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WGU D351 PRE-ASSESSMENT: FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (PGLO)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE|100% CORRECT
Attempt #1
Status: Passed
1. What are two societal trends that are influencing the world of work?
Choose 2 answers
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Increased competition
Changes in communication technology
Lower college graduation rates
Decreasing world trade
2. Which activity does the strategic human resources manager need to be engaged in, given the fact
that organizational survival is increasingly dependent on adaptation?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
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
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3. Which internal element shapes organizational culture and strategy?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Compensation levels
Top management values
Organizational technology
Compliance requirements
4. Due to high ethical standard of conduct expectations, the board of directors discovers ethical
violations within the human resources administration.
Which action illustrates a violation from this situation?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Failing to update the ethical standard of conduct manual
Purchasing clothing for a spouse from the company's petty cash
fund
Hiring a sibling as an HR payroll administrator based on work
experience
Being unable to describe what the company does and how it
generates revenue
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5. Which external factor impacts a company’s strategy?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Taking an inventory of business competencies
Analyzing finances for possible budget reductions
Defining the culture for the organization
Assessing the local labor market to find candidates
6. What is the first phase in the human resource planning process?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Gathering and analyzing data
Establishing objectives and policies
Designing and implementing action programs
Controlling and evaluating plans and programs
7. A firm needs to engage in redundancy planning to align with its competitors and the realities of
the market.
Which change is consistent with the company’s plan?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
An increase in job-skills retraining
An increase in employee self-control
A decrease in top-down communications
A decrease in buyout offers to employees
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Help Articles
WGU D351 PRE-ASSESSMENT: FUNCTIONS OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (PGLO)
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE|100% CORRECT
Attempt #1
Status: Passed
1. What are two societal trends that are influencing the world of work?
Choose 2 answers
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Increased competition
Changes in communication technology
Lower college graduation rates
Decreasing world trade
2. Which activity does the strategic human resources manager need to be engaged in, given the fact
that organizational survival is increasingly dependent on adaptation?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
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
,WGU Studsnt Portal 2/1/25, 12:51 PM
3. Which internal element shapes organizational culture and strategy?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Compensation levels
Top management values
Organizational technology
Compliance requirements
4. Due to high ethical standard of conduct expectations, the board of directors discovers ethical
violations within the human resources administration.
Which action illustrates a violation from this situation?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Failing to update the ethical standard of conduct manual
Purchasing clothing for a spouse from the company's petty cash
fund
Hiring a sibling as an HR payroll administrator based on work
experience
Being unable to describe what the company does and how it
generates revenue
https://my.wgu.sdu/coaching-rsport/prsasssssmsnt-rsport/v1/studsntPidm/12478407/asssssmsntCods/PGLO/tsstDats/17384338G5 Pags 2 of 2G
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5. Which external factor impacts a company’s strategy?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Taking an inventory of business competencies
Analyzing finances for possible budget reductions
Defining the culture for the organization
Assessing the local labor market to find candidates
6. What is the first phase in the human resource planning process?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
Gathering and analyzing data
Establishing objectives and policies
Designing and implementing action programs
Controlling and evaluating plans and programs
7. A firm needs to engage in redundancy planning to align with its competitors and the realities of
the market.
Which change is consistent with the company’s plan?
YOUR CORRECT
ANSWER ANSWER
An increase in job-skills retraining
An increase in employee self-control
A decrease in top-down communications
A decrease in buyout offers to employees
https://my.wgu.sdu/coaching-rsport/prsasssssmsnt-rsport/v1/studsntPidm/12478407/asssssmsntCods/PGLO/tsstDats/17384338G5 Pags 3 of 2G
