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Which type of analysis focuses specifically on the
factors that determine what opportunities and Which of the following best describes what an HR
threats an organization faces? manager does when performing a ratio analysis?
a) PEST analysis a) makes predictions about how technological
b) SWOT analysis advances will change workforce needs
c) cost-benefit analysis b) makes predictions about what skills new
d) innovation metric - ANSWER -a) PEST employees will need in the coming year
analysis c) uses historical information to predict staffing
needs
d) collects information from professionals to
reach a consensus about a problem -
Essential job functions listed in a job description ANSWER -c) uses historical information to
should focus on: predict staffing needs
a) skills
b) personality traits
c) the manner in which a job will be completed
d) desired outcomes - ANSWER -d) How many credits must an employee earn by
desired outcomes contributing to the Old Age, Survivors, and
Disability Insurance program in order to retire and
collect a percentage of their income?
a) 100
How should digital records stored on hard drives b) 60
be disposed of? c) 40
a) By erasing all data from the drive d) 10 - ANSWER -c) 40
b) By performing a DoD 5520.22-M wipe on the
drive
c) By overwriting all data on the drive with junk
data consisting of random characters Which of the following is conducted by looking at
d) By physically destroying the drive - the history of the workforce and some particular
ANSWER -b) By performing a DoD facet of the organization?
5520.22-M wipe on the drive a) ratio analysis
b) dual career ladder
c) nominal group technique
d) Delphi technique - ANSWER -a) ratio
Which of the following provides a complete analysis
measure of how much each employer costs an
organization?
a) cost per hire
b) HR value added Which of the following best describes a corporate
c) total compensation expense per employee values statement?
d) human capital ROI - ANSWER -c) total a) this is a written document that reviews various
compensation expense per employee moral dilemmas an employee may face and
provides guidelines for how to deal with those
situations
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b) this is a document that is primarily aimed at an
organization's employees and should
differentiate the company from its competitors
c) this document is a concise assertion of who Which of the following best defines disparate
the company is, who they serve, and where they treatment?
are going a) discrimination that occurs when individuals in
d) this document is issued by company different situations are treated differently based
executives and identifies the principles that are on the individual's race, color, religion, sex,
at the foundation of how the organization does national origin, age, or disability status
business - ANSWER -d) this document is b) discrimination that occurs when individuals in
issued by company executives and identifies the similar situations are treated differently based on
principles that are at the foundation of how the the individual's race, color, religion, sex, national
organization does business origin, age, or disability status
c) discrimination that occurs when an apparently
neutral employment practice disproportionately
excludes a protected group from employment
McDonnell-Douglas Corp. v. Green established opportunities
the judicial concept of: d) discrimination that occurs when an apparently
a) protected classes neutral employment practice disproportionately
b) arbitration includes a protected group from employment
c) disparate impact opportunities - ANSWER -b) discrimination
d) disparate treatment - ANSWER -d) that occurs when individuals in similar situations
disparate treatment are treated differently based on the individual's
race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, or
disability status
According to the Any Difference rule of utilization
analysis, an employer underutilizes potential
employees from a protected class if: When employment actions disproportionately
a) members of a protected class are more disadvantage employees who are members of
represented within an organization than in the protected groups, this is called:
available labor supply a) disparate impact
b) the proportion of employees from a protected b) unfair practice
class in a company is any lower than in the c) discriminatory treatment
available labor supply d) disparate treatment - ANSWER -a)
c) the proportion of employees from a protected disparate impact
class in a company is 80 percent of what is
available in the labor supply
d) employees who are members of a protected
class are entirely unrepresented in an In order to avoid 'negligent referral' liability, an
organization - ANSWER -b) the proportion HR professional who is contacted about a
of employees from a protected class in a previous employee who was terminated for
company is any lower than in the available labor inappropriate behavior must:
supply a) advise potential employers not to hire the
terminated employee
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