WGU C232 Introduction to Human
Resource Management COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
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What is recognized by courts in several states as an implied contract that can be
legally binding? - ANSWER ✓ Employee handbook
Goal of Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964? - ANSWER ✓ Illegal to
discriminate against individuals vase on their protected classes
Function of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)? - ANSWER ✓
Enforcing federal anti-discrimination statuses
Outcome of effective diversity management within organizations? - ANSWER ✓
Better sense of inclusion
Benefit to promoting organization's efforts to increase diversity on the company
website? - ANSWER ✓ Draws attention to diversity commitment
A woman turned down for a higher-paying position because the manager believes
men perform the duties better than women is what kind of discrimination? -
ANSWER ✓ Gender discrimination
A black firefighter is asked to take his bed when changing stations because no
white firefighter would sleep in it. What type of discrimination under Title VII is
this? - ANSWER ✓ Color
,Job duties for marketing coordinator includes: planning international trade shows
by identifying, assembling, and coordinating requirements; establishing contacts;
developing schedules and assignments; coordinating mail listings....and? -
ANSWER ✓ Establishes and maintains accurate budgets
Small firm needs to dismiss one worker. Which performance appraisal system
should the first use to choose which worker to lay-off in this context? - ANSWER
✓ Straight ranking appraisal by a supervisor
How to develop potential job candidates before offering them permanent
positions? - ANSWER ✓ Internships
Characteristic of a learning organization - ANSWER ✓ Focused on knowledge
development across the firm
Performance appraisal method can make managers more aware of their impact on
employees without feeling threatened? - ANSWER ✓ Peer-appraisal
Where to locate candidates who have the most up-to-date knowledge of software
development tools, but previous work experience not necessary? - ANSWER ✓
Colleges offering the relevant degree
What factor should be considered in selecting the appropriate training media? -
ANSWER ✓ Employee readiness for training
Requires demonstrating that a relationship exists between a selection procedure
and a psychological trait or measure - ANSWER ✓ Construct Validity
Why is HR planning important? - ANSWER ✓ Ensures the right people in the
right jobs at the right time
Determine corporate objectives, policies and plans, as well as other HR objectives
and policies - ANSWER ✓ Developing Data (Step 1 in HRP)
Understand the firm's human capital needs (demand) and then determine who is
available to fill those needs (supply) - ANSWER ✓ Establishing HR Objectives
and Policies (Step 2 in HRP)
, Actions plans to increase or decrease supply of employees - ANSWER ✓ HR
Programming (Step 3 in HRP)
Controlling and evaluating HR plans and programs to show effectiveness -
ANSWER ✓ Control and Evaluation (Step 4 in HRP)
A method of group decision-making and forecasting that involves successively
collating the judgments of experts. A large number of experts take turns presenting
a forecast statement and assumptions. An intermediary passes each expert's
forecast and assumptions to the others, who then make revisions to their own
forecasts. This process continues until a viable composite forecast emerges. -
ANSWER ✓ Delphi Technique
A group process involving problem identification, solution generation, and
decision-making. Several people sit around a conference table and independently
list their ideas on a sheet of paper. After ten to twenty minutes, they take turns
expressing their ideas to the group. As these ideas are presented, they are recorded
on larger sheets of paper so that everyone can see all the ideas and refer to them in
later parts of the session - ANSWER ✓ Nominal grouping technique
A projection of future demand is based on a past relationship between the
organization's employment level and a variable related to employment, such as
sales - ANSWER ✓ Simple linear regression
An extension of simple linear regression analysis. However, in multiple linear
regression, instead of relating employment to just one variable, multiple variables
are used - ANSWER ✓ Multiple linear regression
The most common method of estimating HR demand. Managerial estimates are
typically made by top management (a top-down approach) - ANSWER ✓
Judgmental forecasting
Historical data are used to examine the past level of a productivity index -
ANSWER ✓ Productivity ratios
Past HR data are examined to determine historical relationships among employees
in various jobs or job categories - ANSWER ✓ Human resource ratios
