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There are many laws and regulations that affect both HRM practices and the employment relationship
Questão 2
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HRM is responsible for people-related issues as well as employment related legal compliance
Questão 3
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Aligning the HRM strategy, policies, and activities with the business strategy is essential to effective HRM
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Line managers are usually part of the HR Department
Questão 5
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Competitive advantages involves a company making products and services different enough that consumers will pay more for them
a. True
Questão 6
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Each company has a different way of managing its employees that is most appropriate given its unique context
Questão 7
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At any point in time, some parts of an organization may be facing a shortage of employee talent, while others may have a surplus
Questão 8
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Employment laws have limited effect on HR practices in the United States
Questão 9
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Organizational cultural has little effect on how employees operate on day o day basis
Questão 10
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Managing virtual teams is more challenging than physically Co-located T.
Questão 11
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In today’s era, contingent labor is a growing segment in the workforce composition. Which of the following are not considered to be contingent laborers
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Contractors
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Contingent Laborers
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Outsourced Employees
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Full time workers
Questão 12
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Which of the following is a benefit that is not mandated by law
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Social Security
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Worker’s Compensation
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Paid time off
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Family and Medical Leave
Questão 13
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Ryan is expanding his business into another countries. He has a computer and has access to people across the world. As he expands his business, ____ is likely to become a central component to his business strategy
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Technology
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Offshoring
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Globalization
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Outsourcing
Questão 14
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Hiring an external vendor for a task rather than doing it internally is called
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Outsourcing
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Insourcing
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Resourcing
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Telesourcing
Questão 15
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Which HRM function helps in improving an organization’s overall capability to meet changing business needs by developing its employee skills
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Recruiting
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Hiring
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Managing
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Training
Questão 16
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Staffing, Performance management, training, and development, and compensation, and benefits are function of
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Human Resources Management
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Strategic Planning Management
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International Relation Management
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Employee Changes Management
Questão 17
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Which Primary HR activity ensures that employees have the necessary knowledge, skills and abilities to effectively perform their task and duties
Questão 18
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What type of management involves- aligning employees objective and behaviors with firm’s goals and strategies, assessing, employee past and current behavior and providing suggestions for improvement
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Change Management
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Performance Management
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Strategic Management
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Succession Management
Questão 19
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One of the HR Practices under managing employee attitudes and behaviors is
Questão 20
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20. Making sure that the HR practices and activities address the HR challenges that organizations face is referred to as
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Internal Alignment
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External Alignment
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Environmental Influences
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Organizational Demands
Questão 21
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Even the best HR practices if implemented poorly or incorrectly may cause more harm than good
Questão 22
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HR internal alignment is more important than aligning HR activities and practices with the environmental influences.
Questão 23
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A business strategy is how an organization will compete in a particular market.
Questão 24
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Culture and HRM work together to influence employees’ performance and behaviors.
Questão 25
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Perceptions of the processes used to make employment decisions, allocate rewards or resolve disputes is called distributive justice
Questão 26
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Telecommuting employees are required to work the traditional 9:00 AM -5:00 PM job timings
Questão 27
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Ethics is the standard of moral behaviors that defines socially acceptable behaviors that are right as opposed to being wrong.
Questão 28
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It is usually quite clear to employees when ethics are being violated in an organization. Therefore, organizations do not need an articulated code of ethics.
Questão 29
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In the U.S and other western countries, the workforce is aging due to low fertility rates.
Questão 30
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Small organizations usually have more resources, which enable them to offer better salaries than large organizations.
Questão 31
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All of the following are organizational demands except
Questão 32
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cost leadership strategy focuses on
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Running the organization efficiently.
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Employee creativity.
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Collaboration with competitors to lower costs.
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Having a wide focus for employees to reduce labor cost.
Questão 33
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What are the four broad types of organizational culture?
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Administrative, Bureaucratic, Consensual, Competitive
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Entrepreneurial, Bureaucratic, Consensual, Competitive
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Administrative, Bureaucratic, Consensual, Directorial
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Entrepreneurial, Bureaucratic, Consensual, Directorial
Questão 34
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A psychological contract
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Describes how employees should be paid.
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Is the perceived obligation that employees believe their employers owe them.
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Is the perceptions that managers have about their employees.
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Is the rational side of how employees view the relationship with their company.
Questão 35
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hich of the following statements best explains the term “labor force”?
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All the permanent employees of an organization
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All the people willing and able to work in a particular country
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All the people who have contracts to work at the company
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All the adult members of a population
Questão 36
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Though Ford Motors standardizes its products across countries, it also tries to adapt to each country’s customer preferences. This strategy is an example of a _____________________.
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Domestic strategy.
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Global strategy.
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Transnational strategy.
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Multinational strategy.
Questão 37
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What is it called when companies show concern for the common good and the value of human dignity?
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Corporate Social Accountability.
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Corporate Social Responsibility.
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Community Social Responsibility.
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Community Social Accountability.
Questão 38
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What is causing an increasing trend of diversity?
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Retired workers are rejoining the labor force.
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More women are joining the labor force.
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Increase in immigration to the United States.
