HRM 300 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE

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HRM 300 Final Exam Study Guide

1.

Quality management is an organizational commitment to continuous

process of improvement that expands the definition of customer to
include everyone involved in the organization.

True

False

2.

Health insurance and retirement plans are examples of voluntary

benefits.

True

False

3.

A SWOT analysis is a process for determining an organizations core

competency.

True

False

4.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects only

employees over 55 years of age from discrimination.

True

False

5.

Affirmative action is a practice in organizations that includes actively

seeking, hiring and promoting women and minorities to correct past
discriminatory injustices.

True

False

6.

Career development has a shorter time focus than employee

development.

True

False

7.

The Privacy Act of 1974 requires federal government agencies to allow

anyone to have access to individual personnel files and there is no
individual consent needed.

True

False

8.

Three basic methods of job evaluation are currently in use: ordering,

classification, and point methods.

True

False

9.

HRM activities are mildly affected by what occurs outside the

organization.

True

False

10.

The fact that organizations are no longer constrained by national

borders illustrates that the world has become a global village.

True

False

11.

The bulk of cross-cultural training is language training.

True

False

12.

Continuous improvement programs aim at constantly improving the

quality of products and services.

True

False

13.

The Fair Compensation Wages Act passed in 1963 and mandates that

organizations compensate men and women doing the same job in the
organization with the same rate of pay.

True

False

14.

Probably one of the most complex functions of international human

resource management is the design and implementation of an equitable

compensation program.

True

False

15.

True

False

Most organizations take a melting pot approach to diversity.

PART II: Complete the following multiple choice questions. Please

highlight your answer selection.|
For example: An apple is a..

1.

Fruit

2.

Vegetable

3.

Poultry

4.

Starch

16.

Which of the following is not a key ingredient to design an effective

team appraisal system?

1.

Measure individual performance, not team performance.

2.

Measure both team and individual performance.

3.

Tie team results to organizational goals.

4.

Begin with the teams customers and its work process to satisfy
customers needs.

17.

Performance-based rewards are considered to be:

1.

incentive systems

2.

piecework pay plans

3.

both a and b

4.

only a

18.

HRM typically provides which of these types of training to temporary

employees?

1.

Orientation.

2.

Retirement planning.

3.

Benefits options.

4.

Career management.

19.

Which of the following describes the Strategy phase of the strategic

planning process?

1.

Determining what business the organization will be in.

2.

Setting goals and objectives.

3.

Determining how goals and objectives will be attained.

4.

Determining what jobs need to be done and by whom.

20.

Studies on the benefits of job enrichment as a reward are inconclusive

on which of these dimensions?

1.

Productivity.

2.

Turnover costs.

3.

Employee commitment.

4.

Employee satisfaction.

21.

During a job analysis, which of these tasks are performed?

1.

Promotion patterns and succession plans are identified.

2.

An estimation of the labor supply is verified.

3.

Duties and responsibilities of a job are matched with pay grades.

4.

Skills, knowledge and abilities necessary to perform a job are

determined.

22.

Which of the following is the most widely used individual incentive

plan?

1.

Piecework plan

2.

Scanlon plan

3.

Merit pay

4.

Competency-based plan

23.

Jason, a satellite architect, accepted an overseas assignment for his

company when the company agreed to provide a car and chauffeur, a

beach villa, a sailboat, and a lump sum payment of $600,000. What kind
of pay factor was used?

1.

base pay.

2.

differentials.

3.

bonuses.

4.

incentives.

24.

Lee, an account manager for a large IT provider, has set his quota for

next year 20% higher and decided to improve customer satisfaction

quality by 10%. What MBO step was Lee performing?

1.

Goal setting.

2.

Monitoring.

3.

Performance evaluation.

4.

Formal review.

25.

How has technology changed HRM practices?

1.

Recruiting using the web generates smaller, more focused applicant

pools.

2.

Employee training is often delivered on demand rather than through

scheduled courses.

3.

Electronic resumes take more time to evaluate than paper resumes.

4.

Nearly 20% of HR managers are involved in surveillance of their

employees.

26.

Cultural sensitivity is most often taught to employees before overseas

assignments through which of these techniques?

1.

Lectures, movies.

2.

Video recordings and embassy tours.

3.

Interactive simulations and lectures.

4.

Role playing, simulations, and meeting former international assignees.

27.

External HRM influences are categorized into the general areas of

1.

dynamic environment

2.

labor unions

3.

governmental legislation

4.

all of the above

28.

Which of the following is not true regarding employee training?

1.

It focuses on future jobs in the organization.

2.

It is present-day oriented.

3.

It focuses on individuals current jobs.

4.

It is a learning experience.

29.

Charles, director of training for a large organization, is looking at the

completion rates for the annual clerical training program that is required
for promotion to advanced clerical worker. The information presented
shows figures for these groups of employees: Caucasian; Hispanic;

African American; Asian; Other. What kind of HR report is Charles

studying?

1.

ADA audit.

2.

EEO audit.

3.

Indoctrination analysis.

4.

Culture/language readiness.

30.

The selection process may include all of the following steps, except:

1.

background investigation.

2.

screening interview.

3.

application form.

4.

medical history evaluation.

31.

The invisible barrier that blocks females and minorities from ascending

into the upper levels of an organization.

1.

glass shielding

2.

glass ceiling

3.

minority overhead

4.

glass discrimination

32.

Successful recruiting efforts are indicated by all of these outcomes,

except:

1.

turnover increases.

2.

training costs go down.

3.

more job seekers know about available jobs.

4.

the applicant pool is increasingly diverse.

33.

Who should make the actual hiring decision?

1.

The HR manager

2.

The general manager

3.

The manager in the department where the vacancy exists.

4.

The recruiter

34.

Meeting with a group of employees to collectively determine what their

job entails.

1.

job evaluation method

2.

group interview method

3.

analysis evaluation

4.

group evaluation

35.

The varied personal characteristics that make the workforce

heterogeneous.

1.

workforce diversity

2.

rightsizing

3.

globalization

4.

contingent workforce

36.

As the assistant of the HR manager, you are updating and rewriting the

employee handbook. Which of the following is not a key ingredient of an

effective employee handbook?

1.

The employee handbook should be pertinent to employees needs.

2.

The employee handbook should provide quick and easy answers to

questions about benefits and employment policies.

3.

The employee handbook should set the parameters within which

employees are expected to perform.

4.

The employee handbook should make clear to employees that their job
is secure as long as they meet performance standards.

37.

Maizie, a charge nurse in a large hospital, is frustrated with a phone

call. She is thumbing through Joes file, looking for a patient consent
signature before she can answer questions from Joes secretary, How is
Joe? What health issue is relevant to Maizies predicament?

1.

Traditional.

2.

HMO.

3.

PPO.

4.

HIPAA.

38.

Process of discovering potential candidates for actual or anticipated

organizational vacancies.

1.

recruiting

2.

staffing

3.

internal search

4.

employee referral

39.

Which of the following is not a step in a job analysis process?

1.

Understand the purpose of the job analysis

2.

Understand the roles of the jobs in the organization.

3.

Benchmark positions

4.

Determine the pay level of jobs

40.

Which of the following is the arm of the federal government

empowered to handle discrimination in employment cases?

1.

Fair Employment Commission

2.

Fair Labor Standards Commission

3.

Equal Employment Opportunity Act

4.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission