HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT DSST
REVIEW SCRIPT TESTED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● The first explicitly pro-union federal law passed in the United States
was the
A. Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
B. Clayton Act of 1914
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
D. Wagner Act of 1935
Answer: C. Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
●● ______ is the system condensing rate ranges into wider
classifications for employee rating.
A. Broadbanding
B. Anchoring
C. Codetermination
D. Dilation
Answer: A. Broadbanding
●● During an employment interview, which of the following items of
information can be lawfully solicited from an applicant for the purpose
of disqualification?
,A. Arrest record
B. Prior marital status
C. Military discharge status, if not result of a military conviction
D. Whether candidate has ever worked under a different name
Answer: D. Whether candidate has ever worked under a different name
●● Which of the following best describes the effect of the Industrial
Revolution (late 18th century) on the field of human resources
management?
A. Proliferation of mid-level managers
B. An increasing gap between workers and business owners
C. A shorter workday for both management and labor
D. More dangerous working conditions
Answer: B. An increasing gap between workers and business owners
●● The _____ shop is a practice in which management tries to avoid the
organization of labor into a union, without violating labor laws.
A. open
B. agency
C. restricted
D. preferential
Answer: C. restricted
,●● In the field of human resources, the term central tendency refers to
the
A. inclination for all workers to perform at an average level
B. most likely behavior from a group of employees in a given situation
C. inclination for an employee to remain in a static state, with no desire
for advancement
D. rating of all or most of the employees in the middle of a performance
scale
Answer: D. rating of all or most of the employees in the middle of a
performance scale
●● Of all the possible uses for performance evaluations within an
organization, which tends to be most INFREQUENTLY used?
A. Helping organization to identify individual employees' strengths and
weaknesses
B. Wage and salary administration
C. Promoting communication between superiors and subordinates
D. Performance feedback
Answer: C. Promoting communication between superiors and
subordinates
●● The main obstacle that top management encounters in making
strategic planning decisions regarding human resources is that
A. workers increasingly demand to be included in the process
, B. all other resources are evaluated in terms of money, and in most
organizations people are not
C. human resources are not as important in capital-intensive
organizations
D. in some sectors, turnover rates are too high to allow accurate
projections
Answer: B. all other resources are evaluated in terms of money, and in
most organizations people are not
●● In what year was the Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration
(OSHA) formed?
A. 1935 B. 1955 C. 1971 D. 1980
Answer: C. 1971
●● A(n) _____ test will measure how well an applicant can do a sample
of work that is to be performed.
A. proficiency
B. aptitude
C. psychomotor
D. job knowledge
Answer: A. proficiency
●● Which of the following groups is least likely to benefit from an
organization's affirmative action program?
REVIEW SCRIPT TESTED QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS
●● The first explicitly pro-union federal law passed in the United States
was the
A. Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890
B. Clayton Act of 1914
C. Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
D. Wagner Act of 1935
Answer: C. Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932
●● ______ is the system condensing rate ranges into wider
classifications for employee rating.
A. Broadbanding
B. Anchoring
C. Codetermination
D. Dilation
Answer: A. Broadbanding
●● During an employment interview, which of the following items of
information can be lawfully solicited from an applicant for the purpose
of disqualification?
,A. Arrest record
B. Prior marital status
C. Military discharge status, if not result of a military conviction
D. Whether candidate has ever worked under a different name
Answer: D. Whether candidate has ever worked under a different name
●● Which of the following best describes the effect of the Industrial
Revolution (late 18th century) on the field of human resources
management?
A. Proliferation of mid-level managers
B. An increasing gap between workers and business owners
C. A shorter workday for both management and labor
D. More dangerous working conditions
Answer: B. An increasing gap between workers and business owners
●● The _____ shop is a practice in which management tries to avoid the
organization of labor into a union, without violating labor laws.
A. open
B. agency
C. restricted
D. preferential
Answer: C. restricted
,●● In the field of human resources, the term central tendency refers to
the
A. inclination for all workers to perform at an average level
B. most likely behavior from a group of employees in a given situation
C. inclination for an employee to remain in a static state, with no desire
for advancement
D. rating of all or most of the employees in the middle of a performance
scale
Answer: D. rating of all or most of the employees in the middle of a
performance scale
●● Of all the possible uses for performance evaluations within an
organization, which tends to be most INFREQUENTLY used?
A. Helping organization to identify individual employees' strengths and
weaknesses
B. Wage and salary administration
C. Promoting communication between superiors and subordinates
D. Performance feedback
Answer: C. Promoting communication between superiors and
subordinates
●● The main obstacle that top management encounters in making
strategic planning decisions regarding human resources is that
A. workers increasingly demand to be included in the process
, B. all other resources are evaluated in terms of money, and in most
organizations people are not
C. human resources are not as important in capital-intensive
organizations
D. in some sectors, turnover rates are too high to allow accurate
projections
Answer: B. all other resources are evaluated in terms of money, and in
most organizations people are not
●● In what year was the Occupational Safety and Health Adminstration
(OSHA) formed?
A. 1935 B. 1955 C. 1971 D. 1980
Answer: C. 1971
●● A(n) _____ test will measure how well an applicant can do a sample
of work that is to be performed.
A. proficiency
B. aptitude
C. psychomotor
D. job knowledge
Answer: A. proficiency
●● Which of the following groups is least likely to benefit from an
organization's affirmative action program?
