Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 3
1. ‘OCTAPACE’ - the concept for study of organisational climate was developed by
Correct : C. Udai Pareek
2. Addition of new product lines in a company is
Correct : A. diversification
3. Arrange the following stages of group dynamics in right sequence:
I. Norming
II. Performing
III. Storming
IV. Forming
Correct : A. IV, III, I, II
4. Intended directions and actions are stated in
Correct : C. vision statement
5. Which one is not a part of M.C. Kinsy’s 7’s frame work?
Correct : D. Standards
6. Which of the following is not a factor of emotional intelligence?
Correct : A. Thinking without feeling
7. When rating of employee trait biases its performance on other traits, it is called
Correct : A. halo effect
8. Which of the following is Central Organization of Workers?
Correct : D. All of the above
9. Line managers respect the knowledge human resource managers have in areas such as testing and affirmative action. Consequently, human resource managers can influence line managers through
Correct : C. implied authority
10. The following are some of the ways that human resources can benefit through electronic systems, except
Correct : C. working online can reduce the resistance sometimes experienced from employees
11. Assertion (A): Performance Appraisal cannot be error free and unbiased. Reason (R): The Appraisal Methods are covertly influenced by human judgement which may be vitiated by inter-personal discriminatory impulses.
Correct : D. Both Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are right, and Reason (R) validate Assertion (A).
12. In career development, seeking out information for career is included in
Correct : A. individual role
13. Employees’ inability to perform assigned task is classified as
Correct : B. lack of qualifications
14. A technique, in which trainees are shown
films on management techniques is called
Correct : A. behavior modeling
15. Which one of the following is not a function of the Personnel Department?
Correct : B. Quality Management
16. ‘Seed Plot’ is a latin word which mean
Correct : C. Seminar
17. Protection available, against wrongful discharge of employees from organization is classified as
Correct : D. all of above
18. Which of the following is not a method of dealing with resistance to change?
Correct : C. Coercion and Punishment
19. In a re-engineering programme, when a process changes so does the of the concerned employee.
Correct : B. Job profile
20. Method of keeping and reviewing, record
of employees’ undesirable behavior at different time intervals is
Correct : A. critical incident method
21. Which one is not a part of McKinsy’s 7‘s’
framework?
Correct : C. Standards
22. Traditional pay plan used in companies is
mostly
Correct : B. job oriented
23. Ways of direct financial payments are
Correct : A. increments based on time
24. Data of benefits like employees insurance and other fringe benefits can be collected through
Correct : B. salary surveys
25. Kind of union security, in which employees are not member of union ,but, pay dues of union, classified as
Correct : C. agency shop
26. Job analysis produces which of the following, regardless of the technique used?
Correct : C. Job specifications
27. People having careers as school administrator can be classified as
Correct : A. social
28. Public relations executives, tend to be one of personality orientation types, regarded as
Correct : B. artistic
29. Benefit paid to terminated employees or
laid-off employees is
Correct : C. severance pay
30. When company has a single product line,
it is said to be a part of
Correct : A. concentration strategy
31. Which of the following is not a method of
on the job training?
Correct : B. Simulations
32. Which of these models is not a rational planning approach
Correct : C. Processual approach
33. Notion that woman and men should collect equal pay for comparable skills, considered as
Correct : A. comparable worth
34. Engineer occupation, classified as
Correct : A. realistic
35. Which statements are incorrect?
Correct : B. Selection creates a pool of talent to consider for future jobs
36. In traditional focus, use of statistical data, included
Correct : D. human resources planning
37. Which one of the following purpose is not served by the performance evaluation?
Correct : B. Centralisation and decentralisation of decision making authority.
38. Measurement of results after training
programs is classified as
Correct : D. measuring results
39. Which of these options is one of the non -
analytical methods of job evaluation?
Correct : C. Job - grading method
40. Which one of the following is not the characteristic of planning?
Correct : C. It is not strategic
41. Which of the following is the correct sequence of training evaluation?
Correct : B. Reaction, learning, behavior and results
42. Job Characteristics Model is proposed by
Correct : C. Hackman and Oldham
43. Which of the following is/are technique(s) of Total Quality Management?
I. Six Sigma
II. Kaizen
III. Just-in-time Management
IV. Business Process Reengineering
Correct : D. I, II, III and IV
44. When ratings are collected from supervisors, customers and peers, considered as
Correct : C. 360-degree feedback
45. An overview of knowledge, skills and behaviors in a single diagram is called
Correct : B. competency model
46. In career development, discussing procedures with employees is included in
Correct : C. employer role
47. Selection is
Correct : C. Normative
48. A stage, employee decides whether or not
continue specific field, known as
Correct : B. trial sub stage
49. A small voluntary group of employees doing similar or related work who meet regularly to identify, analyses and solve product quality problems and to improve general operations is known as
Correct : B. Quality Circles
50. People favors career in which personal needs of employees are subordinated to company is
Correct : D. conventional orientation
51. A/An is a vertical move in rank and
responsibility.
