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1. Which of the following statements is true about the composition of the U.S. labor force in the next decade?
The median age of the labor force will increase to the highest number ever.
The high cost of health insurance and a decrease in health benefits will cause many employees to quit working.
The largest proportion of the labor force is expected to be in the age group of 16–24 years.
Immigration will cease to affect the size and diversity of the workforce.
The percentage of highly skilled immigrants will continue to remain lower than the percentage of low-skilled immigrants.
2. Which of the following arguments states that heterogeneity in decisions potentially produces better decisions through a wider range of perspectives and critical analysis?
Problem-solving argument
Marketing argument
Creativity argument
System flexibility argument
Employee attraction argument
3. According to emerging changes in the employment relationship, which of the following benefits do employees typically not expect to be provided by employers?
Employability
Job security
More autonomy
Comfortable working conditions
Flexible work schedules
4. Which of the following is true of how different generations view each other?
Millennials might believe that Baby Boomers do not comply with company rules.
Millennials may think Generation X managers are good delegators.
Traditionalists may believe that Millennials don't have a strong work ethic.
Generation X managers may think that Millennials lack self-confidence.
Baby Boomers may consider Millennials to be technologically illiterate.
5. Which of the following arguments states that diversity of perspectives and less emphasis on conformity to norms of the past should improve the level of resourcefulness?
Marketing argument
System flexibility argument
Problem-solving argument
Employee attraction and retention argument
Creativity argument
6. Over the next decade, which of the following people will have the most difficulty attracting talented employees due to a skills deficit?
Tracy, the owner of several fast-food franchises
Yelena, the director of a mobile advertising company
Barbara, the superintendent of an urban school system
Rex, the HR manager for a biotech research firm
Franco, the HR director for a large grocery chain
7. Which of the following statements is true about Generation X?
It is called the "me" generation.
Its members prefer close supervision and has a lot of patience.
Its members grew up much before the personal computer was invented.
Its members value skepticism and informality.
It includes people who were born between 1925 and 1945.
8. Which of the following HRM practices involves employees participating in peer interviews?
Training
Staffing
Compensation
Performance management
Work design
9. Which of the following HRM practices involves helping employees understand how their jobs contribute to the finished product?
Work design
Training
Performance management
Staffing
Compensation