Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 5
1. Which one of the following statements is wrong about OD?
Correct : B. It is a punitive mechanism
2. Which of the following is a reason for
supporting a wider span of control?
Correct : D. To increase contact between managers and employees
3. Which one of the following is not a characteristic feature of Indian labour force?
Correct : B. Homogeneous in nature
4. Straight commission plan pay salespeople for their
Correct : A. results
5. The right sequence of steps in Kurt
Lewin’s change procedure is
Correct : D. Unfreezing - Moving - Freezing
6. Consistency of obtained scores in a test is measured by
Correct : D. reliability
7. ‘moving stage’ in Lewin’s organizational change process considers
Correct : B. consolidation of gains
8. Business plans designed to achieve the organizational objectives is called
Correct : C. Strategic plan
9. Which of the following is a process of systematically identifying, assessing and developing organisational leadership to enhance performance?
Correct : B. Succession planning
10. People who are attracted to career, involving expression of emotions belongs to personality type of
Correct : A. enterprising orientation
11. First step in management by objectives is to
Correct : B. set organizational goals
12. Aligning and evaluating employee’s performance with company’s set goals is called
Correct : B. performance management
13. ‘psychological counseling’ is an example of
Correct : B. preretirement counseling
14. Arrange different phases of Hawthorne experiments in their right sequence:
I. Relay assembly test room experiments
II. Bank wiring observation test
III. Illumination experiment
IV. Personal counselling
V. Mass interviewing programme
Correct : B. III, I, V, II, IV
15. Which of the following principles of management was not given by Fayol?
Correct : A. Standardisation
16. What are the ideas underpinning ‘soft, commitment’ or ‘high-road’ HRM practices?
Correct : A. Labour needs to be treated as assets to be invested in.
17. A job design is ?
Correct : B. the division of total task to be performed into manageable and efficient units
18. ‘B.F Skinner’ proposed motivation model named as
Correct : D. Both A and B
19. Reduced responsibilities of senior employees on same job is
Correct : A. phased retirement
20. The Government of India introduced “The Workers Participation in Management”, Bill in Parliament in
Correct : C. 1990
21. Procedure of ranking jobs or grouping in
clusters is included in
Correct : D. selecting and grouping jobs
22. Organisational factors affecting job design are
Correct : A. Workforce and cultural factors
23. Mentoring is very useful when mentors works for
Correct : A. same department
24. If a person finds imbalance between his
services and paid salary
Correct : A. tension is created
25. Engineers and scientists analytical job’s needs
Correct : D. Both A and B
26. Qualitative or quantitative information for maintaining or changing performance is part of
Correct : A. performance feedback
27. Form of misconduct, which basically refers to rebelliousness or disobedience is classified as
Correct : D. insubordination
28. An employee training and confidence building is best classified as
Correct : D. expectancy
29. Stage in which person focuses on maintaining established position is called
Correct : D. maintenance stage
30. Jobs pay rates on basis of each individual performance is called
Correct : A. individual equity
31. Main key in supervisory skills is
Correct : D. both A and B
32. Counseling with employees before retirement for second careers outside firm is an
example of
Correct : B. preretirement counseling
33. Determining duties and characteristics of
positions in staffing, known as
Correct : B. job analysis
34. ‘qualitative methods of evaluation’ does
not include
Correct : D. none of above
35. Wages and salaries are included in
Correct : A. direct financial payments
36. The case study method of OD was developed by
Correct : D. Christopher C. Longdell
37. During which of the following stage, the firm plans the proposed changes into practice.
Correct : D. Design
38. Workflow detailed picture is called
Correct : B. process chart
39. Which personnel association uses the idea of bundles of integral HRM practices?
Correct : C. Chartered Institute of personnel& development
40. Why do companies use external job searches instead of internal searches?
Correct : C. Companies can add new talent, new ideas to the organization
41. Coordination of workforce assessment and development is futile part of
Correct : C. talent management
42. Changing process in which change is formulated and implemented by employees is
called
Correct : A. organizational development
43. The process of choosing individuals who have re1evant qualifications to fill existing or projected job openings is
Correct : B. Selection process
44. One of organizational development category is
Correct : A. techno structural
45. Which of the following organizations coordinates and controls the working of voluntary welfare agencies in India?
Correct : C. Central Social Welfare Board
46. Which of the following is not a part of disciplinary action?
Correct : A. Transfer
47. The three phases of recruitment process are
Correct : A. Planning, Implementing, Evaluating
48. People that are attracted to occupation of
biologist is best classified as
Correct : B. investigative orientation
49. Ranging and grading salary into just few
levels is called
Correct : A. broad banding
50. In growing organization, specialized staff
is needed by
Correct : A. Line manager
51. Why does the Resource-based view of SHRM represent a paradigm shift in SHRM thinking?
Correct : A. Because it focuses on the internal human resources of the business as a source of sustainable competitive advantage
52. The emotional part of an attitude is called
Correct : B. Affective component
53. Arrange the following in order:
i) Promotion
ii) Performance appraisal
iii) Recruitment
iv) Training and Development
Correct : A. (iii), (iv), (ii),(i)
54. Professional competence and consistency
is exhibited by
Correct : A. effective mentors
55. The system of ranking jobs in a firm on the basis of the relevant characteristics, duties, and responsibilities is known as
Correct : A. Job evaluation
56. Which of the following is a disadvantage
of using an executive recruiter?
