Exam 2 - MIE 330-answered
The first step in the human resource planning process is _____. - ✔✔✔ forecasting
Which of the following is true about transitional matrices? - ✔✔✔ Transitional matrices are
extremely useful for charting historical trends in a company's supply of labor.
Which of the following is TRUE?
a. A reason why downsizing efforts often fail is that employees who survive the purges
often become narrow-minded, self-absorbed, and risk-averse.
b. Typically, "call center" staffing is the only type of work that is being offshored.
c. The last step in the human resource planning process is forecasting.
d. Hiring employees from external sources is a fast option to avoid an unexpected labor
shortage plus its revocability is high. - ✔✔✔ A reason why downsizing efforts often fail is
that employees who survive the purges often become narrow-minded, self-absorbed, and
risk-averse.
Which of the following options is considered a slow option for reducing an expected labor
surplus and has a low impact on human suffering? - ✔✔✔ early retirement
Which of the following options is considered a fast option for reducing an expected labor
surplus but results in high human suffering? - ✔✔✔ demotions
Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of
being a fast solution with high revocability? - ✔✔✔ temporary employees
Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor
surplus? - ✔✔✔ Early retirement causes relatively less human suffering.
Policies that state that either party in an employment relationship can terminate that
relationship at any time, regardless of cause, are called _____. - ✔✔✔ employment-at-will
policies
A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision is
called a(n) _____. - ✔✔✔ due process policy
Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to respond
to most positively? - ✔✔✔ Warmth and informativeness
Based upon the video by Rowan (2012), which of the follwing is TRUE?
, a. Rowan believes there is a role for government in regulating the job market.
b. Rowan believes that national lotteries provide a bad example of how a modern job
market could be run.
c. Rowan argues for one centralized job market that everyone has to join.
d. Modern markets have very high overhead. - ✔✔✔ Rowan believes there is a role for
government in regulating the job market.
Based upon the reading by Arruda (2014), which of the following is FALSE?
a. The majority of jobs posted online are posted on LinkedIn.
b. LinkedIn helps individuals to engage in personal branding.
c. 80% of jobs are landed through networking.
d. You should build a professional network only when you need it. - ✔✔✔ You should build
a professional network only when you need it.
Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement? - ✔✔✔
Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.
When assessing the reliability of a measure, one might be interested in knowing how
scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the same measure at another time.
This is called: - ✔✔✔ test-retest reliability.
Which of the following statements is true regarding reliability and validity? - ✔✔✔
Reliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.
Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the
knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests its present
employees to take the test and match it with their performance in the organization. Which
of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new technical
test? - ✔✔✔ Concurrent validation
Predictive validation is superior to concurrent validation because: - ✔✔✔ job applicants
are more motivated than an organization's employees.
Rollerbeam Inc., a provider of engineering services, is looking to hire several maintenance
engineers. Rollerbeam's HR department checks with the company's engineering
department to confirm that the scenarios mentioned in the test are plausible real world
The first step in the human resource planning process is _____. - ✔✔✔ forecasting
Which of the following is true about transitional matrices? - ✔✔✔ Transitional matrices are
extremely useful for charting historical trends in a company's supply of labor.
Which of the following is TRUE?
a. A reason why downsizing efforts often fail is that employees who survive the purges
often become narrow-minded, self-absorbed, and risk-averse.
b. Typically, "call center" staffing is the only type of work that is being offshored.
c. The last step in the human resource planning process is forecasting.
d. Hiring employees from external sources is a fast option to avoid an unexpected labor
shortage plus its revocability is high. - ✔✔✔ A reason why downsizing efforts often fail is
that employees who survive the purges often become narrow-minded, self-absorbed, and
risk-averse.
Which of the following options is considered a slow option for reducing an expected labor
surplus and has a low impact on human suffering? - ✔✔✔ early retirement
Which of the following options is considered a fast option for reducing an expected labor
surplus but results in high human suffering? - ✔✔✔ demotions
Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit of
being a fast solution with high revocability? - ✔✔✔ temporary employees
Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor
surplus? - ✔✔✔ Early retirement causes relatively less human suffering.
Policies that state that either party in an employment relationship can terminate that
relationship at any time, regardless of cause, are called _____. - ✔✔✔ employment-at-will
policies
A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision is
called a(n) _____. - ✔✔✔ due process policy
Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to respond
to most positively? - ✔✔✔ Warmth and informativeness
Based upon the video by Rowan (2012), which of the follwing is TRUE?
, a. Rowan believes there is a role for government in regulating the job market.
b. Rowan believes that national lotteries provide a bad example of how a modern job
market could be run.
c. Rowan argues for one centralized job market that everyone has to join.
d. Modern markets have very high overhead. - ✔✔✔ Rowan believes there is a role for
government in regulating the job market.
Based upon the reading by Arruda (2014), which of the following is FALSE?
a. The majority of jobs posted online are posted on LinkedIn.
b. LinkedIn helps individuals to engage in personal branding.
c. 80% of jobs are landed through networking.
d. You should build a professional network only when you need it. - ✔✔✔ You should build
a professional network only when you need it.
Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement? - ✔✔✔
Reliability refers to the measuring instrument rather than to the characteristic itself.
When assessing the reliability of a measure, one might be interested in knowing how
scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the same measure at another time.
This is called: - ✔✔✔ test-retest reliability.
Which of the following statements is true regarding reliability and validity? - ✔✔✔
Reliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.
Star Inc., an engineering firm, has come up with a new technical test to assess the
knowledge of interviewees. To assess the validity of the test, it requests its present
employees to take the test and match it with their performance in the organization. Which
of the following types of validation has Star Inc. used to test the validity of its new technical
test? - ✔✔✔ Concurrent validation
Predictive validation is superior to concurrent validation because: - ✔✔✔ job applicants
are more motivated than an organization's employees.
Rollerbeam Inc., a provider of engineering services, is looking to hire several maintenance
engineers. Rollerbeam's HR department checks with the company's engineering
department to confirm that the scenarios mentioned in the test are plausible real world