Correct : C. Promotion
52. Executive recruiters are also called
Correct : A. head hunters
53. Company marketing and selling current
product aggressively is
Correct : A. market penetration
54. Statement
(i): In an organization we pay for jobs, we do not pay for men. Statement
(ii): The compensation must be as per the Job assigned.
Correct : C. Both statement (i) and (ii) are correct.
55. is the process of estimating the quantity and quality of people required to meet future needs of the organisation.
Correct : A. Demand forecasting
56. An aim of ‘performance appraisal’ is to
Correct : B. motivate the employee
57. One of the external sources of recruitment is ?
Correct : C. gate hiring
58. Enabling employees to link company’s
and his own departmental goals is
Correct : B. goal alignment
59. In career development process, utilization of development opportunities is included in
Correct : A. individual role
60. Employees who are more committed and
loyal to employer more likely to
Correct : B. stay beyond than retirement age
61. Advantage of ‘graphic rating scale method’ is that; it is
Correct : A. simple to use
62. HRM typically provides which of these types of training to temporary employees?
Correct : C. Orientation
63. Need-Hierarchy Theory was propounded by
Correct : D. Abraham Maslow
64. A general statement or understanding which provides guidelines for decisionmaking to H.R. managers in respect of various H.R. functions and activities is known as
Correct : A. H.R. Vision statement
65. What is the name of the experiment which marked the beginning of Labour Welfare?
Correct : B. New Lamark Experiment
66. Who had given the conceptual, human and technical skills concept of managerial skills?
Correct : A. Robert Katz
67. A managerial approach, focusing on improving work methods, situation analysis
and observation, known as
Correct : B. scientific management movement
68. In career stage, when employees does more of an explicit career planning is called
Correct : A. stabilization sub stage
69. Benefit provided to an individual who is unable to work, due to his or her own faults, regarded as
Correct : B. unemployment insurance
70. The process of integrating the employees need is called
Correct : D. Succession Planning
71. Selection is ?
Correct : A. Subjective
72. Job Evaluation tries to make a systematic comparison between
Correct : B. Jobs
73. The contents of Job description involves
Correct : D. All of the above
74. Which of the following is a method used in group or organisational training needs assessment?
Correct : D. Consideration of current and projected changes
75. A company which produces raw materials is an example of
Correct : B. vertical integration
76. A stage, leaders create task forces to diagnose problem while carrying shared understanding, regarded as
Correct : A. unfreezing stage
77. Human relations approach of management is not associated with
Correct : A. Abraham Maslow
78. When a sender manipulates information so that it will be seen more favourably by the receiver in communication, it is called
Correct : A. Filtering
79. A practice used by different companies to reduce costs by transferring portions of work to outside provider rather than completing it internally is termed as:
Correct : D. Outsourcing
80. Kind of union security, in which organizations can hire current union members is
classified as
Correct : A. closed shop
81. Match the following
List-I List -II
a. Fayol 1. Economy& Society
b. Taylor 2. General& Industrial Administration
c. Weber 3. Principles of Organization
d. Mooney& Reilley 4. Shop Management
Correct : D. A − 2, B − 4, C − 1, D − 3
82. Financial payments, above and over a regular base pay for employees are called
Correct : D. Foreign Service premiums
83. Non-citizen employees of a country in which they are working is classified as
Correct : A. expatriates
84. People who have conventional personality often choose career of
Correct : D. all of above
85. Kind of bargaining, in which both parties make every possible effort to negotiate and communicate for an agreement, called
Correct : A. good faith bargaining
86. Arrange the needs in the order given by Abraham Maslow in his need hierarchy theory of motivation.
I. Esteem need
II. Self-actualization need
III. Physiological need
IV. Safety needs
V. Social needs
Correct : B. III, IV, V, I, II
87. Performance management distinct feature is
Correct : B. continuous re-evaluating
88. The Michigan Model emphasis the following functions and their inter-relates.
Correct : D. Selection, appraisal, rewards and human resource development
89. Stage in which a person sees progress in comparison of major goals and ambitions is called
Correct : C. midcareer crisis sub stage
90. ‘competitive strategy’ includes
Correct : D. both A and B
91. Each department of company helps in
achieving company goals is referred as
Correct : C. Functional strategy
92. Principle of direct contact, reciprocal relationships and principle of continuity as principles of coordination are advanced by
Correct : D. Mary Parker Follette
93. Gaining market share by offering same products as of competitors in same market, considered as
Correct : B. corporate level strategy
94. Factor comparison method is used as a
technique of
Correct : B. Job Evaluation
95. Which of the variables is not used by marketers for demographic segmentation?
Correct : D. Poverty
96. Which of the following is correct about sustainable development?
Correct : C. It meets the needs of present without hurting future generations
97. A broad, general and written statement of
a specific job based on the findings of an analysis is called as
Correct : C. Specific Particular Analysis
98. HR professional should apply risk management techniques to the different aspects of
Correct : A. HR Strategies
99. Teaching of current employees with skills needed to perform effectively on job is
Correct : A. training
100. Self perceived talents, motives and values that influence career of an individual are known as