EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Let's assume you are training assemblers on how to use the production database to enter and track data
on the status of work in process. In addition, in compliance with internal ISO 9001 procedures, you must
evaluate the status of the training for the individual as (1) performs with close supervision, (2) performs
with minimal supervision, (3) capable of supervising others, or (4) extended training.
Which of the following level of learning (as described by Bloom's taxonomy) would best describe an
individual who "performs with minimal supervision"?

Question2: A global team is made up of 5 individuals and a manager. The manager is located at headquarters in the
U.S., 2 individuals are in Europe, and 3 individuals are in 3 different locations in Asia. The manager defines
the group's goals, delegates work, and makes tough decisions when necessary.
His team is made up of a creative innovator, a person to deal with all of the operational details and
requirements, a person who continuously communicates across the group and explores alternatives; a
strategic thinker, and a person to evaluate and curtail potential errors and negative consequences. In this
scenario, which of the following is NOT an aspect that the manager should monitor in order to ensure a
successful global team ?

Question3: Which of the following takes into account the effects of inflation when analyzing data from a published
survey?

Question4: A U.S. based high tech company has just built a new manufacturing operation in Beijing, China. Over the
last two months, they have been trying to recruit skilled and unskilled labor to fill the new open positions. In
addition, the company has decided to create 2 international assignments to fill identified skill gaps.
One position is for a Senior Manufacturing Manager/Director to get the operation up and running within 4
more months meeting identified planned outs and the second position is for a Senior Manufacturing
Engineer to deal with any engineering issues when developing the process. When trying to identify
potential internal candidates for the Senior Manufacturing Manager/Director position through the skills
inventory, which of the following skills is the LEAST relevant ?

Question5: A company decides to pursue an international program to fill a new position in its new office in Beijing,
China. With the assistance of the human resources professional, the management team has decided on
the ideal candidate utilizing the corporate skills inventory. The individual is fluent in Mandarin, has the
appropriate technical skills, and has been in a management role for 3 years.
The hiring manager presents the opportunity to the individual who accepts the new position. The human
resource professional then works with its vendors to plan all the hogistival details for the relocation. The
human resource professional also assists the individual by providing contacts and setting up meetings to
orientate the expatriate before and during the assignment, it mentors, expatriate community, etc. In this
scenario, which of the following actions items was NOT forgotten to ensure a successful international
assignment?

Question6: Which of the following measures the level of learning achieved by the participants of a training program?

Question7: Which of the following best describes an organization's compensation philosophy if the average
employee's compa-ratio is determined to be 0.70?

Question8: A company is considering moving its production offshore to Shenzhen, China. The HR Manager is tasked
with identifying the supply and demand for skilled labor, the costs of recruiting workers, and the turnover
trends in the area. When conducting this environmental scan, which of the following types of influences
best describes these indicators?

Question9: Which of the following individuals' participation would add the LEAST value in the selection process to find
the most suitable candidate for an international assignment?

Question10: A company has been utilizing expatriates from headquarters to fill skill gaps internationally. However, the
international assignees have been having problems building trust locally. In addition, the costs to maintain
these assignments have been exorbitant. Given the current circumstances, which of the following resource
groups may be a better alternative to staffing for future or to fill the international assignment positions in the
long term?

Question11: Which of the following selection methods is an effective tool to determine the psychological readiness of an
individual for an international assignment ?

Question12: A product manager is sent around the world to visit the various engineering sites in order to help develop
the appropriate customer customer specifications into the final product. According to Hofstede, which of
the following is NOT a potential underlying cultural value that the product manager should consider as
being implicit in the interactions with the engineers and their behavior ?

Question13: Which of the following factors dose ONT affect the trainability of individuals?

Question14: The HR Director of a multinational, U.S. based company is proposing a staffing plan where foreign office
are staffed with as many third country nationals as possible instead of expatriates. Which of the following is
an advantage to utilizing third country nationals vs. expatriates to fill international assignments?

Question15: Which of the following stages of the International Assignment Process model is the most critical in
determining the success of an international assignment?

Question16: A Product Manager travels 2 weeks every month to the Asia office on business. The other 2 weeks of the
month, she works at the U.S. based headquarters. She gets compensated in U.S. dollars. While in Asia,
she works with the respective Engineering team to define specifications that will meet customer
expectations. Which of the following describes her work situation?

Question17: In the European Union, many multinational companies have Work Councils that are created to protect
workers interests. A company with 50 employees working across the EU has decided to create a Work
Councils Recently, a court has fined the corporation for laying off 10% of the employee population in one of
its E.U sites without discussing it with its Work Councils. Which of the following reasons represents the
PRIMARY rationale for why this occurred?

