Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 4
1. People who are ‘public relations executives’ are best classified as
Correct : A. enterprising orientation
2. Types of ‘diversification’ are
Correct : A. 2
3. Types of available union securities are
Correct : D. all of above
4. Validity test for applicants for a specific
job is called
Correct : B. predictive validation
5. ‘job rotation’ means
Correct : C. moving workers from one job to the other
6. All aspects of the merger need
Correct : D. Managing
7. Why are employers interested in employee engagement?
Correct : D. Because engaged employees are more motivated and prepared to give their best to make the firm succeed
8. Which of the following is not a principle under the “Hot Stove Rule” of Douglas Mc Gregor?
Correct : D. Opportunity to defend
9. A company’s HR team is responsible for
Correct : D. all of above
10. Specific procedure according to which ‘employees of company has legal rights to take part in policy designing’ is classified as
Correct : D. codetermination
11. Package of salary, incentives and fringe benefits designed in a way to motivate employees is known as
Correct : C. aligned reward strategy
12. The whole process of conducting a 360 - Degree Feedback process in any Organisation could last about
Correct : A. 1.5 to 3 months
13. ‘market leadership’ can be best classified as
Correct : C. Potential Strengths
14. People having ‘social work’ as their careers are classified as
Correct : C. social orientation
15. Defining your business means stating
Correct : A. detail of your market offering
16. ‘culture change’ is an example of
Correct : C. strategic intervention
17. Process of reducing number of employed people in a firm is classified as
Correct : B. downsizing
18. Measure of ‘cost effectiveness’ among employees is part of
Correct : B. Business linkage score
19. First step in training process is
Correct : A. need analysis
20. An interview, in which you discuss person’s career plans and plan professional development, it is said to be
Correct : A. a satisfactory-promotable interview
21. Arrange the following steps of training procedure in proper sequence
I. Preparing the trainee
II. Preparing the instructor
III. Presenting the operation
IV. Getting ready to teach
V. Tryout the trainee’s performance
VI. Follow up
Correct : B. II, I, IV, III, V, VI
22. An interview, in which you ask about a candidate’s behavior in a certain given situation is
Correct : A. situational interview
23. The following is the right process of training:
Correct : C. Need analysis, instructional design, validation, implementation and evaluation
24. In corporation orientation, management style and evaluation criteria of home country is superior to anything that host country offers, known as
Correct : C. ethnocentric
25. People; having social personality type often choose careers as
Correct : D. both A and B
26. Situation; when parties in negotiations are not able to settle negotiations further, classified as
Correct : A. impasse
27. If there is no expectancy, instrumentality
and valence then there will be
Correct : C. motivation
28. When planning for employment requirements, what must be forecasted?
Correct : D. Personnel needs
29. People in profession of carpenters can be
best classified as
Correct : A. realistic
30. Who is associated with the ‘illumination experiment’ of the Hawthorne Experiment?
Correct : B. George A. Pennock
31. When team-building can be attempted by creating artificial teams in which people get opportunity to experiment and learn from their behaviour in a less threatening context, it is based on:
Correct : B. Simulation Approach
32. HR Department maintains records
Correct : A. Employee
33. Lump sum payments given to employees, who move from one assignment to another are classified as
Correct : B. mobility premiums
34. Performance development plan is set for the employee by his immediate boss.
Correct : C. Immediate boss
35. In a career development, offering and discussing variety of paths for career development, included
Correct : C. employer role
36. Strategic management process usually
consists of steps.
Correct : B. Five
37. Productivity means
Correct : C. One’s skill abilities in meeting the needs of the job which one is holding currently.
38. The objectives of HRM are categorized as ?
Correct : D. All of the above
39. Top managers’ salaries traditionally depend upon
Correct : D. both A and B
40. Who has started that “Collective bargaining is essentially a process in which employees act as a group in seeking to shape conditions and relationships in their employment
Correct : A. Dale Yoder
41. The best hiring occurs when the goals of which of the following should consistent to each other?
Correct : C. Organisation, individual
42. ‘process consultation’ is an example of
Correct : A. human process intervention
43. A pay grade is comprised of
Correct : A. jobs of equal difficulty
44. The following is (are) the objective(s) of inspection.
Correct : D. All of the above
45. In management by objectives, goals are set by
Correct : A. supervisor and subordinates
46. What may be called the starting points of the Human Relations theory?
Correct : A. Hawthorne experiment
47. Formulating and executing HR systems that produce employee competencies and behaviors needed to achieve the company’s strategic aims is (are):
Correct : A. Strategic HR Management
48. Match the following Question Correct option
A. The monitoring stage 1. The firm identifies and confirms the overall business direction.
B.The clarification stage 2. Investment on the human capital and the value placed by employees on this investment.
