Identify a warning sign of a weak talent bench.
a. Promotions are made quickly.
b. Key positions are filled internally.
c. Key positions are filled externally.
d. Promotions are made objectively.
Identify a benefit of panel interviews.
a. Cost-efficiency
b. Unilateral decision making
c. Longer decision-making period
d. Higher reliability because of multiple inputs
A Markov analysis can be used to track the pattern of employee movements through
various jobs.
a. True
b. False
For real wages to increase, which of the following must be true?
a. An employee’s wage increase must be greater than the increase in the consumer price
index (CPI).
b. An employee must receive a lump-sum wage increase equal to the increase in the
consumer price index (CPI).
c. An employee’s wage must simply increase with out the influence of consumer price
index (CPI).
d. The consumer price index (CPI) must increase at least as much as the employee’s
wage.
€Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of the essay method?
a. It is very time-consuming.
b. It must follow a job-specific format.
c. It’s appraisalquality could be influenced by the supervisor’s writing skills.
d. It is highly subjective and could be biased.
In recent years, several companies have banded together to provide elder care in a
cooperative arrangement referred to as a:
a. consortium.
b. limited partnership.
c. combined subsidiary.
d. hostel.
A recent study by Liberty Mutual found that employers saved ____ dollars for each
dollar invested in workplace safety.
a. two
b. three
c. four
d. five
When people learn by mimicking other people, it is referred to as:
a. modeling.
b. distributed learning.
c. reinforcing behavior.
d. individual learning difference.
Individual employees are responsible for initiating their own career planning.
a. True
b. False
Which act created the National Labor Relations Board?
a. TheWagner Act
b. TheRailway Labor Act
c. TheTaft-Hartley Act
d. TheLandrum-Griffin Act
Behavioral description interviews appear to be more effective than situational
interviews, especially for higher-level positions.
a. True
b. False
Glass ceiling audits avoid or prevent fines by the government.
a. True
b. False
Workers’ compensation insurance rates depend on the seriousness of the occupations,
each state’s level of benefits for injuries, and the company’s frequency and severity of
employee injury.
a. True
b. False
The Equal Pay Act makes it illegal to discriminate against people in terms of thepay,
employee benefits, and pension they earn based on their gender when theydo equal
work.
a. True
b. False
Individuals with AIDS or HIV are “disabled” within the meaning of the:
a. Civil Rights Act of 1991.
b. Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
c. Executive Order 11246.
d. state and local anti-discrimination laws only.
Periods in learning situations when progress does not occur because of either reduced
motivation or ineffective methods of task performance are called:
a. learning blocks.
b. lapses.
c. plateaus.
d. learning gaps.
Which of the following is one of the largest expenditures of service companies?
a. Production costs
b. Marketing costs
c. Labor costs
d. Distribution costs
Managers of businesses where employees perform many different job tasks must be
concerned about writing specific job descriptions because federal guidelines and court
decisions require job requirements to be based on valid job-related criteria.
a. True
b. False
An appraisal system that takes into account financial, customer, processes, and learning
categories is called:
a. the balanced scorecard approach.
b. the 360-degree evaluation.
c. the customer-oriented approach.
d. management by objectives.
A method of containing costs that allows a professional employer organization (PEO),
typically a larger company, to takeover the management of a smaller company’s HR
tasks and become a coemployer to its employeesis known as _____.
a. outsourcing
b. employee leasing
c. furloughing
d. nearshoring