Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 1
1. Who has introduced the ‘seven point plan’ for taking the best interview method?
Correct : C. Prof. A. Rozars
2. ‘Rege Committee’ is related to
Correct : A. Working conditions in Indian Industry
3. Competitive edge comes from the of people.
Correct : C. Quality
4. Period in which people learn how to develop new roles is called
Correct : D. decline stage
5. Which of these is the purpose of recruitment?
Correct : B. Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of visibly underqualified or over qualified job applicants.
6. A person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory under the Factories Act, 1948 is called
Correct : A. Occupier
7. In a career development focus, information about individual interests and preferences is a part of
Correct : D. human resource planning
8. Ethical challenges may arise on account of
Correct : C. Both (A) and (B)
9. A process of making workers highly skilled, with help of on job training and formal learning is
Correct : D. apprenticeship training
10. In quantitative measure, employee’s turnover and training hours, called
Correct : A. human resource metrics
11. Which of the following is the area from
which applicants can be recruited?
Correct : C. Labour Market
12. Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of Workforce Diversity?
Correct : B. Decreased problem-solving skills
13. Which is a step of job description?
Correct : D. All of the above
14. Reporting relationships and working conditions related to a job is stated in
Correct : A. job descriptions
15. Formulating ‘SMART’ performance training objectives are a part of
Correct : A. human process intervention
16. Sabbatical leave, funeral leave, jury duty and vacations are examples of
Correct : D. supplemental pay benefits
17. The role of the organisation in career planning is to introduce& strengthen systems to ensure of employees
Correct : A. Career progression
18. Diagrams and charts available to guide workers at job site, considered as
Correct : C. job aid
19. UNIDO preparatory meeting on the “Role of Women in Industrialisation in Developing Countries” held in February 1978. Identified constraints, which hinder women from participating in industrial activities. The meeting was held at
Correct : A. Vienna
20. Which one of the following is not a decision role identified by Henry Mintzberg
Correct : A. The spokesperson role
21. Kind of arbitration, which is also known as contract interpretation arbitration is
Correct : D. rights arbitration
22. The policy of introducing “New Blood” is
Correct : D. Innovative, challenging, but often resisted
23. Who has called the POSDCORB ‘folklore’?
Correct : B. Henry Mirzberg
24. First step in planning process is to
Correct : A. Set an objective
25. Stage in which a person develops a selfconcept is called
Correct : B. growth stage
26. What is the procedure in which an employer and a group of employees agree to
the conditions of work?
Correct : B. Collective bargaining
27. In ‘HRD’ scorecard scales, scale 1 represents
Correct : B. least maturity level
28. Which metric indicates the cost of health care per employee by providing the per capita cost of employee benefits?
Correct : C. health care costs per employee
29. Which of the following is an outcome of
collective bargaining?
Correct : A. Consent Award
30. The sixth step of the SHRM application tool is to evaluate the plan against success criteria. During this stage it is important to note:
Correct : D. the positive& negative effect of the
31. involves a one to one discussion between the participant and administrator.
Correct : A. Counselling
32. Process through a person comes to know about self-skills, interests and motivation is called
Correct : C. career planning
33. The critical role of the SHRM Application Tool is to’
Correct : B. Develop a better strategic management process to deal with the dynamic changing environment today’s organisations face.
34. Planning function of management process involves
Correct : D. Establishing goals
35. Sensitivity training method is a part of
Correct : A. Vestibule training method
36. HRM is amalgam of
Correct : C. Organisational behaviour, personal management and industrial relation
37. Which are not related to firm’s existing business in adding new product lines ?
Correct : B. conglomerate diversification
38. Which country uses the graphology test to select candidates?
Correct : A. United States
39. Union leaders at different levels& at federations are elected on
Correct : A. democratic principle
40. The procedure for determining the duties and skill requirements of a job and the kind of person who should be hired for it is
Correct : A. Job analysis
41. Comparison of on-the-job behavior before
and after training programs can be classified as
Correct : C. measuring behavior
42. Online career development workshops are
one of method of
Correct : A. career management
43. ‘T-group’ suggests that participation should be
Correct : A. voluntary
44. Formal procedure, in which job terminated person is counseled and trained,
to secure a job position by teaching selfappraising techniques is classified as
Correct : B. outplacement counseling
45. Which one of the following contains the phases of organizational development arranged in sequential order?
Correct : B. Entry into the organization, diagnosis, interventions and culture building
46. When constructing the ad, it is important to consider how to best
Correct : A. Attract attention to the advertisement
47. Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the Best-practice approach to HRM in Organisations?