Question18: A U.S. Based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since
greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher priority
engineering projects and has trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited managers in
Bangalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business by
adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the
corporation in the mid-term. However, the site still lacks technical knowledge in a particular area. Which of
the following types of international assignments is the most appropriate in order to fill this knowledge gap ?

Question19: You are responsible for hiring an engineering architect in Bangalore, India through a short-term
international assignment. Which of the following techniques is the LEAST relevant selection criterion tool
for this position ?

Question20: Which of the following BEST identifies the stages in the strategic planning process ?

Question21: Which of the following is one of the primary outcomes of a job analysis?

Question22: A company decides to pursue an international assignment program to fill a new position in its new office in
Beijing, China With the assistance of the human resources professional, the management team has
finalized a list of job-specific selection criteria of the ideal candidate for the fole.
During the interviewing process, they utilize various tools to isolate out the success factors. After deciding
on the candidate and the individual accepting the offer, the human resources professional works with
vendors to provide cross-cultural training before and during the assignment and plans all the logistical
details for the relocation. The human resource professional also assists the individual by providing
contacts and setting up meeting to orientate the expatriate before and during the assignment, ie mentors,
expatriate community, etc. In this scenario, which of the following actions items were forgotten to ensure a
successful international assignment?

Question23: A company has selected a young Operations manager to start a factory operation in Malaysia over a three-
year period. The assignment may extend another couple of years depending on the required transition.
Which of the following programs is likely the MOST valuable to this international assignee while on
assignment?

Question24: An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. The company is a small staffing firm
made up with a founder who largely performs a business development individuals, and 2 junior recruiters
who perform most the administrative function. Each recruiter is paired up with a business development
individual to target a specific niche in professions-sales and marketing vs. engineering vs. administrative
staff (ie clerical, accounting, etc). Which of the following types of organizational structures is
recommended?

Question25: Researchers have determined that in some cultures, informal training programs are more effective than
formal training programs. Which of the following programs is an example of a formal training program?

Question26: A Peoplesoft consultant is interested in moving up in management. In order to do that, she has just started
attending a part-time MBA program at Columbia University. In addition, she realizes that she needs
additional global experience. Which of the following would MOST benefit this person if they would like to
pursue the management track ?

Question27: Which of the following is a difference between the recruitment and selection of an individual for a position
in the home country vs. For an international assignment?

Question28: When communicating cross-culturally, which of the following filters is the LEAST likely to impact and distort
the message sent?

Question29: Which of the following defenses is legitimate for a U.S. firm operating in other countries for violating Title
VII of the Civil Rights Act?

Question30: An organization is in the global stage of globalization. Which of the following BEST describes the key
functions of human resources professionals working in this company at this time?

Question31: Which of the following indicators is lagging indicator ?

Question32: You are in the process of evaluating the current global compensation structure, which is based on
headquarters biases. One of the remote offices has a very unique culture, Because their culture is diffuse
often combining family, life, and work together, is universalistic, and focuses on the collective group.
On the other hand, the other locations, including headquarters, have a culture that is particularistic,
individualistic, and specifically divides work and family. Which of the following aspects of the current
structure might be affecting the unique location by the lack of adaptation to local pressure?

Question33: Which of the following describes a framework a framework that links business strategies with day-to-day
activities?

Question34: Which of the following financial statements would you use in order to calculate gross profit margin?

Question35: Which of the following represents a HR strategic activity?

Question36: According to the global performance management process, an organization should be aliging company
systems in phases EXCEPT in which of the following stages?

Question37: Which of the following cultural ramifications affect the design stage of global training development
process?

Question38: Which of the following is NOT a significant benefit for employers to clearly communicate the direct and
indirect compensation strategy to their employees?

Question39: A U.S. based high tech company is considering building a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Which of the
following factors is the LEAST relevant in considering whither to build a new global enterprise or not?

Question40: You are responsible for hiring an entry-level engineer position in Bangalore, India. Which of the following
recruitment sources is the least likely to be used?

Question41: Which of the following leadership theories believes that leadership styles should correspond to the maturity
of the employees?

Question42: A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since
the greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher
priority engineering projects and has trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited
managers in Bangalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the
U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the
corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing
milestones, where the engineering management ream is working closely with the product manager. The
management team understands that it must create an international assignment program to have this
project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate
program.
In order to confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that
extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 addition revenue in the first year and $5,000,000
additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The
cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year. What is the
return on investment in the first year ?

Question43: A company decides to develop a bonus program as an incentive for employees to increase the number of
corporate-owned patents and product innovations. The human resources department is responsible for
measuring the increase in the number of patents over time and the increase in the number of R&D
projects. Which of the following types of measure BEST describes these metrics ?

Question44: Human resource management is conducted to achieve______goals.

Question45: Which of the following type of listening is occurring when a person is thinking. "Robert has some legitimate
points about the importance of quality and its importance in the company's growth" while listening to a ISO-
9001 training session?

