FUNDAMENTAL OF HUMAN
RESOURCE MANAGENT TEST BANK
/TEST BANK HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT REAL EXAM
LATEST 2023-2024 WITH SIMILAR
QUESTION EXPECTED ON
YOUR TEST
Fundamentals of HR Management, 9e (Noe)
Chapter 1 Managing Human Resources
1) Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source of
value to their organizations.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as
a necessary expense rather than as a source of value to their organizations.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
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Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM
contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking Accessibility:
Keyboard Navigation
2) Human resources cannot be imitated.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Human resources cannot be imitated. To imitate human resources at a
highperforming competitor, one would have to figure out which employees are providing the
advantage and how. Then you would have to recruit people who can do precisely the same thing
and set up the systems that enable those people to imitate your competitor.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM
contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) High-performance work systems have been essential in making organizations strong enough
to weather the storm of a recession and remain profitable when the economy begins to expand
after the recession. Answer: TRUE
Explanation: High-performance work systems have been essential in making organizations
strong enough to weather the storm of a recent recession and remain profitable when the
economy slowly begins to expand again. Maintaining a high-performance work system may
include development of training programs, recruitment of people with new skill sets, and
establishment of rewards for such behaviors as teamwork, flexibility, and learning. Difficulty:
1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM
contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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4) No two human resource departments have precisely the same roles and responsibilities.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: No two human resource departments have precisely the same roles because of
differences in organization sizes and characteristics of the workforce, the industry, and
management's values. Many HR tasks may be performed by supervisors or others inside or
outside the organization.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Understanding Human Resource Management
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
5) An organization makes selection decisions in order to add employees to its workforce, as
well as to transfer existing employees to new positions.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Selection refers to the process by which the organization attempts to identify
applicants with the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that will help
the organization achieve its goals. An organization makes selection decisions in order to add
employees to its workforce, as well as to transfer existing employees to new positions.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Understanding Human Resource Management
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6) Establishing and administering personnel policies allows a company to handle problematic
situations more fairly and objectively than if it addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Organizations depend on their HR department to help establish policies related to
hiring, discipline, promotions, and benefits. Establishing and administering personnel policies
allows the company to handle problematic situations more fairly and objectively than if it
addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Role of Human Resource Managers
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Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments. Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
7) When a person evaluating performance is not familiar with the details of a job, outcomes tend
to be easier to evaluate than specific behaviors.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The human resource department may be responsible for developing or obtaining
questionnaires and other devices for measuring performance. The performance measures may
emphasize observable behaviors, unobservable behaviors, or both. When a person evaluating
performance is not familiar with the details of a job, outcomes tend to be easier to evaluate than
specific behaviors. The evaluation may focus on the short term or long term and on individual
employees or groups. Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Role of Human Resource Managers
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments. Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
8) Human resource management requires the ability to communicate through a variety of
channels.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: For employees to comply with policies in an organization, they have to know and
understand the policies. Therefore, human resource management requires the ability to
communicate through a variety of channels. Examples include teaching policies by giving
presentations at meetings, posting documents online, writing e-mail messages, and setting up
social-media pages for employees.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Role of Human Resource Managers
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments. Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
9) Human resource management is increasingly becoming a purely administrative function.
Answer: FALSE
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RESOURCE MANAGENT TEST BANK
/TEST BANK HUMAN RESOURCES
MANAGEMENT REAL EXAM
LATEST 2023-2024 WITH SIMILAR
QUESTION EXPECTED ON
YOUR TEST
Fundamentals of HR Management, 9e (Noe)
Chapter 1 Managing Human Resources
1) Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as a source of
value to their organizations.
Answer: FALSE
Explanation: Managers and economists traditionally have seen human resource management as
a necessary expense rather than as a source of value to their organizations.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
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Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM
contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking Accessibility:
Keyboard Navigation
2) Human resources cannot be imitated.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Human resources cannot be imitated. To imitate human resources at a
highperforming competitor, one would have to figure out which employees are providing the
advantage and how. Then you would have to recruit people who can do precisely the same thing
and set up the systems that enable those people to imitate your competitor.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM
contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
3) High-performance work systems have been essential in making organizations strong enough
to weather the storm of a recession and remain profitable when the economy begins to expand
after the recession. Answer: TRUE
Explanation: High-performance work systems have been essential in making organizations
strong enough to weather the storm of a recent recession and remain profitable when the
economy slowly begins to expand again. Maintaining a high-performance work system may
include development of training programs, recruitment of people with new skill sets, and
establishment of rewards for such behaviors as teamwork, flexibility, and learning. Difficulty:
1 Easy
Topic: How HRM Helps to Build a Sustainable Competitive Advantage
Learning Objective: 01-01 Define human resource management, and explain how HRM
contributes to an organization's performance.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
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4) No two human resource departments have precisely the same roles and responsibilities.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: No two human resource departments have precisely the same roles because of
differences in organization sizes and characteristics of the workforce, the industry, and
management's values. Many HR tasks may be performed by supervisors or others inside or
outside the organization.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Understanding Human Resource Management
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
5) An organization makes selection decisions in order to add employees to its workforce, as
well as to transfer existing employees to new positions.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Selection refers to the process by which the organization attempts to identify
applicants with the necessary knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics that will help
the organization achieve its goals. An organization makes selection decisions in order to add
employees to its workforce, as well as to transfer existing employees to new positions.
Difficulty: 1 Easy
Topic: Understanding Human Resource Management
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments.
Bloom's: Remember
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
6) Establishing and administering personnel policies allows a company to handle problematic
situations more fairly and objectively than if it addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: Organizations depend on their HR department to help establish policies related to
hiring, discipline, promotions, and benefits. Establishing and administering personnel policies
allows the company to handle problematic situations more fairly and objectively than if it
addressed such incidents on a case-by-case basis.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Role of Human Resource Managers
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Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments. Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
7) When a person evaluating performance is not familiar with the details of a job, outcomes tend
to be easier to evaluate than specific behaviors.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: The human resource department may be responsible for developing or obtaining
questionnaires and other devices for measuring performance. The performance measures may
emphasize observable behaviors, unobservable behaviors, or both. When a person evaluating
performance is not familiar with the details of a job, outcomes tend to be easier to evaluate than
specific behaviors. The evaluation may focus on the short term or long term and on individual
employees or groups. Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Role of Human Resource Managers
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments. Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
8) Human resource management requires the ability to communicate through a variety of
channels.
Answer: TRUE
Explanation: For employees to comply with policies in an organization, they have to know and
understand the policies. Therefore, human resource management requires the ability to
communicate through a variety of channels. Examples include teaching policies by giving
presentations at meetings, posting documents online, writing e-mail messages, and setting up
social-media pages for employees.
Difficulty: 2 Medium
Topic: The Role of Human Resource Managers
Learning Objective: 01-02 Identify the responsibilities of human resource departments. Bloom's:
Understand
AACSB: Analytical Thinking
Accessibility: Keyboard Navigation
9) Human resource management is increasingly becoming a purely administrative function.
Answer: FALSE
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