Question 1

A skills inventory is an individualized personnel record held on each employee except those currently in management or professional positions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

When personnel supply requirements are approached in a "top-down" fashion,the level with the highest relevant authority level is the starting point in the vacancy model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

What is the first step an organization can take to examine the number and capabilities of current employees and managers?

Accepted Answer

A) use replacement charts and tables 
B) use Markov analysis 
C) use staffing tables to forecast the staff are needed 
D) use employee and management skills inventories

Question 4

Employee retention will soon become the number-one priority for HR professionals.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

What type of HR supply planning application relies on a complex mathematical procedure commonly used for project analysis in engineering and business applications?

Accepted Answer

A) Markov modelling 
B) vacancy analysis 
C) succession table 
D) linear programming

Question 6

Human capital is obtained from two sources.What are these two sources?

Accepted Answer

A) internal and external supply 
B) current employees and individuals currently employed by other organizations 
C) local and national human resources 
D) skill and management inventories

Question 7

What is another name for the vacancy model?

Accepted Answer

A) transitional 
B) probabilistic 
C) sequencing 
D) regression

Question 8

The textbook discusses various mechanisms that influence the external supply of human capital.Which of the following is one of these influences?

Accepted Answer

A) labour relations role 
B) regulatory bodies role 
C) employer's role 
D) professional associations' role

Question 9

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.Discuss the disadvantages of internal staffing and the advantages of external staffing.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.Discuss the...

Question 10

What is another name for the upward mobility rate?

Accepted Answer

A) promotion rate 
B) adaptation rate 
C) retention rate 
D) growth rate

Question 11

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.When considering the issue of ascertaining HR supply to meet PHC's HR demand,workers can be obtained from a variety of sources.What sources are given limited attention by PHC?

Accepted Answer

A) external human resource sources 
B) health care individuals employed by PHC 
C) licensed practical nurses (LPN's) 
D) PHC's own workforce

Question 12

Linear programming allows HR planners to model the number of open positions throughout the organization and to track career progression and the time required for indi-viduals to reach specified target jobs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Automation is expected to become a popular substitution strategy over the next decade.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The movement model is a series of matrices that detail the various patterns of movement to and from the various jobs in the organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Many of the methods used to forecast HR demand can also be used to determine personnel supply.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

A Markov model can also be referred to as a probabilistic model.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Although most organizations tend to devote considerable time and resources to the pro-cess of attracting new workers,a great many fall short by not putting enough emphasis on retaining the high-quality workers they currently employ.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.What can PHC do to increase its supply of workers?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.What can...

Question 19

Linear programming has similar assumptions to those in regression analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Why do many organizations give preference to internal human resource supply?

Accepted Answer

The answer of Why do many organizations give preference to...

Exam 6: Ascertaining HR Supply

A skills inventory is an individualized personnel record held on each employee except those currently in management or professional positions.

When personnel supply requirements are approached in a "top-down" fashion,the level with the highest relevant authority level is the starting point in the vacancy model.

What is the first step an organization can take to examine the number and capabilities of current employees and managers?

Employee retention will soon become the number-one priority for HR professionals.

What type of HR supply planning application relies on a complex mathematical procedure commonly used for project analysis in engineering and business applications?

Human capital is obtained from two sources.What are these two sources?

What is another name for the vacancy model?

The textbook discusses various mechanisms that influence the external supply of human capital.Which of the following is one of these influences?

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.Discuss the disadvantages of internal staffing and the advantages of external staffing.

What is another name for the upward mobility rate?

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.When considering the issue of ascertaining HR supply to meet PHC's HR demand,workers can be obtained from a variety of sources.What sources are given limited attention by PHC?

Linear programming allows HR planners to model the number of open positions throughout the organization and to track career progression and the time required for indi-viduals to reach specified target jobs.

Automation is expected to become a popular substitution strategy over the next decade.

The movement model is a series of matrices that detail the various patterns of movement to and from the various jobs in the organization.

Many of the methods used to forecast HR demand can also be used to determine personnel supply.

A Markov model can also be referred to as a probabilistic model.

Although most organizations tend to devote considerable time and resources to the pro-cess of attracting new workers,a great many fall short by not putting enough emphasis on retaining the high-quality workers they currently employ.

Refer to Scenario: Pacific Health Care.What can PHC do to increase its supply of workers?

Linear programming has similar assumptions to those in regression analysis.

Why do many organizations give preference to internal human resource supply?