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EXAM 2026 FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE
A+
◉ Which responsibility, as classified by Carroll's CSR theory, is a
company fulfilling when it offers employees the opportunity to do
nonprofit volunteer work for up to a year while the company provides a
portion of the employee's salary? Answer: Philanthropic
◉ Which of the following guidelines should be applied when
communicating with diverse audiences? Answer: Be aware of nonverbal
communication
◉ Which of the following steps is first when developing an effective
learning initiative? Answer: Conduct a needs assessment
◉ Which of the following examples best describes how supervisors use
politics in performance appraisal? Answer: giving a poor rating to an
employee who appears uncommitted in hopes of motivating improved
performance
◉ If an organization is frustrated with its progressive disciplinary
procedures, which of the following is the most compelling reason for a
switch to a positive disciplinary process? Answer:
,◉ Why are learning management systems particularly important for
companies operating in regulated industries that require compliance
training? Answer:
◉ What is one of the most common criticisms of the 360-degree
feedback system? Answer: The feedback comes from a number of
individuals so it is difficult to validate.
◉ In what way is a SWOT analysis significant to an organization's
strategic planning process? Answer:
◉ What information is likely to have the most significant effect on the
demand analysis step of workforce planning? Answer: Projections of the
return on investment from a high potential employee development
program
◉ According to the HR analytics maturity model, which of the
following best characterizes activities of organizations engaging in
strategic use of big data for HR purposes? Answer:
◉ What tool might a company decide to use to track a variety of
performance measures across the organization? Answer: HR dashboard
Balanced scorecard
SWOT analysis
Stakeholder analysis
,◉ A mediator's role in a dispute includes reviewing the process, ground
rules, and expectations with the employees involved, and reminding
everyone of their responsibility to listen to the issues raised by others.
Which is another role of a mediator? Answer: Establishing an
environment in which open and respectful communication can exist
◉ What act clarified the time limit within which a pay discrimination
claim must be filed? Answer: Equal Pay Act
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Civil Service Reform Act
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
◉ Which HR metric is most likely to be dramatically affected by a shift
from paper-based to web-based resume's for recruiting? Answer:
Selection-hit ratio
Cost per hire
Time to fill
HR expense factor
◉ A company is deciding whether to keep health care as an employee
benefit. What factor is least relevant in the company's cost-benefit
analysis? Answer:
◉ What is the first step in the development of a selection program?
Answer:
, ◉ Which organizational structure tends to have centralization as a
natural part of the structure? Answer:
◉ Based on Kirkpatrick's model, simulations and 360-degree feedback
are likely to be used at which level of training evaluation? Answer:
Reaction
Learning
Behavior
Results
◉ How do succession planning and workforce planning compare in
terms of the targeted employee groups? Answer: Succession planning
focuses on middle- and upper-level management.
◉ An HR generalist is assigned to support a scientific organization.
Those in leadership positions in the organization are highly educated,
most with doctorates. Some are Nobel Prize winners. Those in
supporting positions tend to have jobs that are clerical in nature. Most do
not have college degrees. In addition, the leadership and support teams
have strong ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic differences among them
that result in cultural conflicts. The leadership team is highly critical of
the level and quality of support it receives from the support staff and has
gradually eliminated, outsourced, or automated large segments of
support tasks. The size of the support team has dwindled to half the size
it was five years earlier. An administrative analyst from the human
factors division asks to meet with the HR generalist to discuss bias in the
division. The administrative analyst complains that the scientists do not
resp Answer:
EXAM 2026 FINAL PAPER PRACTICE
QUESTIONS ANSWERS ACCURATE
A+
◉ Which responsibility, as classified by Carroll's CSR theory, is a
company fulfilling when it offers employees the opportunity to do
nonprofit volunteer work for up to a year while the company provides a
portion of the employee's salary? Answer: Philanthropic
◉ Which of the following guidelines should be applied when
communicating with diverse audiences? Answer: Be aware of nonverbal
communication
◉ Which of the following steps is first when developing an effective
learning initiative? Answer: Conduct a needs assessment
◉ Which of the following examples best describes how supervisors use
politics in performance appraisal? Answer: giving a poor rating to an
employee who appears uncommitted in hopes of motivating improved
performance
◉ If an organization is frustrated with its progressive disciplinary
procedures, which of the following is the most compelling reason for a
switch to a positive disciplinary process? Answer:
,◉ Why are learning management systems particularly important for
companies operating in regulated industries that require compliance
training? Answer:
◉ What is one of the most common criticisms of the 360-degree
feedback system? Answer: The feedback comes from a number of
individuals so it is difficult to validate.
◉ In what way is a SWOT analysis significant to an organization's
strategic planning process? Answer:
◉ What information is likely to have the most significant effect on the
demand analysis step of workforce planning? Answer: Projections of the
return on investment from a high potential employee development
program
◉ According to the HR analytics maturity model, which of the
following best characterizes activities of organizations engaging in
strategic use of big data for HR purposes? Answer:
◉ What tool might a company decide to use to track a variety of
performance measures across the organization? Answer: HR dashboard
Balanced scorecard
SWOT analysis
Stakeholder analysis
,◉ A mediator's role in a dispute includes reviewing the process, ground
rules, and expectations with the employees involved, and reminding
everyone of their responsibility to listen to the issues raised by others.
Which is another role of a mediator? Answer: Establishing an
environment in which open and respectful communication can exist
◉ What act clarified the time limit within which a pay discrimination
claim must be filed? Answer: Equal Pay Act
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Civil Service Reform Act
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
◉ Which HR metric is most likely to be dramatically affected by a shift
from paper-based to web-based resume's for recruiting? Answer:
Selection-hit ratio
Cost per hire
Time to fill
HR expense factor
◉ A company is deciding whether to keep health care as an employee
benefit. What factor is least relevant in the company's cost-benefit
analysis? Answer:
◉ What is the first step in the development of a selection program?
Answer:
, ◉ Which organizational structure tends to have centralization as a
natural part of the structure? Answer:
◉ Based on Kirkpatrick's model, simulations and 360-degree feedback
are likely to be used at which level of training evaluation? Answer:
Reaction
Learning
Behavior
Results
◉ How do succession planning and workforce planning compare in
terms of the targeted employee groups? Answer: Succession planning
focuses on middle- and upper-level management.
◉ An HR generalist is assigned to support a scientific organization.
Those in leadership positions in the organization are highly educated,
most with doctorates. Some are Nobel Prize winners. Those in
supporting positions tend to have jobs that are clerical in nature. Most do
not have college degrees. In addition, the leadership and support teams
have strong ethnic, gender, and socioeconomic differences among them
that result in cultural conflicts. The leadership team is highly critical of
the level and quality of support it receives from the support staff and has
gradually eliminated, outsourced, or automated large segments of
support tasks. The size of the support team has dwindled to half the size
it was five years earlier. An administrative analyst from the human
factors division asks to meet with the HR generalist to discuss bias in the
division. The administrative analyst complains that the scientists do not
resp Answer:
