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Multiple Choice and True/False 1. Raj is suing an organization, claiming that because he is an employee and not an independent contractor, the organization should have withheld taxes for him. All of these factors could be used to support his claim EXCEPT 2. When off the job, an employer cannot legally control an employee’s behavior by prohibiting such things as riding a motorcycle, skydiving, smoking, or drinking alcohol. 3. Kenyata is the training manager of a Chicago-based company. She is working on a training program for a subsidiary in Venezuela. The training program focuses on work-related cultural differences in Venezuela and the United States. It is very important for Kenyata to emphasize that: 4. Suppose you are the HR manager of an organization that has just adopted the philosophy of continuous improvement. You can support improvement programs in all of these ways except 5. Vinita, the Vice-President of Human Resources at ABC Products, starts her staff meeting with, “The work process engineering we implemented last year was a good start. We need to overhaul four of the other production areas within the next 18 months. What do you think are reasonable goals and objectives, based on last year’s work?” She is performing the management function of 6. Chris is a human resource professional who is currently working with line managers to reward those employees who are creative and innovative. Chris’s work is aligning HR strategy with which organizational strategy? 7. Kai, a human resources manager in a service organization, has rewritten the policies and procedures manual and all job descriptions to remove any idioms, and arranged for translations into six languages. This is an example of which part of the dynamic environment of HRM? 8. Which of the following is NOT an external influence that affects HRM?