HRIR EXAM REVIEW Q&A
Fair Credit Reporting Act - Answer-Law that grants consumers to the right to know who
requests to view their credit report over the past year
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 - Answer-Federal law requiring employers
to verify and maintain records on applicants' legal rights to work in the United States
criterion-related validity - Answer-a measure of validity based on showing a substantial
correlation between test scores and job performance scores
Concurrent Validation - Answer-assesses the validity of a test by administering it to
people already on the job and then correlating test scores with existing measures of
each person's performance
Predictive Validation - Answer-research that uses the test scores of all applicants and
looks for a relationship between the scores and future performance of the applicants
who were hired
RJP (Realistic Job Preview) - Answer-Realistic information about the demands of the
job, the organization's expectations of the job holder, and the work environment.
useful for reducing turnover, it should be used as a candidate self-evaluation tool rather
than a traditional selection device
multiple hurdle model - Answer-process of arriving at a selection decision by eliminating
some candidates at each stage of the selection process
one person does the selection
compensatory model - Answer-process of arriving at a selection decision in which a
very high score on one type of assessment can make up for a low score on another:
Might got bored
Instructional Design - Answer-a process of systematically developing training to meet
specified needs
What are the main purposes of workforce planning? - Answer-1) Identifies workforce
requirements needed for strategic plan
2) discovers where/if competency gaps exist
3) plans for internal and external factors
, 4) implementsworkforce shortage and reduction strategies
Forecasting - Answer-the attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various
types of human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will be
labor shortages or surpluses
trend analysis - Answer-constructing and applying statistical models that predict labor
demand for the next year, given relatively objective statistics from the previous year
ratio analysis - Answer-the assessment of a firm's financial condition using calculations
and interpretations of financial ratios developed from the firm's financial statements
regression analysis - Answer-An analytic technique where a series of input variables are
examined in relation to their corresponding output results in order to develop a
mathematical or statistical relationship.
Statistically identify historical predicts of workforce size.
Transitional Matrix - Answer-a chart that lists job categories held in one period and
shows the proportion of employees in each of those job categories in a future period
How do internal and external considerations affect workforce planning? - Answer-
External:
Labor Market:
affected by unemployment rates, number of qualified workers in the reasonable
commuting distance and, in some cases, the availability of applicants with specialized
skills such as nursing or technology.
Geographic:
The company's geographic location may also be a factor if the labor pool is not large
enough in the immediate area. Then, HR managers may need to focus their recruiting
efforts outside the region and pay relocation packages as appropriate to encourage
qualified staff to take up a position
along with Economy, Competitors, Threat of Substitution, Legislation, Labor Market,
Globalization, Technology, Suppliers, Customer Demands, Geography, Societal change
**Government Regulations**
Regulations can influence how a company goes about hiring, training, compensating
and even disciplining its workers, and a misstep could result in sanctions against the
company or even lawsuits filed by employees, prospective employees, vendors and
customers
Internal
Fair Credit Reporting Act - Answer-Law that grants consumers to the right to know who
requests to view their credit report over the past year
Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 - Answer-Federal law requiring employers
to verify and maintain records on applicants' legal rights to work in the United States
criterion-related validity - Answer-a measure of validity based on showing a substantial
correlation between test scores and job performance scores
Concurrent Validation - Answer-assesses the validity of a test by administering it to
people already on the job and then correlating test scores with existing measures of
each person's performance
Predictive Validation - Answer-research that uses the test scores of all applicants and
looks for a relationship between the scores and future performance of the applicants
who were hired
RJP (Realistic Job Preview) - Answer-Realistic information about the demands of the
job, the organization's expectations of the job holder, and the work environment.
useful for reducing turnover, it should be used as a candidate self-evaluation tool rather
than a traditional selection device
multiple hurdle model - Answer-process of arriving at a selection decision by eliminating
some candidates at each stage of the selection process
one person does the selection
compensatory model - Answer-process of arriving at a selection decision in which a
very high score on one type of assessment can make up for a low score on another:
Might got bored
Instructional Design - Answer-a process of systematically developing training to meet
specified needs
What are the main purposes of workforce planning? - Answer-1) Identifies workforce
requirements needed for strategic plan
2) discovers where/if competency gaps exist
3) plans for internal and external factors
, 4) implementsworkforce shortage and reduction strategies
Forecasting - Answer-the attempts to determine the supply of and demand for various
types of human resources to predict areas within the organization where there will be
labor shortages or surpluses
trend analysis - Answer-constructing and applying statistical models that predict labor
demand for the next year, given relatively objective statistics from the previous year
ratio analysis - Answer-the assessment of a firm's financial condition using calculations
and interpretations of financial ratios developed from the firm's financial statements
regression analysis - Answer-An analytic technique where a series of input variables are
examined in relation to their corresponding output results in order to develop a
mathematical or statistical relationship.
Statistically identify historical predicts of workforce size.
Transitional Matrix - Answer-a chart that lists job categories held in one period and
shows the proportion of employees in each of those job categories in a future period
How do internal and external considerations affect workforce planning? - Answer-
External:
Labor Market:
affected by unemployment rates, number of qualified workers in the reasonable
commuting distance and, in some cases, the availability of applicants with specialized
skills such as nursing or technology.
Geographic:
The company's geographic location may also be a factor if the labor pool is not large
enough in the immediate area. Then, HR managers may need to focus their recruiting
efforts outside the region and pay relocation packages as appropriate to encourage
qualified staff to take up a position
along with Economy, Competitors, Threat of Substitution, Legislation, Labor Market,
Globalization, Technology, Suppliers, Customer Demands, Geography, Societal change
**Government Regulations**
Regulations can influence how a company goes about hiring, training, compensating
and even disciplining its workers, and a misstep could result in sanctions against the
company or even lawsuits filed by employees, prospective employees, vendors and
customers
Internal
