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This set of Human Resource Management (HRM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Human Resource Management Set 11

Q1 | Which of the following act represents a situation in which employmentdecisions are NOT affected by illegal discrimination?
  • Fair employment
  • Legal compliance
  • Litigation process
  • Affirmative action
Q2 | If in a country women advocates are not encouraged to be appointed ashigh court judges; which of the following constraint applies in this situation?
  • Grievance practices
  • Equal employment opportunity
  • Glass ceiling effect
  • Reverse discrimination
Q3 | Job posting is:
  • Internal advertisement by an organization to attract candidates from the existing employees, against a vacancy.
  • The system of transferring existing employees to comparable new jobs available in the organization.
  • An arrangement of in house training of employees for career advancement.
  • Grouping together of a family of similar jobs, under a single title to establish uniformity of standards in controls and compensations.
Q4 | Realistic job preview is a:
  • Technique for listing elements of job before selecting someone to perform it.
  • Performance appraisal technique.
  • A selection device that enables the candidates to learn both the negative and positive information about the job and organization.
  • None of the given options
Q5 | Job analysis can be performed in all of the following ways except:
  • Observing hourly work
  • Reviewing interviews conducted with departing employees
  • Studying diaries or daily journals that manager kept over a three- month period
  • Giving workers checklists to indicate which tasks on the list are performed during job execution
Q6 | Considering continuous process improvement activities in organizations,Should “Zero defects” really be a goal?
  • Yes perfection is reasonable goal.
  • No, 0.1 percent errors can be corrected much more efficiently than they can be prevented
  • Yes most industries find this an attainable goal.
  • Sometimes, for some mistakes, cost benefits can not be calculated
Q7 | Organizational efficiency is expressed as:
  • Planning for long-run goals
  • Making the best use of scarce resources
  • Goal attainment
  • Meeting deadlines
Q8 | Goal setting is:
  • Top down process
  • Bottom up process
  • A process of top down support and bottom up development
  • A function of senior management
Q9 | When the firm changes the way it operates, the process is known as:
  • Downsizing
  • Brain drain
  • Restructuring
  • Outsourcing
Q10 | Which one is not included in the hiring process?
  • Recruitment
  • Socialization
  • Selection
  • Job specification
Q11 | Extents of individual freedom and discretion employees have inperforming their jobs is Known as
  • Capitation
  • Flextime
  • Empowerment
  • Autonomy
Q12 | Which of the following measures are taken to assess the intensity ofemployees’ satisfaction and their attitude toward the training program?
  • Continuous feedback
  • Profitability rate
  • Market share
  • Productivity levels
Q13 | Organization, where employees are provided with the opportunity to learnon continuous basis is known as:
  • Formal
  • Informal
  • Bureaucratic
  • Learning
Q14 | Under which of the following no screening of applicant pool is conductedbefore making final selection?
  • Walk-in applicants
  • Employee referrals
  • Employment agency
  • School placement
Q15 | Which of the following is NOT a concern of Human Resource Development(HRD)?
  • Employee training
  • Employee orientation
  • Employee rights
  • Employee appraisals
Q16 | Employee commitment has suffered in recent years because of::
  • Downsizing
  • Training issues
  • Appraisals
  • Performance standards
Q17 | The process through which someone becomes aware of personal skills, interests, knowledge, motivations; acquires information about opportunities; identifies career goals; and establishes action plans to attain those goals iscalled _____.
  • Organizational development
  • Career management
  • Career development
  • Career planning
Q18 | Following are the stages of socialization process, except:
  • Pre-arrival stage
  • Encounter stage
  • Metamorphosis stage
  • Completion stage
Q19 | Which performance appraisal technique lists traits and a range ofperformance?
  • Alternation ranking
  • Graphic rating scale
  • Management By Objective
  • Paired comparison
Q20 | Which of the following is part of an employee’s role in his or her owncareer development?
  • Providing timely performance feedback
  • Participating in career development discussions
  • Establishing goals and career plans
  • Offering a variety of career options
Q21 | _________________ is achieved by combining capital, raw material &human resource by an organization.
  • Sales
  • Capital
  • Input
  • Output
Q22 | Unofficial part of an organization formed on the basis of commoninterests is known as:
  • Formal organization
  • Informal organization
  • Bureaucratic organization
  • Virtual organization
Q23 | The re-arrangement of organizational structure & change inorganizational culture is accomplished during:
  • Task analysis
  • Organizational analysis
  • Person analysis
  • Management analysis
Q24 | Which of the following statement reflects the 'Age Discrimination Act' forworkers?
  • At the age of 40 to 70, workers can not be retired by force
  • At the age below 18, workers can never be hired
  • Having 10 years of experience, workers should be promoted
  • Workers can never be rehired if retired once
Q25 | Providing training & development opportunities, and career information &programs, are all part of the ------------------’s role in career development.
  • Individual
  • Manager
  • Supervisor
  • Company