Question 1

Which of the following statements is true of market wage rates?

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A)   They remain the same across various regions in a country.
B)   They change according to the demand for and supply of labor.
C)   They have decreased over the past 5 years.
D)   They are solely influenced by the local unemployment rate.

Question 2

Which of the following focuses more on the individual who will perform the job than on the tasks, duties, and responsibilities that the particular job entails?

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A)   Job enrichment
B)   Job enlargement
C)   A job specification
D)   A job description

Question 3

Which of the following statements is true of the Management Position Description Questionnaire (MPDQ) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is the most popular standardized job-analysis instrument available for managerial positions.
B)   It is the first attempt to develop a single instrument that can describe all jobs in common terms.
C)   It is a standardized job-analysis instrument consisting of 250 items.
D)   It is used to classify managerial positions and estimate reasonable compensation for them.

Question 4

In the context of job-analysis techniques, the Fleishman job-analysis system:

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A)   relies on the taxonomy of abilities that presumably represents all the dimensions relevant to work.
B)   is the most common approach to job analysis.
C)   does not require a great deal of training for someone to complete.
D)   focuses on the critical behaviors that differentiate effective performers from ineffective performers.

Question 5

Explain market wage rates as a source of information for forecasting the supply of human resources.

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Question 6

An advantage of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ)  is that:

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A)   it provides information on 197 job-related items.
B)   it is extremely useful for high-level managerial jobs and for describing white-collar jobs.
C)   a considerable database of information exists that attests to its validity and reliability.
D)   the PAQ instrument is relatively simple and easy to use.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of the critical incidents approach?

Accepted Answer

A)   It represents the first attempt to develop a single instrument that can describe all jobs in common terms.
B)   It proposes that all jobs be described in terms of the level of involvement with people, data, and things.
C)   It is a standardized job-analysis instrument consisting of 194 items.
D)   It is most widely used in connection with the development of appraisal instruments.

Question 8

Which of the following statements is true of the Position Analysis Questionnaire (PAQ) ?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is the most common form of job analysis used in the U.S. military.
B)   It is a standardized job-analysis instrument consisting of 197 items.
C)   It represents the first attempt to develop a single instrument that can describe all jobs in common terms.
D)   It is relatively complex, and an employee must have the reading level of a college graduate to be able to complete it.

Question 9

An organization that implements a reduction strategy will provide training programs to upgrade the skills of current employees to make them more valuable to the organization.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Which of the following statements is true of a stability strategy?

Accepted Answer

A)   It mostly involves terminations and layoffs.
B)   It shields an organization from the need to augment its labor force.
C)   It may be the easiest for a human resource manager to implement.
D)   It may indicate growing sales, increasing demand, and expanding operations for an organization.

Question 11

The first step in the job-analysis process is determining methods for obtaining information.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 12

Which of the following is a similarity between functional job analysis and the Position Analysis Questionnaire?

Accepted Answer

A)   The items that make up both of these methods are organized into 10 sections.
B)   Both instruments are relatively simple and easy to use.
C)   The dimensions measured by both of these methods are believed to underlie all jobs.
D)   Both provide information on 187 separate job-related items.

Question 13

Meeraze Inc., a management consulting firm, plans to increase its profits by expanding its services to target new customers. It wants to hire more employees to maintain the quality of its services and hence launches an intense recruitment drive. It also collaborates with colleges to tap potential employees. In the given scenario, Meeraze Inc. is most likely using a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   growth strategy
B)   stability strategy
C)   reduction strategy
D)   retrenchment strategy

Question 14

Jenna is part of the human resource department of her company. She gathers a panel of subject matter experts (SMEs)  to perform a job analysis. She asks the SMEs to analyze the jobs in the company based on a taxonomy of 52 abilities that represent all the dimensions of the jobs. The SMEs are required to indicate the importance of various abilities for each job. In the context of job-analysis techniques, the given scenario illustrates the use of the _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   Fleishman job-analysis system
B)   Position Analysis Questionnaire
C)   functional job-analysis technique
D)   critical incidents approach

Question 15

Green Acres is a large real estate firm that operates in several states. The top-level employees of the firm are required to let the management know 2 years in advance if they are preparing to step down from their positions. This is done so that the management can find, hire, and train a suitable candidate to take up the vacant position. The firm wants to bring in as much order as possible to its planning processes for future promotions. Which of the following concepts does the given scenario illustrate?

Accepted Answer

A)   Utility analysis
B)   Homesourcing
C)   Open-book management
D)   Executive succession

Question 16

Hernandez, a clothing retail firm, maintains a database that contains all necessary work-related details of its employees. The information includes each employee's date of hire, job history, education, and performance and compensation history. The database allows the management to forecast the labor demands within the firm. In the given scenario, Hernandez is most likely using a _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   human resource information system
B)   transaction processing system
C)   process control system
D)   professional employer organizer

Question 17

Which of the following is a computerized job classification system that contains continually updated information regarding the knowledge, skills, and abilities required for virtually every job in the U.S. economy?

Accepted Answer

A)   The task-analysis inventory system
B)   The Occupational Information Network
C)   The Fleishman job-analysis system
D)   The Society for Human Resource Management

Question 18

Which of the following statements is true of the Fleishman job-analysis system?

Accepted Answer

A)   It is the most standardized job-analysis instrument available and consists of 194 items.
B)   It relies on a panel of subject matter experts to indicate how important an ability is for a job.
C)   It requires little or no training.
D)   It is the most common form of job analysis used in the U.S. military. B

Question 19

Individuals can differentiate themselves by making human capital investments, just as a firm can differentiate itself by paying higher wages.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Lu Chen, a line manager, is asked to perform a job analysis of the new jobs that have emerged as part of her company's expansion process. She decides to pick the most common approach to job analysis and prepares text descriptions of all the new jobs. She writes detailed descriptions of the jobs and the effort involved in completing them. In the given scenario, Lu Chen is using _____.

Accepted Answer

A)   a narrative job analysis
B)   the Fleishman job-analysis system
C)   the task-analysis inventory
D)   functional job analysis A

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