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Cases in Human Resource Management | Set 1
1. Human Resource Management is the process of
A. recruitment and selection
B. analyzing the skills
C. workforce utilization
D. none of the above
Correct : A. recruitment and selection
2. Management in HRM refers to
A. labour unions
B. proper and maximum utilization of resources
C. top management
D. operations management
Correct : B. proper and maximum utilization of resources
3. The core purpose of HRM is
A. select the right person for the task
B. satisfaction of employees
C. safety of employees
D. make efficient purpose of existing hr
Correct : D. make efficient purpose of existing hr
4. You must treat your employees with respect and dignity - Quoted by
A. dhirubai ambani
B. bill gates
C. warron buffet
D. narayana moorthy
Correct : D. narayana moorthy
5. The resources by themselves
A. have to be collected
B. must be coordinated
C. need to be organized
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
6. HRM is an
A. department function
B. individual function
C. organization function
D. environmental function
Correct : C. organization function
7. HRM includes
A. planning personnel needs
B. providing benefits and incentives
C. appraising performance
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
8. The historical rule of the HRM is
A. one hr person for 100 employees
B. one hr person for 50 employees
C. one hr person for 25 employees
D. one hr person for 10 employees
Correct : A. one hr person for 100 employees
9. OPM means
A. office of personnel management
B. office of performance management
C. opinion of person in management
D. none of the above
Correct : A. office of personnel management
10. The role of HR director is
A. solving the disputes
B. extension of plan
C. administration
D. training and development
Correct : C. administration
11. "Man of all the resources available to man, can grow and develop" quoted by
A. peter morrison
B. peter.f. drucker
C. adam smith
D. karl marx
Correct : B. peter.f. drucker
12. The prespective for the need of HR is
A. select the legal employee
B. promote the skill employee
C. distinguishing the features of employees
D. te right person for the right job
Correct : D. te right person for the right job
13. HRM is
A. inter - related
B. inter dependent
C. interacting
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
14. The skill and talents of HR
A. need an opportunity
B. obtained by the management
C. exemplified
D. represented
Correct : C. exemplified
15. HR management on procurement, development and cooperation targets
A. to accomplish social objectives
B. to obtain organizational objectives
C. both a and b
D. neither a nor b
Correct : C. both a and b
16. HRM is concerned with the ------------------- discussion in management
A. company
B. people
C. industry
D. society
Correct : B. people
17. HRM can be understood as a process of
A. processing
B. developing
C. maintaining competent hr
D. all the above
Correct : C. maintaining competent hr
18. HRM is an art of
A. preparation of a task
B. coordinating middle management
C. helping top management
D. managing people
Correct : D. managing people
19. HR policy makes employees
A. train for future positions
B. a better person/workers
C. a knowledgeable person
D. all the above
Correct : A. train for future positions
20. Healthy HRM practices can help the organization
A. to reduce the disputes/ conflicts
B. to increase the promotional opportunities
C. to realize the employees
D. to maintain cordinal relationship unions
Correct : D. to maintain cordinal relationship unions
21. _____________ can be promoted for the future for the top level job
A. potential employees
B. legal employees
C. skilled employees
D. trained employees
Correct : A. potential employees
22. Working condition activities refers with
A. decision making of top management
B. policy and procedure of a firm
C. health, safety, welfare services
D. culture of the organization
Correct : C. health, safety, welfare services