Question46: Which of the following represents a PRIMARY reason why employees leave an organization ?

Question47: Which of the following statements is true?

Question48: A company decide to purpose an international assignment program to fill a new position in its new office
Beijing, China. With the assistance of the human resources professional, the management, team has
finalized a list of selection criteria of the candidate for the role considering the entire scope of the
international assignment. During the interviewing process, they utilize various tools to isolate out the
success factors.
After deciding on the candidate and the individual accepting the offer, the human resources professional
with vendors to provide cross-cultural training prior to departure and plans all the logistical details for the
relocation. The human resources professional also assists the individual and his family by providing
contacts and setting up meetings with other expatriates in the host country to orientate the expatriate
before country, ie career development, potential roles, personal transition, etc. In this scenario, which of
the following actions items were forgotten to ensure a successful international assignment?

Question49: An U.S. base Engineering Manager has been identified for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit
and build a team in England. Which of the following training programs is the MOST critical to ensure
success on the job?

Question50: You are assisting a highly talented engineering architect in repatriation after a short-term international
assignment in Bangalore, India After are re-entry, there are no appropriate positions available in the
organization at headquarters. Which of the following goals is NOT a potential goal for redeploying this
individual?

Question51: Which of the following scenarios does NOT usually lead to driving global organizational change?

Question52: Which of the following is NOT a potential difference in benefits practices that Human Resources should
evaluate when developing a global compensation and benefits strategy?

Question53: An organization has decided to utilize a geographic organizational structure. It has several offices
throughout Europe and one office in Asia, in particular, in Shenzhen, China. Although the European offices
are very well integrated into headquarters, the office in China has been running fairly independently. Of the
locations, this office has been the most resistant to expatriates entering and to developing local talent, In
fact, headquarters suspects that most of the hiring and promotions have been based on nepotism. Which
of the following gaps does the China office NOT exhibit in this scenario?

Question54: A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since
the Greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher
priority engineering projects and trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited manages in
Bangalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the
U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the
corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing
milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. The
management team understand that is must create an international assignment program to have this project
run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate program.
In order t confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research. The analysis shows that extended
business travel will result in $10,000,000 additional revenue in the first year and $5,000,000 additional
revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to customer demand. The cost of the
program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000 per year. What is the break-even
point？

Question55: A Singapore-based restaurant chain is experiencing phenomenal growth. The chain offers a unique for
demographic experiencing the growth of two-person income families. It offers a variety of affordable,
healthy alternatives to the fast food chains. Instead of one line of products shared by the entire company,
the corporation has decided its products should be regional. Each region would share a line of products,
which would consist of local dishes.
Although the primary expansion vehicle is franchising, they still have several corporate-owned stores in
each region, which manage the major decisions of the company. For example, the regional corporate
stores work with the franchises in the area to decide upon the local dishes that the region should serve.
However, all stores are aligned with strict standardized quality practices, which all regions must adhere to.
For example, after a region decides on the list of local foods it would like to serve, corporate headquarters
approves the final recipes for each region. In addition, managers from the various meet regularly to ensure
that each region's goals align with overall corporate strategic goals. For example, they have built a
thorough screening process to ensure the same quality of food from vendors throughout the regions.
Which of the following stages of globalization would BEST align with strategic business goals of
expansion?

Question56: Which of the following processes attempts to determine the relative worth of jobs within an organization?

Question57: A corporation decides to pursue a participative management style in order to make improvements in their
operational efficiencies. Which of the following processes is the organization utilizing in order to achieve
their strategic goal?

Question58: Which of the following would NOT impact the effectiveness of the transfer of training?

Question59: A gap analysis is performed to measure the skill gap between current executives and the type of
executives in order to have a truly global workforce. Which of the following analysis techniques does this
measure utilize?

Question60: A company just posted openings for entry-level finance positions. There were 400 total job applicants. The
organization narrows the candidate pool to 20 qualified applicants and schedules interviews with all of
them. The company offers employment to 10 applicants and 6 individuals accept the offers. What is the
yield ratio of offers to interviews?

Question61: A .U. S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit
and build a team. He is almost dome with the assignmrnt and describes the entire opportunity as being
exciting and challenging. He wants to stay in Europe further and hopes to go on future international
assignments. According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following stages of the cross-cultural
adjustment cycle is the manager in?

Question62: A U.S. based Engineering Manager was sent to England for a short-term six-month assignment to recruit
and build a team. He is done with the assignment and has returned home. When going out with family and
friends, he describes the entire opportunity as being exciting and challenging. He wishes he could have
stayed in Europe longer. Which of the following repatriation programs is the MOST appropriate to ensure a
successful repatriation ?

Question63: Which of the following is NOT a basic objective of a total compensation system ?

