MAN3301 HR (chapter 1-5)

In general, how many human resource employees would be on staff for a firm with 500 total employees?

5

Which legislation makes it unlawful to discriminate in pay on the basis of sex when jobs involve equal work; require equivalent skills, effort, and responsibility; and are performed under similar working conditions?

Equal Pay Act of 1963

Elliot was born in 1972. In which of the following groups would Elliot most likely be categorized?

Generation X

refers to the tendency of firms to extend their sales, ownership, and/or manufacturing to new markets abroad

Globalization

Globalization, competition, and technology have led to which of the following trends in human resource management?

HR managers assist top management with developing and implementing strategies

A job is:

a group of related avticities

Different jobs having similar duties and responsibilities can be grouped into:

a job family

A job specification is:

a statement of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform work

A job description is:

a statement of the tasks, duties and responsibilities of a job

The Vocational Rehabilitation Act requires that employers ________.

accommodate disabled workers

Human resource management is best defined as the process of

acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees

Rollins and Associates is making an extra effort to promote and hire under-represented, protected individuals. Rollins and Associates is most likely participating in ________.

affirmative action

Which of the following is NOT a trend facing human resource managers today?

decreasing number of temporary workers

The Pregnancy Discrimination Act treats pregnancy as a(n) ________.

disability

The purposes served by application forms include all of the following except:

eliminating the need for interviews

An HR generalist at Wilson Manufacturing has been assigned to the sales department to provide HR management assistance as needed. Which of the following best describes the structure of the HR services provided at Wilson Manufacturing?

embedded HR units

This recruitment source could lead to charges of inbreeding and the possible violation of EEO regulations:

employee referrals

Which of the following is the most effective source for recruitment?

employee referrals

According to the Equal Pay Act of 1963, an employer may pay workers differently for all of the following reasons EXCEPT for ________.

gender

Which of the following terms refers to a set of HR management policies and practices that together produce superior employee performance?

high-performance work system

In Griggs v. Duke Power Company, Griggs sued the power company because it required coal handlers to be high-school graduates. The case was decided in favor of Griggs because:

high-school diplomas were not related to job

Public employment agencies may help employers by providing all of the following services except:

human resources planning

The O*NET database:

includes descriptions of over 20,000 jobs and collects and publishes data on a continuous basis

The use of polygraph tests to screen applicants:

is prohibited by federal law for most private employees

In many cases, hiring someone from outside the organization:

is seen as essential for revitalization

The process of obtaining information about jobs by determining their duties, tasks, or activities is called:

job analysis

The EEOC was initially established to investigate complaints about ________.

job discrimination

Most job descriptions contain all of the following except a:

job evaluation section

The type of information obtained from an applicant should be based on:

job specification

The final decision to hire an applicant usually belongs to:

line management

Just-in-time staffing refers to:

maintaining a core staff of employees that is augmented by a highly skilled supplementary workforce

Which of the following is NOT considered sexual harassment?

mutually consensual physical conduct of a sexual nature between co-workers

According to employer surveys, one of the primary challenges of Generation Y employees is their ________.

need constant praise and recognition

Regarding credit reports:

organizations must advise and receive written consent from the applicant if a report will be requested

Using selection tests to measure applicant KSAOs against competencies for the job is called:

person-job fit

Placing a priority on finding individuals that meet broader organizational requirements than job skills, including those who match the values or culture of the organization is called:

person-organization fit

Employers must be able to show that job specifications:

relate specifically to the duties of the job

Regardless of the selection methods used, it is essential that the selection procedure be:

reliable and valid

According to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, it is unlawful to ________.

require employees to retire at age

Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act specifically prohibits discrimination based on all of the following characteristics EXCEPT ________.

sexual orientation

In most organizations, human resource managers are categorized as ________, who assist and advise ________ in areas like recruiting, hiring, and compensation.

staff managers; line managers

There is a correlation between the recruitment success of the organization and:

the accuracy and completeness of advertisements

A position is:

the different duties and responsibilities performed by one employee

The worth and compensation of a job should depend on all of the following except:

the sex of the employee