HRIS Answers
HR activities are classified into three categories:
Transformational activities are those that add value to the organization such as cultural change
and management development. Transactional activities involve the day-to-day activities such
as recordkeeping, employee tracking and payroll processing. Traditional activities involve
planning, recruitment and compensation and performance management.
Human Resource Systems are not strictly computerized
True
There are three types of queries: select query, action query and cross tab query
True
E-Human Resource Management (e-HRM)
Provision of HR related services via the internet, usually a company intranet.
Human Resource Information Technology (HRIT)
Any type of information and communication technology used to facilitate human resource
provision (interactive voice response, telephone dialing options, facsimile. Video conferencing,
personal computers, kiosks, intranet/internet, and human resource systems).
Decision Support System (DSS)
Systems designated to facilitate senior management decision making in the long-term and
relate to the overall mission and objectives of an organization and are based on “what if”
scenarios.
Electronic Data Processing (EDP)
Processing of routine information purely at an operational level dedicated to processing payroll
and basic employee data.
Management Information System (MIS)
System aimed at decision making at the middle management level, for instance budgetary
information, time and attendance analysis, ad hoc reports, and projections.
Human Resource Information System (HRIS)
Specialized HR software applications used to collect, store, analyze, and disseminate HR related
information.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
An enterprise-wide system, which fully integrates all functional areas in a business, for example
finance, production, marketing, and HRM.
Huma Capital reflects all of the following contributions of employees EXCEPT
earned recognition
All of the following are factors which firms should consider when choosing an HRIS except
Structure of the organizational chart
Allyson the HR manager usually logs on to the company HRIS on her mobile phone while on
business trips, what type of HRIS system is she likely to be using
Cloud based
______ is an approach to managing human resources that supports long-term business goals
and outcomes with a strategic framework
SHRM
The following are advantages of technology as it relates to HR activities EXCEPT
Solves social and managerial issues
Human Resource Management involves the design of formal system of formal systems in an
organization to manage human talent for accomplishing organizational goals.
True
In a growing number of organizations human resource are not viewed as a source of
competitive advantage but rather as an expense.
False
Strategic human resource management (strategic HRM, or SHRM) is an approach to managing
human resources that supports long-term business goals and outcomes with a strategic
framework.
True
Transformational activities involve day-to-day transactions that have to deal mostly with record
keeping.
False
The primary purpose of the HRIS is to provide service, in the form of accurate and timely
information, to the “clients” of the system.
True
Data represents facts of transactions that occur on a daily basis. Information is the
interpretation of those facts. Knowledge is when meaning is given to those facts that were
collected.
Relational databases are structured to recognize relations between stored items of
information. When working with databases you will find that there is some basic terminology
that you must be familiar with. Entities are things such as employees, jobs, promotion
transactions etc. that can be stored. Tables are then used to store information about these in
organized searchable structure. When you need to ask questions about data stored you would
use Queries.
_______ is a special type of database that is optimized for reporting and analysis.
Data warehouse
An HRIS manager Craig has to make sure that only the right people have access to certain data.
He is therefore looking for the company’s ____
Data security
The main function of DBMS is to do all of the following except
Store unrelated data items
An HR manager findings on the average hours worked and gender of workers over 50 can be
considered to be ____
Knowledge
Laurylin is at her desk searching through the HRIS to find all the female workers who have 2 or
more children, who usually sign into work late. What Laurylin is doing is called ___
Data mining
Data analytics correlates business data and people data, establishing a relationship between HR
and business outcomes
True
Effective data collection, storage and use od data is not essential for any business.
False
When Larry sits and enters the names, address of staff into the HRIS he must check to see that
the data he entered is correct this is referred to as data integrity
True
DBMS stands for Database Marketing Systems
True
Data are produced, stored updated and used by HR managers and employees on a daily basis.
True
Business Intelligence is a broad category of business applications and technologies for creating
data warehouses and for analyzing and providing access to these specialized data to help
enterprise users make better decisions.
True
This employee bares the responsibility to ensure that new employees get paid properly
Clerical
Job seekers interact with HRIS through recruitment sites
True
_________________ planning for an HRIS examines the “__________________ ” of an
organization’s HR function, and its information needs in light of its overall business strategy.
long-range, “big picture”
A gap analysis is the difference between the current state of the HRIS and the desired state of
the HRIS.
True
The system development life cycle has the following stages
planning, analysis, design, implementation, maintenance
In the design phase, the “blue-print” for the system is finalized. The detailed specification for
the system is laid out.
True
Scope creep occurs when new, but unneeded, functionality is erroneously added to the system
