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Chapter 8: Talent Management and HR Planning
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. Talent management is focused on ______.
A. retaining talented employees
B. recruiting and hiring employees
C. training and promoting employees
D. all of these
2. For what type of jobs can talent management be used?
A. unskilled workers only
B. managers only
C. executives only
D. all jobs
3. Which of the following statements accurately describes the relationship between job
analysis and job descriptions?
A. Job analysis is based on information collected from job descriptions.
B. Job descriptions are based on information collected from job analysis.
C. There is no relationship between job analysis and job descriptions.
D. Job analysis is less important than job descriptions.
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4. The talent management life cycle refers to ______.
A. success and failure in finding new employees
B. the long-term talent management strategy
C. reusing the human resources planning (HRP) repeatedly
D. none of these
5. What does “KSA” stand for?
A. knowledge, self-presentation, and attributes
B. know-how, self-esteem, and abilities
C. knowledge, skills, and abilities
D. know-how, skills, and appointments
6. What is the first stage of human resources planning (HRP)?
A. forecasting
B. analysis and investigation
C. implementation and control
D. planning and resourcing
7. What is the final step in the talent management life cycle?
A. estimate the supply of leaders
B. estimate the demand for labor
C. use HR programs to equalize supply and demand
D. identify high performers
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8. According to the most recent survey, what percentage of organizations have
implemented at least one Talent Management software application?
A. 85
B. 65
C. 45
D. 25
9. Which social networking site is used for recruitment by nearly 90% of large
organizations?
A. Facebook
B. Twitter
C. LinkedIn
D. YouTube
10. Which stage of human resource planning is concerned with the identification of
strategic options and the creation of HR scenarios about labor force demand and
supply?
A. forecasting
B. analysis and investigation
C. implementation and control
D. planning and resourcing
11. What is the major goal of workforce analytics for talent management?
A. to estimate the demand for labor
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B. to implement at least one talent management software application
C. to enhance corporate branding
D. to model the KSAs of successful and unsuccessful employees
12. Which one of the following attributes is not among the common attributes of high
performing and high potential individuals?
A. communication skills
B. drive
C. mathematical skills
True/False
1. Talent management is just a new title for the HR professional who is in charge of
recruiting and new hiring at a company.
2. The first phase of HRP is “analysis and investigation.”
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3. Forecasting in HRP is concerned with the identification of strategic options and
estimates of the need for human capital demand and supply.
4. Job analysis cannot be completed through online survey techniques.
5. In HRP, it is crucial that the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) required in the
forecasted jobs be known.
6. Job descriptions are important for all HR activities.
7. “Political skills” are one of the attributes of high-performing and high-potential
employees.
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8. Talent Management software is segmented into offerings for different industries and
for different sizes of companies.
9. Social networks (e.g., Facebook and LinkedIn) have no drawbacks for use in a talent
management program.
10. “Imagination” is one of the attributes of high performing and high potential
employees.
Essay
1. What are the steps in the talent management life cycle?
2. What is a good definition of talent management?
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3. What are the five common attributes of high performing employees and high
potentials?
4. How can an HRIS assist in the process of developing and maintaining accurate and
up–to-date job descriptions?
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5. What are the phases of human resource planning?
6. What key sources of information are analyzed during the analysis and investigation
stage of human resource planning?
7. How can social networking help with talent management?
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8. What are some uses of job descriptions?
9. What are the phases or considerations for job analysis?
10. How can workforce analytics, as part of an HRIS, help to measure and improve a
talent management program?
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