HR TECHNOLOGY AND PEOPLE ANALYTICS - D435 STUDY GUIDE
WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION BASED ON FINAL EXAMS,, REVISED
VERSION!!
1.Which human resources (HR) practice category involves HR software appli-
cations addressing payroll, tax administration, and benefits administration?-
: Core HR administration
2.Which component of the human resources technology system is a group of
programs designed for end users?: Software application
3.How many years on average do organizations keep a core human resources
administrative application?: 6 to 10 year
4.Which applications are used to track current employee numbers and the number
of work hours required to produce the goals desired by the organiza- tion?: Labor or
workforce budgeting applications
5.What does an applicant tracking system (ATS) automate?: An ATS automates the
opening of a job requisition, defines a job role, and allows job seekers to apply online.
6.What is a distributed structure that partitions programs and workloads be- tween
back-office servers and desktop clients?: Client-server application model
7.Which application typically runs employee reviews?: Performance manage- ment
applications
8.A company's human resources (HR) department is preparing a list of spe- cific
benefits for its employees to be included in nonpayroll benefits admin- istration
applications. The employees suggest including health insurance in nonpayroll
benefits. How should the HR department treat health insurance to comply with
nonpayroll benefits?: The HR department should include 100% of health insurance in the
benefits administration application.
9.A manufacturing facility is planning to develop a setting that helps in estab- lishing
company-wide payroll norms. It needs information on new hires, their legal status,
supporting documents, tax withholdings, and benefits. Which component of the
payroll application will help the company maintain this data on employees?: Payroll
recordkeeping
10.The human resources (HR) manager of a company wants to streamline the
process for content creation and management. They want software that will help in
creating, receiving, tracking, managing, and storing HR documentation for legal and
policy purposes. Which application will help the HR manager to achieve this?: HR
content management applications
11.An employee in an administrative department of a company gives birth to a
child. The baby is reliant on the employee as its mother. The employee changes the
number of dependents they have using the employee self-service application. Which
functionality of the employee self-service application did the employee access?:
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, Benefits service
12.A manufacturing plant wants to create and maintain a work schedule for its
employees. These schedules will have adjustments made based on absence and leave
inputs. Which time management application should be used in completing this?:
Workforce scheduling applications
13.A payroll application is used by a multinational organization to manage payroll
data. Multiple factors, including workforce types, work environments, hours worked,
type of work, and regulations and agreements, are used to determine the
application's complexity. However, due to an error in the appli- cation, the company
was not able to meet the expectations of its employees at the end of the month. What
is the need for the company to have a clear disaster recovery plan in this scenario?:
Pay employees on time
14.Based on a revenue target that was attained, the human resources (HR)
department of an advertising company needs to decide how much each employee will
be paid in raises for the year. The HR department also intends to produce a record of
the managers' assessment of the events that resulted in meeting the revenue goal.
Which talent management tool will be most beneficial in this situation for the human
resources department?: Performance management application
15.An organization is seeking to modernize its human resources (HR) opera- tions.
The organization recognizes the importance of having a digital HR strat- egy and is
hopeful that working toward this will improve HR functions. Which step should the
organization take to modernize HR operations?: Transform HR processes to become
automated and data-driven
16.After a natural disaster, a company raises the prices of its products be- cause
the ability to receive product components is disrupted. Which trait of VUCA
(volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) is the company experiencing?:
Volatility
17.The human resources (HR) department of a company is planning to use a
design thinking framework to focus more on the user experience of the processes
and create a solution that fits better with consumers. The HR department is
listening and understanding the voices, learning about the
audience, and developing a deep understanding of the challenge in the human context.
Which step of the design thinking framework is the HR department working on?:
Empathize
18.A company is overseeing future trends in the workplace. It identifies that the
future workplace should have good thermal comfort and air quality, natural light, a
low level of noise, and good ergonomics to generate higher productiv- ity and provide
a healthy work environment. Which trend of transformation for the future
workplace is the company identifying?: Modern design
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WITH COMPLETE SOLUTION BASED ON FINAL EXAMS,, REVISED
VERSION!!
