ashworth college BZ420 Online Exam 1 latest 2016 april
Part 1 of 1 – 85.0/
100.0 Points
Question 1 of 20 5.0/
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__________ use detailed information to prepare job
descriptions.
A. EEO representatives
B. Compensation managers
C. Job analysts
D. Recruiters
Question 2 of 20 5.0/
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__________ maintain contact within the community and
publicize openings.
A. Job analysts
B. EEO representatives
C. Recruiters
D. Compensation managers
Question 3 of 20 5.0/
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__________ refers to the practices and policies you need to
carry out the personnel aspects of your management job.
A. Human Resource Management
B. Labor Relations
C. Organizational Behavior
D. Organizational Health and Safety Management
Question 4 of 20 5.0/
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__________ search for qualified job applicants.
A. EEO representatives
B. Job analysts
C. Recruiters
D. Training specialists
Question 5 of 20 5.0/
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Which of the following is an example of HR management’s
changing role?
A. HR managers must measurably improve organizational
performance.
B. HR managers must represent the organization even when
they are off the clock.
C. HR managers must be individually centered so as to ensure
that there will be no favoritism.
D. None of the above.
Question 6 of 20 5.0/
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The __________ HR group may provide specialized support for
organizational change.
A. transactional
B. corporate
C. embedded
D. centers of expertise
Question 7 of 20 5.0/
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Effective human resource management could include all of the
following responsibilities except:
A. placing the right person in the right job.
B. training employees.
C. controlling labor costs.
D. None of the above.
Question 8 of 20 5.0/
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All of the following are new HRM skills except __________.
A. improving off-shoring skills
B. supplying transactional services while serving more
strategic, internal consulting activities
C. improving internal consulting skills
D. all of the above
Question 9 of 20 5.0/
5.0 Points
Of the 10 most serious ethical issues, how many were HR related?
A. six
B. 10
C. seven
D. four
Question 10 of 20 5.0/
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What tactic will employers likely have to take to fill
openings left by retiring employees?
A. instituting flexible work hours
B. hiring more women
C. rehiring retirees
D. lowering the retirement age
Question 11 of 20 5.0/
5.0 Points
The __________ HR group focuses on being HR business
partners to specific departments.
A. embedded
B. corporate
C. centers of expertise
D. transactional
Question 12 of 20 5.0/
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Which organization provides professional certification for
human resource managers?
A. Academy of Management
B. Society for Human Resource Management
C. Academy of HR Partners
D. Association of Business Administration
Question 13 of 20 0.0/
5.0 Points
The proportion of younger workers in the workforce is
projected to __________.
A. stop growing
B. decrease
C. increase at a slower rate
D. decrease at a faster rate
Question 14 of 20 5.0/
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A __________ is a company’s plan for how it will balance its
internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats in
order to maintain a competitive advantage.
A. mission statement
B. strategy
C. tactic
D. scorecard
Question 15 of 20 0.0/
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Which of the following is an issue that HR managers have to
deal with today?
A. managing ethics
B. managing employee engagement
C. adding value
D. all of the above
Question 16 of 20 5.0/
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Which term refers to letting vendors abroad provide services
for a firm?
A. external work systems
B. application service providers
C. offshoring
D. data warehousing
Question 17 of 20 0.0/
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The ________ HR group works with the top management team to
develop long range plans for the company.
A. transactional
B. embedded
C. centers of expertise
D. corporate
Question 18 of 20 5.0/
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No manager wants to __________.
A. have his or her employees not performing at peak capacity
B. hire the wrong person for the job
C. find employees not doing their best
D. all of the above
Question 19 of 20 5.0/
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Strategic human resource management refers to __________.
A. formulating and executing human resource policies and
practices that produce the employee competencies and behaviors the company
needs to its achieve strategic aims
B. planning the balance of internal strengths and weaknesses
with external opportunities and threats to maintain competitive advantage
C. emphasizing the knowledge, education, training, skills,
and expertise of a firm’s workers
D. extending a firm’s sales, ownership, and manufacturing to
new markets
Question 20 of 20 5.0/
5.0 Points
A(n. __________ examines current organizational practices
for potential action violations.
A. EEO representative
B. training specialist
C. job analyst
D. compensation manager
