Test
Bank
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: The Nature of Human Resource Management
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The use of new technologies by an organization for manufacturing, communication, and human resource
management reduces the organization's need for knowledge workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resource information systems
Work specialization
KEYWORDS: Understand
2. Unemployment rates in the United States continue to decline, and now the rate is near what is known as
functional full employment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Understand
3. Scientists and lawyers are usually considered knowledge workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resource information systems
Work specialization
KEYWORDS: Remember
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: The Nature of Human Resource Management
4. Outsourcing has resulted in an increase in the size of HR staffs within companies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.01 - Describe the contemporary human resource perspectives
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Understand
5. The human relations era emerged following the Hawthorne studies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Hawthorne studies
KEYWORDS: Understand
6. Contemporary HR managers are increasingly regarded as second-class corporate citizens.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.05 - Describe the job of human resource managers from the
perspectives of professionalism and careers
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Career opportunities (Subjects)
Human resource managers
KEYWORDS: Remember
, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: The Nature of Human Resource Management
7. The view of human resource management (HRM) as part of the legal enforcement arm of an organization is
largely applicable only in the United States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.01 - Describe the contemporary human resource perspectives
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Remember
8. The passage of the Taft–Hartley Act made it clear that organizations had to find ways to hire, reward, and
manage people effectively within the limits of the law.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.01 - Describe the contemporary human resource perspectives
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Employment legislation
Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Remember
Bank
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: The Nature of Human Resource Management
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
1. The use of new technologies by an organization for manufacturing, communication, and human resource
management reduces the organization's need for knowledge workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resource information systems
Work specialization
KEYWORDS: Understand
2. Unemployment rates in the United States continue to decline, and now the rate is near what is known as
functional full employment.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Understand
3. Scientists and lawyers are usually considered knowledge workers.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resource information systems
Work specialization
KEYWORDS: Remember
,Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: The Nature of Human Resource Management
4. Outsourcing has resulted in an increase in the size of HR staffs within companies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.01 - Describe the contemporary human resource perspectives
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Understand
5. The human relations era emerged following the Hawthorne studies.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.02 - Trace the evolution of the human resource function in
organizations
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Hawthorne studies
KEYWORDS: Understand
6. Contemporary HR managers are increasingly regarded as second-class corporate citizens.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.05 - Describe the job of human resource managers from the
perspectives of professionalism and careers
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Career opportunities (Subjects)
Human resource managers
KEYWORDS: Remember
, Name: Class: Date:
Chapter 01: The Nature of Human Resource Management
7. The view of human resource management (HRM) as part of the legal enforcement arm of an organization is
largely applicable only in the United States.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.01 - Describe the contemporary human resource perspectives
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Remember
8. The passage of the Taft–Hartley Act made it clear that organizations had to find ways to hire, reward, and
manage people effectively within the limits of the law.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: HR.DENI.25.01.01 - Describe the contemporary human resource perspectives
ACCREDITING STANDARDS: 22785889 - Analytic
TOPICS: Employment legislation
Human resources management
KEYWORDS: Remember
