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Lorelai wants to know how many workers in her company have certain specialized skills and have received training to update their qualifications within the past year. She could use a human resource inventory to help her find this type of information.

A) True
B) False

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Most companies that have tried job sharing have concluded that the extra cost of hiring and training additional workers outweigh its benefits.

A) True
B) False

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Act gave the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the authority to


A) prevent firms from firing workers based on union affiliation.
B) issue guidelines for employer conduct in administering equal employment opportunity programs.
C) set salary schedules for protected groups.
D) require firms to pay women and minority workers more than white males for the same work.

E) A) and D)
F) All of the above

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Job sharing tends to increase absenteeism and tardiness, because part-time workers are not as dedicated and loyal as full-time workers.

A) True
B) False

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One implication of today's flatter corporate structures is that


A) employees are more likely to get a lateral transfer, before a promotion.
B) firms are becoming less interested in hiring contingent workers.
C) a greater number of workers are now classified as middle managers.
D) workers are expecting more of their pay in the form of stock options.

E) B) and C)
F) A) and B)

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A common way of compensating teams is a ________ system, in which bonuses are based on improvements over a previous performance baseline.


A) commission
B) stock option
C) gain-sharing
D) skill-based

E) None of the above
F) B) and C)

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With the advent of more sophisticated technology, employers who operate locally and globally and want all employees to receive the same training may opt for


A) apprenticeship programs.
B) mentorship programs.
C) job rotation programs.
D) online training programs.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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The ________, which is developed from the previous four steps of the human resource planning process, addresses how the firm will accomplish a wide array of human resource functions such as recruiting, selecting, training and developing, appraising, compensating, and scheduling its employees.


A) strategic plan
B) tactical plan
C) job specification
D) Gantt chart

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Selection is the process of gathering information and deciding who should be hired, under legal guidelines, for the best interests of the individual and the organization.

A) True
B) False

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Which of the following is a challenge that is facing the human resource managers of today?


A) too many unemployed scientists and computer engineers
B) an increasing number of Gen Yers in the workforce
C) a shift in employee attitudes toward work
D) an increased demand for uniformity in benefits offered to employees

E) A) and B)
F) A) and D)

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Probably the most controversial program enforced by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission concerns


A) mandatory retirement.
B) affirmative action.
C) equal pay reporting.
D) green card requirements for illegal aliens.

E) A) and D)
F) B) and D)

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A firm would implement a policy of holding exit interviews if it wanted to


A) find out why so many of its good employees were quitting.
B) implement a golden handshake policy.
C) allow immediate supervisors one more chance to convince retiring workers to stay on the job.
D) make sure workers who agreed to work from home understood their new responsibilities.

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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The human resource function has become so critical that it is now a concern of all managers.

A) True
B) False

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Almost 25 percent of U.S. workers now work from home at least one day a week.

A) True
B) False

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The doctrine of employment at will means that employees must be allowed to keep their jobs as long as they are willing and able to perform their required duties. Under this doctrine, employers can only fire or lay off an employee if the firm is in serious financial difficulty or the employee is grossly incompetent or has committed a felony.

A) True
B) False

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Airlines, hotels, hospitals, and many other service organizations are so labor intensive that the cost of labor is their primary cost of operations.

A) True
B) False

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Megamart stores in northern Indiana have gone to a ________, where management works four 10-hour days, and has four days off.


A) flextime system
B) compressed work week
C) job rotation system
D) constrained work week

E) A) and B)
F) C) and D)

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Daisy just accepted a management position at the Ecologic Plant Life Corporation. In order to give her an appreciation of the different functional areas of her new company, she is required to spend six weeks in each of five different functional areas of the company, including production, research and development, accounting, marketing, and the HR management department. This type of training is known as contingency employment.

A) True
B) False

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The Americans with Disabilities Act protects people who are born with physical disabilities, exclusively, but not those who acquire disabilities later in life.

A) True
B) False

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Today's workers tend to be very loyal, as evidenced by declining turnover rates in most industries.

A) True
B) False

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