Practice Test GeeksSHRM - Society for Human Resource Management Practice Test
← All SHRM Flashcard Decks

Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning Flashcards

7 cards from real SHRM practice questions. Tap to flip, then mark Knew It or Still Learning — missed cards come back until you master them.

Read the first 7 Talent Acquisition & Workforce Planning flashcards as text

  1. Which metric measures the percentage of job offers that candidates accept?

    Answer: Offer acceptance rate

    Offer acceptance rate is calculated by dividing the number of offers accepted by the total number of offers extended.

  2. An organization is experiencing high turnover among new hires within their first 90 days. Which talent acquisition practice is most likely to address this?

    Answer: Improving the onboarding experience and setting clear 30-60-90 day expectations

    Poor onboarding is a leading cause of early turnover; structured onboarding with clear milestones improves new hire retention.

  3. What is the primary legal risk associated with using credit history checks in the employee selection process?

    Answer: Potential disparate impact discrimination under Title VII

    Credit checks can disproportionately screen out minority applicants and must be job-related and consistent with business necessity to avoid disparate impact claims.

  4. In scenario-based workforce planning, which technique involves creating multiple possible future states to prepare for uncertainty?

    Answer: Scenario planning

    Scenario planning develops several plausible future states so organizations can prepare flexible workforce strategies.

  5. Which sourcing method is generally most cost-effective for high-volume, entry-level hiring?

    Answer: Programmatic job advertising

    Programmatic advertising uses algorithms to automatically buy and optimize job ad placements, delivering high volumes of applicants at a lower cost-per-applicant.

  6. Under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), when can an employer legally ask about an applicant's disability?

    Answer: Only after a conditional offer of employment has been made

    The ADA prohibits disability-related inquiries and medical examinations until after a conditional job offer is extended.

  7. A recruiter calculates that 1 in 8 applicants reaches the interview stage. This ratio is an example of which recruitment metric?

    Answer: Yield ratio

    A yield ratio measures the proportion of candidates who move from one stage of the hiring process to the next.