Correct : C. unfamiliar with company perceptions of ideal candidate
57. Which of the following HR activities may be outsourced to specialist service providers?
I. administration of pension plans
II. employee assistance/ counseling plans
III. retirement planning
IV. background checks
Correct : D. I, II, III& IV
58. QWL movement was spearheaded by
Correct : D. Eric Tryst, Fred Enery, Eina Thorsrud
59. In recent years, job title and tenure is replaced by
Correct : A. employee performance and competencies
60. Which one of the following is not time based incentive plan?
Correct : B. Merrick Plan
61. Which of the following is not a method of social security?
Correct : A. Social Action
62. Which of the following term is used to identify, “what the job holder does”? “how it is done”?& “why it is done”?
Correct : C. Job description
63. Job changes in an existing job, in same firm for retirement aged employees is an example of
Correct : A. phased retirement
64. Providing employees with basic background information about the firms is
Correct : B. Employee Orientation
65. In career development, providing performance feedback which is career oriented is
part of
Correct : C. employer’s role
66. The actual achievements compared with
the objectives of the job is
Correct : A. Job performance
67. Introduction of new or current trends for
optimal ‘HR’ utilization is part of
Correct : B. Staff function
68. Bonuses are part of
Correct : A. direct financial payments
69. The famous definition of ‘personality’ as “the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychological systems that determine his unique adjustments to his environment” - is given by
Correct : A. Gordon Allport
70. Commitment strategy is inherently
Correct : B. Long term
71. Which of the following has not been provided under the Code of Discipline?
Correct : C. Multinational Companies
72. Process of arming employees of organization with technology tools, to get jobs done is called
Correct : A. workplace flexibility
73. In performance management, main feature of performance management is to
Correct : C. comparing performance with goals
74. ‘unfreezing stage’ in Lewin organizational change process, considered as
Correct : A. mobilize commitment
75. The expertise of human resource departments became indispensable with the
Correct : D. both A and B
76. The best medium to reach a ’large audience for the process of recruitment is
Correct : B. Advertising
77. The business side of the process begins with the strategic as the guiding framework.
Correct : B. Plan
78. Basic difference between piecework and
standard hour plan is of
Correct : A. percent premium
79. In Lewin organization change process, introduction of new attitudes and behaviors
is included in
Correct : B. moving stage
80. Employees join union when they
Correct : D. All the above
81. Crucial functions for company’s survival
is managed by
Correct : C. line manager
82. Document that consists of all ethical standards that employer expects from employees is classified as
Correct : A. ethics code
83. ‘Microsoft’ pays new programmers for learning Windows particulars, classified as
Correct : A. pay plan based on knowledge
84. Compensations and reward packages are designed for employees, must help company to achieve its
Correct : C. strategic goals
85. Which of the following is the meaning of ‘Golden handshake’?
Correct : C. It is a bribe.
86. The sequence of human resource development activities according to Leonard Nadler are
Correct : B. Training, education and development
87. HRD systems include
Correct : D. All of the above
88. Which is not a Training Method?
Correct : D. Recruitment Method
89. The number of people hired for a particular job compared to the number of individuals in the applicant pool is often expressed as
Correct : C. Selection ratio
90. The concept of HRD scorecard was introduced in India by
Correct : A. T.V. Rao
91. A system of industrial relations where social and labour issues are discussed between trade unions and management at enterprise level is:
Correct : C. Bipartism
92. Which of the following is not a type of wage differentials?
Correct : A. Social
93. Techniques which allow employer for
flexible labor stance is
Correct : D. pay ranges
94. Which of the following is not a regulative type of labour legislation?
Correct : A. Factories Act, 1948
95. Which of the following aptly describes the role of line managers and staff advisors namely HR professionals?
Correct : A. Staff advisors focus more on developing HR programmes while line managers are more involved in the implementation of those programmes
96. Score that measures how much business goals are achieved by ‘HRD’ efforts is
Correct : B. Business linkage score
97. Which of the following human resource practices can be useful in reducing workers’ compensation cost per employee?
Correct : D. all of the above
98. Read the following statements on HRD need analysis. Identify the one which is not true:
Correct : D. Competency mapping, performance appraisal and clarity of career paths identify HRD needs at task level only
99. ‘HCM’ talent management system includes
Correct : D. all of above
100. A problem occurs when supervisor might rate all employees ‘high’ or ‘low’ is called