed executives. 
B)  help organizations in on-campus recruiting. 
C)  help only entry-level and inexperienced employees to find jobs. 
D)  are agencies administered by the federal government or governmental organizations. 
E)  serve as a buffer, providing confidentiality between the employer and the recruit. 
A)  find new jobs almost exclusively for high-level, unemployed executives. 
B)  help organizations in on-campus recruiting. 
C)  help only entry-level and inexperienced employees to find jobs. 
D)  are agencies administered by the federal government or governmental organizations. 
E)  serve as a buffer, providing confidentiality between the employer and the recruit.

Question 6

_____ influence the kinds of job applicants an organization reaches.

Accepted Answer

A)  Personnel policies 
B)  Recruitment sources 
C)  Characteristics of the recruiter 
D)  Financial sources 
E)  Operational policies 
A)  Personnel policies 
B)  Recruitment sources 
C)  Characteristics of the recruiter 
D)  Financial sources 
E)  Operational policies

Question 7

Many of the people reading classified ads are either over- or underqualified for the position.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Which of the following options for reducing an expected labor surplus has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution,but has the disadvantage of being high in human suffering?

Accepted Answer

A)  Hiring Freeze 
B)  Early Retirement 
C)  Retraining 
D)  Work Sharing 
E)  Downsizing 
A)  Hiring Freeze 
B)  Early Retirement 
C)  Retraining 
D)  Work Sharing 
E)  Downsizing

Question 9

Which of the following methods is best suited to diagnose the underutilization of a certain minority group in an organization?

Accepted Answer

A)  Workforce Utilization Review 
B)  Trend Analysis 
C)  Transitional Matrix 
D)  Yield Ratio 
E)  Capacity Utilization Analysis 
A)  Workforce Utilization Review 
B)  Trend Analysis 
C)  Transitional Matrix 
D)  Yield Ratio 
E)  Capacity Utilization Analysis

Question 10

Which of the following is true of temporary workers?

Accepted Answer

A)  Temporary employment involves higher costs. 
B)  Using temporary workers frees the employer from many administrative tasks. 
C)  Use of temporary workers is not suitable for small companies because extensive testing of the employees needs to be done before these companies get employees from an agency. 
D)  Most temporary workers need to be trained by the employers every time they join a new organization. 
E)  Temporary employment is not suitable for those employers who need to operate efficiently even when demand for their products changes rapidly. 
A)  Temporary employment involves higher costs. 
B)  Using temporary workers frees the employer from many administrative tasks. 
C)  Use of temporary workers is not suitable for small companies because extensive testing of the employees needs to be done before these companies get employees from an agency. 
D)  Most temporary workers need to be trained by the employers every time they join a new organization. 
E)  Temporary employment is not suitable for those employers who need to operate efficiently even when demand for their products changes rapidly.

Question 11

In the context of evaluating the quality of a recruitment source,yield ratios express the:

Accepted Answer

A)  output yielded by a new hire in relation to the cost of recruiting the new hire. 
B)  the dollar costs incurred per hire. 
C)  percentage of applicants who successfully move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to the next. 
D)  quality of new hires by comparing the cost of training the new recruits to the cost of hiring them. 
E)  the percentage of applicants who complete one year in the organization after recruitment. 
A)  output yielded by a new hire in relation to the cost of recruiting the new hire. 
B)  the dollar costs incurred per hire. 
C)  percentage of applicants who successfully move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to the next. 
D)  quality of new hires by comparing the cost of training the new recruits to the cost of hiring them. 
E)  the percentage of applicants who complete one year in the organization after recruitment.

Question 12

A manufacturing company hit by a slump in demand is experiencing a labor surplus.The company expects the market to improve in six months and it does not want to layoff any of its employees.Which of the following strategies is an equitable way to handle this issue that results in spreading the burden more fairly?

Accepted Answer

A)  Demotions 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Reduced work hours 
D)  Overtime 
E)  Employing temporary workers 
A)  Demotions 
B)  Outsourcing 
C)  Reduced work hours 
D)  Overtime 
E)  Employing temporary workers

Question 13

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution with high revocability?

Accepted Answer

A)  Retrained Transfer 
B)  Turnover Reductions 
C)  New External Hires 
D)  Overtime 
E)  Technological Innovation 
A)  Retrained Transfer 
B)  Turnover Reductions 
C)  New External Hires 
D)  Overtime 
E)  Technological Innovation

Question 14

The most important source of recruits for entry-level professional and managerial vacancies is:

Accepted Answer

A)  on-campus interviewing. 
B)  public employment agencies. 
C)  advertisements in newspapers and magazines. 
D)  private employment agencies. 
E)  employee referrals. 
A)  on-campus interviewing. 
B)  public employment agencies. 
C)  advertisements in newspapers and magazines. 
D)  private employment agencies. 
E)  employee referrals.

Question 15

Which of the following is an element in the final stage of human resources planning?

Accepted Answer

A)  Estimating labor demand 
B)  Estimating labor supply 
C)  Estimating labor surplus/shortage 
D)  Strategic planning 
E)  Evaluating outcomes 
A)  Estimating labor demand 
B)  Estimating labor supply 
C)  Estimating labor surplus/shortage 
D)  Strategic planning 
E)  Evaluating outcomes

Question 16

Which of the following statements is true regarding referrals?

