PRE-ASSESSMENT: INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
Designed to boost confidence and grades!
Which human resource function helps the organization understand the number and type
of employees the organization will need in the future?
Recruiting
Planning
Appraising
Compensating - Answer: Planning
What are two societal trends that are influencing the world of work?
Choose 2 answers
Increased competition
Changes in communication technology
Lower college graduation rates
Decreasing world trade - Answer: Increased competition
Changes in communication technology
Which factor represents an organization's value system?
Corporate culture
Brand awareness
Core competencies
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,Company reputation - Answer: Corporate culture
Which activity does the strategic human resources manager need to be engaged in,
given the fact that organizational survival is increasingly dependent on adaptation?
Managing succession by creating contingency plans for key employees within the
organization
Taking on fewer roles to maintain a focused approach to organizational productivity
improvements
Focusing on acquiring human resources skills while leaving marketing and production
techniques to those managers
Maintaining priority on the requisition of services from the management and employees
without external considerations - Answer: Managing succession by creating
contingency plans for key employees within the organization
Which human resource professional provides a broad range of support to the overall
organization?
Specialist
Generalist
Supervisor
Coordinator - Answer: Generalist
A human resources department is working on increasing diversity within the
organization.
Which strategic role for a human resources department is being demonstrated?
2
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, Champion for change
Initiator of outsourcing
Administrator of policy
Agent for legal compliance - Answer: Champion for change
How should a human resources professional encourage a high ethical standard of
conduct in the workplace?
By influencing others to make moral choices
By holding monthly training sessions on integrity
By maintaining equitable pay levels and alignment
By ensuring compliance with all legal regulations - Answer: By influencing others to
make moral choices
A technology company is reviewing the potentially questionable behavior of four
employees and is trying to determine if an ethical violation has occurred. The behavior
of the four employees consisted of the following:
• Individual 1: Sold trade secrets to a competitor
• Individual 2: Requested that the company pay for continuing education
• Individual 3: Recommended hiring a sibling based on the sibling's work experience
• Individual 4: Applied for other jobs while still employed with the company
Which individual committed an ethical violation?
Individual 1
Individual 2
Individual 3
Individual 4 - Answer: Individual 1
What is an exception to the doctrine of employment at will?
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RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.
Designed to boost confidence and grades!
Which human resource function helps the organization understand the number and type
of employees the organization will need in the future?
Recruiting
Planning
Appraising
Compensating - Answer: Planning
What are two societal trends that are influencing the world of work?
Choose 2 answers
Increased competition
Changes in communication technology
Lower college graduation rates
Decreasing world trade - Answer: Increased competition
Changes in communication technology
Which factor represents an organization's value system?
Corporate culture
Brand awareness
Core competencies
1
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
,Company reputation - Answer: Corporate culture
Which activity does the strategic human resources manager need to be engaged in,
given the fact that organizational survival is increasingly dependent on adaptation?
Managing succession by creating contingency plans for key employees within the
organization
Taking on fewer roles to maintain a focused approach to organizational productivity
improvements
Focusing on acquiring human resources skills while leaving marketing and production
techniques to those managers
Maintaining priority on the requisition of services from the management and employees
without external considerations - Answer: Managing succession by creating
contingency plans for key employees within the organization
Which human resource professional provides a broad range of support to the overall
organization?
Specialist
Generalist
Supervisor
Coordinator - Answer: Generalist
A human resources department is working on increasing diversity within the
organization.
Which strategic role for a human resources department is being demonstrated?
2
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
, Champion for change
Initiator of outsourcing
Administrator of policy
Agent for legal compliance - Answer: Champion for change
How should a human resources professional encourage a high ethical standard of
conduct in the workplace?
By influencing others to make moral choices
By holding monthly training sessions on integrity
By maintaining equitable pay levels and alignment
By ensuring compliance with all legal regulations - Answer: By influencing others to
make moral choices
A technology company is reviewing the potentially questionable behavior of four
employees and is trying to determine if an ethical violation has occurred. The behavior
of the four employees consisted of the following:
• Individual 1: Sold trade secrets to a competitor
• Individual 2: Requested that the company pay for continuing education
• Individual 3: Recommended hiring a sibling based on the sibling's work experience
• Individual 4: Applied for other jobs while still employed with the company
Which individual committed an ethical violation?
Individual 1
Individual 2
Individual 3
Individual 4 - Answer: Individual 1
What is an exception to the doctrine of employment at will?
3
APPHIA - Crafted with Care and Precision for Academic Excellence.
