Question 1

In organizations where technology and globalization have caused jobs to change at a rapid pace,person/organization match is more important than person/job match.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 2

Which of the following are portions of person-job match?

Accepted Answer

A)  Jobs are characterized by their requirements 
B)  Jobs are characterized by their embedded rewards 
C)  Individuals are characterized by their level of qualification and motivation 
D)  All of these.

Question 3

The staffing quantity model uses _________ to determine whether a condition of being overstaffed,fully staffed,or understaffed exists.

Accepted Answer

A)  projected staffing requirements 
B)  projected staffing availabilities 
C)  projected economic trends 
D)  projected staffing requirements and projected staffing availabilities are both needed

Question 4

The person/job match model says that individuals are characterized by their level of qualifications and motivation.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Enterprise Rent-A-Car tries to use a single strategy for recruiting employees,rather than spreading their efforts across a lot of different strategies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Support activities for HR include legal compliance,planning,and job analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Core activities for HR include legal compliance,planning,and job analysis.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

Organizational strategy usually dictates HR strategy,and HR strategy seldom has an impact on organizational strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The three stages of entering an organization (in order)are selection,recruitment,and employment.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Examples of job-specific KSAOs include flexibility and adaptability,ability to learn,written and oral communication skills,and algebra/statistics skills.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

According to the overall staffing organizations model,one support activity is _________.

Accepted Answer

A)  external staffing 
B)  job analysis 
C)  internal staffing 
D)  labor relations

Question 12

Small and midsized organizations have increasingly turned to outsourcing as a way to improve the quality of certain recruiting and hiring processes.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Internal staffing systems work in fundamentally different ways than external staffing systems.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

When forced to choose between addressing short-term labor shortages or identifying talent for the long term,most organizations focus on developing the long-term concerns.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Some organizations understaff in order to avoid costly layoffs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Pfizer has concluded that it cannot project what kind of talent it needs in the next 10 years and then select employees whose skills matched these long-range future talent needs.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The process that involves the placement of new hires on the actual job they will hold is called ____________.

Accepted Answer

A)  acquisition 
B)  deployment 
C)  retention 
D)  none of these

Question 18

According to the overall staffing organizations model,an example of a(n)core staffing activity is _______.

Accepted Answer

A)  HR strategy and planning 
B)  job analysis 
C)  internal recruitment 
D)  none of these

Question 19

It is usually wise to just focus on task and KSAO requirements when staffing,because job requirements almost never extend beyond task and KSAO requirements.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

The ___________ is composed of more peripheral workers who are used on an as-needed,just-in-time basis.

Accepted Answer

A)  core workforce 
B)  high performance workforce 
C)  flexible workforce 
D)  none of these

Exam 1: Staffing Models and Strategy

In organizations where technology and globalization have caused jobs to change at a rapid pace,person/organization match is more important than person/job match.

Which of the following are portions of person-job match?

The staffing quantity model uses _________ to determine whether a condition of being overstaffed,fully staffed,or understaffed exists.

The person/job match model says that individuals are characterized by their level of qualifications and motivation.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car tries to use a single strategy for recruiting employees,rather than spreading their efforts across a lot of different strategies.

Support activities for HR include legal compliance,planning,and job analysis.

Core activities for HR include legal compliance,planning,and job analysis.

Organizational strategy usually dictates HR strategy,and HR strategy seldom has an impact on organizational strategy.

The three stages of entering an organization (in order)are selection,recruitment,and employment.

Examples of job-specific KSAOs include flexibility and adaptability,ability to learn,written and oral communication skills,and algebra/statistics skills.

According to the overall staffing organizations model,one support activity is _________.

Small and midsized organizations have increasingly turned to outsourcing as a way to improve the quality of certain recruiting and hiring processes.

Internal staffing systems work in fundamentally different ways than external staffing systems.

When forced to choose between addressing short-term labor shortages or identifying talent for the long term,most organizations focus on developing the long-term concerns.

Some organizations understaff in order to avoid costly layoffs.

Pfizer has concluded that it cannot project what kind of talent it needs in the next 10 years and then select employees whose skills matched these long-range future talent needs.

The process that involves the placement of new hires on the actual job they will hold is called ____________.

According to the overall staffing organizations model,an example of a(n) core staffing activity is _______.

It is usually wise to just focus on task and KSAO requirements when staffing,because job requirements almost never extend beyond task and KSAO requirements.

The ___________ is composed of more peripheral workers who are used on an as-needed,just-in-time basis.