J's IPMA - HR - Comprehensive
Modules 1 – 8 Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Human Resource Management is:
a. Supervising, monitoring, controlling, and discipling employees in order to
achieve organizational goals
b. Designing of organizational systems to ensure that human talent is used
effectively to accomplish organizational goals
c. Using and coordinating human capital to ensure the profitability and survival of
the organization
d. Using and coordinating human capital to ensure the profitability and survival of
the organization - --CORRECT ANSWER--b. Designing of organizational systems
to ensure that human talent is used effectively to accomplish organizational goals.
There are similarities and differences in HR functions and roles in public and
private organizations. Which of the following is a difference between HR functions
and roles in public and private organizations?
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,a. Recruiting the best and brightest employees
b. Complying with federal anti-discrimination laws
c. Complying with merit system requirements
d. Dealing with labor unions - --CORRECT ANSWER--c. Complying with merit
system requirments
A line manager believes that the HR staff is intruding into his territory and that HR
initiatives results in unnecessary trouble and complications. Which of the following
statements is true?
a. The line manager is correct, because the HR function is a support and staff
function and should not intrude on day-to-day management functions
b. HR managers have the sole responsibility for the proper implementation of
organizational policy regarding
c. The line manager is trying to keep violations of organizational policy secret from
HR
d. Every manager within the organization is an HR manager - --CORRECT
ANSWER--d. Every manager within the organization is an HR manager
To become a strategic HR professional requires:
a. Focusing on how HR can assist the organization achieve its goals and objectives
b. Ensuring that HR activities are performed in a timely and cost efficient manner
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,c. Providing HR services to managers within the organization
d. Giving reports to top management on how many people were hired, the number
of performance appraisals that have been completed, and the turnover rate - --
CORRECT ANSWER--a. Focusing on how HR can assist the organization
achieve its goals and objectives
Which of the four 'tides of reform' identified by Paul Light can be characterized as
putting a premium on performance by letting managers manage?
a. Scientific management
b. War on waste
c. Watchful eye
d. Liberation management - --CORRECT ANSWER--d. Liberation management
Creative and unusual methods of recruiting are most appropriate:
a. When recruiting for individuals with creative skills who can "think outside the
box"
b. When the unemployment level is high
c. In global markets
d. When labor markets are tight - --CORRECT ANSWER--d. When labor markets
are tight.
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, If an organization is in need of highly-qualified employees, it will be most able to
find these employees when:
a. There is a high level of unemployment
b. The economy is strong
c. The labor market is tight
d. The demand for labor exceeds the supply of the labor - --CORRECT
ANSWER--d. The demand for labor exceeds the supply of the labor
If an organization is recruiting for a job that pays just above minimum wage, which
labor market is the most logical one to use?
a. Global
b. State-wide
c. Regional
d. Local - --CORRECT ANSWER--d. Local
In order to become an employer of choice for prospective employees, an
organization needs to establish a reputation as:
a. Providing the highest compensation in the marketplace
b. Having a positive brand image
c. Having a culture that appeals to younger workers
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Modules 1 – 8 Exam 2025 Questions and
Answers
Human Resource Management is:
a. Supervising, monitoring, controlling, and discipling employees in order to
achieve organizational goals
b. Designing of organizational systems to ensure that human talent is used
effectively to accomplish organizational goals
c. Using and coordinating human capital to ensure the profitability and survival of
the organization
d. Using and coordinating human capital to ensure the profitability and survival of
the organization - --CORRECT ANSWER--b. Designing of organizational systems
to ensure that human talent is used effectively to accomplish organizational goals.
There are similarities and differences in HR functions and roles in public and
private organizations. Which of the following is a difference between HR functions
and roles in public and private organizations?
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,a. Recruiting the best and brightest employees
b. Complying with federal anti-discrimination laws
c. Complying with merit system requirements
d. Dealing with labor unions - --CORRECT ANSWER--c. Complying with merit
system requirments
A line manager believes that the HR staff is intruding into his territory and that HR
initiatives results in unnecessary trouble and complications. Which of the following
statements is true?
a. The line manager is correct, because the HR function is a support and staff
function and should not intrude on day-to-day management functions
b. HR managers have the sole responsibility for the proper implementation of
organizational policy regarding
c. The line manager is trying to keep violations of organizational policy secret from
HR
d. Every manager within the organization is an HR manager - --CORRECT
ANSWER--d. Every manager within the organization is an HR manager
To become a strategic HR professional requires:
a. Focusing on how HR can assist the organization achieve its goals and objectives
b. Ensuring that HR activities are performed in a timely and cost efficient manner
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,c. Providing HR services to managers within the organization
d. Giving reports to top management on how many people were hired, the number
of performance appraisals that have been completed, and the turnover rate - --
CORRECT ANSWER--a. Focusing on how HR can assist the organization
achieve its goals and objectives
Which of the four 'tides of reform' identified by Paul Light can be characterized as
putting a premium on performance by letting managers manage?
a. Scientific management
b. War on waste
c. Watchful eye
d. Liberation management - --CORRECT ANSWER--d. Liberation management
Creative and unusual methods of recruiting are most appropriate:
a. When recruiting for individuals with creative skills who can "think outside the
box"
b. When the unemployment level is high
c. In global markets
d. When labor markets are tight - --CORRECT ANSWER--d. When labor markets
are tight.
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, If an organization is in need of highly-qualified employees, it will be most able to
find these employees when:
a. There is a high level of unemployment
b. The economy is strong
c. The labor market is tight
d. The demand for labor exceeds the supply of the labor - --CORRECT
ANSWER--d. The demand for labor exceeds the supply of the labor
If an organization is recruiting for a job that pays just above minimum wage, which
labor market is the most logical one to use?
a. Global
b. State-wide
c. Regional
d. Local - --CORRECT ANSWER--d. Local
In order to become an employer of choice for prospective employees, an
organization needs to establish a reputation as:
a. Providing the highest compensation in the marketplace
b. Having a positive brand image
c. Having a culture that appeals to younger workers
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