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This set of Human Resource Management (HRM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Human Resource Management Set 33

Q1 | Which one of the following is not an important feature of effective training plan
  • Shorter leaning time
  • Lower cost per participants
  • Reduced travel cost
  • Going far-flung include
Q2 | Which of the following is not an important characterizes of an effective trainer
  • Having good diagnostic skill
  • Having good physical features
  • Having good range of technical skills
  • Having good interpersonal and judgmental skills
Q3 | Management development programme provides
  • Wide awareness
  • Enlarged conceptual skills
  • Latest technological skills
  • All of the above
Q4 | Sensitivity training is also known as
  • S-group training
  • T- group training
  • P- group training
  • L- group training
Q5 | Off- the job training is given
  • Outside the factory gate
  • In the class room
  • On the working days in the factory
  • None of the above
Q6 | Which of the following is not a method of on the – job-training method
  • Under study
  • Simulation
  • Job instruction
  • Committee assignment
Q7 | Principles of training evaluation are
  • Clarity
  • Reliability
  • Validity
  • All of these
Q8 | Which of the following is not an integral part of training programme
  • Pre training phase
  • Post training phase
  • Training implementation phase
  • Training recognition phase
Q9 | The work performed , responsibility involved and the skill and training required is present with
  • Development plans
  • Marketing plans
  • Financial plans
  • None of these
Q10 | Which of the following is not an objective of modern performance appraisal system?
  • Salary increase
  • Indentifying training needs
  • Punishing the employees
  • Promotion decision
Q11 | A retrenchment strategy is used to reduce
  • Technical losses
  • Financial losses
  • The scale and scope of the business operation
  • All of the above
Q12 | Which of the following provides a set of rights, responsibilities, and obligations the structure the behavior of the employer and the employee?
  • The employment contract
  • The financial contract
  • The ethical contract
  • Any of the above
Q13 | Criticisms of training are based on the understanding that
  • It is challenging method of learning
  • It is linked with short term goals
  • It is not liked by trade unions
  • All of the above
Q14 | Performance management should be seen as a process which is a
  • Once a year task
  • Twice a year activity
  • Ongoing process or cycle
  • Engaged in when the appraisals are carried out
Q15 | Many a times in the organizations, the schemes that reward employees for their better performance, fail because
  • Management does not take timely action
  • The link between extra pay and performance is unclear
  • Undue politics prevail
  • They do not compliance with trade union agreements
Q16 | The time scale for performance appraisals are
  • Annually
  • Biannually
  • Monthly
  • Weekly
Q17 | A performance rating system is
  • Grade or score relating to overall performance
  • Financial targets accomplished during the year
  • Attendance of the individual during the year
  • None of the above
Q18 | Apprenticeship training is a type of
  • On-the job training
  • Off- the job training
  • Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
  • None of these
Q19 | Which of the following statement clearly denotes the meaning of the word ‘appraisal’?
  • A system used to improve the performance of personnel
  • The main way in which employees wages are determined
  • The evaluation of an individual employee’s performance over a given period of time
  • None of the above
Q20 | HRD can be
  • A platform for organizational transformation
  • A vehicle for global knowledge transfer
  • Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
  • Neither ‘a’ or ‘b’
Q21 | In which of the following processes HRD is not needed?
  • Implementing new policy
  • Deciding to buy the latest machinery
  • Meeting changes in the organizational development
  • Changing an organization’s culture
Q22 | Training and development helps to achieve?
  • Personal goals
  • Group goals
  • Organizational goals
  • All of the above
Q23 | In which of the following ways organizations are benefitted through training and development?
  • It leads to profitability
  • It improves relationship between employer and employee
  • It improves the job knowledge and skills at all levels of the organization
  • All of the above
Q24 | Which of the following is not a way of benefit to an individual working in an organization through training and development?
  • It leads to profitability
  • It improves relationship between employer and employee
  • It improves the job knowledge and skills at all levels of the organization
  • All of the above
Q25 | Which of the following cannot be considered as the objectives of performance appraisal
  • To provide feedback to the employees regarding their past performance
  • To take decisions related to increments
  • To take decisions related to overall objectives of the organization
  • To judge the effectiveness of the other human resource functions such as recruitment selection, training and development