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Chapter 17: The Future of HRIS
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. What is “an encrypted, distributed ledger of public records?”
A. blockchain
B. artificial intelligence
C. virtualization of work
D. Obamacare
2. What brings “decision-making tools such as environmental scanning, scenario-based
planning, hypothesis formulation, and testing and organizational development tools to
improve workforce management decisions?”
A. data analytics
B. employee self-service
C. manager self-service
D. metrics
3. In the pursuit of organizational success, ______ enables HR processes to be more
integrated than ever with the other corporate functions (e.g., payroll, finance, supply
chain, marketing).
A. planning
B. strategy
C. technology
D. efficiency
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4. Which demographic group is soon to be nearly 30% of America’s population?
A. Asian Pacific
B. Hispanic
C. Native American
D. Caucasian
5. The phrase “employees can work anyplace at any time” is most closely associated
with which trend?
A. aging boomer generation
B. social networking
C. globalization
D. virtualization of work
6. Changes in ______, ______, and ______ from governmental agencies can strongly
affect the future of HRM and HRIS.
A. laws; directives; guidelines
B. tax policy; resources; expectations
C. accountability; human resources; tax policy
D. monetary class; funds; resources
7. What are some employers doing to combat the rising costs and complexity of the
health care system?
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A. taking on more of the cost and paying for it with their annual profits
B. Ignoring the trends and staving off adaptation to changing health care policies
C. passing increased costs on to their employees
D. lobbying the government to make changes in their favor
8. Which recent legislation has created uncertainty which is causing problems for HR?
A. Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (i.e., Obamacare)
B. Sarbanes-Oxley
C. Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
D. Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
9. One of the key demographic changes is that the workforce is becoming more
______.
A. simplified
B. monetarily driven
C. diverse
D. streamlined
10. ______ of working-age women are now in the workforce.
A. Thirty parentage
B. Five parentage
C. Sixty parentage
D. Eighty parentage
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11. Which of the following is not a way that artificial intelligence (AI) can facilitate
improved HR and people outcomes?
A. AI can provide cognitive insights that facilitate decision-making.
B. AI can enhance business process automation.
C. AI can support cognitive engagement.
D. AI tools may have gender or ethnic bias.
12. ______ means that the labor law will be increasingly affected by trade agreements
and global labor standards.
A. Interest in doing business in China
B. Globalization
C. The U.S. economic dependency on foreign currency
D. Increase in business technology usage
13. BYOD stands for ______.
A. buy yearly only domestic
B. bring your own draft
C. base yearly orders digitally
D. bring your own device
14. What is the name of the generation of web-related services that focuses on
creativity, collaboration, and sharing?
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A. Facebook
B. Web 2.0
C. cloud computing
D. Twitter
True/False
1. One must look within and between countries to examine future trends in the HR
fields.
2. Environmental scanning is a decision-making tool.
3. Most employees are engaged at work.
4. Open-source software costs more than traditional (or proprietary) software.
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5. Organizations will spend more time and effort assessing the most effective portfolio of
HR technology, and many will likely consider moving to some type of consolidated
Essay
1. What is meant by BYOD?
2. What are some examples of Web 2.0?
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3. What is the most visible way that Web 2.0 is affecting HR?
4. What is meant by a virtual workspace?
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5. How will the growing complexity of legal compliance affect HR?
Ans: 1. Firms will increasingly focus on evidence-based hiring to ensure that they