HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
EXAM 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025 LATEST UPDATE.
1. Q: The people who carry out the various jobs and tasks of an organization in exchange for
wages, salaries, and other rewards.
A: Human resources
2. Q: Recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and development,
performance appraisals, and legal compliance are all major areas of __________.
A: HR management
3. Q: The late 1800s was the birth of _________ management.
A: Scientific
4. Q: The 1920s was the era of ___________.
A: Human relations
5. Q: 1930s through 1970s was the __________ management era.
A: Personnel
6. Q: During the ________ there was a growth of professionalism, hiring trained professionals,
and universities began offering degrees in HR management.
A: 1980s
7. Q: During the ________ HR professionals became much more sought after, CHROs are often
VPs of companies, growth of professionalism, hiring trained professionals, and universities
began offering degrees in HR management.
A: 2000s
,8. Q: ___________ is the comprehensive set of managerial activities and tasks concerned with
developing and maintaining a qualified workforce.
A: Human resource management
9. Q: The contemporary HRM perspective recognizes the importance of people as a source of
_____________.
A: Competitive advantage
10. Q: When hiring, rewarding, and managing people it must be within the limits of the law.
Must comply with all _____, _______, and _______ employment laws.
A: Federal, state, and local
11. Q: ________ is responsible for carrying out HR functions in an effort to achieve
organizational goals and objectives.
A: Professional HR managers
12. Q: _______ manage employees who are directly responsible for the production of goods or
services.
A: Line managers
13. Q: Who were the early pioneers of scientific management?
A: Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
14. Q: _______________ recognized that human behavior played an important role in
organizations. Believed that if managers made employees satisfied and happy, then they would
work harder and be more productive.
A: The Human relations era
15. Q: ____________ created stand-alone departments to handle the hiring of employees and
administering pay and benefits. Primarily concerned with first-line employees.
A: Personnel Management
, 16. Q: It's important for HR management to facilitate organizational _________.
A: Competitiveness
17. Q: It's important for HR management to enhance _________ and _________.
A: Productivity and quality
18. Q: It's important for HR management to promote individual ______ and _______.
A: Growth and development
19. Q: 1920-1945 is known as __________.
A: The greatest generation
20. Q: 1945 to mid-1960s were known as _______.
A: Baby boomers
21. Q: Mid-1960s to early 1980s is known as _________.
A: Generation X
22. Q: Early 1980s to early 2000s is known as ____________.
A: Generation Y
23. Q: Outsourcing, increased stress in the workplace, and managing knowledge workers are all
current issues in ______.
A: HR
24. Q: ________ is the process of hiring outside firms to handle basic HRM functions,
presumably more efficiently than the organization.
A: Outsourcing
EXAM 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2025 LATEST UPDATE.
1. Q: The people who carry out the various jobs and tasks of an organization in exchange for
wages, salaries, and other rewards.
A: Human resources
2. Q: Recruitment and selection, compensation and benefits, training and development,
performance appraisals, and legal compliance are all major areas of __________.
A: HR management
3. Q: The late 1800s was the birth of _________ management.
A: Scientific
4. Q: The 1920s was the era of ___________.
A: Human relations
5. Q: 1930s through 1970s was the __________ management era.
A: Personnel
6. Q: During the ________ there was a growth of professionalism, hiring trained professionals,
and universities began offering degrees in HR management.
A: 1980s
7. Q: During the ________ HR professionals became much more sought after, CHROs are often
VPs of companies, growth of professionalism, hiring trained professionals, and universities
began offering degrees in HR management.
A: 2000s
,8. Q: ___________ is the comprehensive set of managerial activities and tasks concerned with
developing and maintaining a qualified workforce.
A: Human resource management
9. Q: The contemporary HRM perspective recognizes the importance of people as a source of
_____________.
A: Competitive advantage
10. Q: When hiring, rewarding, and managing people it must be within the limits of the law.
Must comply with all _____, _______, and _______ employment laws.
A: Federal, state, and local
11. Q: ________ is responsible for carrying out HR functions in an effort to achieve
organizational goals and objectives.
A: Professional HR managers
12. Q: _______ manage employees who are directly responsible for the production of goods or
services.
A: Line managers
13. Q: Who were the early pioneers of scientific management?
A: Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth
14. Q: _______________ recognized that human behavior played an important role in
organizations. Believed that if managers made employees satisfied and happy, then they would
work harder and be more productive.
A: The Human relations era
15. Q: ____________ created stand-alone departments to handle the hiring of employees and
administering pay and benefits. Primarily concerned with first-line employees.
A: Personnel Management
, 16. Q: It's important for HR management to facilitate organizational _________.
A: Competitiveness
17. Q: It's important for HR management to enhance _________ and _________.
A: Productivity and quality
18. Q: It's important for HR management to promote individual ______ and _______.
A: Growth and development
19. Q: 1920-1945 is known as __________.
A: The greatest generation
20. Q: 1945 to mid-1960s were known as _______.
A: Baby boomers
21. Q: Mid-1960s to early 1980s is known as _________.
A: Generation X
22. Q: Early 1980s to early 2000s is known as ____________.
A: Generation Y
23. Q: Outsourcing, increased stress in the workplace, and managing knowledge workers are all
current issues in ______.
A: HR
24. Q: ________ is the process of hiring outside firms to handle basic HRM functions,
presumably more efficiently than the organization.
A: Outsourcing
