ANSWERED.
The process of attempting to ascertain the supply of and demand for various types of
human resources is called _____. - ANSWERforecasting
A(n) _____ shows the proportion of employees in different job categories at different
times. - ANSWERtransitional matrix
How many of the total HR assistant managers employed in 2012 were promoted to the
HR manager position in 2013? - ANSWER5 percent
From which of the following job categories was no employee promoted in 2013? -
ANSWERHR coordinator
There were demotions from the _____ job category. - ANSWERHR officer
How many of the HR practitioners employed in 2012 were promoted to the category of
HR officer in 2013? - ANSWER10 percent
Which of the following job categories saw the highest percentage of its employees leave
the organization in 2013? - ANSWERHR assistant
Which of the following is true about transitional matrices? - ANSWERTransitional
matrices are extremely useful for charting historic trends in a company's supply of labor.
Which of the following is the definition of a leading indicator? - ANSWERIt is an
objective measure that accurately predicts future labor demand.
Which of the following is considered a fast option for reducing an expected labor surplus
but results in high human suffering? - ANSWERDemotions
Which of the following options for avoiding an expected labor shortage has the benefit
of being a fast solution with high revocability? - ANSWERTemporary employees
_____ is the planned elimination of large numbers of personnel designed to enhance
organizational effectiveness. - ANSWERDownsizing
Which of the following statements is true about downsizing? - ANSWERDownsizing
efforts often fail because employees who survive the purges often become narrow-
minded, self-absorbed, and risk averse.
, Which of the following is a disadvantage of employing temporary workers as a means of
eliminating a labor shortage? - ANSWERThe low levels of commitment to the
organization and its customers that temporary workers bring with them often reduce the
level of customer loyalty.
The final step in the planning process is to _____. - ANSWERevaluate results
____ forecast and monitor the proportion of various protected group members, such as
women and minorities, that are in various job categories and career tracks. -
ANSWERAffirmative action plans
_____ is the practice or activity carried on by an organization with the primary purpose
of identifying and attracting potential employees. - ANSWERHuman resource
recruitment
Policies that state that either party in an employment relationship can terminate that
relationship at any time, regardless of cause, are called _____. - ANSWERemployment-
at-will policies
Which of the following is an example of an intrinsic reward? - ANSWERThe U.S. Army
appealing to the patriotism in people to get more new recruits
The approach that pays employees higher wages than what competitors pay their
employees in similar roles is called the _____. - ANSWERlead-the-market approach
Which of the following is an advantage of relying on internal recruitment sources? -
ANSWERIt generates a sample of applicants who are well known to the firm.
Which of the following is the biggest downside for large job sites? - ANSWERBecause
of the sheer size of the website, there is a lack of differentiation between candidates
listed on the site'
Yield ratios express the - ANSWERpercentage of applicants who successfully move
from one stage of the recruitment and selection process to the next.
_____ is the degree to which a measure is free from random error. - ANSWERReliability
The _____ is a measure of the degree to which two sets of numbers are related. -
ANSWERcorrelation coefficient
When assessing the reliability of a measure, one might be interested in knowing how
scores on the measure at one time relate to scores on the same measure at another
time. This is called - ANSWERtest-retest reliability.
The extent to which performance on a measure is related to performance on the job is
called - ANSWERvalidity