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Human Resource Management Practice Test: Job Analysis, Strategic Planning, and Human Resource Planning
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Human Resource Management Practice Test: Job Analysis, Strategic Planning, and Human Resource Planning
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1. The duties of today's HR professionals are moving from a transactional to a strategic model. As such, they work toward ________.
2. What is the first step in the strategic planning process?
3. Which of the following is LEAST likely to be included in a job description?
4. A document that provides information regarding the tasks, duties, and responsibilities of the job is referred to as a ________.
5. The ________ is the essential foundation for facilitating career counseling, education, employment, and training activities.
6. As an HR specialist at a large auto manufacturer, you have noticed that many of the technicians employed by your firm are bored with their jobs, not meeting performance goals, and frequently absent. Which of the following would most likely resolve some of these problems among technicians?
7. In strategic planning, the purpose of a SWOT analysis is to assess the organization's ________.
8. The marketing department at ABC Widget Company has been assigned the task of developing a strategic plan. The marketing team has completed the first three steps of strategic planning. Which of the following steps does the marketing department need to take in order to complete the strategic planning assignment?
9. Steve is an HR specialist at Cisco Systems. Steve needs to determine the number, skill, and location of employees that Cisco will need in 12 months in order to achieve the firm's strategic plan. Which of the following would best meet Steve's needs?
10. Which section in the job description includes the job title, the department, the reporting relationship, and a job number or code?
11. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of an objective?
12. The ABC Company requires all maintenance supervisors to have a high school diploma, but the firm has never conducted a job analysis for the position to ensure that the standard is essential to performing the job. As a result, the ABC Company is most vulnerable to ________.
13. Mario, an HR specialist at General Motors, needs to conduct a job analysis for the position of an assembly line operator. Which job analysis method would be most appropriate for Mario to use?
14. Talent management enables an organization to drive short-term and long-term results by building all of the following EXCEPT ________.
15. The systematic process of determining the skills, duties and knowledge required for performing jobs in an organization is referred to as a job ________.
16. Why are most job analyses conducted?
17. Which of the following refers to the collection of tasks and responsibilities performed by one person?
18. A firm's ________ should focus on possible catastrophes, ranging from natural calamities such as hurricanes to smaller events such as water leaks.
19. When pay differences exist, ________ can be used to show whether jobs are substantially equal in terms of skill, effort, responsibility, or working conditions.
20. What is the process called by which top management determines overall organizational purposes and objectives and how they are to be achieved?
21. The Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) of 2010 does not ________.
22. What is the desired end result of any activity called?
23. All of the following are items typically included in the job specification EXCEPT ________.
24. The HR department at Top Choice Manufacturing has been asked to collect job analysis information about general worker behaviors rather than tasks. Which job analysis method would be most appropriate?
25. Which of the following should most likely be accomplished before setting an objective?