Introduction to Business Ara 1. Deneme Sınavı
Toplam 10 Soru1.Soru
A company contacts the applicable industry or state licensing board to verify that the license of a potential employee and hasn’t lapsed or expired, and that the license is in good standing and there are no restrictions or violations associated with the license.
Which of the following procedures does this company carry out to verify the license of a candidate?
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Employment interview |
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Employment test |
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Preliminary screening |
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Physical examination |
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Background investigation |
A company performs background investigation to verify that a potential employee is who they claim to be to check a person’s criminal record, education, employment history, and other activities that happened in the past in order to confirm their validity. Checking the license with the licensing authority is a kind of background investigation that a company is likely to carry out before recruiting a candidate.
The correct answer is E.
2.Soru
Which of the following information about Human Resources is not true?
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Human Resources management is one of the key issues in business. |
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Companies tend to align their human resource management goals and policies with their strategic goals. |
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Strategic human resource management is the linking of the human resource function with the company’s strategies to achieve organizational goals. |
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Human resource managers must act independently to implement HRM policies and procedures. |
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Human resources management should treat each employee as an individual and present services and programs to meet individual needs. |
Dealing with human resource issues is not only the HR department’s responsibility. All managers are, in a sense, human resource managers because they all get involved in recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and training their employees. The success of any HRM program requires the cooperation of managers at different levels who must interpret and implement HRM policies and procedures. Even line supervisors select prospective employees, train them, make salary recommendations, and provide performance feedback. Without managerial support, HRM programs cannot succeed. Therefore, human resource managers need to understand clearly how to communicate their policies and procedures to other units of the organization.
The correct answer is D.
3.Soru
------------------------ is the systematic process of getting detailed information about the skills, duties, and knowledge required for performing jobs in an organization. A ---------------------------- is a document containing the minimum acceptable qualifications that a person should possess in order to perform a particular job.
Which of the following terms should replace the blanks in the above paragraph?
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Job description / skills inventory |
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Labor demand / labor supply |
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Forecasting supply / skills inventory |
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Job analysis / job specification |
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Forecasting demand / replacement chart |
Job analysis is the systematic process of getting detailed information about the skills, duties, and knowledge required for performing jobs in an organization. Job analysis provides a summary of a job’s duties and responsibilities, its relationship to other jobs, the knowledge and skills required, and working conditions under which it is performed.
A job specification is a document containing the minimum acceptable qualifications that a person should possess in order to perform a particular job. Job specification includes job related information such as educational requirements, experience, personality traits, and physical abilities.
The correct answer is D.
4.Soru
A company provides training support, discounts for the company’s products, lunch, workplace medical services, and transportation to all its employees.
Which of the following is the term used to define such rewards provided to employees in return for work and performance?
A company provides training support, discounts for the company’s products, lunch, workplace medical services, and transportation to all its employees.
Which of the following is the term used to define such rewards provided to employees in return for work and performance?
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Benefits |
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Internal equity |
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External equity |
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Pay incentive |
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Base compensation |
The compensation program has three components: base compensation, pay incentives, and benefits.
The basic compensation that an employee receives, usually as a wage or salary, is called base pay. In addition to the basic wage, organizations that are committed to developing a compensation system may prefer to use incentive pay programs. Pay incentives can be defined as compensations that reward employees for their high performance.
Currently, employees expect more than just an hourly wage or salary from their employers; they expect additional considerations that will enrich their lives and support work-life balance. Therefore, many organizations offer benefit programs which are almost 40 percent of the typical total compensation package for employees. A benefit is an indirect reward given to an employee or a group of employees as a part of organizational membership. Training support, discounts for the company’s products, lunch, workplace medical services, and transportation are among benefits that a company provides to its employees.
The correct answer is A.
5.Soru
Which of the following is one of the internal environmental factors that affect human resource management?
