Liberty University BUSI 342 Exam 2 Quiz 2 Test Correct Answers
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Liberty University BUSI 342 Exam 2 Quiz 2 Test Correct Answers
The performance-reward linkage described in the expectancy theory of motivation refers to
employees’ beliefs that working harder will lead to better performance.
According to Maslow’s need theory, an employee strives to satisfy his or her higher order needs
first.
Churn tends to have a negative impact on the remaining employees in an organization.
Psychological contracts between employers and employees are similar across cultures.
Employee productivity is a tangible aspect of psychological contracts
One of the determinants of employees’ willingness to exert effort is the degree to which they
value the rewards offered by an organization.
Older employees tend to have lower job satisfaction than younger employees
According to Maslow’s need theory, motivation is a goal-directed drive, and it seldom occurs in a
void.
To increase employee satisfaction, the performance management systems and performance
appraisal processes in organizations must be designed so they are linked to compensation
increases.
The reasons key people choose to stay with an employer are always the opposite of those that
compel others to quit
Recruiting is essentially an administrative function rather than a part of strategic HR planning
Internet recruiting generates high numbers of applicants and increases work for HR staff far
beyond traditional recruiting methods
The group of applicants that an organization has available to it when using a particular recruiting
approach, such as Internet job boards, is the applicant population
Resume mining allows HR staff to use software to extract the most promising resumes from a
large database
Intensive recruiting may take the form of a vigorous recruiting campaign aimed at hiring a given
number of employees.
Blogging-creates enough possible legal concerns that regulations may be implemented by the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission.
Solange Allure Inc., a cosmetics company, is moving its operations from Bogalusa, Louisiana, to
Seattle, Washington. Solange Allure will be changing its occupational labor market.
The term “applicant population” refers to all individuals looking for a job in a particular
geographic area.
Utilizing current employee referrals of family members and friends is not ethical because it
increases the risk of committing nepotism
Recruiting former employees is a way of avoiding “inbreeding” while still using an internal
recruiting source.
It is legal for an employer to check a person’s Social Security number, motor vehicle records, and
The performance-reward linkage described in the expectancy theory of motivation refers to
employees’ beliefs that working harder will lead to better performance.
According to Maslow’s need theory, an employee strives to satisfy his or her higher order needs
first.
Churn tends to have a negative impact on the remaining employees in an organization.
Psychological contracts between employers and employees are similar across cultures.
Employee productivity is a tangible aspect of psychological contracts
One of the determinants of employees’ willingness to exert effort is the degree to which they
value the rewards offered by an organization.
Older employees tend to have lower job satisfaction than younger employees
According to Maslow’s need theory, motivation is a goal-directed drive, and it seldom occurs in a
void.
To increase employee satisfaction, the performance management systems and performance
appraisal processes in organizations must be designed so they are linked to compensation
increases.
The reasons key people choose to stay with an employer are always the opposite of those that
compel others to quit
Recruiting is essentially an administrative function rather than a part of strategic HR planning
Internet recruiting generates high numbers of applicants and increases work for HR staff far
beyond traditional recruiting methods
The group of applicants that an organization has available to it when using a particular recruiting
approach, such as Internet job boards, is the applicant population
Resume mining allows HR staff to use software to extract the most promising resumes from a
large database
Intensive recruiting may take the form of a vigorous recruiting campaign aimed at hiring a given
number of employees.
Blogging-creates enough possible legal concerns that regulations may be implemented by the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission.
Solange Allure Inc., a cosmetics company, is moving its operations from Bogalusa, Louisiana, to
Seattle, Washington. Solange Allure will be changing its occupational labor market.
The term “applicant population” refers to all individuals looking for a job in a particular
geographic area.
Utilizing current employee referrals of family members and friends is not ethical because it
increases the risk of committing nepotism
Recruiting former employees is a way of avoiding “inbreeding” while still using an internal
recruiting source.
It is legal for an employer to check a person’s Social Security number, motor vehicle records, and
military records when performing a background check on an applicant.
Ernest is applying for a carpentry apprenticeship program. He must take a test involving
mathematical calculations including working with fractions and geometry. This is illegal because
carpentry is a manual labor job and these tests are cognitive and not job-related.
