Week 1 Quiz 

1. Effective HRM focuses on _________ rather than record keeping, written 

procedure, or rules. 

action 

intuition 

experience 

precedent 

2. All of the following are key concepts that should be applied by HRM 

except: 

Analyzing and solving problems from a profit-oriented point of view 

Assessing costs or benefits of recruitment and training 

Using planning models that include realistic, challenging, specific, and meaningful goals 

Emphasizing the strategic importance of expendable employees. 

3. To improve performance, people must see _______ in the rewards that 

are given. 

potential 

consistency 

justice 

seniority 

4. The letters in ARDM stand for: 

Acquiring, rewarding, directing, maintaining 

Acquiring, routing, directing, monitoring 

Acquiring, rewarding, developing, maintaining and protecting 

None of the above 

5. Before productivity can be effectively managed and improved, it must 

be _________. 

monitored 

measured 

identified 

prioiritized 

6. EEO has implications for all of the following except: 

Investing 

Hiring 

Training 

Evaluating 

7. Title VII prohibits discrimination by all of the following, except: 

Private employers with 15 or more employees 

Private membership clubs 

Federal employers 

Employment agencies 

8. The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 covers the 

actions of private employers with _______ or more employees. 

5 

20 

50 

100 

9. Which of the following was identified as a problem by the highest 

percentage of international corporations? 

Employee retention 

Partner dissatisfaction 

Finding suitable candidates 

Relocation reluctance 

10. When an organization begins to operate as a global rather than a 

multinational corporation, the use of expatriate managers will 

___________. 

increase 

decrease 

remain the same