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Number of women in the US workforce |
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Top management of the organization |
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Globalization |
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Labor Law No.4857 in Turkey |
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The aging workforce |
Internal environmental factors are issues that are related with an organization’s internal environment. Internal environmental factors affecting HRM are personal characteristics, job characteristics, and organizational factors. Some of these factors are organizational, e.g. size of the organizations, environmental climate, top management, structure of the organization and the sector, and the characteristics of the industry that the organization operates. Thus, top management of the organization is an internal factor that affects HRM policies of the organization.
Number of women in the US workforce and the aging workforce are related with workforce diversity. Labor Law No.4857 in Turkey is a part go governmental regulations. Globalization is a factor that affects economic conditions. these are all external environmental factors.
The correct answer is B.
6.Soru
For creating and setting effective and useful employee goals and objectives, the acronym “SMART” can be used in the performance appraisal process. It contains the characteristics of strategic goals and objectives that will be useful for managers and employees.
Which of the following is not one of the goals and objectives that constitute the acronym “SMART”?
For creating and setting effective and useful employee goals and objectives, the acronym “SMART” can be used in the performance appraisal process. It contains the characteristics of strategic goals and objectives that will be useful for managers and employees.
Which of the following is not one of the goals and objectives that constitute the acronym “SMART”?
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Specific means that the target is clearly defined. |
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Measurable means that the target state is defined as a number. |
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Achievable means that the staff member can take the necessary actions to meet the objective. |
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Realistic means that the staff member has a fair chance to achieve the desired results. |
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Teamwork means that people try to cooperate, using their individual skills and providing constructive feedback. |
Specific, measurable, achievable and realistic are the characteristics that constitute the SMART principle. However, in this acronym, T refers to time-bound, which means that the target state is described with a time dimension.
The correct answer is E.
7.Soru
Which of the following is not one of the external factors that affect human resource management?
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Employees' motivation |
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Workforce demographics |
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Technological advancements |
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Economic conditions |
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Government regulations |
Employees' motivation is a part of personal characteristics, which is one of the internal environmental factors that affect human resource management. Workforce demographics, technological advancements, economic conditions and government regulations are among external factors.
The correct answer is A.
8.Soru
Which of the following is not one of the ways of external recruiting?
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Advertising |
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Employee referrals |
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Online recruitment |
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College recruiting |
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Employment agencies |
Internal recruiting or hiring from within the organization means using various sources developed and managed inside the organization. Hiring from within the organization generally relies on job posting and employee referrals. One of the best sources for individuals who will perform effectively on the job is a recommendation from a current employee. Many organizations have found that their employees can serve an important role in the recruitment process by actively soliciting applications from their friends and associates.
If a company cannot reach new employees by internal recruiting, it needs to open up recruiting activities to outside of the company. A number of methods are available for external recruitment methods. These are advertising, online recruitment, employment agencies, and college recruiting.
The correct answer is B.
9.Soru
Which of the following is a form of on-the-job training?
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Internet-based training |
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Mobile training |
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Classroom lecture |
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Apprenticeship |
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Audiovisual training |
On-the-job-training (OJT) refers to new or inexperienced employees learning through observing peers or managers performing the job and trying to imitate their behavior. OJT is preferred especially for training newly hired employees, upgrading experienced employees’ skills when new technology is introduced, cross training employees within a department or work unit, and orienting transferred or promoted employees to their new jobs. The most widely used OJT technique is apprenticeship which is a work-study method. Such training is a formal and long term on-the-job-learning. It traditionally involves having the learner/apprentice study under the supervision of a master craftsperson.
The forms of training under other options are among off-the-job training methods.
The correct answer is D.
10.Soru
Profits are earned when _______________________.
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a firm doesn't pay out any money to labor. |
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a firm gets larger revenues than expenses. |
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a firm brings in less money than its expenses. |
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the expenses exceed revenues. |
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the firm experiences a loss in raw materials. |
Profits are earned when a firm gets larger revenues (the money it brings in from the sales of its goods and services) than expenses (the money it pays out to labor, raw materials and others). If the expenses exceed revenues then the firm experiences a loss.