D351 EXAMINATION QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What are the four implicit HR objectives? - 1. Improve productivity 2.Improve quality of
work 3. Ensure legal compliance 4. Ensure ethical behavior
Affirmative Action - any act taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory effects of
past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - Federal legislation passed in 2010 that includes a number of
provisions designed to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare, and
explore new models of delivering and paying for healthcare.
Age Discrimination - different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their
age
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) - A federal law that protects
workers age 40 and older from employment discrimination based on their age.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - A federal law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for individuals
with disabilities in all aspects of employment as well as in other public services.
BFOQ - Bona fide occupational qualifications are employment qualifications that
employers are permitted to consider while making decisions about hiring and retaining
employees. However, consideration of these qualities in any other contexts might be deemed
discriminatory.
Baby Boomers - People born between 1946 and 1964; in general, they greatly value
loyalty, financial security, stability, and a positive work ethic.
Business Ethics - The values and principles that are used to evaluate whether the
collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate.
Cash Plan - Provides for payment of profit shares at regular intervals.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Comprehensive civil rights legislation, signed into law by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - This Act allows for compensatory and punitive damages for
violations of Title VII.
, Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, and 1871 - These acts prohibit employers from
discriminating against minorities.
Consequentialist Theories - evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action based on
the consequences of that action.
Content Validity - A method used to confirm that a selection test measures what it is
intended to measure by comparing the test to the job description (knowledge, skills, and
abilities required to complete a job).
Correlation Coefficient - reflects the stability of a test over time—the higher the
coefficient of stability, the more reliable the measure.
Culture - represents an organization's value system. It includes factors such as
employees' willingness to work, their ethics, how the organization thinks they should be
treated, and so on.
Define "Reliability" - The consistency or stability of a selection instrument
Define "Validity" - how accurately and precisely a measure assesses an attribute. It
assumes the appropriateness of using a given measuring device for drawing inferences about
certain criteria.
Define the Term "Demand." - The number and types of employees you will need to
achieve the organization's strategic mission
Define the Term "Supply." - The number and types of employees who will be available
now or in the future to fill the jobs
Defined Benefit Plan - A retirement plan in which the employer commits (and pays) a
specific monthly benefit (or amount) to the employee when the employee retires.
Defined Contribution Plan - A retirement plan in which the employer pays a specific
amount, or contribution, to an employee's retirement during each pay period that the
employee is with the firm. Both the traditional 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans are examples of
defined contribution plans.
Delphi Technique - A method of group decision-making and forecasting that involves
successively collating the judgments of experts.
Deontological Theories - evaluate the rightness or wrongness of an action based on
how well that action conforms to some rule or principle, regardless of the consequences.
Developing Data - The first phase of the process of human resources planning.
Developing data includes taking inventories of the current workforce, projecting future needs,
and understanding what will be required to meet those needs.
ANSWERS
What are the four implicit HR objectives? - 1. Improve productivity 2.Improve quality of
work 3. Ensure legal compliance 4. Ensure ethical behavior
Affirmative Action - any act taken by an employer to overcome discriminatory effects of
past or current practices or policies that create barriers to equal employment opportunity.
Affordable Care Act (ACA) - Federal legislation passed in 2010 that includes a number of
provisions designed to increase access to healthcare, improve the quality of healthcare, and
explore new models of delivering and paying for healthcare.
Age Discrimination - different and unequal treatment of people based solely on their
age
Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) - A federal law that protects
workers age 40 and older from employment discrimination based on their age.
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) - A federal law that prohibits
discrimination on the basis of disability. The ADA ensures equal opportunity for individuals
with disabilities in all aspects of employment as well as in other public services.
BFOQ - Bona fide occupational qualifications are employment qualifications that
employers are permitted to consider while making decisions about hiring and retaining
employees. However, consideration of these qualities in any other contexts might be deemed
discriminatory.
Baby Boomers - People born between 1946 and 1964; in general, they greatly value
loyalty, financial security, stability, and a positive work ethic.
Business Ethics - The values and principles that are used to evaluate whether the
collective behavior of an organization's members is appropriate.
Cash Plan - Provides for payment of profit shares at regular intervals.
Civil Rights Act of 1964 - Comprehensive civil rights legislation, signed into law by
President Lyndon B. Johnson, which prohibits employment discrimination on the basis of race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin.
Civil Rights Act of 1991 - This Act allows for compensatory and punitive damages for
violations of Title VII.
, Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1870, and 1871 - These acts prohibit employers from
discriminating against minorities.
Consequentialist Theories - evaluates the rightness or wrongness of an action based on
the consequences of that action.
Content Validity - A method used to confirm that a selection test measures what it is
intended to measure by comparing the test to the job description (knowledge, skills, and
abilities required to complete a job).
Correlation Coefficient - reflects the stability of a test over time—the higher the
coefficient of stability, the more reliable the measure.
Culture - represents an organization's value system. It includes factors such as
employees' willingness to work, their ethics, how the organization thinks they should be
treated, and so on.
Define "Reliability" - The consistency or stability of a selection instrument
Define "Validity" - how accurately and precisely a measure assesses an attribute. It
assumes the appropriateness of using a given measuring device for drawing inferences about
certain criteria.
Define the Term "Demand." - The number and types of employees you will need to
achieve the organization's strategic mission
Define the Term "Supply." - The number and types of employees who will be available
now or in the future to fill the jobs
Defined Benefit Plan - A retirement plan in which the employer commits (and pays) a
specific monthly benefit (or amount) to the employee when the employee retires.
Defined Contribution Plan - A retirement plan in which the employer pays a specific
amount, or contribution, to an employee's retirement during each pay period that the
employee is with the firm. Both the traditional 401(k) and Roth 401(k) plans are examples of
defined contribution plans.
Delphi Technique - A method of group decision-making and forecasting that involves
successively collating the judgments of experts.
Deontological Theories - evaluate the rightness or wrongness of an action based on
how well that action conforms to some rule or principle, regardless of the consequences.
Developing Data - The first phase of the process of human resources planning.
Developing data includes taking inventories of the current workforce, projecting future needs,
and understanding what will be required to meet those needs.
