MANA 3320 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
What does your textbook define as Human Resource Management? - ANSWER-The
policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and
performance.
By influencing who works for the organization and how those people work, HRM can
contribute to the basic measures of an organization's performance. - ANSWER-True
According to your textbook? How many full-time HR staff does an organization have
on average in correlation to their employee population? - ANSWER-1 HR staff : 100
employees
Responsibilities of HR departments only consist of administrative services and
transactions and business partner services. - ANSWER-False
Development programs often focus on preparing employees for......? - ANSWER-
Management responsibility
Organizations depend on their HR department to help establish policies related to
what areas? - ANSWER-Hiring, Discipline, Promotions, and Benefits
Talent management is a systematic, planned effort to attract, retain, develop, and
motivate highly skilled employees, but not managers. - ANSWER-False
What are the four types of HR competencies? - ANSWER-Technical, Business,
Leadership, Interpersonal
Supervisors do not have any HR responsibilities. Those should be left to the HR
Department. - ANSWER-False
Please select the two HR related positions your instructor has held at the University
prior to becoming a Sr. Lecturer in the College of Business and Technology. -
ANSWER-Director of Human Resources
What are the two federal agencies involved in regulating HRM according to your
textbook? - ANSWER-EEOC & OSHA
Early-retirement incentives require that participating emplyees sign an agreement
waiving their rights to sue under the ADEA. What is an example of what an
organization can do in order to meet the requirements of the contract and waiver? -
ANSWER-Provide payment of a percentage of the employee's salary
Which agency is charged to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? -
ANSWER-EEOC
, Under the ADA, what is the definition of a disability? - ANSWER-A physical or mental
impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
Which is NOT one of the ways to determine the time period within which an
employee may file a complaint according to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?
Counting from........ - ANSWER-When the employer was made aware of the
complaint by the employee's manager
Disparate Impact - ANSWER-a condition in which employment practices are
seemingly neutral yet disproportionately exclude a protected group from employment
practices
Disparate Treatment - ANSWER-differing treatment of individuals, where the
differences are based on the individuals' race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
age, or disability status
Affirmative Action - ANSWER-an organization's active effort to find opportunities to
hire or promote people in a particular group
Reasonable Accomodation - ANSWER-an employer's obligation to do something to
enable an otherwise qualified person to perform a job
If accommodating a disability would require significant expense or difficulty, the
employer may be exempt from the reasonable accommodation requirement. -
ANSWER-True
Which is NOT a specific right granted to employees under OSHA? - ANSWER-Have
all job analyzed to determine whether or not they fall under a category of hazardous
work
If, for example, as a job requirement a Chinese restaurant required waiters and
waitresses to speak Chinese, this would qualify as: - ANSWER-Disparate Impact of
Employment
Under guidelines regarding sexual harassment, preventing sexual discrimination
includes managing the workplace in a way that permits anybody to threaten or
intimidate employees through sexual behavior. - ANSWER-False
A "core competency" is a set of knowledge's and skills that make the organization
superior to competitors and create value for customers. - ANSWER-True
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 objectives organizations need to meet to
promote future competitiveness when engaging in downsizing? - ANSWER-Growing
the employee base
What are several ways organizations can cut cost during a labor shortage? -
ANSWER-Extending hours, hiring temp workers, outsourcing, and phased-retirement
programs
AND ANSWERS
What does your textbook define as Human Resource Management? - ANSWER-The
policies, practices, and systems that influence employees' behavior, attitudes, and
performance.
By influencing who works for the organization and how those people work, HRM can
contribute to the basic measures of an organization's performance. - ANSWER-True
According to your textbook? How many full-time HR staff does an organization have
on average in correlation to their employee population? - ANSWER-1 HR staff : 100
employees
Responsibilities of HR departments only consist of administrative services and
transactions and business partner services. - ANSWER-False
Development programs often focus on preparing employees for......? - ANSWER-
Management responsibility
Organizations depend on their HR department to help establish policies related to
what areas? - ANSWER-Hiring, Discipline, Promotions, and Benefits
Talent management is a systematic, planned effort to attract, retain, develop, and
motivate highly skilled employees, but not managers. - ANSWER-False
What are the four types of HR competencies? - ANSWER-Technical, Business,
Leadership, Interpersonal
Supervisors do not have any HR responsibilities. Those should be left to the HR
Department. - ANSWER-False
Please select the two HR related positions your instructor has held at the University
prior to becoming a Sr. Lecturer in the College of Business and Technology. -
ANSWER-Director of Human Resources
What are the two federal agencies involved in regulating HRM according to your
textbook? - ANSWER-EEOC & OSHA
Early-retirement incentives require that participating emplyees sign an agreement
waiving their rights to sue under the ADEA. What is an example of what an
organization can do in order to meet the requirements of the contract and waiver? -
ANSWER-Provide payment of a percentage of the employee's salary
Which agency is charged to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964? -
ANSWER-EEOC
, Under the ADA, what is the definition of a disability? - ANSWER-A physical or mental
impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities
Which is NOT one of the ways to determine the time period within which an
employee may file a complaint according to the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?
Counting from........ - ANSWER-When the employer was made aware of the
complaint by the employee's manager
Disparate Impact - ANSWER-a condition in which employment practices are
seemingly neutral yet disproportionately exclude a protected group from employment
practices
Disparate Treatment - ANSWER-differing treatment of individuals, where the
differences are based on the individuals' race, color, religion, sex, national origin,
age, or disability status
Affirmative Action - ANSWER-an organization's active effort to find opportunities to
hire or promote people in a particular group
Reasonable Accomodation - ANSWER-an employer's obligation to do something to
enable an otherwise qualified person to perform a job
If accommodating a disability would require significant expense or difficulty, the
employer may be exempt from the reasonable accommodation requirement. -
ANSWER-True
Which is NOT a specific right granted to employees under OSHA? - ANSWER-Have
all job analyzed to determine whether or not they fall under a category of hazardous
work
If, for example, as a job requirement a Chinese restaurant required waiters and
waitresses to speak Chinese, this would qualify as: - ANSWER-Disparate Impact of
Employment
Under guidelines regarding sexual harassment, preventing sexual discrimination
includes managing the workplace in a way that permits anybody to threaten or
intimidate employees through sexual behavior. - ANSWER-False
A "core competency" is a set of knowledge's and skills that make the organization
superior to competitors and create value for customers. - ANSWER-True
Which of the following is NOT one of the 4 objectives organizations need to meet to
promote future competitiveness when engaging in downsizing? - ANSWER-Growing
the employee base
What are several ways organizations can cut cost during a labor shortage? -
ANSWER-Extending hours, hiring temp workers, outsourcing, and phased-retirement
programs
