31. (HRM) practices support high-performance work systems is associated with decentralized decision making, reduced status distinctions, and information sharing?

1. None listed
2. performance management
3. training
4. staffing
5. compensation

32. Which of the following is true of emerging trends in the international market?

1. Off shoring involves low-skilled manufacturing jobs with repeatable tasks.

B. Globalization is limited to a particular sector of the economy.

C. U.S. managers in overseas locations typically have the necessary cultural understanding to attract and retain talented employees.

D. In most emerging markets, companies are now facing an excess of talented employees.

E. Although companies may be attracted to off shoring because of potentially lower labor costs, reshoring is becoming more common.

33. When an organization develops integrated manufacturing systems such as advanced manufacturing technology and just-in-time inventory control, it needs to assess the employee skills required to run these systems and train them accordingly. These assessments and training programs intended to enable an organization to achieve its goals fall under

1. strategic human resource management.
2. the job characteristics model.
3. diversity management.
4. the employee stock ownership plan.
5. participative management.

35. The Washington Corporation, a traditional auto parts manufacturer with a current workforce of more than 70,000 employees, has a retired workforce of over 50,000 employees to which it must continue to pay generous retirement benefits. This has put the company at a severe competitive disadvantage against other companies that do not have this obligation. The retired individuals for this company are an example of a ________blank workforce.

A. contingent

B. consultant

C. temporary

D. legacy

E. contract

36.HR hires you as a consultant and is tasked with identifying the goals, policies, and action sequences the company should take to offset competitive challenges. You will be implementing

A. operational management.

B. transactional management.

C. management by objectives.

D. process mapping.

E. strategic management.

37. At least annually, companies evaluate employees based on their activities and outcomes aligned with the organizations objectives. This then leads to discussions of future individual goals and professional development opportunities. This practice demonstrates that a company has a practice of

1. divestment.
2. differentiation.
3. performance management.
4. job enlargement.
5. realistic job preview.

38. Which of the following is considered a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act?

1. cosmetic disfigurement
2. obesity
3. substance abuse
4. eye color
5. left-handedness

39. Section 1981 of the Civil Rights Act of 1866 granted individuals the

1. freedom from cruel and unusual punishments.
2. right to carry weapons for self-defense.
3. right to sue governmental authorities.
4. right to enter into and enforce a contract.
5. freedom to elect members of Parliament.

40. Functional structures are more appropriate than divisional structures when

1. the environment is unstable.
2. it is difficult to anticipate the demand.
3. coordination requirements between jobs are inconsistent.
4. the organization competes on costs.
5. the environment is unpredictable.

41. When all decisions are made by the founder and chief executive officer. This company has a ________blank decision-making structure.

1. divisional
2. democratic
3. centralized
4. collective
5. distributed

42. Francine was asked to share how she would conduct a product launch with a limited budget and only three weeks. The interviewer was testing her ________blank ability.

1. quantitative
2. reasoning
3. technical
4. comprehension
5. verbal

43. An employer should consider providing reasonable accommodations to a job applicant with a mental or physical disability is whether the

1. job applicant can perform the essential functions of the job.
2. job in question is a part-time or full-time position.
3. selection tests used in the selection process possess concurrent validity.
4. job applicant has had the disability for many years.
5. selection tests possess content validity.

44. A female marketing analyst at a major food company felt that her manager and the company in general were discriminating against her in terms of being considered for promotions and merit pay increases. Based on this situation, the female worker could sue for gender discrimination under which law?

1. Civil Rights Act of 1991
2. Americans with Disabilities Act
3. Age Discrimination in Employment Act
4. The Reasonable Accommodations Act
5. Executive Order 13980

45. Predictive validation is generally more useful to the selection process than concurrent validation because:

1. predictive validation involves contribution from many individuals.
2. job applicants often have no information about organizational culture.
3. concurrent validity only assesses scores on a selection test and current performance while predictive validity focuses on future performance.
4. the effort needed for predictive validation is less than for concurrent validation.
5. the time taken for predictive validation is less than for concurrent validation.

46. The ________blank is a measure of the degree to which two sets of numbers are related.

1. utility score
2. standard deviation
3. correlation coefficient
4. validity score
5. generalizability coefficient

47. ________blank requires employees to understand the entire work system.

1. Continuous learning
2. Formal training
3. Transfer of training
4. Implicit learning
5. On-the-job knowledge

48. The HR department is most likely to collaborate with other company functions on

1. legal compliance.
2. outplacement.
3. record keeping.
4. performance management.
5. unemployment compensation.

49. Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement?

1. A measurement is said to be reliable when only two iterations are involved in measurement.
2. Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.
3. Reliability is not dependent on the attributes of the measuring instruments used.
4. Reliability indicates the degree to which two objects are related to each other.
5. Reliability indicates the extent to which performance on the measure is related to performance on the job.

50. Wong took a test assessing his editing skills as part of the interview process for an executive assistant position. Depending on Wongs score, the recruiter can assume how successful he will be in the job, based on ________ validity.

1. content
2. predictive
3. concurrent
4. subjective
5. logical

51. If there is a substantial correlation between test scores and job-performance scores, ________blank validity has been established.

1. criterion-related
2. content
3. construct
4. procedural
5. subject

52. How does the Civil Rights Act of 1991 differ from the Civil Rights Act of 1964?

1.

2.

3.

53. List the seven classes of physical ability tests. Why is it important to keep these tests in mind when selecting and placing a new employee?

54. Discuss behavioral modeling as a training method.

55. How will you motivate an employee to learn a new skill? Be sure to include at least three factors.

56. Discuss the six important functional areas of human resource management.

57. What are the five major components of the strategic management process that are relevant to strategy formulation?

58. Describe job design and job redesign. Explain the elements required for effectively designing jobs.

59. Compare and contrast the employment-at-will policies and due process policies.