Question64: What should be the first step when developing a global HR strategic plan ?

Question65: Which of the following is NOT a cultural impact on the performance appraisal process?

Question66: A company has planned and executed an a successful 3-year international assignment of an individual to
its new office in Beijing, China. The individual has three more month on assignment before returning to the
United States. The expatriate has repeatedly e-mailed and called leaving messages with both the home
country manager and the human resources professional in orger to inquire about his new role after the
assignment, but has not received any response. In response, the international assignee has gotten more
anxious, which has affected his productivity. Which of the following outcomes is NOT likely as a direct
result of the above scenario?

Question67: You are in the process of developing a global compensation structure. In order to ensure a balanced
strategy, you are evaluating legal differences between sites. Which of the following is NOT a common
difference that you should assess?

Question68: Which of the following is NOT A measurement technique that measures the effectiveness of an internal
process?

Question69: Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of adult learning?

Question70: After two years of selling mostly prototypes of their product, built to customer specifications, a company is
beginning to commercialize this product. The current average cost to build the product is $1000 per unit,
where $600 is the bill of materials and $400 id the direct labor. The company currently produces at the run
rate of the 100 good units per week from 200 total units processed. The firm currently sells the product at
$1500 per unit, without volume discounts. One of the major pressures from their customers is to cut costs
by 40% within one year. Which of the following strategies should the firm pursue first based on the
following research data ? Please assume there is infinite customer demand.

Question71: An organization is creating an incentive pay plan for its global executives. Due to time pressures, the HR
Director is not able to perform a complete analysis as to the measures that should be evaluated for each
executive. Therefore, since the focus of the organization this year is on meeting revenue targets in order to
reach break-even in 2 years, the HR Director and CEO recommend to the Board of Directors an incentive
plan for each executive tied to this year's revenue only. Which of the following statements is true in regards
to the incentive pay plan?

Question72: A company has two locations and is in the domestic stage of globalization. The firm has identified an
objective to become a truly multinational corporation in 5 years in order to become competitive and reduce
overall costs of operations. Given this strategic goal, which of the following international assignments
would result in the highest ROI?

Question73: A company decides to pursue an international assogment program to fill a new position in is new office in
Beijing, China. With the assistance of the human professional, the management team has finalized a list of
job-specific selection crieria of the ideal candidate for the role.
During the interviewing process, the key selection tool utilized was role-playing. Role-playing was done
entirely in Mandarin bases around common business and family situations an expatriate may face. In
addition , role-playing was utilized to show how the candidate had successfully protrayedidentified success
factors in past behavior. Which of the following selection methods was NOT utilized in this scenario?

Question74: In order to measure staffing effectiveness, a company measures the yield ratio of offers to interviews.
According to the research, the company yields the following ratios for the following staffing sources:
contingency firms (15% first year's salary) 1/10, website (1% G&A costs) 2/12, employee referrals ($0 cost)
3/9, internal recruiters (4% G&A costs) 1/15. Which of the following decisions is a good decision based on
the information provided above ?

Question75: Which of the following represents an argument why nations should confer within organizations like the EU
to create minimum labor standards worldwide ?

Question76: Which of the following is NOT a reason to outsource ?

Question77: Which of the following is an explicit factor of a corporate culture ?

Question78: Let's assume you need to develop a strategic employer branding program. Which of the following is one of
the LEAST effective methods in prositive employer branding?

Question79: A corporation has identified an initiative to recruit and train global leaders over the next 5 year in order to
become a truly transnational company. In order to meet this goal, the firm has identified and developed 30
international assignments amongst its 10 office locations. Which of the following candidates would LEAST
match these positions?

Question80: A company is in the process of defining its global competency model. One of the competencies that have
come into question is the ability to build consensus as a key attribute to define a successful global leader.
The reason it has come into question is that in some countries, like Japan, it is a sign of weakness for
leaders to build consensus around all decisions made. This scenario is an example of which of the
following types of tensions common in global expansion?

Question81: Which category of employees is likely to have the widest pay range?

Question82: An organization is evolving from a largely domestic to a multinational company with offices around the
world. There has been some tension between the new offices and headquarters in regards to the level of
freedom of each of the sites. Which of the following steps should be the next step in this change
management process towards further globalization?

Question83: Which of the following is NOT a potential outcome of a poor decision making process by the individual in
resolving to pursue an international assignment?

Question84: Which of the following factor is NOT affected by demographic considerations?

Question85: Which of the following best describes the reason why continual environmental scanning is important for an
organization?

Question86: A high tech company has decided to adopt a fun culture that inspires hard work and innovation. There are
wacky, colorful pieces of furniture all around the offices, free lunch is provided on a daily basis in their
state-of-the-art kitchen managed by gourmet chefs; all engineers are required to spend one day a week to
work on something new and of their own creation. According to Trompenaars, which of the following types
of corporate cultures describe this organization?

