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MGT205 Human Resource Management

Module 2 Quiz  

Question 1Quid pro quo harassment typically involves:

  offering to exchange something of value for sexual favors.

  making off-color jokes and passing lewd sexual comments about a particular gender.

  decorating the workplace with inappropriate photographs to create a hostile work environment.

  making inappropriate nonverbal gestures, such as ogling and winking at female colleagues.

Question 2The most important index that international HR managers need to consider while hiring a workforce in a host country is hourly wage.

  True

  False

 Question 3One of the domestic issues in international human resource management is that firms have to:

  replace host-country nationals with parent-country nationals for nonmanagerial jobs as the former are more expensive to employ.

  provide a hardship premium to all local employees as part of their pay packages.

  provide equal compensation to all workers, irrespective of their place of work.

  invest additional money to bring the workforce in underdeveloped countries up to the expected performance standards.

 Question 4John prefers to work alone on projects and avoids tasks that require him to work in a group with other employees in his organization. He believes in self-reliance and gives precedence to his own ideas and values over the beliefs of others. In the context of the dimensions of national culture identified by Geert Hofstede, John is likely to score high on _____.

  gender egalitarianism

  individualism

  femininity

  in-group collectivism

 Question 5The second step in the regulation process of human resource management in the United States is the:

  enforcement of regulations.

  modification of national regulations.

  creation of new regulations.

  implementation of regulations.

 Question 6GeNext, a leading mobile software developer in Japan, agrees to develop exclusive software application programs for a new line of affordable smartphones to be launched by CelCom, a smartphone manufacturer in China. The brand reputation and pricing strategies of both of these companies are expected to bring in large volumes of smartphone sales. The profits from the sales will be divided between these two firms. In the given scenario, GeNext and CelCom have _____.

  entered into a licensing agreement

  formed a strategic alliance

  entered into an agreement for a merger

  made a direct foreign investment

 Question 7Which of the following statements is true of a bona fide occupational qualification?

  It does not justify the use of legitimate practices to treat members of different groups differently.

  It justifies discrimination against applicants on the basis of customer or client preference.

  It permits an employer to make hiring decisions on the basis of sex for business necessities.

  It cannot be used by employers to discriminate against applicants on the basis of age.

 Question 8Which of the following statements is true of the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988?

  It is applicable even in unforeseeable circumstances such as a government-enforced shutdown.

  It requires employers with more than 50 employees to provide wages for up to 12 weeks in case of temporary closure of facilities.

  It provides for warnings about pending reductions in work hours.

  It states that a firm with at least 50 employees must provide notice at least 30 days in advance of plans to close a facility.

Question 9In the context of economic communities, unlike the European Union (EU), the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) _____.

  has unified the human resource management practices and laws of its member nations

  has a common currency designed to eliminate exchange-rate fluctuations

  is a comprehensive and commonly cited economic community

  attempts to reduce the trade barriers that exist among Canada, the United States, and Mexico

 Question 10Which of the following companies is an example of an international business that uses the ethnocentric staffing model?

  ComCor, a computer manufacturing company that heavily uses host-country nationals at all levels of the organization in its foreign offices

  Albits, a beverage-producing company that hires parent-country nationals to staff higher-level positions and host-country nationals for entry-level positions in its foreign offices

  LifePro, an investment company that has fully-functioning human resource departments in all its foreign offices to handle HR issues for both upper- and lower-level employees

  Denkins, a software development company that undertakes all human resource management processes from an international perspective