EXAM 2 - MIE 330 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.
The first step in the human resource planning process is _____. - ANSWERforecasting
Which of the following is true about transitional matrices? - ANSWERTransitional
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. - ANSWERA 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? - ANSWERearly retirement
Which of the following options is considered a fast option for reducing an expected labor
surplus but results in high human suffering? - ANSWERdemotions
Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit
of being a fast solution with high revocability? - ANSWERtemporary employees
Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor
surplus? - ANSWEREarly 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 _____. - ANSWERemployment-
at-will policies
A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision is
called a(n) _____. - ANSWERdue process policy
, Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to
respond to most positively? - ANSWERWarmth 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. - ANSWERRowan 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. - ANSWERYou
should build a professional network only when you need it.
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 scenarios maintenance engineers might face. Which of the following types of
validation is Rollerbeam's HR team performing? - ANSWERContent validation
When a company provides evidence from previous criterion-related validity studies
conducted in other situations to show that a specific test is a valid predictor for a specific
job performance, it is trying to prove the test's: - ANSWERgeneralizability.
Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement? -
ANSWERReliability 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: - ANSWERtest-retest reliability.
Which of the following statements is true regarding reliability and validity? -
ANSWERReliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.
ANSWERS 100% CORRECT.
The first step in the human resource planning process is _____. - ANSWERforecasting
Which of the following is true about transitional matrices? - ANSWERTransitional
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. - ANSWERA 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? - ANSWERearly retirement
Which of the following options is considered a fast option for reducing an expected labor
surplus but results in high human suffering? - ANSWERdemotions
Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit
of being a fast solution with high revocability? - ANSWERtemporary employees
Which of the following is true of the several options available to reduce expected labor
surplus? - ANSWEREarly 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 _____. - ANSWERemployment-
at-will policies
A policy that lays out the steps an employee can take to appeal a termination decision is
called a(n) _____. - ANSWERdue process policy
, Which of the following pairs of recruiter characteristics does an applicant tend to
respond to most positively? - ANSWERWarmth 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. - ANSWERRowan 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. - ANSWERYou
should build a professional network only when you need it.
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 scenarios maintenance engineers might face. Which of the following types of
validation is Rollerbeam's HR team performing? - ANSWERContent validation
When a company provides evidence from previous criterion-related validity studies
conducted in other situations to show that a specific test is a valid predictor for a specific
job performance, it is trying to prove the test's: - ANSWERgeneralizability.
Which of the following statements is true of the reliability of a measurement? -
ANSWERReliability 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: - ANSWERtest-retest reliability.
Which of the following statements is true regarding reliability and validity? -
ANSWERReliability of a measure is essential for it to have any validity.
