HRMT 386 Unit 1 & 2 Exam Prep ( Latest 2026/2027 Update) with
Questions and Verified Answers| | 100% Correct | Grade A+
• Question
What is the purpose of human resource management?
Correct Answer: Managing human talent and acquiring the human capital needed to
achieve an organization's objectives. Bringing together a diverse group of people to
produce maximum efficiency. Ensuring that the employment relationship is efficient and
follows legislation. HR often oversees wages, benefits, hiring, training, onboarding,
performance evaluations and discipline.
• Question
What are the major functions performed by human resource professionals? How are
these functions related to one another?
Correct Answer: Major Functions: Planning, Job design, Recruitment,
Staffing/training/development, appraisal, communications, compensation, benefits,
labor relations, international HR.
These functions are related as they are part of a process for the pursuit of appropriate
human capital acquired for the organization. A failure in one would impact all others
since they are interdependent
• Question
What will be the most important issue or challenge facing HRM in the future? How will
this issue or challenge affect the practice of HRM?
Correct Answer: Restructuring of organizations will be the largest challenge for HRM's in
the future. Restructuring is happening due to advances in technology and globalization.
HR will have to adapt strategies that address new issues from restructuring such as
layoffs, job designs, legal requirements, international trade agreements, and changing
demographics, etc., and HR will have to keep up with the pace of globalization which is
happening quite rapidly.
• Question
Is it fair to describe human resource management as a tool employers use to control
workers?
Correct Answer: HR is a tool for employers to exercise their power to achieve the
organizations goals in the way the employer sees fit. HR is used to increase the
profitability and ensure that employees are working at their maximum efficiency levels.
HR is described as the conduit through which knowledge is developed and transferred
among employees
, • Question
What is the relationship between childcare and women's employment rates?
Correct Answer: There is a positive effect of low childcare fees on gender employment
gaps. As fertility rates decline, women's employment rate have increased. This shows us
that childcare without the proper support is a hindrance to women's employment rate.
Dramatically more so than male's employment rates.
• Question
What high-level patterns are evident in women's employment in Canada?
Correct Answer: Women earned $0.74 for every dollar earned by men.
Women are more often working part-time jobs which often results in less stability, lower
wages, and lack of benefits.
As fertility rates decline, women's participation in the labor market increases.
When childcare is more affordable and easily accessible, women's employment rate
increases.
Gender pay inequality reduces with increasing levels of education and barriers being
broken down for women who are interested to pursue further education as resulted in
women obtaining degrees at a higher rate than men.
• Question
How big is the gender-wage gap between men and women? What factors help explain
this gap?
Correct Answer: Women earned $0.74 for every dollar earned by men. This is since
women work fewer hours on average, due to their family responsibilities. With this
factored in, based on the average hourly earnings, the difference is $0.14.
Women are over-represented in lower-paying jobs and under-represented in high-paying
jobs.
Women are to tend to their home responsibilities in addition to working in a system that
was designed for employees that do not have other responsibilities that impede on work
(the male norm).
Questions and Verified Answers| | 100% Correct | Grade A+
• Question
What is the purpose of human resource management?
Correct Answer: Managing human talent and acquiring the human capital needed to
achieve an organization's objectives. Bringing together a diverse group of people to
produce maximum efficiency. Ensuring that the employment relationship is efficient and
follows legislation. HR often oversees wages, benefits, hiring, training, onboarding,
performance evaluations and discipline.
• Question
What are the major functions performed by human resource professionals? How are
these functions related to one another?
Correct Answer: Major Functions: Planning, Job design, Recruitment,
Staffing/training/development, appraisal, communications, compensation, benefits,
labor relations, international HR.
These functions are related as they are part of a process for the pursuit of appropriate
human capital acquired for the organization. A failure in one would impact all others
since they are interdependent
• Question
What will be the most important issue or challenge facing HRM in the future? How will
this issue or challenge affect the practice of HRM?
Correct Answer: Restructuring of organizations will be the largest challenge for HRM's in
the future. Restructuring is happening due to advances in technology and globalization.
HR will have to adapt strategies that address new issues from restructuring such as
layoffs, job designs, legal requirements, international trade agreements, and changing
demographics, etc., and HR will have to keep up with the pace of globalization which is
happening quite rapidly.
• Question
Is it fair to describe human resource management as a tool employers use to control
workers?
Correct Answer: HR is a tool for employers to exercise their power to achieve the
organizations goals in the way the employer sees fit. HR is used to increase the
profitability and ensure that employees are working at their maximum efficiency levels.
HR is described as the conduit through which knowledge is developed and transferred
among employees
, • Question
What is the relationship between childcare and women's employment rates?
Correct Answer: There is a positive effect of low childcare fees on gender employment
gaps. As fertility rates decline, women's employment rate have increased. This shows us
that childcare without the proper support is a hindrance to women's employment rate.
Dramatically more so than male's employment rates.
• Question
What high-level patterns are evident in women's employment in Canada?
Correct Answer: Women earned $0.74 for every dollar earned by men.
Women are more often working part-time jobs which often results in less stability, lower
wages, and lack of benefits.
As fertility rates decline, women's participation in the labor market increases.
When childcare is more affordable and easily accessible, women's employment rate
increases.
Gender pay inequality reduces with increasing levels of education and barriers being
broken down for women who are interested to pursue further education as resulted in
women obtaining degrees at a higher rate than men.
• Question
How big is the gender-wage gap between men and women? What factors help explain
this gap?
Correct Answer: Women earned $0.74 for every dollar earned by men. This is since
women work fewer hours on average, due to their family responsibilities. With this
factored in, based on the average hourly earnings, the difference is $0.14.
Women are over-represented in lower-paying jobs and under-represented in high-paying
jobs.
Women are to tend to their home responsibilities in addition to working in a system that
was designed for employees that do not have other responsibilities that impede on work
(the male norm).
