APHR Practice Test Questions and
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Sustainable competitive advantage
✓ When an organization is able to perform an activity to a gr eater degree
than its competitors for an extended period of time
Performance Management duties
✓ Preparation and administration of appraisals
Discipline
Development of performance measures
The most common reason for failed overseas assignments is:
✓ Choosing people who have the technical skills needed to perform the
job, but who lack the necessary personality characteristics and family
support
A function of employee relations is:
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✓ Relocation and outplacement services
An organization has one HR staff person for every ____ employees
✓ 100
Definition of Development
✓ Is more long term in nature.
Often includes education in philosophical and theoretical concepts
Aimed at developing relationships, often for the purposes of improving leadership skills
More general and non-tangible than specific
Definition of Training
✓ Training is usually a short term process.
Training usually requires guidance (or instruction) in a series of steps to gain a skill, or set of
predictable knowledge.
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Often for non-leadership related activities.
Aimed at a specific task or job role.
Projections of the U.S. labor force
✓ The growth in the labor market of female and minority populations will
exceed the growth of white non -Hispanic persons
More women will be in the paid labor force than in the past and most will be working full-
time
The U.S. labor force will be more diverse in racial and ethnic terms than in the past
The largest number of openings due to growth and replacement needs according to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics is:
✓ Service
The use of employee empowerment has had what effect upon recruiting?
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✓ It has shifted the focus away from technical skills to gen eral cognitive
and interpersonal skills
Increasingly, HR professionals are being viewed as:
✓ Strategic partners
The largest number of immigrants to the U.S. workforce will come from:
✓ North America (Mexico, Canada, Central America, the Caribbean)
Dot-com companies offer a dynamic, exciting HR work environment for what reasons?
✓ Their small size give HR professionals the ability to speak frequently and
directly to the CEO
Because of their size and numerous HR needs, HR sees its decisions implemented, quickly
sees the impact on the business, and receives personal recognition for successful actions
Because of the importance many HR practices play in a growing company, HR professionals
are actively involved in the strategic planning and decision-making process
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