WGU D351 CORE MAIN EXAMS 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is involved in the 4th phase of the human resource planning process? -
✔✔Controlling and evaluating HR plans and programs.
✔✔What is involved in the 2nd phase of the human resource planning process? -
✔✔Determining the links that exist between corporate and HR policies.
✔✔Time series analysis and stochastic analysis are both examples of which forecasting
technique? - ✔✔Statistical demand
✔✔Explain the impact of civil rights act - ✔✔Makes it unlawful to refuse to recruit or hire
an individual based on the individual's race, color, national origin, religion, or sex
✔✔Explain the impact of genetic information nondiscrimination act? - ✔✔Prohibits
discrimination of candidates or current employees based on the likelihood that potential
employees (or their family members) will have future health issues; protects the rights of
genetic information to be held confidential
✔✔What are the two purposes of recruitment? - ✔✔To generate a pool of potentially
qualified applicants.
To help organizations meet their legal and social responsibilities.
✔✔How does the book to find knowledge? - ✔✔It is a theoretical or practical
understanding of a subject
✔✔How does the book defined skills? - ✔✔Skills are proficiencies, developed their
experience
✔✔What criterion do organizations think should be used for transfers? - ✔✔Ability and
potential.
Helping employee gain wider and broader experience within the business.
✔✔What are the factors that influence a promotion from within policy? - ✔✔1. Internal
employees are more qualified and better prepared for the responsibilities of the job
because internal employees are familiar with the people, procedures, policies, and
special characteristics of the organization.
2. Employees who are promoted from within or likely to feel more secure and loyalt to
an organization when it gives them opportunities for advancement.
3. Internal promotion can be much less expensive than outside promotion both in terms
of time and money.
✔✔What criterion do unions think should be used for transfers? - ✔✔seniority
, ✔✔What is job rotation? - ✔✔A job rotation pushes employees through a number of
positions within a company within a relatively short period of time. Effective for exposing
new employees, management, trainees, etc. to various parts of the organization.
✔✔What is the purpose of a job posting? - ✔✔To extend an open invitation to all
employees, through prominent display of a notice, to apply for a job vacancy.
✔✔What is the most common source of external recruiting in most industries? -
✔✔Company Websites -- allows for a large number of potential applicants for screening
while maintaining a low cost per applicant.
✔✔And what type of situations are employment agencies used? - ✔✔Agencies often
provide applicants that employers would have difficulty finding otherwise.
✔✔What are the two major components of job matching systems? - ✔✔job profiles and
candidate profiles
✔✔What are job profiles? - ✔✔Job profiles are detailed job descriptions and include job
specifications.
✔✔Define employee selection - ✔✔Selection refers to determining the most qualified
candidates from the applicant pool.
✔✔Explain the benefits to organizations of new employee, orientation, and socialization
- ✔✔Help to reduce turnover and increase productivity among the new employees.
✔✔What are the benefits of developing selection devices or tests on the basis of a job
analysis? - ✔✔It increases the accuracy of job descriptions, and recruiting and aids in
developing job related selection procedures
✔✔Define criterion - ✔✔Selection criterion are standards that job applicants need to
meet. These include qualifications, knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience. Some
examples are excellent research and analytical skills.
✔✔Define reliability - ✔✔The consistency or stability of a selection instrument
✔✔What are the benefits of a reliable selection process? - ✔✔High reliability increases
the likelihood of a positive work environment and the overall productivity in the
organization
✔✔Define validity - ✔✔the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is
supposed to
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔What is involved in the 4th phase of the human resource planning process? -
✔✔Controlling and evaluating HR plans and programs.
✔✔What is involved in the 2nd phase of the human resource planning process? -
✔✔Determining the links that exist between corporate and HR policies.
✔✔Time series analysis and stochastic analysis are both examples of which forecasting
technique? - ✔✔Statistical demand
✔✔Explain the impact of civil rights act - ✔✔Makes it unlawful to refuse to recruit or hire
an individual based on the individual's race, color, national origin, religion, or sex
✔✔Explain the impact of genetic information nondiscrimination act? - ✔✔Prohibits
discrimination of candidates or current employees based on the likelihood that potential
employees (or their family members) will have future health issues; protects the rights of
genetic information to be held confidential
✔✔What are the two purposes of recruitment? - ✔✔To generate a pool of potentially
qualified applicants.
To help organizations meet their legal and social responsibilities.
✔✔How does the book to find knowledge? - ✔✔It is a theoretical or practical
understanding of a subject
✔✔How does the book defined skills? - ✔✔Skills are proficiencies, developed their
experience
✔✔What criterion do organizations think should be used for transfers? - ✔✔Ability and
potential.
Helping employee gain wider and broader experience within the business.
✔✔What are the factors that influence a promotion from within policy? - ✔✔1. Internal
employees are more qualified and better prepared for the responsibilities of the job
because internal employees are familiar with the people, procedures, policies, and
special characteristics of the organization.
2. Employees who are promoted from within or likely to feel more secure and loyalt to
an organization when it gives them opportunities for advancement.
3. Internal promotion can be much less expensive than outside promotion both in terms
of time and money.
✔✔What criterion do unions think should be used for transfers? - ✔✔seniority
, ✔✔What is job rotation? - ✔✔A job rotation pushes employees through a number of
positions within a company within a relatively short period of time. Effective for exposing
new employees, management, trainees, etc. to various parts of the organization.
✔✔What is the purpose of a job posting? - ✔✔To extend an open invitation to all
employees, through prominent display of a notice, to apply for a job vacancy.
✔✔What is the most common source of external recruiting in most industries? -
✔✔Company Websites -- allows for a large number of potential applicants for screening
while maintaining a low cost per applicant.
✔✔And what type of situations are employment agencies used? - ✔✔Agencies often
provide applicants that employers would have difficulty finding otherwise.
✔✔What are the two major components of job matching systems? - ✔✔job profiles and
candidate profiles
✔✔What are job profiles? - ✔✔Job profiles are detailed job descriptions and include job
specifications.
✔✔Define employee selection - ✔✔Selection refers to determining the most qualified
candidates from the applicant pool.
✔✔Explain the benefits to organizations of new employee, orientation, and socialization
- ✔✔Help to reduce turnover and increase productivity among the new employees.
✔✔What are the benefits of developing selection devices or tests on the basis of a job
analysis? - ✔✔It increases the accuracy of job descriptions, and recruiting and aids in
developing job related selection procedures
✔✔Define criterion - ✔✔Selection criterion are standards that job applicants need to
meet. These include qualifications, knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience. Some
examples are excellent research and analytical skills.
✔✔Define reliability - ✔✔The consistency or stability of a selection instrument
✔✔What are the benefits of a reliable selection process? - ✔✔High reliability increases
the likelihood of a positive work environment and the overall productivity in the
organization
✔✔Define validity - ✔✔the extent to which a test measures or predicts what it is
supposed to
