Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 13
1. Which are not the characteristics of grievances?
Correct : B. Fabricated
2. A “Strategic plan” is also called
Correct : A. long term plan
3. The shifts that have been taking place in the collective bargaining front in India in the post-liberalisation period include
I. collective to individual contracts.
II. increased wages/incomes and benefits accompanied by erosion of job control.
III. concession bargaining.
IV. Attendance, skill or performancelinked rather than age-weighted and seniority based wages and benefits.
Correct : D. I, II, III and IV
4. Transactional Analysis (TA) is related to
Correct : C. Personality
5. Manpower inventory is ?
Correct : C. the data collected about the present employees of an organization
6. An elimination of direct comparison in ranking method of job evaluation is included in
Correct : D. select and group jobs
7. refers to the tendency of firms to extend their sales, ownership, and/or manufacturing to new markets abroad.
Correct : C. Globalization
8. Which one of the following is not Human Resource requirement estimation method?
Correct : D. All of the above
9. Stage, age from birth to 14 year is called
Correct : B. growth stage
10. Consider the following phases of Organisational Development (OD):
I. Entry into the organisation
II. Development of internal resources
III. Problem identification
IV. Specific intervention
V. Building a collaborative culture
Rearrange the above stages in an orderly sequence:
Correct : D. I → III → IV → V → II
11. The characteristics of human resources are in nature
Correct : B. Heterogeneous
12. Centers of expertise provide special assistance in
Correct : C. organizational change
13. ‘third-party intervention’ is an example of
Correct : A. human process intervention
14. “Organizational learning” and “Learning organization” are
Correct : A. Same
15. Successful managers are ?
Correct : A. Efficient& effective
16. In career development focus, providing information about career path is futile part of
Correct : A. training and development
17. Coordination between workforce development and retention is part of
Correct : C. talent management
18. People, who are more attracted towards career, involving in organizational understanding are said to be
Correct : B. investigative oriented
19. Series of lifetime activities contributing in establishment, fulfillment and success of a person’s career is called
Correct : D. career development
20. Medical organization, consisting of surgeons and specialists that provides routine medical services to employees in exchange of paying nominal fee is called
Correct : B. health maintenance organization
21. A cycle that starts from first job to promotion until retirement is called
Correct : B. career management life cycle
22. In career development, providing mentoring opportunities is part of
Correct : C. employer role
23. Time study refers to
Correct : D. Developing a standard time to do a particular task
24. The basic role of policy is
Correct : A. To provide guidelines for action
25. “Third Party intervention” as “Conflict Resolution” is
Correct : C. Required as a mandate, when conflict remains unresolved
26. A high ranking organizational official (e.g. general counsellor or vice president) who is expected to provide strategies for ensuring ethical conduct throughout the organization is known as
Correct : B. Ethics Officer
27. Supply of services by outside vendors that are done previously by in-house employees is
Correct : A. outsourcing
28. Basis of ‘organizational development’ is
Correct : A. action research
29. An availability of information systems to
integrate succession planning with recruitment is part of
Correct : C. talent management
30. suggests Human Resource Strategy in itself may not be effective.
Correct : B. Tony Groundy
31. When effort to earn additional income through a second job does not bear fruit, such type of efforts& the consequent results may be called as
Correct : B. Blue moon lighting
32. An employee’s aspirations and plans are linked to
Correct : A. appraisal feedback
33. Find out the characteristics of collective bargaining which is not applicable;
Correct : C. It is not a bipartile process.
34. In group interview, questions are being asked from interviewee, known as
Correct : A. panel interview
35. To keep on track employees’ performance, building block to be used is
Correct : C. rewards and recognition
36. Training refers to
Correct : D. All of the above
37. The word “Tactic” is the most likely to be associated with
Correct : C. Operational strategy
38. Factors affecting job design are ?
Correct : D. all of the above
39. HRM is
Correct : A. A staff functions
40. The three types of forecasts are
Correct : A. Economic, employee market, company’s sales expansion
41. Which of the following are tripartite bodies?
I. Indian Labour Conference
II. Wage Board
III. Standing Labour Committee
IV. Works Committee
Correct : C. I, II and III
42. Strategic human resource management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through
Correct : C. People
43. Increasing the number and variety of tasks assigned to a job is called
Correct : B. Job enlargement
44. Best. Defines how. Well a test or selection procedure measures a person’s attributes.
Correct : C. Validity
45. In traditional focus, providing opportunities for learning is part of
Correct : A. training and development
46. An employee compares his pay with other’s pay in company at same position is called
Correct : B. external equity
47. Feedback and counselling involves
Correct : D. All of the above
48. Which of the following is a type of nontraditional worker?
I. contingent workers
II. part-time workers
III. people working in alternative work arrangements
IV. people with multiple jobs
Select the answer from the codes given below
Correct : D. I, II, III& IV
49. Introduction Training Method is provided to the
Correct : D. Freshers
50. For current markets, development of improved products is part of
Correct : C. Product development
51. In big five model, ‘extraversion’ is tendency to be
Correct : A. assertive
52. involves conscious efforts to organise tasks, duties and responsibilities into a unit of work to achieve certain objectives.
