Test Bank For Managing Human Resources 8th Edition By Gomez
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Managing Human Resources, 8e (Gomez-Mejia et al.)
Chapter 3 Understanding Equal Opportunity and the Legal Environment
1) All of the following are HR responsibilities EXCEPT:
A) monitoring the company's HR decisions.
B) rendering official legal opinions.
C) maintaining employment records.
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,Managing Human Resources, 8e (Gomez-Mejia et al.)
Chapter 1 Meeting Present and Emerging Strategic Human Resource Challenges
1) As the director of HR, you are in a meeting with your corporate officers discussing the firm's
deliberate use of personnel to gain a competitive edge in the marketplace. You are most likely
discussing:
A) human resource policies.
B) corporate objectives.
C) human resource strategies.
D) line employees.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Application
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
2) Tony works in the finance department as an accounting clerk. He keeps a time card and
receives extra pay for any overtime he works. Tony is most likely a(n):
A) exempt line employee.
B) nonexempt staff employee.
C) exempt staff employee.
D) nonexempt line employee.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Application
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
3) Salaried employees are also known as ________ employees.
A) exempt
B) senior
C) staff
D) line
Answer: A
Diff: 1
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
,4) Which of the following is an environmental challenge faced by modern HR managers?
A) Job insecurity
B) Decentralization
C) Globalization
D) Self-managed work teams
Answer: C
Diff: 1
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
5) Due to the increasing work pace and burnout in the United States, more workers are dealing
with stress. According to your text, an increasing number of firms are choosing to:
A) provide employees with stress-control programs.
B) require employees to take longer breaks during the work day.
C) encourage telecommuting, job sharing, and employment sabbaticals.
D) inform potential employees of this challenge during the interviewing process.
Answer: A
Diff: 3
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
6) Which of the following is NOT true of the Internet Revolution as it relates to HRM?
A) Writing skills are essential to effective e-mail communications.
B) The recruiting, screening, and hiring process is streamlined.
C) Online corporate training is surpassing classroom training.
D) Cross-cultural understanding is less important.
Answer: D
Diff: 3
AACSB: Information technology
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
7) RCA is creating a corporate identity to smooth over cultural differences between its domestic
and international employees. RCA is most likely addressing the HRM challenge of:
A) outsourcing.
B) globalization.
C) employee stress.
D) competitive markets.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: Diverse and multicultural work environments
Skill: Application
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
, 8) What is the primary reason for the rising importance of HR at firms over the last four
decades?
A) Market globalization
B) Workforce diversity
C) Employment laws
D) Technology
Answer: C
Diff: 2
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
9) A dual-career family is one in which:
A) the major bread winner works two jobs.
B) the wife is a homemaker and the husband works outside of the home.
C) both husband and wife work.
D) both husband and wife own their own business.
Answer: C
Diff: 1
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
10) Firms are increasingly introducing family-friendly programs to:
A) comply with federal EEO legislation.
B) hire and retain the best workers.
C) provide essential training.
D) gain tax benefits.
Answer: B
Diff: 2
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
11) Growth in service sector employment is most likely tied to:
A) advances in technology that eliminate manufacturing jobs.
B) the increasing number of women entering the workforce.
C) increasing efforts to match individuals to the correct jobs.
D) an overabundance of highly educated job candidates.
Answer: A
Diff: 3
AACSB: Analytical thinking
Skill: Concept
LO: 1.1: Understand the major challenges affecting HR
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