Listening responses such as mirroring and echoing may backfire for managers doing job
interviews because these responses give feedback to the applicant.
Since “soft skills” are difficult to test for, and interviewing for these skills often puts women
candidates at a disadvantage, the EEOC’s guidelines require that applicants be selected for
quantifiable or measurable “hard skills” only
The Employee Polygraph Protection Act prohibits employers, including federal, state, and local
government agencies, from using polygraphs for preemployment screening purposes.
The ADA prohibits the use of preemployment medical exams, except for drug tests, until a job has
been conditionally offered.
Negligent hiring occurs when an employer becomes aware that an employee may be unfit for
employment but continues to employ the person, and the person injures someone on the job.
Poor adaptation of an expatriate’s spouse and/or family to the overseas location is a major factor
in the failure of expatriate assignments.
In general, the more structured a type of selection interview, the more likely it is to be statistically
valid.
If employers do not use E-Verify to determine if an applicant is legally permitted to work in the
U.S., the employer is considered to be in technical violation of federal law and can be audited by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Training plans allow organizations to identify what is needed for employee performance before
training begins.
In the context of active practice, spaced practice occurs when a person performs all the practice
at once.
Combining pre-/post-measure with a control group is an effective training evaluation design.
Assessing organizational training needs is the execution phase of a training plan
On-the-job training can amount to no training if the trainers simply allow the trainees to learn the
job on their own
For the employer, the advantages of cross training are flexibility and development
Carlene, a customer executive, arrives at the training facility of the company full of enthusiasm
because she is really excited about learning how to cope with difficult customers. She has
encountered a number of intransigent customers and is eager to see what “tricks” the trainers can
show her. This shows that Carlene has the motivation to learn.
“Soft” skills are critical in many instances in a business environment and can be taught
A gap analysis identifies the difference between what an individual employee knows and what the
employee should know in order to perform the job satisfactorily
The most common approach for making individual analysis is to use performance appraisal data.
Ernest is applying for a carpentry apprenticeship program. He must take a test involving
mathematical calculations including working with fractions and geometry. This is illegal because
carpentry is a manual labor job and these tests are cognitive and not job-related.
Listening responses such as mirroring and echoing may backfire for managers doing job
interviews because these responses give feedback to the applicant.
Since “soft skills” are difficult to test for, and interviewing for these skills often puts women
candidates at a disadvantage, the EEOC’s guidelines require that applicants be selected for
quantifiable or measurable “hard skills” only
The Employee Polygraph Protection Act prohibits employers, including federal, state, and local
government agencies, from using polygraphs for preemployment screening purposes.
The ADA prohibits the use of preemployment medical exams, except for drug tests, until a job has
been conditionally offered.
Negligent hiring occurs when an employer becomes aware that an employee may be unfit for
employment but continues to employ the person, and the person injures someone on the job.
Poor adaptation of an expatriate’s spouse and/or family to the overseas location is a major factor
in the failure of expatriate assignments.
In general, the more structured a type of selection interview, the more likely it is to be statistically
valid.
If employers do not use E-Verify to determine if an applicant is legally permitted to work in the
U.S., the employer is considered to be in technical violation of federal law and can be audited by
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Training plans allow organizations to identify what is needed for employee performance before
training begins.
In the context of active practice, spaced practice occurs when a person performs all the practice
at once.
Combining pre-/post-measure with a control group is an effective training evaluation design.
Assessing organizational training needs is the execution phase of a training plan
On-the-job training can amount to no training if the trainers simply allow the trainees to learn the
job on their own
For the employer, the advantages of cross training are flexibility and development
Carlene, a customer executive, arrives at the training facility of the company full of enthusiasm
because she is really excited about learning how to cope with difficult customers. She has
encountered a number of intransigent customers and is eager to see what “tricks” the trainers can
show her. This shows that Carlene has the motivation to learn.
“Soft” skills are critical in many instances in a business environment and can be taught
A gap analysis identifies the difference between what an individual employee knows and what the
employee should know in order to perform the job satisfactorily
The most common approach for making individual analysis is to use performance appraisal data.
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Liberty University
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Business Management