HRM 531 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS
HRM 531 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION
AND ANSWERS
1. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 states that:
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) made it
unlawful to discriminate against employees or applicants who are between
40 and 65 years of age.
2. According to Lewin’s change process, what is meant by unfreezing?
Minimize the forces that strive to maintain the status quo
3. involves the process of giving current or new employees the skills
that are required to perform their jobs.
Training
4. A is an indirect nonfinancial and financial payment that employees
receive for their continued employment with an organization.
Benefit
5. Which of the following situations illustrate broadbanding?
Consolidating salary grades and ranges into just a few wide levels or
“bands,” each of which contains a relatively wide range of jobs and salary
levels.
A company collapses several pay grades into three general pay grades.
6. Which of the following is a difference between an organization chart and a
process chart?
process chart: A workflow chart that shows the flow of inputs to and
outputs from a particular job.
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organization chart: A chart that shows the organization-wide distribution of
work, with titles of each position and interconnecting lines that show who
reports to and communicates with whom.
While an organization chart shows how a job role fits in a company, a
process chart gives a detailed picture of where that role fits in the
workflow.
7. Sharon, who works in Arkitekno Inc., is suffering from morning sickness and is
diagnosed with gestational diabetes. When Sharon tells her manager about her
condition, he is quick to state that it will affect her work without first considering
whether or not she can perform the job. He, therefore, assigned Sharon’s work to
a junior colleague. Which of the following Acts prohibits such discrimination?
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
8. Which of the following scenarios illustrates flextime?
Flextime: A work schedule in which employees’ workdays are built around
a core of midday hours, and employees determine, within limits, what
other hours they will work.
9. When a company decides what positions it needs to fill and how it is going to fill
those positions to help achieve the company’s strategic objectives, it is called
.
Workforce Planning
10. means having a workforce comprising two or more groups of
employees with various racial, gender, ethnic, national origin, cultural, age,
handicap, and religious backgrounds.
Diversity
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HRM 531 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION
AND ANSWERS
1. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 states that:
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) made it
unlawful to discriminate against employees or applicants who are between
40 and 65 years of age.
2. According to Lewin’s change process, what is meant by unfreezing?
Minimize the forces that strive to maintain the status quo
3. involves the process of giving current or new employees the skills
that are required to perform their jobs.
Training
4. A is an indirect nonfinancial and financial payment that employees
receive for their continued employment with an organization.
Benefit
5. Which of the following situations illustrate broadbanding?
Consolidating salary grades and ranges into just a few wide levels or
“bands,” each of which contains a relatively wide range of jobs and salary
levels.
A company collapses several pay grades into three general pay grades.
6. Which of the following is a difference between an organization chart and a
process chart?
process chart: A workflow chart that shows the flow of inputs to and
outputs from a particular job.
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, HRM 531 FINAL EXAM – QUESTION AND ANSWERS
organization chart: A chart that shows the organization-wide distribution of
work, with titles of each position and interconnecting lines that show who
reports to and communicates with whom.
While an organization chart shows how a job role fits in a company, a
process chart gives a detailed picture of where that role fits in the
workflow.
7. Sharon, who works in Arkitekno Inc., is suffering from morning sickness and is
diagnosed with gestational diabetes. When Sharon tells her manager about her
condition, he is quick to state that it will affect her work without first considering
whether or not she can perform the job. He, therefore, assigned Sharon’s work to
a junior colleague. Which of the following Acts prohibits such discrimination?
Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978
8. Which of the following scenarios illustrates flextime?
Flextime: A work schedule in which employees’ workdays are built around
a core of midday hours, and employees determine, within limits, what
other hours they will work.
9. When a company decides what positions it needs to fill and how it is going to fill
those positions to help achieve the company’s strategic objectives, it is called
.
Workforce Planning
10. means having a workforce comprising two or more groups of
employees with various racial, gender, ethnic, national origin, cultural, age,
handicap, and religious backgrounds.
Diversity
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