A+ Answers of the following Questions

1. The U.S. Army's "Be an Army of One" campaign is an example of: (Points : 2)

general advertising.

saturation advertising.

image advertising.

proactive advertising.

2. The most widespread methods for eliminating labor shortages are: (Points : 2)

outsourcing work and technological innovation.

retraining transfers and reducing turnover.

overtime and new external hires.

hiring temporary workers and outsourcing work.

3. Which of the following methods would help an organization diagnose the underutilization of a certain minority group? (Points : 2)

Trend analysis

Workforce utilization review

Transitional matrix

Yield ratios

4. Questions such as "Where did people who were in each job category go?" and "Where did people now in each job category come from?" can be
ed by: (Points : 2)

a transitional matrix.

a leading indicator.

trend analysis.

Question 1
Based on brain research, Kahn suggests that to encourage neural branching, educators should use all of the following teaching strategies EXCEPT: 
A. application of different symbols. 
B. analogy. 
C. rote memorization. 
D. hypothetical thinking. 

Question 2
John Morello states that in the future wars will be fought: 
A. on flat, open battlefields. 
B. virtually, by computers. 
C. in space. 
D. in apartments, basements, and shopping malls. 

Question 3
In "Why the Future Doesn't Need Us," Bill Joy is concerned that: 
A. the human race will voluntarily turn over power for all decision making to machines. 
B. computers will seize power for decision making from human beings. 
C. computers will not be able to sustain the advances that are being made to them and that people will not be able to depend on them in the future for decision making. 
D. human beings will become so dependent on computers that they will have no choice but to accept the machine's decisions. 

Question 1
According to J. Kenneth Smail, the optimum maximum sustainable human population is: 
A. 1-3 billion. 
B. 4-6 billion. 
C. 7-10 billion. 
D. 20 billion. 

Question 2
According to Khan in his article "Emerging Technologies," the biggest cause of unemployment today is: 
A. productivity. 
B. offshoring. 
C. outsourcing. 
D. a downturn in the economy. 

Question 3
Levy and Murname (2004) cited in the "Emerging Technologies" article by Ahmed Khan contend that the jobs that are growing in number share two skills that the computer cannot replicate, which are expert thinking and: 
A. advanced scheduling. 
B. complex communication. 
C. educational training. 
D. simulations. 

Question 1
The goals of the UN 2000 Millennium Project include all of the following EXCEPT: 
A. eradicate extreme poverty and hunger. 
B. achieve universal high school education. 
C. promote gender equality. 
D. reduce child mortality. 

Question 2
In which of the following world gepgraphical areas is the number of maternal deaths per 100,000 live births the highest? 
A. Northern Africa 
B. Sub-Saharan Africa 
C. South-central Asia 

Question 3
According to J. Kenneth Smail, the optimum maximum sustainable human population is: 
A. 1-3 billion. 
B. 4-6 billion. 
C. 7-10 billion. 
D. 20 billion. 

Question 1
In his section on science and technology when writing about the Cray computer, Norman Myers defines the term "gigaflop" as: 
A. what happens when the computer calculates too fast and crashes. 
B. a type of nanotechnology. 
C. one billion calculations every second. 
D. a measure of the computer's memory. 

Question 2
Norman Meyers makes which of the following health predictions? 
A. Due to the development of technology, people will not have to exercise or diet in the future. 
B. Child mortality will increase throughout the world in the future. 
C. Tobacco companies will peddle cigarettes to developing countries and increase the health-related problems in these countries. 
D. Healthcare will become the responsibility of the government rather than an individual responsibility. 

Question 3
When Stuart Newman and Jeremy Rifkin applied for a patent of genetically engineered life forms, their purpose in doing so was to: 
A. allow them to receive all financial benefits from genetic engineering. 
B. prevent discrimination in the use of the technology. 
C. make sure that only scientists they approved of ethically could use the technology. 
D. prevent or delay the use of such technology to better control and regulate its use and all ow the public more time to develop policies on its use.