Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection | Set 16
1. Arrange the following staffing procedure in the correct sequence
i) Determining sources of personnel supply
ii) Preparing personnel specifications
iii) Selection of personnel
iv) Determining Personnel Characteristics
Correct : A. (ii), (i), (iv) and (iii)
2. Which of the following is not a contributory factor for HR outsourcing?
Correct : D. Trade Union Hassels
3. Benefits paid for time not worked are also called
Correct : B. supplemental pay benefits
4. Which of the following are covered under the scope of Human Resource Management:
i) Forecasting Human Resource Need
ii) Replacement Planning
iii) Human Resource Dynamics
iv) Human Resource Development Planning
v) Human Resource Audit
Correct : D. (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (v)
5. Low cost foreign competition, classified as
Correct : B. potential threats
6. The process of comparing work and service methods against the best practices and outcomes in industry is known as
Correct : A. Benchmarking
7. Assertion (A).A Manager delegates authority. Reason (R). The Manager want to shirk his responsibility.
Correct : C. (A) is true but (R) is false.
8. The five basic features of Scanlon plan of incentive payment are
Correct : C. cooperation, identity, competence, involvement and sharing of benefits.
9. Advantage of ‘BARS’ system is
Correct : D. providing behavioral anchors
10. Combination of salary and commission is part of
Correct : C. combination plan
11. The advantage of external recruiting is that
Correct : B. They are useful for companies too small to have dedicated recruiters
12. What affective activities are required to make people attracted towards occupations?
Correct : B. investigation oriented
13. ‘self-designing organizations’ is an example of
Correct : C. strategic intervention
14. Who has given the ‘expectancy theory’
of Motivation?
Correct : B. Victor Vroom
15. During which of the following stage, the firm identifies and confirms the overall business direction
Correct : A. Clarification
16. First step in retirement management is to conduct
Correct : A. numerical analysis of retirements
17. A company can create ‘superiorsubordinate’ relationship through
Correct : A. line authority
18. Premature evaluation is a type of
Correct : C. psychological barrier
19. Rates are placed in percentages in performance categories is followed in
Correct : B. forced distribution method
20. The Concepts of Wages like Minimum Wage, Fair Wage and Living Wages were given by
Correct : B. Committee on Fair Wages
21. AB Corp streamlined its annual benefits package enrollments by digitizing and aggregating the former paper benefits reports, electronic spreadsheets, and benefit summaries and providing the materials at a single location on the company intranet. AB Corp is using a(n)
Correct : B. HR portal
22. Method in which teams consisting managers compete on solving problems is
called
Correct : A. management game
23. ‘Team building’ is an example of
Correct : A. human process intervention
24. Which of the following is not a path in grapevine chain?
Correct : D. Non-profitability
25. is the personnel activity by means of which the enterprise determines the extent to which the employee is performing the job effectively.
Correct : C. Performance evaluation
26. Performance appraisal by all the following parties is called 3600 performance appraisal:
Correct : D. All the above
27. Selection of the candidates is done out
of ?
Correct : A. Target population
28. A manager have line or staff authority is determined by
Correct : D. nature of relationship
29. While writing job description, major
functions or activities are written in
Correct : A. job summary
30. Theory, according to which people are motivated in a sequence of hierarchy of needs is called
Correct : A. prepotency process principle
31. HR managers play vital role in
Correct : A. Setting production targets
32. Study of different employment needs of
company is
Correct : C. trend analysis
33. Which of the following statements most accurately defines human resource management?
Correct : C. Human resource management seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an integrated array of cultural, structural and per
34. Person’s fixed pay and guaranteed bonus is included in
Correct : A. base pay
35. Which of the following tasks related to recruiting and hiring is not typically handled by HR staff?
Correct : A. specify necessary job qualifications
36. Work streams talent management system includes
Correct : D. all of above
37. Which of the below given options are the forecasting techniques used?
I. Ration Trend Analysis
II. Delphi Technique
III. Staffing projections
Correct : D. I& II
38. HR managers are generally the managers?
Correct : C. Staff
39. Utility of job analysis includes
Correct : D. All of these
40. executives take a full part in the
strategic planning process.
Correct : A. Training& Development
41. The biggest problem facing e-HR is the
Correct : C. security of HR data
42. Reduction in size of company size
Correct : B. Consolidation
43. The purpose of job evaluation is
Correct : C. Wage Determination
44. In a career development, providing support in employee’s development plans, is
regarded as
Correct : B. a managerial role
45. According to which committee should
an organization submit regular social reports?
Correct : A. Sachchar Committee
46. The advantage of external recruiting is that: ?
Correct : B. They are useful for companies too small to have dedicated recruiters
47. In traditional focus, rewards for employees which are based on talent is a part of
Correct : D. compensation and benefits
48. Performance appraisal means evaluating an employees performance relative to
Correct : D. Performance standards
49. Which of the following factors are included in the calculation of human development index?
Correct : D. All of the above
50. Which of the following is not an element of traditional job design?
Correct : D. Employee number chart
51. Approaches used to compare jobs are
Correct : A. intuitive approaches
52. Stephen Knauf defined HRA as the measurement& of Human organisational inputs such as recruitment, training experience& commitment
Correct : A. Qualification
53. Which of the following role a manager
performs as a Resource allocator?
