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Questions & Answers
1. The alignment of the HRM function with organizational goals to contribute to competitive
advantage is referred to as ______.
A. an HR balanced scorecard
B. strategic human resources management
C. concreteness or congruence
D. human resources program evaluation
Correct Answer: B. strategic human resources management
2. What does the human resource management function work to align employee expertise with?
A. hiring quotas
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B. HR activities
C. job descriptions
D. strategic objectives
Correct Answer: D. strategic objectives
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3. Which of the following is a risk of an HRIS?
A. privacy and security
B. increased time requirements
C. increased recruitment costs
D. reduced quality of decision making
Correct Answer: A. privacy and security
4. One of the major purposes of the implementation of an HRIS is to allow HR employees to spend
less time on ______.
A. traditional activities
B. transactional activities
C. transformational activities
D. theoretical activities
Correct Answer: B. transactional activities
5. The birth of the field of human resource management took place during the ______ era.
A. “the Cloud” and Mobile Technology
B. post–World War II
C. Cost−Effectiveness
D. Social Issues
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Correct Answer: D. Social Issues
6. When does an employee or potential employee first interact with an employer’s HRIS?
A. when they are hired
B. when they are fired
C. when they consider working for a firm
D. on the first anniversary of their hiring
Correct Answer: C. when they consider working for a firm
7. According to the book, an HRIS ______.
A. is defined only by the software–hardware configuration it uses
B. is used to store data for use by the MIS department
C. includes people, forms, policies, procedures, and data
D. cannot be used to manipulate and analyze data
Correct Answer: C. includes people, forms, policies, procedures, and data
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8. To compete in the marketplace, what resources do firms need to achieve, profit, and survive?
A. technology, human, and inventory
B. physical, human, and technology
C. financial, technology, and inventory
D. physical, organizational, and human
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Correct Answer: D. physical, organizational, and human
9. The ______ approach refers to the ownership of HRIS hardware belongs to the organization
rather than the vendor after purchase.
A. on−premise
B. off−premise
C. multitenant
D. cloud computing
Correct Answer: A. on−premise
10. The activities during the pre–World War II era included all the following EXCEPT for ______.
A. record keeping of employee information
B. an unprecedented increase in the amount of labor legislation
C. scientific management as the prevailing philosophy
D. very few government influences in employment relations
Correct Answer: C. scientific management as the prevailing philosophy
11. The historical era in which employees started forming labor unions was the ______.
A. pre–World War II era
B. post–World War II era
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C. Social Issues era
D. Cost−Effectiveness era
Correct Answer: B. post–World War II era
12. Which key human resource activity enhances the capabilities of the organization, enabling
higher levels of performance?
A. training
B. traditional
C. transactional
D. transformational
Correct Answer: D. transformational
13. A company that led the ERP market in the late 1990s was ______.
A. Apple
B. SAP
C. Tesla
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D. Toshiba
Correct Answer: B. SAP
14. Entering employee payroll information is an example of an HR transactional activity.
A. True
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B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
15. Recruiting new employees from the external labor market is an example of an HR transactional
activity.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
16. The recruitment and training functions of an HR department are traditional activities.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
17. The mobilization of labor during World War II was the main factor leading to the development of
the HR balanced scorecard.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
18. HR has been slower than other business functions in adopting computer technology.
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A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
19. The system used to acquire, store, manipulate, analyze, retrieve, and distribute information
regarding an organization’s human resources is called the traditional information system.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
20. Advances in technology have enabled HRIS to expand their functionality and breadth in the
support of human resource management.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
21. HR activities or programs that increase the strategic importance and visibility of the HR function
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in the firm are referred to as transformational activities.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
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22. Time−and−motion studies influenced the scientific management philosophy of managing
employees.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
23. Business process reengineering and the creation of the HR scorecard was characteristic of the
Cost−Effectiveness era.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
24. Because there is no one best way to strategically deploy HR resources, researchers
increasingly emphasize the best−practice approach to strategic HRM as opposed to the best−fit
approach.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
25. In recent years, cloud−based HR systems have become less popular.
A. True
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Richard Johnson, Kevin Carlson, Michael Kavanagh | Test Bank | Chapters 1 to 15
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Questions & Answers
1. The alignment of the HRM function with organizational goals to contribute to competitive
advantage is referred to as ______.