C. The assessment stage 3. The firm checks the new system against strategy.
D. The design stage 4. The firm plans the proposed changes into practice. The correct order is
Correct : A. A − 3, B − 1, C − 2, D − 4
49. Helping retirees and preparing them for retirement is an aim of
Correct : B. preretirement counseling
50. .... are authorized to direct the work of subordinates.
Correct : A. Line managers
51. Stage when a person seriously explores occupational alternatives is called
Correct : A. the exploration stage
52. Employees ‘career hazards’ are dealt in
Correct : B. mentoring
53. Re-designing a business process, in getting more efficient and effective results, known as
Correct : D. reengineering
54. In traditional focus, ratings or rewards are part of
Correct : B. performance appraisal
55. Employee’s general belief that their organisation values their contribution and cares about their well - being is called
Correct : D. Perceived organizational support
56. Work design is an example of
Correct : B. techno structural interventions
57. Personal qualities and traits required for job is stated in
Correct : C. job specifications
58. Strategic thinking is a process.
Correct : C. Continuous
59. 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.
60. Which of the following force makes an individual eligible to make decisions, give orders& directing work activities of others?
Correct : C. Authority
61. Through test measuring for Checking what we intended to know, is
Correct : A. test validity
62. Which of the following bargaining is based on workers’ contribution to productivity?
Correct : C. Productivity Bargaining
63. Disadvantage of ‘BARS’ appraisal system is
Correct : D. difficult to develop
64. Induction is viewed as
Correct : D. All the above
65. ’corporate strategy’ includes
Correct : D. Both A and B
66. The industrial Disputes Act 1947 provides the following industrial relations machinery for resolution of conflicts except
Correct : C. Negotiations
67. In which company ‘Six Sigma’ was first
experimented?
Correct : B. Motorola
68. Which of these activities are not included
in the scope of human resource management?
Correct : D. Organizational structure and design
69. HR managers play vital role in ?
Correct : A. Setting production targets
70. ‘rate of return on investment’ is classified as
Correct : A. long-term shareholder value
71. Performance management includes
Correct : A. daily and weekly interactions
72. Who had advocated the systems approach model?
Correct : B. John T. Dunlop
73. The principle of organisation that no employee should report to more than one superior is called
Correct : C. Unity of command
74. A Business Organization deals with product/service and has relationship with stakeholder which is being considered a part of ‘management discipline’ is known as
Correct : B. Business Ethics
75. Management Functions of Personnel Management includes
Correct : D. All of the above
76. Next step after ‘defining current business’ is to
Correct : A. external and internal audit
77. Justice and fairness of a result of a decision is often classified as
Correct : C. distributive justice
78. Which of the following is closely associated with strategic human resource management?
Correct : D. Providing Best training methods
79. Manpower inventory involves
Correct : C. The classification of characteristics of managers’ qualities in addition to their number
80. What is meant by the term ’management by objectives’?
Correct : C. The setting of objectives to bring about the achievement of the corporate goals
81. Quality and timeliness of work is classified as
Correct : A. “what you are measuring”
82. Who has advanced the Bottom of the Pyramid concept?
Correct : A. C.K. Prahlad
83. ‘employ’s wellness responsibility is an example of
Correct : D. HRM interventions
84. Job identification is one of the components of ?
Correct : C. job description
85. Who coined the term ‘informal sector’?
Correct : D. Keith Hart
86. Which of the following is a Matrix Organization?
Correct : D. When project structure is superimposed on bureaucratic structure
87. Which of the following term best represents the individuals who have interests in an Organisation and are influenced by it?
Correct : B. Stakeholders
88. Basis of Job Evaluation is
Correct : C. Job analysis
89. Which of the following is a key HR role as defined by Ulrich et al (2009)?
Correct : B. Business ally
90. In a big five models, ‘openness to experience’ is tendency to be
Correct : A. imaginative
91. A test’s validity can be demonstrated in
Correct : A. Two ways
92. Term ‘job enlargement’ means
Correct : B. assigning additional activities for workers
93. Plan which is firstly discussed in business plan is mostly
Correct : A. marketing plan
94. Strategy employers follow to vacate a position where employee is no longer needed
is included in
Correct : B. transfers
95. Once a firm has a pool of applicants, the
first step in Pre-screening is the ?
Correct : C. application form
96. Types in which benefits are classified are
Correct : D. all of above
97. ‘job grading’ is another name of
Correct : B. job classification
98. Strategic human resource management involves
Correct : C. linking human resources with strategic objectives to improve performance
99. How can high potential employees be developed for future positions?
Correct : A. internal training
100. Assisting managers in HR functions of management, known as