Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool
Recruitment and Careers
Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool Recruitment and
Careers
MULTICHOICE
1. Some organizations that want to focus on their core functions, including small businesses that
lack time or HR personnel, sometimes use outside firms for their recruiting functions. What is this
process called?
(A) delegation of recruiting
(B) core function planning
(C) recruitment channelling
(D) recruiting process outsourcing
Answer : (D)
2. What is the most likely outcome of recruiting from within?
(A) It would increase recruiting costs.
(B) It would reduce employee motivation.
(C) It would inhibit creativity.
(D) It would increase an organization's technology.
Answer : (C)
3. What is the most likely outcome of hiring an external candidate for a position in an organization?
(A) It would lead to an increase in information about the market.
(B) It would increase morale among executives.
(C) It would lead to revitalization of the organization.
(D) It would decrease creativity.
Answer : (C)
4. Which of the following is a characteristic of a tight labour market?
,Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool
Recruitment and Careers
(A) high unemployment
(B) low unemployment
(C) declining compensation rates
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(D) low productivity
Answer : (B)
5. Which of the following is a potential limitation when an organization practises promotion from
within?
(A) "inbreeding"
(B) increased cost-per-hire by using the firm's job posting system
(C) reduced employee morale
(D) increased employee turnover
Answer : (A)
6. ABC Corporation needs a new CEO. What is an important advantage of getting this person
externally?
(A) It helps to promote outbreeding.
(B) It helps the organization maintain a rich organizational culture.
(C) It helps to lower initial pay, thus saving on compensation costs.
(D) It helps the organization gain access to knowledge from previous employers.
Answer : (D)
7. Which of the following positions would most likely be filled by external candidates?
(A) intermediate IT technicians
(B) senior accounting clerks
(C) supervisors
(D) head coaches of professional sports teams
Answer : (D)
8. What determines the effectiveness of a computerized record system (such as SAP and PeopleSoft)
for locating qualified internal job candidates?
(A) the extent to which data in the system is kept current
, Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool
Recruitment and Careers
(B) the extent to which the system is "user-friendly"
(C) the costs for updating the system
Recruitment and Careers
Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool Recruitment and
Careers
MULTICHOICE
1. Some organizations that want to focus on their core functions, including small businesses that
lack time or HR personnel, sometimes use outside firms for their recruiting functions. What is this
process called?
(A) delegation of recruiting
(B) core function planning
(C) recruitment channelling
(D) recruiting process outsourcing
Answer : (D)
2. What is the most likely outcome of recruiting from within?
(A) It would increase recruiting costs.
(B) It would reduce employee motivation.
(C) It would inhibit creativity.
(D) It would increase an organization's technology.
Answer : (C)
3. What is the most likely outcome of hiring an external candidate for a position in an organization?
(A) It would lead to an increase in information about the market.
(B) It would increase morale among executives.
(C) It would lead to revitalization of the organization.
(D) It would decrease creativity.
Answer : (C)
4. Which of the following is a characteristic of a tight labour market?
,Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool
Recruitment and Careers
(A) high unemployment
(B) low unemployment
(C) declining compensation rates
,Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool
Recruitment and Careers
(D) low productivity
Answer : (B)
5. Which of the following is a potential limitation when an organization practises promotion from
within?
(A) "inbreeding"
(B) increased cost-per-hire by using the firm's job posting system
(C) reduced employee morale
(D) increased employee turnover
Answer : (A)
6. ABC Corporation needs a new CEO. What is an important advantage of getting this person
externally?
(A) It helps to promote outbreeding.
(B) It helps the organization maintain a rich organizational culture.
(C) It helps to lower initial pay, thus saving on compensation costs.
(D) It helps the organization gain access to knowledge from previous employers.
Answer : (D)
7. Which of the following positions would most likely be filled by external candidates?
(A) intermediate IT technicians
(B) senior accounting clerks
(C) supervisors
(D) head coaches of professional sports teams
Answer : (D)
8. What determines the effectiveness of a computerized record system (such as SAP and PeopleSoft)
for locating qualified internal job candidates?
(A) the extent to which data in the system is kept current
, Chapter 5 Expanding the Talent Pool
Recruitment and Careers
(B) the extent to which the system is "user-friendly"
(C) the costs for updating the system