A. an HR balanced scorecard
B. strategic human resources management
C. concreteness or congruence
D. human resources program evaluation
Correct Answer: B. strategic human resources management
2. What does the human resource management function work to align employee expertise with?
A. hiring quotas
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B. HR activities
C. job descriptions
D. strategic objectives
Correct Answer: D. strategic objectives
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3. Which of the following is a risk of an HRIS?
A. privacy and security
B. increased time requirements
C. increased recruitment costs
D. reduced quality of decision making
Correct Answer: A. privacy and security
4. One of the major purposes of the implementation of an HRIS is to allow HR employees to spend
less time on ______.
A. traditional activities
B. transactional activities
C. transformational activities
D. theoretical activities
Correct Answer: B. transactional activities
5. The birth of the field of human resource management took place during the ______ era.
A. “the Cloud” and Mobile Technology
B. post–World War II
C. Cost−Effectiveness
D. Social Issues
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Correct Answer: D. Social Issues
6. When does an employee or potential employee first interact with an employer’s HRIS?
A. when they are hired
B. when they are fired
C. when they consider working for a firm
D. on the first anniversary of their hiring
Correct Answer: C. when they consider working for a firm
7. According to the book, an HRIS ______.
A. is defined only by the software–hardware configuration it uses
B. is used to store data for use by the MIS department
C. includes people, forms, policies, procedures, and data
D. cannot be used to manipulate and analyze data
Correct Answer: C. includes people, forms, policies, procedures, and data
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8. To compete in the marketplace, what resources do firms need to achieve, profit, and survive?
A. technology, human, and inventory
B. physical, human, and technology
C. financial, technology, and inventory
D. physical, organizational, and human
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Correct Answer: D. physical, organizational, and human
9. The ______ approach refers to the ownership of HRIS hardware belongs to the organization
rather than the vendor after purchase.
A. on−premise
B. off−premise
C. multitenant
D. cloud computing
Correct Answer: A. on−premise
10. The activities during the pre–World War II era included all the following EXCEPT for ______.
A. record keeping of employee information
B. an unprecedented increase in the amount of labor legislation
C. scientific management as the prevailing philosophy
D. very few government influences in employment relations
Correct Answer: C. scientific management as the prevailing philosophy
11. The historical era in which employees started forming labor unions was the ______.
A. pre–World War II era
B. post–World War II era
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C. Social Issues era
D. Cost−Effectiveness era
Correct Answer: B. post–World War II era
12. Which key human resource activity enhances the capabilities of the organization, enabling
higher levels of performance?
A. training
B. traditional
C. transactional
D. transformational
Correct Answer: D. transformational
13. A company that led the ERP market in the late 1990s was ______.
A. Apple
B. SAP
C. Tesla
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D. Toshiba
Correct Answer: B. SAP
14. Entering employee payroll information is an example of an HR transactional activity.
A. True
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B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
15. Recruiting new employees from the external labor market is an example of an HR transactional
activity.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
16. The recruitment and training functions of an HR department are traditional activities.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
17. The mobilization of labor during World War II was the main factor leading to the development of
the HR balanced scorecard.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
18. HR has been slower than other business functions in adopting computer technology.
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A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
19. The system used to acquire, store, manipulate, analyze, retrieve, and distribute information
regarding an organization’s human resources is called the traditional information system.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
20. Advances in technology have enabled HRIS to expand their functionality and breadth in the
support of human resource management.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
21. HR activities or programs that increase the strategic importance and visibility of the HR function
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in the firm are referred to as transformational activities.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
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22. Time−and−motion studies influenced the scientific management philosophy of managing
employees.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: A. True
23. Business process reengineering and the creation of the HR scorecard was characteristic of the
Cost−Effectiveness era.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
24. Because there is no one best way to strategically deploy HR resources, researchers
increasingly emphasize the best−practice approach to strategic HRM as opposed to the best−fit
approach.
A. True
B. False
Correct Answer: B. False
25. In recent years, cloud−based HR systems have become less popular.
A. True
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