1.Which human resources (HR) practice category involves HR software appli-
cations addressing payroll, tax administration, and benefits administration?-
: Core HR administration
2.Which component of the human resources technology system is a group of
programs designed for end users?: Software application
3.How many years on average do organizations keep a core human resources
administrative application?: 6 to 10 year
4.Which applications are used to track current employee numbers and the number
of work hours required to produce the goals desired by the organiza- tion?: Labor or
workforce budgeting applications
5.What does an applicant tracking system (ATS) automate?: An ATS automates the
opening of a job requisition, defines a job role, and allows job seekers to apply online.
6.What is a distributed structure that partitions programs and workloads be- tween
back-office servers and desktop clients?: Client-server application model
7.Which application typically runs employee reviews?: Performance manage- ment
applications
8.A company's human resources (HR) department is preparing a list of spe- cific
benefits for its employees to be included in nonpayroll benefits admin- istration
applications. The employees suggest including health insurance in nonpayroll
benefits. How should the HR department treat health insurance to comply with
nonpayroll benefits?: The HR department should include 100% of health insurance in the
benefits administration application.
9.A manufacturing facility is planning to develop a setting that helps in estab- lishing
company-wide payroll norms. It needs information on new hires, their legal status,
supporting documents, tax withholdings, and benefits. Which component of the
payroll application will help the company maintain this data on employees?: Payroll
recordkeeping
10.The human resources (HR) manager of a company wants to streamline the
process for content creation and management. They want software that will help in
creating, receiving, tracking, managing, and storing HR documentation for legal and
policy purposes. Which application will help the HR manager to achieve this?: HR
content management applications
11.An employee in an administrative department of a company gives birth to a
child. The baby is reliant on the employee as its mother. The employee changes the
number of dependents they have using the employee self-service application. Which
functionality of the employee self-service application did the employee access?:
1/
9
, Benefits service
12.A manufacturing plant wants to create and maintain a work schedule for its
employees. These schedules will have adjustments made based on absence and leave
inputs. Which time management application should be used in completing this?:
Workforce scheduling applications
13.A payroll application is used by a multinational organization to manage payroll
data. Multiple factors, including workforce types, work environments, hours worked,
type of work, and regulations and agreements, are used to determine the
application's complexity. However, due to an error in the appli- cation, the company
was not able to meet the expectations of its employees at the end of the month. What
is the need for the company to have a clear disaster recovery plan in this scenario?:
Pay employees on time
14.Based on a revenue target that was attained, the human resources (HR)
department of an advertising company needs to decide how much each employee will
be paid in raises for the year. The HR department also intends to produce a record of
the managers' assessment of the events that resulted in meeting the revenue goal.
Which talent management tool will be most beneficial in this situation for the human
resources department?: Performance management application
15.An organization is seeking to modernize its human resources (HR) opera- tions.
The organization recognizes the importance of having a digital HR strat- egy and is
hopeful that working toward this will improve HR functions. Which step should the
organization take to modernize HR operations?: Transform HR processes to become
automated and data-driven
16.After a natural disaster, a company raises the prices of its products be- cause
the ability to receive product components is disrupted. Which trait of VUCA
(volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) is the company experiencing?:
Volatility
17.The human resources (HR) department of a company is planning to use a
design thinking framework to focus more on the user experience of the processes
and create a solution that fits better with consumers. The HR department is
listening and understanding the voices, learning about the
audience, and developing a deep understanding of the challenge in the human context.
Which step of the design thinking framework is the HR department working on?:
Empathize
18.A company is overseeing future trends in the workplace. It identifies that the
future workplace should have good thermal comfort and air quality, natural light, a
low level of noise, and good ergonomics to generate higher productiv- ity and provide
a healthy work environment. Which trend of transformation for the future
workplace is the company identifying?: Modern design
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