Correct : B. Job analysis
53. The following factor would be relatively low if supply of labour is higher than demand.
Correct : C. wage
54. A Competency consists of
Correct : D. Communications and behavior
55. A performance appraisal system can be used for the following except
Correct : D. Discipline employees
56. Job analysis provides information used for writing
Correct : C. Job Description
57. can be defined as a written record
of the duties, responsibilities and conditions of job.
Correct : A. Job description
58. Which of the following is not a segment of David McClleland’s Theory of Needs?
Correct : D. Need for Self Actualization
59. In a learning organisation
Correct : C. Formulation and implementation of ideas takes place at all levels of organisation
60. ‘HR’ plans of any organization does not include
Correct : B. production plans
61. In career development, discussing your career with your manager is part of
Correct : A. individual role
62. The written statement of the findings of job analysis is called
Correct : C. Job description
63. An interview in which, candidate is asked about behavior in past for given situation is
Correct : C. behavioral tests
64. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is looked as the organised network of making long economic and social relationship of the corporate with the society. But a business of which type, as mentioned below, cannot afford for it, at the first instance?
Correct : D. A Business Start-up
65. Stage in which manager makes sure that past practices are still in continuation or not is
Correct : C. refreezing stage
66. Employers generally use feedback to
Correct : A. employee development
67. Mentoring by employees deals with
Correct : A. longer span of time
68. Union security, in which union members are given preferences in hiring, classified as
Correct : D. preferential shop
69. ‘explanation of Social Security benefits’ is an example of
Correct : B. preretirement counseling
70. ‘commonsense’ observations are part of
Correct : B. Victor Vroom expectancy theory
71. Job is defined as
Correct : C. Set of position similar as to nature and kind of work.
72. Under Alderfer’s ERG theory, the three core needs are
Correct : A. Existence, Relatedness and Growth
73. Which of the following test indicates the person’s inclination towards a particular occupation that provides satisfaction to that individual?
Correct : A. Vocational interest test
74. An underlying talent management components in software suites are
Correct : D. all of above
75. Portfolio of business that comprises
business is identified in
Correct : B. corporate level strategy
76. Kind of pension plan in which employer’s contribution is specified in employees retirement savings funds is classified as
Correct : B. defined contribution pension plan
77. Occupations involving strength and coordination belong to personality orientation of
Correct : A. realistic orientation
78. Which of the following is not necessary for promotion from with in?
Correct : B. Advertisements
79. A job that helps employers to arrange job
in relative worth is called
Correct : A. benchmark jobs
80. A combined refusal in buying products of employers, union members as well as employees, known as
Correct : A. boycott
81. Under point method, factor(s) generally considered are
Correct : A. Skill, effort, Accountability
82. In which evaluation method, the evaluator is asked to describe the strong and weak aspects of the employee’s behavior.
Correct : C. Essay evaluation
83. Job description involves
Correct : D. All of the above
84. Reward of performance must have some value for employee, an example of
Correct : C. valence
85. Changes in population characteristics such as age, gender, race, marital status, income and education are examples of change:
Correct : A. Demographic
86. A plan, accommodate employees preferences of planning for benefit, classified as
Correct : C. flexible benefit plans
87. is considered as a strategic activity.
Correct : A. Recruitment
88. Reducing in work hours is an example of
Correct : A. phased retirement
89. Determining job’s worth in comparison
of other job is called
Correct : C. job evaluation
90. The degree to which interviews, tests, and other selection procedures yield comparable data over time and alternative measures is best define by
Correct : B. Reliability
91. Which of the following is not a determinant factor of industrial relations?
Correct : A. Social stratification factors
92. A is a written record of the duties, responsibilities and conditions of the job.
Correct : C. Job description
93. Section of the Industrial Disputes
Act 1947, states that an employer should only retrench employees who have been most recently hired
Correct : D. 25-G
94. Comparison of fairness of job’s pay rate
to other jobs in company is called
Correct : D. internal equity
95. Which one of the following is not an interpersonal role identified by Henry Mintzberg?
Correct : D. The Resource - allocator role
96. The theory that categorized needs being concerned with survival, relationships and desire for personal development is popularly known as
Correct : C. ERG Theory
97. A tax deductible bonus plan according to which employers contribute to a trust for later use for employees is classified as
Correct : B. employee stock ownership plan
98. An alternation ranking method is often
classified as
Correct : B. “how you are measuring performance”
99. Disadvantage of graphic rating scale is
Correct : D. all of above
100. Coordination of several human resource
activities is required in