Correct : B. Decisional role
54. Whistle-Blowers are
Correct : A. To be protected since they intend to bring out truth
55. In the Grid Seminars, stress is laid on
Correct : A. Teaching
56. Which of the following statements is false?
Correct : B. Organizations are now generally focusing upon domestic rather than international matters
57. The training imparted to a new employee to induct him into new social setting of his work, is called
Correct : A. Orientation training
58. Coordination of personnel activities is a crucial part of
Correct : A. Functional authority
59. An enterprise Incentive Management
systems include
Correct : D. all of above
60. On which of the following, at the initial stage, the Indian IT companies relying more for getting good IT professionals?
Correct : C. Campus Placement
61. A corporate wide pay plan that uses a structured formula to allocate a portion of annual company profits to employees is known as:
Correct : B. Profit sharing
62. ‘differentiation and integration’ is an example of
Correct : B. techno structural interventions
63. The four systems of Management in terms of Leadership styles are related to
Correct : D. Rensis Likert
64. Communicating leadership’ involves
Correct : B. interpersonal competencies
65. Re-assignment of work, related to job in another part of organization, at similar position is called
Correct : B. transfers
66. A manager reviewing ‘Does employee’s training is adequate is part of
Correct : B. behavior
67. Which one of the following is not the
method of job evaluation?
Correct : D. Forced Distribution
68. A company that controls market by offering same products as of competitors, considered as
Correct : C. horizontal integration
69. The meaning of the acronym ‘SHRM’ is ?
Correct : B. Strategic Human Resource Management
70. Who are not the Actors of Industrial Relations?
Correct : C. Community and cultural associations
71. Executive Employee Training Method consists
Correct : D. All of the above
72. Gender discrimination, lower appraisal
rating is an example of
Correct : B. bias
73. A marketing concept, holding a society’s
long-term interest, belongs to
Correct : C. societal orientation
74. Employee violates the rules of organisation as mentioned in the standing orders becauseof which he has to leave the job, is an example of
Correct : C. Forced Retirement
75. Which of the following features characterize the Balance Score Card Method?
I. The score cards are cascading in nature and as such are all pervasive in an organization
II. It is supported by effective communication system
III. Standardization of goals is not rigid
IV. Customer focus is an integral part of Balanced Score cards
Correct : C. I, II, and IV
76. In ‘ABC’ approach, reviewing consequences means
Correct : A. reviewing reward system
77. Training effects that are to be measured
consist of
Correct : D. all of above
78. Changing and updating benefit plans is
performed by
Correct : C. Transactional HR group
79. Interviews with employees who are leaving firm for any reason are classified as
Correct : C. exit interviews
80. A graphical tool, used to summarize chain of activities to get “big picture” of performance is
Correct : C. strategy map
81. The ‘Managerial Grid’ model was developed by
Correct : D. Robert Blake and Jane S. Mouton
82. Cornerstone of any executive salary is
Correct : A. salary
83. ‘supply chain management’ is included in
Correct : C. business management
84. Reward given to workers whose work exceeds some set standards is called
Correct : A. financial incentives
85. Planning is looking ahead and control is
Correct : B. Looking back
86. Benefits provided in certain industries by employers in unexpected conditions are classified as
Correct : A. supplemental unemployment benefits
87. An advantage of not recalculating piece rate is because of using
Correct : A. standard hour plan
88. In ‘ABC’ approach, analyzing behaviors means
Correct : D. all of above
89. The concept of Human relations was developed by
Correct : C. Elton Mayo
90. One of the important organizational factors affecting ’Job Design’ is
Correct : A. Workflow
91. The following concept is developed on unitarism, individualism, high commitment and strategic alignment.
Correct : D. Human Resource Management
92. Fairness of process is classified as
Correct : B. procedural justice
93. Arrange the following steps of Dispute Settlement Mechanism under the WTO in the systematic order:
I. Panel Proceedings
II. Appellate Body
III. Consultations
IV. Compliance Panel
V. Arbitration Panel
Correct : A. III,I,II,IV,V
94. Which one of the following is not the operative function of HRM
Correct : B. Controlling
95. Use of handwriting to determine basic personality traits of writer is known as
Correct : A. graphology
96. People who choose automobile sales dealers, is best classified as personality type of
Correct : A. social
97. Health insurance of employees is included in
Correct : C. executive perks
98. Calculating numerical rating and arranging each job according to skill is called
Correct : C. factor comparison method
99. Who had advanced the ‘soft’ and ‘hard’
approach of HRM?
Correct : A. John Storey
100. Which of the following is correct about ‘Grapevine’?