LATG Chapter 1 Personnel Management
Questions with actual answers.
The ability to maintain a good rapport with upper management and outside agencies represents what
type of skill?
a. Technical skills
b. People skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Communication skills ANS -B
The ability to clearly relate the facility's goals to the staff is an example of :
a. people skills.
b. communication skills.
c. conceptual skills.
d. technical skills. ANS -B
The ability to plan steps for achieving long-range goals is an example of what kind of managerial skills?
a. People skills
b. Technical skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Communication skills ANS -C
Who usually establishes most of the unit's goals?
a. Upper-level management
b. Animal facility manager
c. Animal facility staff
d. The Human Resources department ANS -A
, LATGs can make a significant contribution to the development of the unit's goals because of their:
a. knowledge of staff strengths.
b. ability to assess caging and equipment needs.
c. knowledge of the physical plant.
d. All of the above ANS -D
.Which of the following is a step involved in goal-setting?
a. Monitoring worker productivity in goal-related tasks
b. Tracking the expenses related to the goal
c. Deciding what resources are needed to reach the goal
d. All of the above ANS -C
Once a goal has been established for the unit, which of the following issues should the manager first
consider?
a. Reporting task results to upper management
b. How to divide the work in job-specific tasks
c. Assessing organizational perceptions of the goals
d. Vacation schedules ANS -B
Developing a reporting structure can be classified as what kind of activity?
a. Organizing
b. Disciplining
c. Staffing
d. Motivating ANS -A
What is the recommended order of steps in hiring staff?
a. Recruiting, interviewing, developing a job description, hiring
b. Recruiting, developing a job description, interviewing, hiring
c. Developing a job description, recruiting, interviewing, hiring
Questions with actual answers.
The ability to maintain a good rapport with upper management and outside agencies represents what
type of skill?
a. Technical skills
b. People skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Communication skills ANS -B
The ability to clearly relate the facility's goals to the staff is an example of :
a. people skills.
b. communication skills.
c. conceptual skills.
d. technical skills. ANS -B
The ability to plan steps for achieving long-range goals is an example of what kind of managerial skills?
a. People skills
b. Technical skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Communication skills ANS -C
Who usually establishes most of the unit's goals?
a. Upper-level management
b. Animal facility manager
c. Animal facility staff
d. The Human Resources department ANS -A
, LATGs can make a significant contribution to the development of the unit's goals because of their:
a. knowledge of staff strengths.
b. ability to assess caging and equipment needs.
c. knowledge of the physical plant.
d. All of the above ANS -D
.Which of the following is a step involved in goal-setting?
a. Monitoring worker productivity in goal-related tasks
b. Tracking the expenses related to the goal
c. Deciding what resources are needed to reach the goal
d. All of the above ANS -C
Once a goal has been established for the unit, which of the following issues should the manager first
consider?
a. Reporting task results to upper management
b. How to divide the work in job-specific tasks
c. Assessing organizational perceptions of the goals
d. Vacation schedules ANS -B
Developing a reporting structure can be classified as what kind of activity?
a. Organizing
b. Disciplining
c. Staffing
d. Motivating ANS -A
What is the recommended order of steps in hiring staff?
a. Recruiting, interviewing, developing a job description, hiring
b. Recruiting, developing a job description, interviewing, hiring
c. Developing a job description, recruiting, interviewing, hiring