Accepted Answer

A)  Referrals fall under the category of internal source of recruitment. 
B)  The use of referrals tends to increase the likelihood of exposing the organization to fresh viewpoints. 
C)  The use of referrals tends to promote nepotism. 
D)  Referrals cost much more than other formal recruiting efforts. 
E)  Referrals are the least preferred sources of new hires. 
A)  Referrals fall under the category of internal source of recruitment. 
B)  The use of referrals tends to increase the likelihood of exposing the organization to fresh viewpoints. 
C)  The use of referrals tends to promote nepotism. 
D)  Referrals cost much more than other formal recruiting efforts. 
E)  Referrals are the least preferred sources of new hires.

Question 17

Which of the following is an advantage of statistical forecasting methods?

Accepted Answer

A)  They are particularly useful in dynamic environments. 
B)  Under the right conditions, they provide predictions that are much more precise than judgmental methods. 
C)  They are particularly useful in predicting important events that have no historical precedent. 
D)  They are invariably better than the "best guesses" of experts. 
E)  They can be used to reduce dependence on secondary data for making forecasts and predictions. 
A)  They are particularly useful in dynamic environments. 
B)  Under the right conditions, they provide predictions that are much more precise than judgmental methods. 
C)  They are particularly useful in predicting important events that have no historical precedent. 
D)  They are invariably better than the "best guesses" of experts. 
E)  They can be used to reduce dependence on secondary data for making forecasts and predictions.

Question 18

Statistical models are used for forecasting labor demands because they are good at capturing "once-in-a-lifetime" changes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

In the context of HR planning,implementation that ties planning and recruiting to the organization's strategy and to its efforts to develop employees becomes a complete program of:

Accepted Answer

A)  reengineering. 
B)  total quality management. 
C)  benchmarking. 
D)  talent management. 
E)  workforce utilization. 
A)  reengineering. 
B)  total quality management. 
C)  benchmarking. 
D)  talent management. 
E)  workforce utilization.

Question 20

Recruitment is defined as:

Accepted Answer

A)  the process of screening a pool of applicants who have applied for a specific position. 
B)  the process of evaluating the performance of an employee. 
C)  the activities carried out to identify and attract potential employees. 
D)  the process of identifying the skills required for successfully performing an organizational role. 
E)  the process of determining the labor supply and labor demand in an organization. 
A)  the process of screening a pool of applicants who have applied for a specific position. 
B)  the process of evaluating the performance of an employee. 
C)  the activities carried out to identify and attract potential employees. 
D)  the process of identifying the skills required for successfully performing an organizational role. 
E)  the process of determining the labor supply and labor demand in an organization.

What is the primary reason organizations downsize? How do they meet this objective?

_____ are people who apply for a vacancy because someone in the organization prompted them to do so.

The second step in human resource planning is performance evaluation.

Outsourcing refers to:

Executive search firms:

_____ influence the kinds of job applicants an organization reaches.

Many of the people reading classified ads are either over- or underqualified for the position.

Which of the following options for reducing an expected labor surplus has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution,but has the disadvantage of being high in human suffering?

Which of the following methods is best suited to diagnose the underutilization of a certain minority group in an organization?

Which of the following is true of temporary workers?

In the context of evaluating the quality of a recruitment source,yield ratios express the:

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution with high revocability?

The most important source of recruits for entry-level professional and managerial vacancies is:

Which of the following is an element in the final stage of human resources planning?

Which of the following statements is true regarding referrals?

Which of the following is an advantage of statistical forecasting methods?

Statistical models are used for forecasting labor demands because they are good at capturing "once-in-a-lifetime" changes.

In the context of HR planning,implementation that ties planning and recruiting to the organization's strategy and to its efforts to develop employees becomes a complete program of:

Recruitment is defined as:

Managing Human Resources

Trends in Human Resource Management

Providing Equal Employment Opportunity and a Safe Workplace

Analyzing Work and Designing Jobs

Selecting Employees and Placing Them in Jobs

Training Employees

Managing Employees Performance

Developing Employees for Future Success

Separating and Retaining Employees

Establishing a Pay Structure

Recognizing Employee Contributions With Pay

Providing Employee Benefits

Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Managing Human Resources Globally

Creating and Maintaining High-Performance Organizations

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Exam 5: Planning for and Recruiting Human Resources

What is the primary reason organizations downsize? How do they meet this objective?

_____ are people who apply for a vacancy because someone in the organization prompted them to do so.

The second step in human resource planning is performance evaluation.

Outsourcing refers to:

Executive search firms:

_____ influence the kinds of job applicants an organization reaches.

Many of the people reading classified ads are either over- or underqualified for the position.

Which of the following options for reducing an expected labor surplus has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution,but has the disadvantage of being high in human suffering?

Which of the following methods is best suited to diagnose the underutilization of a certain minority group in an organization?

Which of the following is true of temporary workers?

In the context of evaluating the quality of a recruitment source,yield ratios express the:

Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of being a relatively fast solution with high revocability?

The most important source of recruits for entry-level professional and managerial vacancies is:

Which of the following is an element in the final stage of human resources planning?

Which of the following statements is true regarding referrals?

Which of the following is an advantage of statistical forecasting methods?

Statistical models are used for forecasting labor demands because they are good at capturing "once-in-a-lifetime" changes.

In the context of HR planning,implementation that ties planning and recruiting to the organization's strategy and to its efforts to develop employees becomes a complete program of:

Recruitment is defined as:

Managing Human Resources

Trends in Human Resource Management

Providing Equal Employment Opportunity and a Safe Workplace

Analyzing Work and Designing Jobs

Selecting Employees and Placing Them in Jobs

Training Employees

Managing Employees Performance

Developing Employees for Future Success

Separating and Retaining Employees

Establishing a Pay Structure

Recognizing Employee Contributions With Pay

Providing Employee Benefits

Collective Bargaining and Labor Relations

Managing Human Resources Globally

Creating and Maintaining High-Performance Organizations

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