23. Employee welfare is about
A. determining employees real needs
B. giving challengable work
C. showing the path by right leadership
D. salary benefits
Correct : A. determining employees real needs
24. HRM is all about developing and managing
A. knowledge
B. skills
C. creativity
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
25. Social objective of an organization
A. minimize the profit
B. minimize the negative impact
C. maximize the no of employees
D. minimize the risk
Correct : B. minimize the negative impact
26. HRM assists employees
A. to achieve the organizational goals
B. to achieve departmental goals
C. to accomplish organizational goals
D. to achieve personal goal
Correct : D. to achieve personal goal
27. _________ Cannot perform their job in vaccum
A. the top level executives
B. middle level managers
C. the personnel managers
D. operation level people
Correct : C. the personnel managers
28. _________separately of in continuation can influence the HRM function of any organization
A. personal factors
B. external factors
C. internal factors
D. none of the above
Correct : B. external factors
29. Rapid _______________ stimulates the innovation
A. technological changes
B. economic changes
C. political modifications
D. all of the above
Correct : A. technological changes
30. ____________ influence the financial wealth of the organization
A. technological conditions
B. social conditions
C. political conditions
D. economical conditions
Correct : D. economical conditions
31. __________________have strength to match the growth of industrialization
A. govt organization
B. employees organization
C. private organization
D. all the above
Correct : B. employees organization
32. ______________ seek to organize with __________________ over the terms and conditions of employment for their members
A. labour unions, management
B. employer, employee
C. supervisor, subordinate
D. leader, follower
Correct : A. labour unions, management
33. Labour market deals with
A. job enrichment
B. job enlargement
C. demand and supply of labour
D. promotions and transfer
Correct : C. demand and supply of labour
34. Organization undergoes changes consequent with
A. alternation in the organizational management
B. changes in demand of employees
C. changes in the labour market
D. modification in the job
Correct : B. changes in demand of employees
35. __________ will help to cope up with the changes
A. confidence and motivations
B. communication styles
C. attitude and aptitude
D. new skill and knowledge
Correct : C. attitude and aptitude
36. ____ is the major strategy of our country's HR focused to face the foreign organization
A. challenge the competition
B. focus on product
C. recruitment of employees from other country
D. none of the above
Correct : A. challenge the competition
37. The candidates are having good education and communication skills are getting more chance
A. for the promotion and increment
B. for the job market
C. for the organization
D. for the labour market
Correct : B. for the job market
38. _____ is the big problem for every organization
A. recruiting and selecting
B. attracting and retaining
C. performance appraisal
D. promotion and transfer
Correct : A. recruiting and selecting
39. No attendance monitoring is pertinent to
A. career appraisal
B. performance appraisal
C. compensation and benefits
D. selection of the employee
Correct : C. compensation and benefits
40. Leadership and development consists of
A. flexi and part time workers
B. employee empowerment
C. feedback system
D. none of the above
Correct : B. employee empowerment
41. The name of the facilitator in the HR department
A. people\s champion
B. supervisor
C. chief executive
D. leader
Correct : A. people\s champion
42. What is the designation of the manager who energize the workplace with focus
A. employee energized executive
B. employee engagement manager
C. chief executive officer
D. hr trainer
Correct : B. employee engagement manager
43. ___________ ensures talented employees retained by reassigning them to other groups
