Quiz for Class part 2

Employment-at-will is an employment relationship which ________.

allows either the employee or employer to terminate the employment at any time

Hiring top talent away from another company is an example of using which recruiting source?

raiding competitors

"All men are strong" is an example of which type of bias?

stereotyping

Comparing the percentage of men, women, or minorities employed in a job category with their availability in the relevant population of qualified people interested in the position is an example of a ________.

stock statistic

Which of the following recruitment strategies can reduce the possibility of overlooking qualified internal talent?

talent inventories

Which of the following is an internal recruiting source?

succession management

A BFOQ is a(n) ________.

characteristic that is essential to the performance of a specific job

An organization that is currently composed of primarily white males may discriminate against minorities and women if it uses which recruiting source?

employee referrals

Which of the following external recruiting sources is useful for finding semi-passive and passive job seekers?

internet data mining

Which of the following is true for affirmative action plans?

An affirmative action plan should be temporary.

A company fails to do a background check that would have revealed that a person it has hired has the potential to harm others. The employee then physically harms a customer during a disagreement. The company could be found guilty of ________.

negligent hiring

A successful executive, who is happy with her current position, does not look for information about other jobs, but might be tempted by a great opportunity is a(n) ________.

passive job seeker

An HR manager trying to recruit for a number of key positions in a firm asks the best talent to recommend the best employees they've worked with in the past or employees they feel would be good performers. This is an example of ________.

referrals

CorrectIf 33 percent of Hispanics are hired, 42 percent of whites are hired, and 50 percent of blacks are hired, disparate impact has occurred against ________.

Hispanics

What is the best conclusion given the following information about research technicians employed in the scientific wing of a pharmaceutical organization? Females comprise 60 percent of the current workforce and 50 percent of the relevant population (research technicians) and males comprise 40 percent of the current workforce and 50 percent of the relevant population.

There is a disparate impact on males as research technicians.

Online job fairs are best for recruiting______

Active job seekers

CorrectThe Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 protects people---

40 years of age or older

Which of the following is a benefit of social networking as a sourcing method?

It increases diversity of talent available

A manager only hires Hispanic women as secretaries. This is an example of ___

disparate treatment

Filling lower-level positions from the local labor market and higher-level positions from the regional or national labor market is an example of ________.

geographic targeting