Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 9
1. On basis of comparable jobs, variables such as skills, responsibility and working conditions, considered as
Correct : C. compensable factors
2. The following system is simple, less expensive and less time consuming.
Correct : C. Ranking
3. Method in which employer first choose higher and lowest, then secondly choosing highest and lowest is
Correct : A. alternation ranking method
4. The process which is continuous and stops only when the organisation ceases to exist
Correct : C. Hiring
5. Who among the following propounded the theory of industrial democracy?
Correct : D. Sydney& Beatrice Webbs
6. Which of the following is not a function normally performed by HR department?
Correct : A. Accounting
7. Kind of union security from employees unions in which company can hire people that are not members of unions is classified as
Correct : B. union shop
8. Voluntarily helping less experienced employees is part of
Correct : B. informal mentoring
9. Which of the following is a key HR role
Correct : B. Business ally
10. Showing employees their performance graphs and quantitative data is an example of
Correct : A. performance feedback
11. The following technique(s) is based on the critical incident approach.
Correct : C. Both (A) and (B)
12. Which of the following types of control involves evaluation of inputs and taking corrective actions before the operation is completed?
Correct : A. Feed Forward Control
13. The last step in the e-selection process is
Correct : B. train the employees that will be responsible for the administration of the process
14. Communications and employs’ participation is part of
Correct : A. company’s plan
15. Providing step by step training and enlisting job’s basic tasks is
Correct : C. job instruction training
16. Information about specific salary and wage rate for particular job is part of
Correct : A. salary survey
17. Which of the following is not a type of HRM strategy?
Correct : B. Placating HRM strategy
18. Method of disciplining, which usually involves systems of paid decision-making leaves and oral warnings is classified as
Correct : D. no punitive discipline
19. ‘educational level’ of executive is classified as
Correct : B. human capital
20. A group interviewer, questions are being
asked from group of interviewee, considered as
Correct : B. mass interview
21. Human Resource Management (HRM) is a part of the broad Human Resource Development (HRD) System, as this focus to
Correct : C. (A) and (B) above
22. Second step in validating a test is
Correct : B. choose the tests
23. Point system and factor comparison methods are placed under such category
Correct : B. Quantitative job evaluation
24. Demonstrable skills, knowledge or behaviors that enable employee’s performance are called
Correct : A. competencies
25. The provides the essential information on which each job is evaluated.
Correct : C. Job description
26. Organisational factors affecting job design are ?
Correct : A. workforce and cultural factors
27. An automated end to end process of planning and recruiting employees is called
Correct : C. talent management
28. In which of the following we notice under-employment in a large measure?
Correct : D. Agriculture
29. Fish bone diagram is also known as
Correct : B. Ishikawa Diagram
30. Seeking guidance from experienced people for advising and counseling is called
Correct : A. mentoring
31. Increments based on performance is a basis of
Correct : A. direct financial payments
32. Goods used by an organization in producing other goods is called
Correct : B. Industrial goods
33. People attracted to occupation involving
cognitive activities are classified as
Correct : B. investigative orientation
34. An evaluation process of employee’s performance, in comparison to set standards is called
Correct : A. performance appraisal
35. Process that enables manager to make comparison between employee’s and his department goals is
Correct : B. goal alignment
36. Career in Human Resource Management
means
Correct : D. The progression of a person in his
37. Collective bargaining items that are introduced by any other party must be bargained considered as
Correct : B. mandatory bargaining items
38. ‘performance management’ is always
Correct : A. goal oriented
39. Find the machinery which is not method of settlement of industrial dispute:
Correct : B. Consultation
40. Which one is a part of performance measurement?
Correct : D. All the above
41. Whistle Blowing is the situation wherein
an employee
Correct : C. Discloses the employer’s illegal immoral or illegitimate activities.
42. Vertical integration in relation to SHRM can be described as which of the following?
Correct : C. The relationship or integration between the internal HR processes, and the Organisation’s business strategy and external market.
43. The term used before the language of modern HRM was
Correct : D. All of the above
44. Observing CV’s of candidates for rating
by order, considered as
Correct : C. both A and B
45. Recruitment policy usually highlights
need for establishing ?
Correct : A. job specification
46. Establishing company based career centers is a method, relating to
Correct : A. career management
47. ‘Hay consulting firm’ emphasizes compensable factors such as
Correct : D. accountability
48. People having investigative personality often choose profession as
Correct : D. all of above
49. Who has extended the Vroom’s Expectancy Theory of Motivation by suggesting that motivation is not equal to satisfaction and performance and by depicting what happens after performance?