Correct : A. Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource- intensive
48. What does “TCN” stand for
Correct : D. Third country national
49. Compulsory collective bargaining was advocated by:
Correct : C. V.V. Giri
50. ‘coaching’ and ‘mentoring’ require
Correct : D. Both A and C
51. Which one is not the technique of personality measurement?
Correct : C. Raven’s Progressive Matrices
52. Grapevine is a type of
Correct : B. Informal Communication
53. Who introduced the concept of quality circles in India?
Correct : B. S. R. Udpa
54. A method, executive’s strengths and weaknesses are being questioned by external consultant, known as
Correct : D. executive coach
55. The benefit of paraphrasing in Employee Appraisal is that it
Correct : B. Clarify and convey to the rater that you are listening actively.
56. Most people who are classified as nontraditional workers are
Correct : B. independent contractors
57. The division of the total task to be performed into a manageable and efficient unit is
Correct : A. A job design
58. Arrange the following steps in OB Mod in their right sequence:
I. Identification of behavioural contingencies
II. Measurement of the behaviours
III. Identification of performance related behaviours
IV. Evaluation of performance improvement
V. Development and implementation of intervention strategy
Correct : D. III, II, I, V, IV
59. Off the job training does not include:
Correct : C. Coaching
60. is the process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees, and attending to their labor relations, health and safety, and fairness concerns.
Correct : A. Human Resource Management
61. ‘Human Resource Management’ is process of
Correct : D. all of above
62. Identify the correct definition of Industrial Relation?
Correct : D. Collective relationship between management and trade union.
63. Process of establishing pay rates includes
an ensuring is called
Correct : D. all of above
64. In talent management end to end process, performance management leads
Correct : C. learning management systems
65. A validity test that contains a fair sample
of performed tasks in actual job is called
Correct : B. content validity
66. People should be regarded as assets rather than variable costs was emphasised in
Correct : D. Human Resource Management
67. Two basic issues to address in training evaluation are
Correct : D. Both A and B
68. Defining factors to be compared is included in
Correct : A. selection of compensable factors
69. Recruitment is widely viewed as a ?
Correct : A. positive process
70. HR managers are generally the managers:
Correct : C. Staff
71. When an interviewer asks the questions to the candidate according to the response received from him and the questions asked are not pre-determined in such an interview, it is called
Correct : A. Unprepared type of interview
72. Level of trust reflects mentor’s
Correct : D. all of above
73. A person who is citizen of the country where MNC is headquartered, but working in another country with the same company is called
Correct : D. Parent Country Nationals
74. Which of these is the most important external factor governing recruitments?
Correct : D. Supply and demand
75. Job Evaluation criterion comes from
Correct : D. Job specification
76. Stage in which people develop new roles such as confidantes of younger people is called
Correct : D. decline stage
77. People who have an artistic personality often chose career of
Correct : A. advertising executives
78. Which of the following is an invisible part but a powerful template that shapes, what happens at the workplace?
Correct : A. Organisational culture
79. Salary compression is a result of
Correct : C. inflation
80. Which of the following is not a labour legislation?
Correct : D. Untouchability Abolition Act
81. Evaluation of trainee’s reactions to a training program is classified as
Correct : A. measuring reaction
82. An organized effort by union members to exert pressure on company by pressurizing customers, shareholders, directors and creditors is called
Correct : C. corporate campaign
83. Types of interventions to overcome effect
of impasse, included
Correct : D. all of above
84. Which of the following refers to analysis of handwriting to determine writer’s basic personality traits?
Correct : C. Graphology
85. Job Evaluation is carried on by
Correct : A. Groups
86. The biggest problem facing e-HR is the ?
Correct : C. security of HR data
87. Kind of pension plan which follows a formula to determine retirement benefits is
classified as
Correct : A. defined benefit pension plan
88. Performance rating as good or bad on numerical rating scale is called
Correct : C. behaviorally anchored rating scale
89. Retired officers of Indian Army are recruited by real estate firms is an example of
Correct : C. honoring experience
90. Persistent failure for performing duties to meet job standards is categorized as
Correct : C. misconduct
91. Name the Author of Equity Theory of Motivation.
Correct : C. Stancy Adams
92. HRM is concerned with
Correct : D. All employees
93. Category which is not included in ‘organizational development’ is
Correct : D. consolidation of gains
94. One who issues orders in chain of command outside their department is
Correct : B. line managers
95. The following is (are) included in salary survey.
Correct : D. All of the above
96. Which of the following have/has proven to be a particularly good predictor for jobs that include cognitively complex tasks?
Correct : A. intelligence tests
97. One of the external sources of recruitment is
Correct : B. Dependents of deceased employees
98. In Lewin organizational change process, ‘communication of shared vision’ is
Correct : C. refreezing stage
99. Ranking of job, based on difficulty is
Correct : D. ranking method
100. Occasional incentives such as bonuses, sales prizes are mostly paid with the