Resource Management COMPLETE
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
SOLUTIONS||100% GUARANTEED
PASS||ALREADY GRADED
A+||UPDATED 2026/2027
SYLLABUS||<<LATEST VERSION>>
What is recognized by courts in several states as an implied contract that can be
legally binding? - ANSWER ✓ Employee handbook
Goal of Title VII of Civil Rights Act of 1964? - ANSWER ✓ Illegal to
discriminate against individuals vase on their protected classes
Function of Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)? - ANSWER ✓
Enforcing federal anti-discrimination statuses
Outcome of effective diversity management within organizations? - ANSWER ✓
Better sense of inclusion
Benefit to promoting organization's efforts to increase diversity on the company
website? - ANSWER ✓ Draws attention to diversity commitment
A woman turned down for a higher-paying position because the manager believes
men perform the duties better than women is what kind of discrimination? -
ANSWER ✓ Gender discrimination
A black firefighter is asked to take his bed when changing stations because no
white firefighter would sleep in it. What type of discrimination under Title VII is
this? - ANSWER ✓ Color
,Job duties for marketing coordinator includes: planning international trade shows
by identifying, assembling, and coordinating requirements; establishing contacts;
developing schedules and assignments; coordinating mail listings....and? -
ANSWER ✓ Establishes and maintains accurate budgets
Small firm needs to dismiss one worker. Which performance appraisal system
should the first use to choose which worker to lay-off in this context? - ANSWER
✓ Straight ranking appraisal by a supervisor
How to develop potential job candidates before offering them permanent
positions? - ANSWER ✓ Internships
Characteristic of a learning organization - ANSWER ✓ Focused on knowledge
development across the firm
Performance appraisal method can make managers more aware of their impact on
employees without feeling threatened? - ANSWER ✓ Peer-appraisal
Where to locate candidates who have the most up-to-date knowledge of software
development tools, but previous work experience not necessary? - ANSWER ✓
Colleges offering the relevant degree
What factor should be considered in selecting the appropriate training media? -
ANSWER ✓ Employee readiness for training
Requires demonstrating that a relationship exists between a selection procedure
and a psychological trait or measure - ANSWER ✓ Construct Validity
Why is HR planning important? - ANSWER ✓ Ensures the right people in the
right jobs at the right time
Determine corporate objectives, policies and plans, as well as other HR objectives
and policies - ANSWER ✓ Developing Data (Step 1 in HRP)
Understand the firm's human capital needs (demand) and then determine who is
available to fill those needs (supply) - ANSWER ✓ Establishing HR Objectives
and Policies (Step 2 in HRP)
, Actions plans to increase or decrease supply of employees - ANSWER ✓ HR
Programming (Step 3 in HRP)
Controlling and evaluating HR plans and programs to show effectiveness -
ANSWER ✓ Control and Evaluation (Step 4 in HRP)
A method of group decision-making and forecasting that involves successively
collating the judgments of experts. A large number of experts take turns presenting
a forecast statement and assumptions. An intermediary passes each expert's
forecast and assumptions to the others, who then make revisions to their own
forecasts. This process continues until a viable composite forecast emerges. -
ANSWER ✓ Delphi Technique
A group process involving problem identification, solution generation, and
decision-making. Several people sit around a conference table and independently
list their ideas on a sheet of paper. After ten to twenty minutes, they take turns
expressing their ideas to the group. As these ideas are presented, they are recorded
on larger sheets of paper so that everyone can see all the ideas and refer to them in
later parts of the session - ANSWER ✓ Nominal grouping technique
A projection of future demand is based on a past relationship between the
organization's employment level and a variable related to employment, such as
sales - ANSWER ✓ Simple linear regression
An extension of simple linear regression analysis. However, in multiple linear
regression, instead of relating employment to just one variable, multiple variables
are used - ANSWER ✓ Multiple linear regression
The most common method of estimating HR demand. Managerial estimates are
typically made by top management (a top-down approach) - ANSWER ✓
Judgmental forecasting
Historical data are used to examine the past level of a productivity index -
ANSWER ✓ Productivity ratios
Past HR data are examined to determine historical relationships among employees
in various jobs or job categories - ANSWER ✓ Human resource ratios