Question87: Which of the following would a trainer emphasize in order to ensure that a training program focused on
developing skills for a particular job is valid ?

Question88: Which of the following elements of a competency model allows for clear feedback to employees regarding
their career growth?

Question89: A HR staffing plan is different from strategic HR planning because it is a lot more tactical responding
quickly to changes. Which of the following is NOT a factor that helps to ensure that the tactical HR staffing
plan is linked to strategic HR planning?

Question90: Which of the following actions is a PRIMARY deterrent against employees organizing to form labor unions?

Question91: A corporation is considering building a greenfield operation for a R&D site in Bangalore, India According to
the strategic plan, technical managers from headquarters will manage these employees and incorporate
them in their current engineering product deployments. Which of the following is NOT an advantage of
pursuing heterogeneous global teams?

Question92: In order to develop a global competency model for global leaders at a high tech company, a HR Manager
decides to study the connotation of specific attributes across the various office locations. Which of the
following types of culture would be the LFAST valuable to evaluate in order to develop a valid and reliable
model?

Question93: An organization is in the decline stage of the organizational life cycle. It has worldwide locations throughout
North America, Europe, and Asia. However, it will be closing three of offices within the next two years. This
was joint decision made by the management team at the annual managers' meeting, which all managers
above the senior manager grade level attended.
Key personnel in each of these offices are not worried because they will likely be re-deployed to meet
specific organizational needs. In fact, this was what had occurred last year to one of its offices had shut
down. In addition, management has reiterated this message. Which of the following stages of globalization
BEST describes the phase this company is in?

Question94: Let's assume that a company's promotion/ compensation philosophy focuses on the employees' long term
goals. The company believes all employee should be given the opportunity to pursue their long-term
professional goals, as long as they are willing to put in the time and effort. In fact, the company extends
this general philosophy of the importance of the individual to a "no-layoff" policy, even in difficult business
times. Which of the following best describes this type of culture?

Question95: The success of an internal business process is evaluated by the extent to which that process meets the
objectives of its function. Which of the following best describes this measurement of success?

Question96: Individuals have various styles of learning. Which of the following types of learners is best suited for
lectures?

Question97: When assessing the gaps between actual and desired organizational performance, which of following
measures would NOT considered ?

Question98: Which of the following is NOT an external third-party source for recruiting ?

Question99: Which of the following is an advantage of utilizing internal recruitment methods?

Question100: A company is a four-year old start-up running on venture capital investment. Its initial assumption of a $2
billion market for its product has shrunk to a $50 million market. Which of the following strategies is NOT a
strategy that would be deliberated during the strategy development phase of the strategic planning
process?

Question101: According to the European Union and the International Labor Organization (ILO), which of the following
legal instruments is non-binding?

Question102: A U.S. based high tech company decides to build a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Which of the following
terns describes this kind of expansion decision?

Question103: Which of the following is NOT likely an issue a human resources professional would help a dual career
family to work though to determine the appropriateness of an international assignment for the family at that
time ?

Question104: A U.S. based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since
the Greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher
priority engineering projects and trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited manages in
Bangalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the
U.S. by adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the
corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing
milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. Which
of the following types international assignment is the most appropriate for the product manager during this
phase of the project?

Question105: A manager works very closely with his subordinates to create an effective working environment. Once a
new person is hired, he works with the employee to set realistic goals for the short-tern and long-term. In
addition, he continuously works employees to discuss career paths and career ambitions. He is constantly
coaching, counseling, and mentoring. Once his employees reach goals, he rewards them through merit
increase/bonuses, offering job responsibilities with new challenges, and publicly recognizes their
achievement in cross-departmental meetings. Which of the following motivational theories is least utilized
in his management approach to motivating his employee?

Question106: Which of the following isNOT one of the four fundamental principles and rights at work established by the
International Labor Organization (ILO)?

Question107: Which of the following addresses the range and breadth of details related to international assignments ?

Question108: You are in the process of developing a global compensation structure. Which of the following factors dose
NOT contribute to a balanced and consistent compensation strategy?

Question109: The Operations department focuses on providing goods and services to the customer in an efficient,
effetive, timely manner. Which of the following is NOT a responsibility of Operations?

Question110: HR Management is a key factor in building competitiveness through its alignment with the organization's
strategies. Which of the following BEST describes the functions of personnel focused on achieving this
aspect of their role ?

Question111: Which of the following is NOT a variable that differs between replacement planning and succession
planning?

Question112: A Singapore-based restaurant chain is experiencing phenomenal growth. The chain offers a unique
service for demographics experiencing the growth of two-person income families. It offers a variety of
affordable, healthy alternatives to the fast food chains. Corporate headquarters is trying to decide whether
to offer one dingle line of products shared throughout each chain or to offer one single line of products
shared by each region. This scenario is an example of which of the following types of tensions common in
global expansion?

