HRM-CHAPTER 4

1) What is the first step in the recruitment and selection process?

• A) performing initial screening interviews

• B) building a pool of candidates

• C) performing candidate background checks

• D) deciding what positions to fill

2) Which of the following terms refers to the background investigations, tests, and physical exams that firms use to identify viable candidates for a job?

• A) selection tools

• B) job analysis methods

• C) personnel techniques

• D) forecasting tools

3) ________ is the process of deciding what positions the firm will have to fill and how to fill them.

• A) Recruitment

• B) Selection

• C) Job analysis

• D) Workforce planning

4) Bob needs to find and attract applicants to his company's open positions, which is known as ________.

• A) trend analysis

• B) engagement

• C) staffing

• D) employee recruiting

5) Finding or attracting applicants for an employer's open positions is known as ________.

• A) succession planning

• B) employee recruiting

• C) personnel planning

• D) job posting

6) Recruiting is necessary to ________.

• A) determine whether to use inside or outside candidates

• B) forecast the short-term supply of outside candidates

• C) create positive word-of-mouth about a firm

• D) develop an applicant pool

7) A ________ is used to calculate the number of applicants a firm must generate to hire the required number of new employees.

• A) trend analysis

• B) ratio analysis

• C) recruiting yield pyramid

• D) scatter plot

8) A recruiting yield pyramid is the historical arithmetic relationship between all of the following EXCEPT ________.

• A) internal and external candidates

• B) offers made and offers accepted

• C) recruitment leads and invitees

• D) interviews and offers made

9) Which of the following is the primary disadvantage of using internal sources of candidates to fill vacant positions in a firm?

• A) lack of knowledge regarding a candidate's strengths

• B) potential to lose employees who aren't promoted

• C) questionable commitment of candidates to the firm

• D) significant training and orientation requirements

10) All of the following are characteristics of a job posting EXCEPT ________.

• A) listing the job's attributes

• B) providing the job's pay rate

• C) publicizing the open job to employees

• D) indicating the preferred number of applicants