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HRM Exam 1 Review
HRM Exam 1 Review
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Fall 2024
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1
All of the following recruitment sources promote “informed self-selection”
EXCEPT
Referrals
Current employees
Employment agencies
Interns
2
Which of the following artists was recently announced as the 2025 Super Bowl halftime performer?
Drake
Kendrick Lamar
DJ Khaled
Post Malone
3
Recruiter characteristics have the largest impact on job acceptance.
False
True
4
Legendary actor James Earl Jones died recently at 93. Which of the following movies was he (or his voice) NOT in?
Field of Dreams
A League of Their Own
The Lion King
The Sandlot
5
In class, I used which job to describe job variety?
Chefs
Broadway Swings
Teachers
TikTok Influencers
6
Designing a job by examining the employees at
slow speeds
and eliminating/combining steps is called...
Perceptual-motor approach
Micromotion approach
Biological approach
Memotion approach
7
How can organizations increase the impact of recruiters?
Avoid offensive behavior
Recruit with teams rather than individual recruiters
All of the above
Provide timely feedback
8
What changing factors significantly affect jobs and hence job analysis?
Weather patterns
Average Lifespan
Computerization
KSAOs
9
Which approach to job design reduces
physical fatigue
and
health problems
for our employees?
Biological approach
Micromotion approach
Memomotion Approach
Perceptual-motor approach
10
This job characteristic describes how a job provides the employee with the whole results, not just a piece
Variety
Identity
Feedback
Autonomy
11
What of the characteristics does NOT influence the meaningfulness of work?
Identity
Variety
Feedback
Significance
12
What is the main goal of HRM, as indicated by the definition provided in class?
To improve attitudes and behaviors of employees
To increase the bottom line
To hire and fire employees
To cover up employee/ company scandals
13
Uber was a mess in 2017. What two HRM issues did we identify as the cause?
Retention & Attrition
Compensation & Forecasting
Outsourcing & Automation
Selection & Training
14
A transition matrix is used in which type of forecasting?
Demand
Supply
15
On a resume, operating a forklift would be considered as which category of KSAO?
Knowledge
Ability
Other
Skill
16
The core job characteristics are more important for job satisfaction than pay, promotion opportunities, and supervision
True
False
17
Sometimes, applicants may turn down a job just because it doesn’t meet one characteristic. This is called...
The “Implicit Favorite”
Non-compensatory Strategy
The Stubborn Strategy
Compensatory Strategy
18
Which of the following is a disadvantage of outsourcing?
All of the above
May have long term effects on economy
Can be bad for employee morale
No control over performance mgmt & compensation
19
Which of the following states has Dr. Poulton not resided?
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Maryland
California
20
KSAOs do NOT include...
Knowldege
Skills
Agilities
Abilities
21
Looking at certain companies (Uber) to examine what they are doing well/poorly is what type of analysis?
Mixed Methods Analysis
Qualitative Analysis
Quantitative Analysis
Case Studies
22
________ is the process of getting detailed information about existing jobs in an organization.
Planning
Recruitment
Job design
Job analysis
23
What is the ultimate goal of the job characteristics model?
Maximize intrinsic enjoyment
Maximize work performance
Maximize employee committment
Maximize efficiency and safety
24
Who does HRM in organizations?
Only the Chief Human Resources Officer
None of the above
Only the HR department
Anyone who manages employees
25
Which of the following is a
fast
way to correct for a labor shortage that is also
low in human suffering
?
Downsizing
Retraining
None of the above
Early retirement
26
The process of comparing a company to another that has similar products/services is called...
Benchmarking
Forecasting
Downsizing
Planning
27
Which of the following is
NOT
a characteristic of sustainable competitive advantage?
Transferrable
Inimitable
Rare
Valuable
28
Knowledge and abilities are trainable facets of KSAOs.
True
False
29
A transitional matrix depicts—by job category—how employees
Move up, through, and out of the organization
Move through and out of the organization
Move up and through the organization
Move up and out of the organization
30
Downsizing is only used to cut costs.
True
False
31
Which band recently announced they were debuting their first new music since the 2017 death of lead singer?
Oasis
Linkin Park
Fleetwood Mac
Pink Floyd
32
Which of the following is NOT one of the three goals in recruitment?
Increase the likelihood of acceptances
Attract applicants who “fit” the position
Retaining good employees
Attract a lot of applicants
33
The % of applicants who move from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to the next is called a...
Retention Analysis
Attrition Analysis
Cost per hire Analysis
Yield Ratio
34
Which famous soccer player announced her retirement last week?
Trinity Rodman
Alyssa Naeher
Megan Rapinoe
Alex Morgan
35
Advantages of hiring temporary workers do NOT include:
More “extra-role” behaviors will be performed
Reduces need for training
Saves benefits costs
Reduces need for selection