Question113: Which of the following describes the global compensation and benefits strategy that would BEST align with
an organization that has decided to pursue a polycentric staffing approach?

Question114: Which of the following is the least important factor to consider when evalusting a third-party contractor to
outsource benefits administration?

Question115: Which of the following groups would NOT be considered to be subject matter experts (SME's) of a job
function?

Question116: As the of its corporate restructuring program, a corporation has invest in a manufacturing site ten miles
outside of Bnagkok, Thailand. Which of the following factors is NOT a labor market factor that might affect
the compensation strategy?

Question117: Which of the following situations describes a plan to provide an employee with job enlargement?

Question118: According to the McKinsey 7-S framework, which of the following is identified as a hard S?

Question119: Which of the following is NOT a reason why a company would pursue moving forward with an acquisition?

Question120: Utilizing Briscoe and Hall's framework of defining competencies, which of the following is disadvantage of
utilizing a strategies-based approach to defining competencies?

Question121: Which of the following challenges is faced PRIMARILY when developing a global competency model?

Question122: Which of the following is NOT a step in the Strategy Implementation stage of Strategic Planning?

Question123: You have decided to measure the organization's recruiting effectiveness in the long term by calculating of
turnover. Which of the following reasons represents the PRIMARY purpose of this measurement?

Question124: Which of the following is NOT a common mistake in selection procedures?

Question125: Which of the following is NOT a reason why corporations in the 21st century have decided to accelerate
the rate of their global expansion?

Question126: A company has two locations and is in the domestic stage of globalization. Headquarters is in the U.S.
focused on R&D, and another site has been built in Asia to manufacture the product. The firm has
identified an objective to become a truly multinational corporation in 5 years in order to become
components will likely MOST benefit this company by pursuing international assignments?

Question127: Which of the following factors is LEAST likely to affect how attractive an international assignment may be
to a potential expatriate?

Question128: Which of the following id NOT a factor when developing a compensation and benefits plan for expatriates?

Question129: Which of the following is a shared characteristic of all four levels of learning, as identified by Kirkpatrick?

Question130: An organization is in the growth stage of the oraganizational life cycle. If has five locations, one in the U.S.
(headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The company has decided to utilize
a geographic oranizational structure. Although the foreign locations are relatively new, each office has
focused on building both technical talent within is own site. Therefore , each location is fully operational
each running fairly independently. However, once a year the executive team form headquarters visits each
office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year's strategic goals and
objectives, Which of the following factors does NOT play a factor in determining the global staffing
approach in this scenario?

Question131: Which of the following competencies is required for a global leader to succeed cross-functionally across
groups ?

Question132: A company has decided to terminate the employment of an executive for performance reasons. The HP
Manager to create a severance package. Which of the following factors would NOT be considered when
creating the final severance package?

Question133: Productivity measures the _______and _______ of work done, taking into account the cost of the
resources it took to do the work

Question134: According to Black and Mendenhall, which of the following factors is NOT a function of the individual that
determines the degree of adjustment required in order to adapt to a new environment?

Question135: Which of the following actions is NOT subject to prosecution, based on the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act ( ADEA )?

Question136: The HR Manager is creating an interactive training program on recruiting for a group of 20 R&D managers
as well as one for a group of 20 production line leads. Which of the following is NOT a factor to consider
bearing in mind these target audiences ?

Question137: A Product Manager has been identified to travel 2 weeks every month to the Asia Engineering office on
extended business travel for an eight-month period. The other 2 weeks of the month, she works at the U.S.
Based headquarters. Which of the following training programs is the MOST critical to ensure success on
the job ?

Question138: What are the 4P's in Marketing?

Question139: Which of the following factors is NOT likely an issue a human resources professional would help a family to
work through to determine the appropriateness of an international assignment for the family at that time?

Question140: You have decided to outsource the moving service for all expatriate assignments. After an individual is
chosen and has accepted an international assignment, you provide all necessary contact information to
both parties with specific deadlines. Which of the following steps is the next step in managing the vendor ?

Question141: Which of the following ways does a U.S. company practices regarding industrial relations differ from the
approach of most nations?

Question142: Which of the following stages of globalization is an organization likely in if it is pursuing a polycentric
staffing approach?

Question143: Which of the following is an example of a group incentive pay plan?

Question144: Which of the following factors is NOT a significant, variable in how an individual may adjust to a new cross-
cultural environment?

Question145: Which of the following criteria is NOT a factor in determining the level of control of a non-U.S. corporation?

Question146: An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S.
(headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The foreign operations are relatively
new, fully operational only within the last 5 years. During this time, each office has caucused on building
both technical and managerial talent within its own site. Once a year the executive team from headquarters
visits each office to meet with the managers at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year's strategic goals
and objectives. Which of the following stages of globalization BEST descries the phase this company is in?