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All of the above.
Questão 39
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Which dimension describes the degree to which people in a country prefer to act as individuals or as members of groups?
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Individualism/Collectivism.
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Power Distance (high/low)
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Uncertainty avoidance (high/low)
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Masculinity/Femininity
Questão 40
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Smaller organizations tend to have
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Flexible job descriptions as compared to larger organizations.
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Abundance of resources as compared to larger organizations.
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High formality of the HR function as compared to larger organizations.
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Competitive salaries and benefits as compared to larger organizations.
Questão 41
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Emplo\yment laws and regulations exist because organizations typically have more power than employees do.
Questão 42
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The EEOC is responsible for developing guidelines and overseeing compliance with executive orders.
Questão 43
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National origin and disability can never be used as BFOQs.
Questão 44
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The Equal Pay Act allows for difference in pay because of different levels of performance.
Questão 45
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Reasonable accommodation means that an employer is required to take reasonable steps to accommodate a disability, unless it would cause undue hardship to the employer.
Questão 46
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Disparate treatment occurs if an organization makes an employment decision based on the applicant’s race, religion, national origin, color, sex, disability, or age were different.
Questão 47
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U.S. residents working abroad for a U.S. company are not covered by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
Questão 48
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Affirmative action requires that employers establish hiring goals to reach predefined quotas of various demographic groups, and then provide evidence that they met those goals.
Questão 49
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Companies use the INS Form I-9 to document that their employees have a legal right to work in the United States.
Questão 50
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50. Under employment-at-will, an employee has a right to quit his/her job at any point in time and employers has the right to terminate an employee for no reason or any reaso
Questão 51
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Employment decisions/ actions that are not job-related, objective or merit-based are considered to be __________ discrimination.
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Power.
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Authoritative.
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Rational.
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Unfair
Questão 52
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What does EEO stand for?
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Equivalent Employment Opportunity
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Equal Employment Operation
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Equal Employment Opportunity
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Equivalent Employment Operation
Questão 53
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Janice, Ian, Peter, and Andrew all applied for a job as the Maintenance Supervisor at a manufacturing plant. Janice had the most experience and met all of the qualifications for the job. However, she was turned down for the job. Peter, who had three years’ lesser experience than Janice was hired. Janice can make a prima facie case of
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Disparate Treatment.
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Disparate Impact.
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Hostile Environment.
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Sexual Harassment.
Questão 54
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An example of disparate (adverse) impact would be
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Hiring only women without children when men with and without children are hired.
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Refusing to promote a male employee because the hiring manager thinks that his mannerisms are too feminine and would turn off his male clients and cohorts
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Using a selection test that always results in only men being selected for the job.
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Using a selection test that results in considerably more men being selected than women.
Questão 55
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Over the past six months, Omar was being subjected to frequent comments about his religion by his co-workers. He had asked them to stop and even reported them to his supervisor (who did nothing). Omar is experiencing a _______________________________ work situation.
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Disparate Impact
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Hostile Environment
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Retaliation
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Mixed Motive
Questão 56
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Which act guarantee equal opportunity for individuals with disabilities or perceived as having disabilities?
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National Labor Relations Act of 1935
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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938
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Equal Pay Act of 1963
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990
Questão 57
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Resolving EEO complaints by using an arbitrator or mediator is known as
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Alternative Labor Resolution
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Equal Opportunity Conciliation Compliance
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Federal Complaint Compliance
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Alternative Dispute Resolution
Questão 58
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White firefighters in Boston claim that minorities with lower than minimum required test scores were hired. They are charging that they have been the victims of discrimination. This type of discrimination is known as
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Reverse Discrimination
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Disparate Selection Discrimination
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Reverse Preference Discrimination
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No type of discrimination addresses this issue
Questão 59
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Jorge has worked for a company for five years as a full time employee. He and his wife are adopting a child. Your company has 80 employees in the location where Jorge works. Under the Family and Medical Leave Act, Jorge is eligible for
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Leave only if you have a specific company policy that provides leave for adoptions.
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Up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave if he requests prior approval.
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Up to 12 weeks of paid leave if he requests prior approval.
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Leave only if he has unused vacation and sick days.
Questão 60
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An employer has fired John after two months of his absence. His absence was due to his recall to serve in the National Guard for at least six months. The employer might have violated which of the following acts?
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Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Act
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Fair Labor Standards Act
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Family and Medical Leave Act
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Vietnam Era Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act
Questão 61
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When designing a job, it is important to consider how the job will add value to the organization’s processes.
Questão 62
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In most companies, motivational and efficient job designs can be maximized simultaneously.
Questão 63
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Cross-training is training employees in more than one job, in other words to build multiple skills.
Questão 64
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Job descriptions are contained in the job specifications
Questão 65
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The primary goal of conducting a job analysis exercise is to identify the performance expectations in the job and the specific competencies that are necessary for effective performance.
Questão 66
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The Position Analysis Questionnaire focuses on the functional categories that are applicable to all jobs.
Questão 67
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Flextime is the term used to describe the time in which employees could pursue non job-related projects.
