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Human resource management is the process of deciding the number and types of employees your business needs, and then recruiting, selecting, developing, motivating, evaluating, compensating, and scheduling employees to achieve organizational goals.

A) True
B) False

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The Age Discrimination in Employment Act only prevents discrimination against employees who are over the age of 65.

A) True
B) False

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Morgner Communications, a company that provides phone, Internet, and cable services for residential customers, experienced poor customer service ratings with its overseas call center. After reading this chapter, you would suggest that Morgner implement U.S.-based call agents. This will cost them a little more in office space and benefits, but it will certainly increase its customers' perception of their service.

A) True
B) False

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Harmon, a human resource manager with the Bookman's Publishing, just finished creating a document that describes what editors do at their jobs. The study Harmon has completed is known as a human resource inventory.

A) True
B) False

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Matt is gathering information about the names, ages, education, specialized skills, and capabilities of all of his firm's employees. The information Matt is acquiring suggests he is working on a


A) performance evaluation.
B) human resource inventory.
C) job description.
D) Gantt chart.

E) None of the above
F) B) and D)

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The time when all employees must be present in a flextime plan is referred to as


A) compressed time.
B) shared time.
C) core time.
D) company time.

E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

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Salespeople often are paid a ________ based on a percentage of their sales.


A) commission
B) salary
C) royalty
D) piece rate

E) C) and D)
F) A) and C)

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A management training program that gives managers assignments in a variety of departments in order to expose them to different functions within the organization is called


A) job enlargement.
B) vestibule training.
C) job rotation.
D) an apprenticeship program.

E) A) and C)
F) None of the above

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Recently, businesses have experienced debate over ________, the practice of discriminating against a dominant or majority group of persons. This situation occurs when businesses must adhere to employment laws that were designed to correct previous discrimination against minority groups.


A) affirmative control
B) affirmative action
C) forward discrimination
D) reverse discrimination

E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

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Firms spend time and money to train new employees so that they will work productively over the short term. Development activities such as assigning mentors and creating networks have long-term implications for employees and firms.

A) True
B) False

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Though temporary workers are employed in most sectors of the economy, almost none have been hired to fill manufacturing jobs.

A) True
B) False

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Regina spends three hours each day working as an online customer service representative for a retailer. She can choose her own hours, within reason. The job works out well for her since she has a new baby that she cares for much of the day. The retailer does not provide her or the other 200 customer service reps with workspace, which constitutes a sizeable cost savings for the company. Regina participates in


A) home-based work.
B) time-in work.
C) job sharing.
D) compressed work.

E) All of the above
F) C) and D)

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Many firms are now contracting with outside companies to administer their employee benefits plans.

A) True
B) False

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HR is focused on issues directly related to a person's job and with things that happen at work, as opposed to concerns that may affect one's work such as eldercare and childcare, but are not directly related to work.

A) True
B) False

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The process of training and educating employees to become good managers, and then monitoring the progress of their managerial skills over time, is called management simulation.

A) True
B) False

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Once the job description and job specifications were written for a new marketing assistant position in his department, Eric called his HR specialist to proceed with the next step in the process of making a successful hire. After providing a timeframe for qualified persons to apply for the job, the next step in the selection process is best described as


A) conducting background investigations.
B) obtaining results from physical exams.
C) conducting initial and follow-up interviews.
D) establishing trial and probationary periods.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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Archer, in his late fifties, loves his work as a pilot for a major airline and wants to continue working for many more years. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act provides Archer with the right to keep his job as long as his company is financially sound and he does not commit a felony.

A) True
B) False

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A ________ is a statement that identifies the minimum qualifications required of a worker in order to perform a specific job.


A) job description
B) performance criteria review
C) human resource inventory
D) job specification

E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

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The Equal Employment Opportunity Act gave the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission the authority to


A) prevent firms from firing workers based on union affiliation.
B) issue guidelines for employer conduct in administering equal employment opportunity programs.
C) set salary schedules for protected groups.
D) require firms to pay women and minority workers more than white males for the same work.

E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

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Human resource managers at Vandelay Industries want to encourage teamwork and are looking for a better way to compensate members of teams. One approach they are considering is a skill-based system. Which of the following statements about this type of pay system is most accurate?


A) Skill-based systems are unlikely to work with teams because they are designed to encourage individual initiative rather than teamwork.
B) A skill-based system is a very effective way to pay teams because this approach makes it easy to correlate skill acquisition with the bottom-line gains of the company.
C) A skill-based pay system works well in many cases, but employees tend to resist this approach since it affects only bonuses, which are not guaranteed, rather than base pay.
D) Team members have base salaries, but they are additionally compensated according to the number of new skills they acquire as a team.

E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

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