Quiz on HR Acumen

Making decisions about allocating employees through promotions, demotions, and transfers to areas where they can contribute most significantly is part of _____.

• workforce planning

• recruitment

• selection

• job design

_____ refers to the process of generating a qualified pool of potential employees interested in working for your company or encouraging individuals within your company to pursue other positions within your company.

• Selection

• Interviewing

• Job design

• Recruitment

Effective _____ involves more than just evaluating employees. It also focuses on providing employees with feedback (positive and negative) on an ongoing basis, and on using employee learning and development activities to improve current and future performance.

• performance management

• staffing

• incentives

• training

A(n) ______ exists when the supply of labor is greater than the demand for it.

• labor shortage

• excess demand

• labor supply

• labor surplus

Before you can really look for ways to generate interest in job vacancies and identify high-potential individuals, you must know what specific ______ are needed to succeed in the job.

• experiences and aptitudes

• attitudes and personality

• salary expectations

• knowledge, skills, and/or abilities

______ is the extent to which there is a good match between the characteristics of a potential employee, such as knowledge, skills, values, and the requirements of the job.

• Person-organization fit

• Person-group fit

• Person-job fit

• Person-knowledge fit

A(n) ______ is a type of interview in which an interviewer poses hypothetical situations to the interviewee and gauges the person’s responses relative to how the individual would be expected to respond in a similar situation on the job.

• situational interview

• propositional interview

• behavioral interview

• panel interview

A process designed to ensure employees understand the policies and procedures of the company when they first begin work, as well as understand how their job fits with the goals of the company, is called

• employee onboarding

• employee orientation

• employee development

• employee training

A salary increase awarded based on how well an individual has performed his or her job is called a ______.

• merit increase

• commission

• cost-of-living adjustment

• performance bonus

Selection is about ________ which job applicant is best for the job.

• deciding

• guessing

• predicting

• accepting