Questão 68
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Telecommuting is becoming less common as some major organizations are abandoning this employment practice.
Questão 69
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In developed countries, companies experience success by implementing the motivational tactics during job design.
Questão 70
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Employee stress at any level is never a good thing.
Questão 71
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___________ is the process of determining the tasks and responsibilities that employees in a particular job are expected to perform, as well as how they need to interact with their coworkers to realize these contributions.
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Job Analysis
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Job Design
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Job Characteristics
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Job Specialization
Questão 72
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Henry has a narrow scope in his job and does a few specific tasks as part of a larger production process. According to the job characteristics model for job design, which dimension is he likely experiencing as low?
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Skill Variety
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Task Significance
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Task Identity
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Autonomy
Questão 73
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The efficiency approach for job design focuses on
Questão 74
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____________ builds on the job characteristics's model dimension of ______________ to modify the job itself.
Questão 75
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__________ is the degree to which the job entails a variety of activities, enabling the worker to use different skills and talents.
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Task Significance
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Skill Variety
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Task Identity
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Autonomy
Questão 76
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_________ teams are usually made up of different members from all over the organization. Their specific task is to address a problem or solve a particular business issue.
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Parallel
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Work
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Virtual
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Self-managed
Questão 77
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A __________ is a written description of the duties and responsibilities of the job itself.
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Job Description
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Task Analysis
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Job Task
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Task Statement
Questão 78
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If you are creating a new job and do not want to start from scratch, the best source of information to use at early stages of the job analysis would be
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Observation and diaries
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Interviews
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Questionnaires
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O*NET
Questão 79
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Companies that focus on autonomy and empowerment are likely pursuing a(n)
Questão 80
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From a legal perspective, especially considering the Americans with Disabilities Act, it is critical that one outcome of job analysis is
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The identification of all duties to be performed for success on the job.
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The identification of marginal duties to ensure that candidates can do most of, not all, the duties
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The identification of marginal duties to make sure they are not included in the job description
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The identification of the essential duties to ensure that candidates can do those particular duties
Questão 81
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Labor shortage is when the supply of labor is greater than the demand
Questão 82
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The labor supply is the number and types of employees the company needs to meet its current and future strategic objectives
Questão 83
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A transition matrix can be useful in preparing workforce demands for the future.
Questão 84
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The goal of succession management is to have an effective pipeline of qualified people, especially for key jobs.
Questão 85
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It is usually beneficial to hire older workers since they need no training
Questão 86
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Technology has led to both - an increase and a decrease in the level of skills needed to perform new jobs.
Questão 87
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There is not a wide variance in unemployment rates in different countries, as most companies are global.
Questão 88
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It is clear when workers are employees and not independent contractors
Questão 89
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When an employer discharges an employee due to poor performance, misconduct or reorganization, it is called voluntary turnover.
Questão 90
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A tactic to address labor shortage is outsourcing, which involves transferring work such as payroll, cafeteria and maintenance to other companies.
Questão 91
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______________ can help organizations in planning potential replacements for higher positions and identifying skills needed for success at these positions
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Transfer Plans
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Succession Plans
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Transition Matrices
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Replacement Plans
Questão 92
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92. Using the transition matrix below, what is the labor surplus or labor shortage of supervisors to maintain the 2015 levels?
2016
2015 Manager Supervisor Employee exit
10 mangers 5 2 0 3
30 supervisors 5 20 0 5
100 employees 0 30 60 10
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A surplus of 2 supervisors.
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A surplus of 22 supervisors.
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A shortage of 10 supervisors.
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No shortage or surplus
Questão 93
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Estimate the number of employees that will be needed in 2016 to achieve the productivity output, with the given productivity ratio. (Check values from the table below)
Year ProductivityOutput per month Number of Employees Productivity Ratio
2011 500 11 45.45
2012 550 11 50
2013 600 13 46.15
2014 600 12 50
2015 650 13 50
2016 (To be estimated) 700 ????? 50
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The company will need 12 employees
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The company will need 13 employees
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The company will need 14 employees
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The company will need 15 employees
Questão 94
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To be prepared for a potential labor shortage, a company can increase its ________________, in order to have employees with multiple skills who can fill requisite areas within the company.
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Numerical flexibility
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Functional flexibility
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Employee retention
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Newly hired employees
Questão 95
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Which of the following labor surplus tactics is likely to be the fastest in helping companies address their labor surplus needs?
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Layoffs
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Attrition
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Hiring Freezes
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Overtime work
Questão 96
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Which piece of legislation states that - employees must be informed in advance when a plant is shutting down?
Questão 97
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Akean is classified as an independent contractor by the company he works for. He is not informed on - what or how to do his work. Which dimension is supported to illustrate that he is an independent contractor?
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Behavioral control
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Financial control
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Contractual Relationship
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All of the above
Questão 98
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Employee movements include/s:
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All of the above
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Promotions
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Transfers
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Demotions
Questão 99
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Which of the following can be categorized a tactic for labor shortage
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Attrition
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Early Retirement
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Retention
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Pay Reduction
Questão 100
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Why do organizations conduct downsizing and layoffs?