Question147: Which of the following is NOT a potential difference in benefits practice that Human Resources should
evaluate when compensating an expatriate or local national ?

Question148: An organization allows its employees to make 2% of compensation contributions to a retirement plan. After
retirement, the company promises to pay employees 50% compensation using the final pay formula. Which
of the following is this an example of?

Question149: Which of the following statements describes a false positive in the selection process?

Question150: An organization decides to provide their employees who have stayed with the company for 15+ years a
pension based on the average earnings in the last 3 rears of their employment with the company. Which
type of formula does this utilize ?

Question151: Which of the following is NOT an international assignee?

Question152: A company develops its future leaders by hiring college graduates of top tier universities and putting them
through a management program. During the management program, they are rotated through carious job
functions over 2-3 tears. During this time period, their success in a technical area of expertise isolates out
the potential leaders for various departments. According to Evans, Pucik, and Barsoux, which of the
following approaches to leadership to leadership identification and development is this organization
utilizing ?

Question153: Which of the following is a measure of recruiting effectiveness in the long term?

Question154: Which of the following list represents core competencies that a human resources professional should
search for in order to identify potential candidates for an international assignment?

Question155: Which of the following is NOT an action performed during the needs analysis analysis stage of the change
management process ?

Question156: You are preparing an on-assignment checklist for an individual going on an international assignment.
Which of the following items is the LEAST important to pursue ?

Question157: Which of the following laws does NOT apply outside of the United States for U.S. Based firms ?

Question158: The following non-immigrant visa allows managers, who work for a foreign employer, to work in the United
States for a parent, subsidiary, or affiliate company if the individual worked as a manager during one of
the last three years:

Question159: Which of the following is NOT considered a competitive advantage strategy ?

Question160: Which of the following describes the ability of an instrument to measure what is intended to measure?

Question161: Which of the following is NOT a potential reason for a company's decision to fill a position through an
international assignment?

Question162: An organization is in the growth stage of the organizational life cycle. It has five locations, one in the U.S.
(headquarters), two in Asia, one in South America, and one in Europe. The company has decided to utilize
a geographic organizational structure. Although the foreign locations are relatively new, they are fully
operational each running fairly independently.
However, once a year the executive team from headquarters visits each office to meet with the managers
at each site to discuss the coming fiscal year's strategic goals and objectives. According to Hannon's
framework, which of the following human resource strategies BEST aligns with this type of organizational
structure?

Question163: Which of the following functional HR goals do NOT align with the organization's long-term objective to
expand international operational capacity?

Question164: Which of the following is a disadvantage of utilizing internal recruitment methods ?

Question165: Amongst the following stages of the merger & acquisition process, when does HR usually play the largest
role?

Question166: A U.S. Based manufacturing company has decided to expand overseas to South Korea. Which of the
following is an example of environmental scanning ?

Question167: A company is evaluating its performance appraisal method for its international office in Japan. According to
Japanese culture, feedback should be formal and focused around the performance of the group. Similarly,
rewards should be applied evenly across those at the same level within a group and progressively
increase as you go up the hierarchy. Which of the following performance appraisal methods would be the
most effective tool to manage their performance ?

Question168: Which of the following factors is an incentive for company to pursue localization?

Question169: Which of the following types of organizational structures would be MOST effective in being responsive to
customer?

Question170: You are in the process of developing a global compensation structure. Which of the following factors does
NOT affect the strategy pursued ?

Question171: According to Claus, which of the following HR activities is considered an upstream function?

Question172: Which of the following selection methods is NOT an effective tool to determine the cultural adaptability and
a suitable leadership style of an individual for an international assignment?

Question173: Which of the following is an intangible cost of an international assignment?

Question174: Which of the following represents motivator to a culture that values asvription?

Question175: Which of the following issues does the International Labor Organization (ILO), European Union (EU), and
the Organization Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) all address?

Question176: Which of the following does NOT represent a strategic financial goal for a global company?

Question177: Let's assume you are a HR Manager at a high tech start-up company in its late stages with 3 rounds of
funding. The firm's cash balance is $13 million, with a burn rate off $1 million/per month. It anticipates a
break-even within 1 1/2 years, and there are no plans for acquisition or IPO within the next year. The
company is an opto-electronics company, which is a highly specialized niche within the
telecommunications industry. You are building out a team for Operations, which will be made up of
experienced individuals from top competitor. What is the most appropriate compensation philosophy for
this organization?

Question178: Which of the following functions does a job description NOT serve?

Question179: Which of the following processes has the primary objective of creating a pool of potential employees?

Question180: Which of the following is the next step in the change management process after an organization discusses
the need for change?

Question181: Which of the following factors is NOT a significant variable in how an individual may re-adjust after
returning home ?

