International Business

Chapter 14: Human Resource Management

Practice Tests

1.
What are key activities in human resource management?
A)finding, selecting, and training employees
B)criticizing and firing employees
C)helping employees find and join labor unions
D)none of the above
2.
An employee or manager who travels to a host country to live and work is called
A)a supervisor.
B)a traitor.
C)an expatriate.
D)a human resources manager.
3.
What is polycentric management?
A)An employer uses natives of a host country to manage operations in that country, and home country employees in the home country.
B)An employer uses only home country employees abroad.
C)An employer uses employees from a variety of countries in the region.
D)none of the above
4.
When a company actively looks for qualified people to fill jobs, that company is
A)trying to go multinational.
B)recruiting.
C)in training.
D)geocentric.
5.
What is internal recruiting?
A)trying to find employees on college campuses
B)listing available jobs in the want ads
C)going to job fairs
D)advertising available jobs only within the company
6.
Name three skills that are important for employees who want to work internationally?
A)travel, packing, and language skills
B)cultural sensitivity, adaptability, and language skills
C)accounting, management, and language skills
D)all of the above
7.
Life expectancy at birth is one of several factors used to compute a country's
A)PPP.
B)HDI.
C)GNI.
D)GNP.
8.
The overall measure of the total annual income received by residents of a country is the
A)GNI.
B)GDI.
C)PCI.
D)PPP.
9.
Which of the following is not a guaranteed right for labor unions under the laws of the United States?
A)the right to picket
B)the right to strike
C)the right to "lock out" workers
D)none of the above
10.
Which is not a category of discrimination in employment prohibited by U.S. law?
A)race
B)education level
C)age
D)none of the above
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