Human Resource Management Set 11
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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