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Multiple Choice Questions with Keys - Human Resource Management

1. Objectives of human resource planning include all of the following except
a. allowing a reactive response to environment charge
b. ensuring that the right employees with the right skills are in the right places at the right times
c. preventing employee surpluses and shortages
d. providing direction and coherence to HR activities

2. An organization can plan for employee surpluses by all of the following except
a. downsizing
b. transfer or reassignment of employees
c. providing incentives for postponing retirement
d. cross-training during slack periods

3. Employees receive additional responsibility through
a. job rotation
b. job enrichment
c. job enlargement
d. all of the above

4. Which is not part of the Job Characteristic Enrichment Model
a. supervisory practices
b. critical psychological states
c. employee growth need strength
d. core job dimensions

5. Which of the following is a critical consideration relative to what employees need?
a. changing demographics
b. employee representation
c. work / life balance
d. all of the above

6. Which of the following is an advantage of internal recruiting?
a. it facilitates change
b. positions can be filled with minimal disruption to other jobs in the organization
c. the vacancy is filled by a person of known ability
d. it brings in new viewpoints

7. A yield ratio is
a. the number of initial interviews that will be needed to hire one employee for a particular position
b. the number of candidates who pass each stage of the selection process compared with the number who began the stage
c. the number of people offered jobs who accept the offers
d. the number of people that accept job offers compared with the number of qualified people in the labor market

8. A human resource information system or skill inventory system would be...