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materials/resources in this class. Sharing this document and its contents with others and/or
online is prohibited and would constitute misconduct.

Midterm Practice – Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the components of human capital?


a. employees’ skills, capabilities, and behaviours
b. employees’ knowledge, skills, and capabilities
c. employees’ knowledge, skills, and behaviours
d. employees’ knowledge, capabilities, and behaviours

2. Which aspect of the competitive environment generally involves an active HR manager


role?
a. an analysis of new entrants
b. an analysis of the supply and demand for labour
c. coordination with suppliers
d. minimizing the technical advantages of rival firms

3. Thirty percent of the certified accountants at a large accounting firm are female. Women
make up approximately 51 percent of the population and certified women make up
approximately 15 percent of the labour force. Based on this information, what is the best
description of the situation for women at this large accounting firm?
a. They are concentrated. b. They are underrepresented.
c. They are underutilized. d. They are discriminated against.

4. Which term refers to unintentional discrimination by organizations?


a. overt discrimination b. job-related discrimination
c. systemic discrimination d. personal discrimination

5. When is an organization’s workforce “representative”?


a. when it reflects improvement from the previous year’s demographic composition
b. when numerical goals have been established
c. when it reflects the demographic composition of the external workforce
d. when the process used to hire is similar across all units

6. What is a job specification?


a. a statement of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the job
b. a statement of the tasks, duties, and responsibilities associated with the job
c. a group of related activities and duties
d. the different duties and responsibilities performed by one employee

7. Which term refers to the process of obtaining information about jobs by determining the
duties, tasks, or activities of jobs?
a. position analysis
b. job evaluation
c. position evaluation
d. job analysis
8. Which list is an accurate description of the five core job dimensions of the job
characteristics model?
a. skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback
b. feedback, task identity, job identity, skill variety, and employee empowerment
c. autonomy, feedback, growth strength, task identity, and employee empowerment
d. skill variety, task identity, job security, autonomy, and ergonomics

9. Which term refers to the process of recruiting employees from a network of past
employees/alumni?
a. retiree recruiting b. re-recruiting
c. network recruiting d. employee leasing

10. Which of the following is NOT a method generally used to improve the effectiveness of
recruitment?
a. surveys b. yield ratios
c. realistic job previews d. employment testing

11. Which type of interview allows the applicant the maximum amount of freedom in
determining the course of discussion?
a. a structured interview
b. a depth interview
c. a situational interview
d. a nondirective interview

12. Which type of interview is associated with open-ended questions?


a. a structured interview
b. a standardized interview
c. a nondirective interview
d. a situational interview

13. The knowledge, skills, and capabilities that impact a company’s performance but do not
necessarily appear on its balance sheet are known as human capital.
a. True
b. False

14. Offering family-friendly options is helpful, but is not typically associated with being able
to better attract and retain top-calibre people.
a. True
b. False

15. Forecasting labour supply is an aspect of human resources planning (HRP).


a. True
b. False

16. A differentiation strategy provides something unique and distinctive to customers.


a. True
b. False

17. Layoffs and early retirement are methods for organizations to reduce excess labour.
a. True
b. False

18. In Canada, the four designated groups that have not received equitable treatment in
employment are women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and visible
minorities.
a. True
b. False

19. Reasonable accommodation involves making changes to the workplace so that no


individual is disadvantaged with respect to employment.
a. True
b. False

20. Common methods of analyzing jobs include interviews, questionnaires, and observation.
a. True
b. False

21. In the job characteristics model, skill variety refers to the amount of freedom held by the
employee to schedule work and perform activities.
a. True
b. False

22. Excessive reliance on internal sources can create the risk of employee “inbreeding.”
a. True
b. False

23. Recruiters sent to university and college campuses must be properly trained and prepared
to talk to candidates about the company and the requirements of specific jobs.
a. True
b. False

24. A situational interview asks the applicant what they actually did in a given situation.
a. True
b. False

25. Behavioural description interviews are based on hypothetical situations.


a. True
b. False

26. Measuring construct validity requires showing that a test developed to assess a
psychological trait accurately measures that psychological trait.
a. True
b. False
Midterm Practice - Short Answer Questions

1. Compare and contrast nondirective/unstructured interviews and structured interviews.

2. Identify and explain the five job characteristics that are of significance to motivating
employees.

3. Briefly explain the definition of systemic or unintentional discrimination and provide a


practical organizational example of it?

4. Identify and briefly explain three strategies that organizations/managers could use to cope
with a labour surplus.

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