A. employees enrolment review committee
B. association of job secured for employees
C. work allotment committee
D. people movement management review committee
Correct : D. people movement management review committee
44. HRM policies lies in
A. an organization value
B. philosophy
C. concepts and principles
D. all the above
Correct : C. concepts and principles
45. The basic purpose of a procedure is
A. to identify the work
B. to understand the task
C. to spell out clearly the way
D. to execute the work
Correct : C. to spell out clearly the way
46. What are all the three basic compensation strategies?
A. retain, educate and motivate the employee
B. complaiance, relationship, understand the unions
C. secure, satisfy and mitigate the jobs for employees
D. market leader, competitive with market and below market
Correct : D. market leader, competitive with market and below market
47. An organization structure which is composed of
A. top management and middle maagement
B. middle and operation
C. line and staff people
D. none of them
Correct : C. line and staff people
48. The clearer the line of authority will be the clearer
A. the organizational function
B. the responsibility for decision making
C. strategic action for future
D. none of the above
Correct : B. the responsibility for decision making
49. What is the benefit of staff?
A. handling complex managerial functions
B. assisting in decision making
C. reliving an over burden of top executives
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
50. _________ is responsible to run the organization according to a strategic plan
A. staff authority
B. organizational hierarchy
C. line authority
D. organizational policy
Correct : C. line authority
51. HRD deals with functions such as
A. career development
B. performance development
C. mentoring and coaching
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
52. Personnel management is mainly
A. reactive
B. proactive
C. negative
D. condition
Correct : A. reactive
53. ____________ is all about the way of individual behaviours
A. rewards & awards
B. motivation
C. wages & salaries
D. labour unions
Correct : B. motivation
54. Intrinsic factors are
A. driven to excel and fear of failure
B. money and valuation time
C. maturity leave
D. none of the above
Correct : A. driven to excel and fear of failure
55. The important role in incentive theory is
A. behaviour patterns
B. fear of failure
C. design to be acknowledged
D. monetary reward
Correct : D. monetary reward
56. Love and Belongingness needs relate to the
A. achivement
B. independence
C. friendship and family
D. status
Correct : C. friendship and family
57. According to McCelland achievement theory, achievers avoid _____________
A. easily accomplished goals
B. challenges of the firm
C. individual performance
D. low and high risk situation
Correct : D. low and high risk situation
58. TAT means
A. thematic apperception test
B. teaching and training
C. technical aptitude test
D. none of the above
Correct : A. thematic apperception test
59. valence refers to
A. emotoional orientation
B. physical orientation
C. biological orientationa
D. all the above
Correct : A. emotoional orientation
60. _____________refers to the individual's perception of the personality that different rewards depend upon different degrees of effort
