Question : 61.Which of the following true about offshoring? A. The smaller and newer : 1243224

 

 

61.Which of the following is true about offshoring?   

A. The smaller and newer a vendor, the better it is for the company to conduct business.

 

B. Small overseas upstarts do not take risks that larger, more established contractors take.

 

C. Any work that is proprietary and requires tight security should be offshored.

 

D. A company should avoid outsourcing work that is self-contained and does not need an exchange of information.

 

E. Small overseas upstarts often promise more than they can deliver.

 

 

62.When a company faces a shortage of employees in the work force, and it predicts that current demand for products or services may not extend to the future, it will:   

A. try to garner more hours out of the existing labor force.

 

B. recruit and train new employees.

 

C. be willing to hire part-time employees.

 

D. decrease the production rate by half to meet quality standards.

 

E. lease out its machinery to other factories, thereby maintaining income.

 

 

63.A _____ is a short-term elimination of paid workdays applied to salaried workers, as opposed to hourly workers.   

A. work sharing culture

 

B. demotion

 

C. furlough

 

D. layoff

 

E. suspension

 

 

64.The programs developed in the strategic-choice stage of the process are put into practice in the _____ stage.   

A. forecasting

 

B. program-implementation

 

C. goal-setting

 

D. evaluation

 

E. program feedback

 

 

65.A critical aspect of the program implementation step of human resource planning is:   

A. setting a benchmark for determining the relative success of a program.

 

B. making sure that some individual is held accountable for achieving the stated goals.

 

C. selecting the best option for redressing a pending labor shortage or surplus.

 

D. ascertaining whether or not the company has successfully avoided any potential labor surpluses or shortages.

 

E. focusing attention on redressing a pending labor supply problem.

 

 

66.The final step in the planning process is to _____.   

A. evaluate results

 

B. set goals and objectives

 

C. formulate strategies

 

D. establish forecasting methods

 

E. implement recruiting methods

 

 

67.The process of determining whether there are any subgroups whose proportion in a given job category within a company is substantially different from their proportion in the relevant labor market is called _____.   

A. adverse treatment analysis

 

B. workforce utilization review

 

C. subgroup reconciliation

 

D. discrimination analysis

 

E. leading indicator

 

 

68.Which of the following is the accurate definition of workforce utilization review?   

A. It is a comparison of the proportion of workers in protected subgroups with the proportion that each subgroup represents in the relevant labor market

 

B. It is a comparison of the proportion of workers who are underperforming with the proportion of those in the labor market who are not yet hired

 

C. It is a comparison of the proportion of workers who are underperforming with the proportion of those who are excelling in the workplace

 

D. It is a comparison of the proportion of workers who are being paid higher than the national average with the proportion of workers who are being paid lower than the national average

 

E. It is a comparison of the proportion of workers whose performance ratings are lower than the internal average with the proportion of those whose performance ratings are higher

 

 

69._____ forecast and monitor the proportion of various protected group members, such as women and minorities that are in various job categories and career tracks.   

A. Ethnocracies

 

B. Group rights

 

C. Affirmative action plans

 

D. T-test techniques

 

E. Employment background checks

 

 

70._____ is the practice or activity carried on by an organization with the primary purpose of identifying and attracting potential employees.   

A. Human resource recruitment

 

B. Applicant tracking system

 

C. Customer relationship management

 

D. Sensitivity training

 

E. Customer experience transformation