Question182: Which of the following is NOT a reason why individuals refuse international assignments?

Question183: Which of the following decribes an employee's motivational potential, according to the job characteristics
mode?

Question184: A good MBO (management by objectives) shares all of the following aspects EXCEPT:

Question185: Which of the following is a difference in the career management process between an individual in the
home country vs. one an international assignment?

Question186: Which of the following is NOT a benefit of a company and community site visit and orientation before an
individual decides to accept an international assignment?

Question187: Which of the following is NOT a potential reason for geographic differentials in pay?

Question188: What is a disadvantage of the divisional departmentalization ?

Question189: Which of the following is an intangible benefit of an international assignment?

Question190: In which of the following situations do HR managers have the greatest impact on organizations?

Question191: The HR Director of a multinational, U.S.-based company is proposing a staffing plan where foreign offices
are staffed with as local nationals as possible instead of expatriates. Which of the following are NOT
business justifications for this proposal?

Question192: You are preparing a pre-departure checklist for an individual going on an international assignment. Which
of the following items is the LEAST important to pursue?

Question193: After performing a global gap analysis, the global HR team has identified an initiative to identify at least
three potential candidates for each Senior Director and VP position. In order to build accountability for
implementing this initiative, which of the following pieces of information is NOT necessary?

Question194: A company is considering moving its production offshore to Shenzhen, Chian. Which of the following is
NOT a potential negative consequence of this strategy?

Question195: A U.S. based high tech company has just built a new manufacturing operation in Beijing, China. Over the
last two months, they have been trying to recruit skilled and unskilled labor to fill the new open positions. In
addition, the company has decided to create 2 international assignments to fill identified skill gaps.
One position is for a Senior Manufacturing Manager/Director to get the operation up and running within 4
more months meeting identified planned outs and the second position is for a Senior Manufacturing
Engineer to deal with any engineering issues when developing the process. When trying to identify
potential internal candidates for the Senior Manufacturing Engineering position through the skills inventory,
which of the following skills is the MOST relevant ?

Question196: According to Gregersen and Black, which of the following type of expatriate is the most likely to work
through problems by constantly weighing the pros and cons of basing decision s on localized values vs.
the corporation's standardized procedures and processes?

Question197: An organization has decided to utilize a geographic organizational structure. It has several offices
throughout Europe and one office in Asia, in particular, in Shenzhen, China. Although the European offices
are very well integrated into headquarters, the office in China has been running fairly independently. Of the
locations, this offices has been the most resistant to expatriates entering and to developing local talent.
In fact, headquarters suspects that most of the hiring and promotions have been based on nepotism. After
performing a global gap analysis, the global HR team has identified an initiative to identify at least three
potential candidates for each Senior Director and VP position. Which of the following describes the BEST
tactical plan to address this initiative?

Question198: Which of the following is the most important step when outsourcing the sert up of a new HRIS (human
resource information system)?

Question199: A U.S. Based high tech company has built a R&D office in Bangalore, India. Four years have passed since
the greenfield operation was successfully built. During this time, the new location has taken on higher
priority engineering projects and has trained and developed managerial skills of its newly recruited
managers in Banhalore.
Headquarters wants the office to take on a new engineering project that would expand its business in the
U.S. By adding a new product line. This project has been identified as the most important objective for the
corporation in the mid-term. The project is still in the phase of identifying specifications and developing
milestones, where the engineering management team is working closely with the product manager. The
management team understands that it must create an international assignment program to have this
project run smoothly. The team believes that extended business travel would be the most appropriate
program. In order to confirm their belief, the HR manager does extensive research.
The analysis shows that extended business travel will result in $10,000,000 additional revenue in the first
year and $5,000,000 additional revenue in the second year due to the customization of the product to
customer demand. The cost of the program is $400,000 initial investment plus a variable cost of $100,000
per year. What is the cost-benefit ratio in the first year ?

Question200: You have recruited an engineering architect for a short-term international assignment in Bangalore, India.
During the pre-departure training, you ask the training consultant to focus on providing immediate survival
techniques. For example, the trainer outlines where the individual can obtain assistance and explains
logistical realities of getting around in the host country. Which of the following processes does this describe
?

Question201: Which of the following is NOT a pay survey?

Question202: An individual enjoys traveling to all parts of the world, the more exotic and different, the better. Which of
the following global leadership characteristics identified by Black, Morison, and Gregersen does this
behavior exhibit?

Question203: An Organization's sales team is made up of two individuals to sell its products internationally. In lieu of the
small group, the company has decided to utilize representatives from other inability to communicationicate
its technical aspects. Which of the following elements should the sales team work with marketing on to
resolve this problem?

Question204: Which of the following describes a statement that specifies the activities which the organization intends to
pursue and the course it has charted for the future ?