A. effort of employees
B. value of reward
C. perceived effort
D. none of the above
Correct : C. perceived effort
61. The main changes required in labour competencies
A. economical
B. technical
C. political
D. socio cultural
Correct : B. technical
62. ______ is the recognition and valorization of individual differences
A. diversity management
B. global hr management
C. international labour management
D. all the above
Correct : A. diversity management
63. Human Resource planning is the process of
A. planning
B. organizing
C. forecasting
D. coordinating
Correct : C. forecasting
64. The main objective of HR planning is
A. forecast future requirements
B. determine levels of recruitment and training
C. facilitate productivity bargaining
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
65. HR managers are important facilitators of the
A. hr planning process
B. strategic planning process
C. management process
D. hr process
Correct : A. hr planning process
66. The HR required at different positions according to their ________ to the estimated
A. department profile
B. personal profile
C. company profile
D. job profile
Correct : C. company profile
67. _______________ is useful foe overall management of all personal activities
A. job analysis
B. hr planning
C. hr system
D. none of the above
Correct : A. job analysis
68. Job analysis is
A. networking
B. systematic exploration
C. project organization
D. staff management
Correct : A. networking
69. What is job Hazards?
A. challenges and struggles
B. distructions and problems
C. difficulties and complications
D. obstacles and obstructions
Correct : D. obstacles and obstructions
70. The flow of work with organisation is strongly influenced by
A. nature of the task
B. nature of product and service
C. nature of the organization
D. all the above
Correct : B. nature of product and service
71. Efficiency consideration must be balanced against
A. facilities and obtainability
B. talents and skills of the people
C. abilities and availability of the people
D. none of the above
Correct : C. abilities and availability of the people
72. _______ insist the job to be designed to meet the expectations of workers
A. social and cultural expectations
B. employee and their abilities
C. work practices
D. work flow
Correct : A. social and cultural expectations
73. The process of identification of different sources of personnel is
A. training
B. selection
C. development
D. recruitment
Correct : D. recruitment
74. _________ is involving with the shifting of an employee from one job to another
A. promotion
B. transfer
C. increment
D. all the above
Correct : A. promotion
75. _______ Recruitment is very cheap
A. unsolicited applications
B. media advertisement
C. direct recruitment
D. all the above
Correct : C. direct recruitment
76. Who has offered middle level executive placements
A. educational institutions
B. management consultants
C. recommendations
D. labour contracts
Correct : B. management consultants
77. Recruitment planning outlines the major responsibility
A. skills
B. experience
C. level of pay
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
78. ______________ is an integral part of recruitment
A. searching
B. screening
C. analysing
D. none of the above
Correct : B. screening
79. Sons of soil claim means
A. recruitment from sister concern
B. selection by promotion
C. suitable hands in vicinity of organization
D. selection by recommendation
Correct : C. suitable hands in vicinity of organization
80. _____________ is the device used for collecting information from candidates
A. application blank
B. bio -data of candidate
C. interview
D. none of the above
Correct : A. application blank
81. ________ is a process of assigning specific job to each of the selected candidates
A. placement
B. training
C. selection practices
D. preliminary interview
Correct : A. placement
82. The significant of placement
A. improves employee welfare
B. reducing absenteeism
C. reducing accident rates
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
83. -------- will help to perform the employees' duty effectively
A. training
B. recruitment
C. induction
D. none of the above
Correct : A. training
84. The Primary Advantage of Training is
A. effective work flow
B. coordination
C. order of the work
D. technology updation
Correct : D. technology updation
85. -------- is the person in an organisation can offer more support
A. mentor
B. supervisor
C. manager
D. superior
Correct : A. mentor
86. "Sitting Next to Nellie" means
A. learning alongside with unknown process
B. learning with friend
C. learning with the team
D. none of the above
Correct : B. learning with friend
87. The object ------ is to make the trainees all round craftsmen
A. class room training
B. coaching and job rotation
C. mentoring
D. apprenticeship training
Correct : D. apprenticeship training
88. -------- offers access to something new in learning
A. vestibule training
B. simulation exercises
C. conferences and lectures
D. all the above
Correct : A. vestibule training
89. The First step in Need Assessment
A. data gathering and analysis
B. utilisation of information
C. exploration and identification
D. evaluation and control
Correct : C. exploration and identification
90. According to Knowles -------- provides the basis for the learning activities
A. hard work/smart work
B. learning and guidance
C. education and knowledge
D. experience including mistakes
Correct : D. experience including mistakes
91. -------- method used to knowledge and attitudinal development of trainnees
A. class room training method
B. group discussion method
C. simulation exercises
D. role playing
Correct : A. class room training method
92. -------- technique which is systematic collection of performance data from all derived groups
A. field review method
B. mbo
C. 360 degree feed back
D. cost accounting method
Correct : C. 360 degree feed back
93. HRM policies lies in
A. an organization value
B. philosophy
C. concepts and principles
D. all the above
Correct : D. all the above
94. Human resource policies are
A. mitigate the company\s risk of liability
B. increase the benefit
C. reduce the labour turnover
D. none of the above
Correct : A. mitigate the company\s risk of liability
95. In line authority the superior exercises
A. direct supervision
B. informal relationship
C. formal relationship
D. dictatorship
Correct : A. direct supervision
96. HRD will develop the
A. executive development
B. strategic development
C. planning and decision making
D. organizational and personal skills
Correct : D. organizational and personal skills
97. The personnel management employees get ______________ based on job evaluations
A. promotion
B. transfer
C. uniform rewards
D. incentives
Correct : C. uniform rewards
98. _____________refers to the individual's perception of the personality that different rewards depend upon different degrees of effort
A. effort of employees
B. value of reward
C. perceived effort
D. none of the above
Correct : C. perceived effort
99. Surplus or deficiency in _______ is the result of the absence of effective planning
A. staff strength
B. labour strength
C. no. of executives
D. none of the above
Correct : A. staff strength
100. Manpower planning provides essential information for _____________ Personnel function
A. organization policy
B. strategic decision
C. designing and implementation
D. achieving the mission
Correct : C. designing and implementation