Correct : A. Porter and Lawler
50. Which one is not a part of effective organization’s career planning process?
Correct : B. Incentive Management
51. How many types of strategies are there in strategic planning?
Correct : A. 3
52. Psychologist ‘Edwin Locke’ stated that specific and challenging goals lead to
Correct : A. higher task performance
53. In career development focus, matching job and individual competencies is part of
Correct : C. recruiting and placement
54. A strategy, employees seeking flexibility in workforce, workplace within same company, regarded as
Correct : B. transfers
55. The last stage in a grievance redressal procedure is handled by
Correct : D. Grievance committee
56. What tactic will employers likely have to take to fill openings left by retiring employees?
Correct : D. rehiring retirees
57. An integral part of feedback process is
Correct : D. coaching and development support
58. Delphi technique is used in
Correct : A. Forecasting
59. In career development focus, employees career interests and aptitudes is part of
Correct : C. recruiting and placement
60. Objectives of training is
Correct : D. All of the above
61. Job analysis includes
Correct : D. All of the above
62. In traditional focus, an analysis of future
and present skills and tasks is part of
Correct : D. human resource planning
63. First step in establishing pay rates is to
Correct : A. conduct salary survey
64. Levels and series of steps based on years
of service in pay grades are called
Correct : A. pay ranges
65. Tests that measure traits, temperament,
or disposition are examples of
Correct : B. Personality tests
66. According to Herzberg, for creating selfmotivated workforce employers should focus on the
Correct : A. motivator factors
67. In setting SMART goals, ‘T’ stands for
Correct : A. timely
68. Comparison of employees’ actual performance with set standards is involved in
Correct : C. controlling
69. Providing continuous learning, training and help to employees for expansion of horizon is
Correct : C. lifelong learning
70. Easiest performance appraisal interview is
Correct : A. satisfactory-promotable interview
71. Strategic human resource management involves ?
Correct : C. linking human resources with strategic objectives to improve performance
72. Negotiation of labour contract by Union and Management is referred to as
Correct : A. Collective Bargaining
73. The metric can be used as a measurement to show improvements to savings in recruitment and retention costs.
Correct : B. cost per hire
74. Which of the following is a force that acts as stimulant for organizational change?
Correct : D. All of the above
75. While considering promotion of an employee, the following is the most important consideration:
Correct : D. Only (A) and (B)
76. Generally in chain of command, no one can issue orders outside their own department is
Correct : A. staff managers
77. Tests are classified on basis of measurement of
Correct : D. all of above
78. ‘HRD’ dimension which is measured with help of development of questionnaire is named as
Correct : A. HRD culture
79. For continuous work growth, company’s direct, non-financial and financial payments are being received by employees, categorized as
Correct : A. benefits
80. Changing behavior of employees by rewarding or punishing is called
Correct : A. behavior modification
81. Period in which people act as mentors for younger employees is called
Correct : D. decline stage
82. Paired comparison method can be used by
Correct : D. All of the above
83. ‘HR’ activities lead to
Correct : D. all of above
84. The goal of this stage of HR intranet site development is to provide employees with a truly individualized experience based on their individual profiles
Correct : D. Personalised
85. Hawthorne experiments were conducted at
Correct : B. Western Electric Company
86. occurs when an interviewer judges an applicant’s entire potential for job performance on the basis of a single trait, such as how the applicant dresses or talks.
Correct : A. Halo - effect
87. In 360-degree feedback, ratings are collected from
Correct : D. all of above
88. A stage which concludes major career reassessments is called
Correct : C. midcareer crisis sub stage
89. When an employee harms a third party because of inadequate employee training, it is called
Correct : B. negligent training
90. In Vroom’s theory, motivation is a product of
Correct : D. all of above
91. Fair procedures perceived for allocation
of job pay rates is included in
Correct : A. procedural equity
92. When constructing the ad, it is important to consider how to best ?
Correct : A. Attract attention to the advertisement
93. Under method, common factors to
all the jobs are identified.
Correct : A. Point
94. In Factor Comparison method, each factor is ascribed a
Correct : A. Money value
95. A personnel plan requires forecast of
Correct : D. all of above
96. Managers subscribing to assumptions attempt to structure, control and closely supervise their employees.
Correct : A. Theory ‘X’
97. Which of the following is not a TQM technique?
Correct : C. Core Competency
98. Selection of the candidates is done out of
Correct : A. Target population
99. Salary survey can be conducted through
Correct : D. both A and B
100. Opening retail stores, way ‘Apple’ has opened , a classic example of