MIE 330 FINAL EXAMS 2026/2027 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following is the lowest level of integration between the human resource
management function and the strategic management function?
Select one:
a. One-way linkage
b. Two-way linkage
c. Executive linkage
d. Integrative linkage
e. Administrative linkage - ✔✔Administrative linkage
✔✔Based upon the video by Strack (2014), which of the following statements is true?
Select one:
a. The USA is the 2nd most preferred country to work in.
b. Germany is one of the most mobile countries measured by those willing to work
abroad.
c. The majority of job seekers surveyed around the world are not willing to work abroad.
d. Being appreciated for your work is the top priority identified by survey takers. -
✔✔Being appreciated for your work is the top priority identified by survey takers.
✔✔Which of the following is true of a balanced scorecard?
Select one:
a. It should not be used to link HRM activities and a company's business strategy.
b. It indicates the value of a company based on its competitive demands.
c. It depicts a company from the perspective of internal and external customers.
d. It guides companies to increase the time spent on new product and service
development.
e. It measures a company's performance based on the business strategy adopted by it.
- ✔✔It depicts a company from the perspective of internal and external customers.
✔✔Giving employees online access to information about HR issues such as training,
benefits, and compensation is called _____.
Select one:
a. Employee engagement
b. Self-service
c. Shared service
d. Talent management
e. Performance management - ✔✔Self-service
✔✔Which of the following refers to the process of defining the way work will be
performed and the tasks that will be required in a given job?
Select one:
a. Job design
b. Job evaluation
, c. Job specification
d. Job performance
e. Job satisfaction - ✔✔Job design
✔✔Which of the following rules states that an employment test has disparate impact if
the hiring rate for a minority group is less than eighty percent of the hiring rate for the
majority group?
Select one:
a. Prima facie rule
b. Four-fifths rule
c. Mixed-motive rule
d. Business necessity rule
e. Standard deviation rule - ✔✔Four-fifths rule
✔✔Anna's boss terminated her employment because she did not submit to his sexual
advances. Anna is a victim of:
Select one:
a. affirmative action.
b. disparate impact.
c. quid pro quo harassment.
d. reasonable accommodation.
e. glass ceiling. - ✔✔quid pro quo harassment.
✔✔In high-performance work systems:
Select one:
a. previously established boundaries between employees and customers remain intact.
b. line employees interact frequently with quality experts and engineers.
c. employees do not communicate directly with suppliers and customers.
d. line employees are trained to specialize in individual tasks.
e. managers and employees work together, while vendors and suppliers work
independently. - ✔✔line employees interact frequently with quality experts and
engineers.
✔✔CompX Inc. is an online retailer of electronic products including laptops and tablets.
The company is known for its unique approach to customer support, which is known for
going above and beyond in satisfying customer complaints and issues. What kind of a
strategy is CompX using?
Select one:
a. Cost leadership
b. Disintermediation
c. Cannibalization
d. Differentiation
e. Penetration - ✔✔Differentiation
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔Which of the following is the lowest level of integration between the human resource
management function and the strategic management function?
Select one:
a. One-way linkage
b. Two-way linkage
c. Executive linkage
d. Integrative linkage
e. Administrative linkage - ✔✔Administrative linkage
✔✔Based upon the video by Strack (2014), which of the following statements is true?
Select one:
a. The USA is the 2nd most preferred country to work in.
b. Germany is one of the most mobile countries measured by those willing to work
abroad.
c. The majority of job seekers surveyed around the world are not willing to work abroad.
d. Being appreciated for your work is the top priority identified by survey takers. -
✔✔Being appreciated for your work is the top priority identified by survey takers.
✔✔Which of the following is true of a balanced scorecard?
Select one:
a. It should not be used to link HRM activities and a company's business strategy.
b. It indicates the value of a company based on its competitive demands.
c. It depicts a company from the perspective of internal and external customers.
d. It guides companies to increase the time spent on new product and service
development.
e. It measures a company's performance based on the business strategy adopted by it.
- ✔✔It depicts a company from the perspective of internal and external customers.
✔✔Giving employees online access to information about HR issues such as training,
benefits, and compensation is called _____.
Select one:
a. Employee engagement
b. Self-service
c. Shared service
d. Talent management
e. Performance management - ✔✔Self-service
✔✔Which of the following refers to the process of defining the way work will be
performed and the tasks that will be required in a given job?
Select one:
a. Job design
b. Job evaluation
, c. Job specification
d. Job performance
e. Job satisfaction - ✔✔Job design
✔✔Which of the following rules states that an employment test has disparate impact if
the hiring rate for a minority group is less than eighty percent of the hiring rate for the
majority group?
Select one:
a. Prima facie rule
b. Four-fifths rule
c. Mixed-motive rule
d. Business necessity rule
e. Standard deviation rule - ✔✔Four-fifths rule
✔✔Anna's boss terminated her employment because she did not submit to his sexual
advances. Anna is a victim of:
Select one:
a. affirmative action.
b. disparate impact.
c. quid pro quo harassment.
d. reasonable accommodation.
e. glass ceiling. - ✔✔quid pro quo harassment.
✔✔In high-performance work systems:
Select one:
a. previously established boundaries between employees and customers remain intact.
b. line employees interact frequently with quality experts and engineers.
c. employees do not communicate directly with suppliers and customers.
d. line employees are trained to specialize in individual tasks.
e. managers and employees work together, while vendors and suppliers work
independently. - ✔✔line employees interact frequently with quality experts and
engineers.
✔✔CompX Inc. is an online retailer of electronic products including laptops and tablets.
The company is known for its unique approach to customer support, which is known for
going above and beyond in satisfying customer complaints and issues. What kind of a
strategy is CompX using?
Select one:
a. Cost leadership
b. Disintermediation
c. Cannibalization
d. Differentiation
e. Penetration - ✔✔Differentiation
