MGMT 3860 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Disparate treatment occurs when facially neutral workplace policies and practices
unintentionally cause a negative or adverse impact on individuals in a protected
class
False
In the absence of a contract or another binding agreement, an employee may be
terminated by the employer at any time or for any or no reason
True
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on sex (this
includes forbidding sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination)
True
Managers and supervisors cannot be held liable for failing to take corrective
action regarding sexual harassment
False
The FMLA allows eligible employees to take leave for adoption or foster care
True
In order to be eligible for unemployment insurance, an individual must be able
and available to work
True
Employers are not required to offer vacation leave benefits to their employees
True
,Employers are required to perform a background check before making an offer of
employment
False
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
True
When a person evaluating performance is not familiar with the details of a job,
outcomes tend to be easier to evaluate than specific behaviors
True
For human resource practices to be considered ethical, they must result in the
greatest good for the largest number of people
True
An HR manager can demonstrate competency in communication by excelling at
which behavior?
Listening effectively
Rhonda was just hired as a human resource manager. As such, her work will
focus primarily on administrative functions
False
In organizations with sustainable strategies, the HR departments focus on
employee development and empowerment rather than short-term costs
True
,An organization's ability to profit without depleting its resources, including
employees, natural resources, and the support of the surrounding community, is
called
Sustainability
The use of employee empowerment has shifted the recruiting focus away from
general cognitive and interpersonal skills toward technical skills
False
Which statement is true of a psychological contract?
A psychological contract is not formally put into words
Kasey changes jobs on a regular basis. She does this to secure better career
growth opportunities and to decrease boredom. Kasey engages in
Job hopping
Which statement is true of employee empowerment?
Jobs must be designed to give employees the necessary latitude for making a variety of
decisions
Hadley, a business researcher, believes that organizations will have to spend a
lot of money on employee health care in the future. Her colleague Owen argues
that organizations will not have to increase their spending on employee health
care benefits. Which statement weakens Owen's argument?
The fastest-growing share of the workforce is at least 55 years old
A person that is employed directly by a company for a certain amount of time,
specified in a formal agreement between the company and the workers, is
referred to as a(n)
, contract company worker
Samuel Homes wants to expand rapidly by building homes in major markets
throughout the United States. Which forecast by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
presents the most significant challenge to rapid expansion?
a slowing growth rate for the U.S. civilian labor force
Which term refers to organizations that have the best possible fit between their
social system (people and how they interact) and their technical system
(equipment and processes)?
high performance work systems
Which of the following reflects a core value of total quality management?
encouraging cooperation with vendors, suppliers, and customers to improve quality
Employees' job security has increased as a result of the new psychological
contract
false
At Your Service Inc. is a consumer goods company that provides the option of
door-to-door delivery. The company partners with a packaging company for
transporting its goods to the customers. This is an example of
outsourcing
Mable Textiles, a garment manufacturing company, implements a new technology
to improve the speed of its production process. To do this effectively, the
company decides to train its employees on how to use this new process. The
company also implements new quality checks and efficiency measures, reducing
the costs of production while delivering better quality products. This process of
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED LATEST UPDATE
Disparate treatment occurs when facially neutral workplace policies and practices
unintentionally cause a negative or adverse impact on individuals in a protected
class
False
In the absence of a contract or another binding agreement, an employee may be
terminated by the employer at any time or for any or no reason
True
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits discrimination based on sex (this
includes forbidding sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination)
True
Managers and supervisors cannot be held liable for failing to take corrective
action regarding sexual harassment
False
The FMLA allows eligible employees to take leave for adoption or foster care
True
In order to be eligible for unemployment insurance, an individual must be able
and available to work
True
Employers are not required to offer vacation leave benefits to their employees
True
,Employers are required to perform a background check before making an offer of
employment
False
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
True
When a person evaluating performance is not familiar with the details of a job,
outcomes tend to be easier to evaluate than specific behaviors
True
For human resource practices to be considered ethical, they must result in the
greatest good for the largest number of people
True
An HR manager can demonstrate competency in communication by excelling at
which behavior?
Listening effectively
Rhonda was just hired as a human resource manager. As such, her work will
focus primarily on administrative functions
False
In organizations with sustainable strategies, the HR departments focus on
employee development and empowerment rather than short-term costs
True
,An organization's ability to profit without depleting its resources, including
employees, natural resources, and the support of the surrounding community, is
called
Sustainability
The use of employee empowerment has shifted the recruiting focus away from
general cognitive and interpersonal skills toward technical skills
False
Which statement is true of a psychological contract?
A psychological contract is not formally put into words
Kasey changes jobs on a regular basis. She does this to secure better career
growth opportunities and to decrease boredom. Kasey engages in
Job hopping
Which statement is true of employee empowerment?
Jobs must be designed to give employees the necessary latitude for making a variety of
decisions
Hadley, a business researcher, believes that organizations will have to spend a
lot of money on employee health care in the future. Her colleague Owen argues
that organizations will not have to increase their spending on employee health
care benefits. Which statement weakens Owen's argument?
The fastest-growing share of the workforce is at least 55 years old
A person that is employed directly by a company for a certain amount of time,
specified in a formal agreement between the company and the workers, is
referred to as a(n)
, contract company worker
Samuel Homes wants to expand rapidly by building homes in major markets
throughout the United States. Which forecast by the Bureau of Labor Statistics
presents the most significant challenge to rapid expansion?
a slowing growth rate for the U.S. civilian labor force
Which term refers to organizations that have the best possible fit between their
social system (people and how they interact) and their technical system
(equipment and processes)?
high performance work systems
Which of the following reflects a core value of total quality management?
encouraging cooperation with vendors, suppliers, and customers to improve quality
Employees' job security has increased as a result of the new psychological
contract
false
At Your Service Inc. is a consumer goods company that provides the option of
door-to-door delivery. The company partners with a packaging company for
transporting its goods to the customers. This is an example of
outsourcing
Mable Textiles, a garment manufacturing company, implements a new technology
to improve the speed of its production process. To do this effectively, the
company decides to train its employees on how to use this new process. The
company also implements new quality checks and efficiency measures, reducing
the costs of production while delivering better quality products. This process of
