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This set of Human Resource Management (HRM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Human Resource Management Set 34

Q1 | Management by objective (MBO) technique was first promoted in 1950s by which of the following management theorist?
  • Peter Drucker
  • Karl marx
  • Webber
  • Fayol
Q2 | Which of the following managerial functioning contribute to human resource management
  • Recruitment and selection
  • Performance management , training and development
  • Retention, industrial relations
  • All of the above
Q3 | Who does not play a key role in the process of training and not entrusted with any responsibility in the entire process
  • Top management personnel
  • HR department/ supervisors
  • Supervisors/ employees
  • Customers/ vendors
Q4 | Career planning is
  • Leaving the decisions to seniors and parents
  • Getting information and not taking timely decision
  • Going along with peers and other personal relations
  • Exploring and taking decisions in congruence with one’s own self
Q5 | Which of the following is not a danger of under-training?
  • Loss of motivation
  • Loss of job involvement
  • Loss of salary
  • No improvement in skills
Q6 | Which of the following are the disadvantages of individual training?
  • No friendly competition of a group
  • No motivation of a group
  • No team binding and healthy competition
  • All of the above
Q7 | Which of the following is not an advantage of training as an individual?
  • Specialized training according to one’s own need
  • Focus towards individuals goals
  • Specialized attention of the trainer
  • Very expensive
Q8 | Which of the following are the components or parts of an effective performance management system?
  • Performance planning
  • Data gathering observation and documentation
  • Performance diagnosis and coaching
  • All of the above
Q9 | Which of the following term is used to describe the process of helping a new employee to settle quickly in to their job so they become efficient and productive workers?
  • Job rotating
  • Induction
  • Training
  • Selection
Q10 | Which of the following is not a stage in this systematic training cycle?
  • Evaluation
  • Assessing training
  • Planning the training
  • Job instruction on a one to one basis
Q11 | Which of the following is not a technique used in class-room training method of training
  • Lectures
  • Group discussion
  • Case studies
  • Real time experience
Q12 | Which of the following ways contribute towards improving quality of work life?
  • Quality circles
  • Management by objectives
  • Suggestion system
  • All of the above
Q13 | Which of the following are the important characteristic of effective trainees
  • Involvement and participation
  • Well adroit with their task
  • Open communication
  • All of the above
Q14 | Which of the following is not a limitation of career planning
  • Is not relevant due to rapid changes in government policies
  • Is not affective in small organization
  • Is not useful in taking decisions related to filling the vacancies well in time
  • Lots of other economical, political factors intervene
Q15 | …………………………….is the another name of performance appraisal
  • Performance evaluation
  • Motivation
  • Performance controlling
  • None of the above
Q16 | The older name for performance appraisal is also describe as ………………………in which one individual is ranked in comparison to others
  • Number method
  • Task method
  • Ranking method
  • None of these
Q17 | ……………………………..can be defined as set of systematic set of activities designed by an organization to provide its members with the necessary skills to meet current and future job depends
  • Human resource development
  • Scientific management
  • Social management
  • None of the above
Q18 | Social attitudes, legal requirements, industrial relations, technological and environmental changes generate the need of ……………………………..
  • Scientific management
  • Social management
  • Human resource development
  • Infrastructure development
Q19 | ………………. Improves the knowledge, skills and attitudes of employees particularly for specific job task
  • Training
  • Discipline
  • Job evaluation
  • None of these
Q20 | ………..and ………………. are the two major benefits of training and development
  • Personal and organizational
  • Social and industrial
  • Ethical and motivational
  • None of the above
Q21 | …………… helps to analyze employees achievements and evaluate his contribution towards the achievements of the overall organizational goal
  • Performance appraisal
  • Controlling
  • Directing
  • None of these
Q22 | …………. Are involved with efforts to improve productivity through changes in employee rotations
  • Human resource department
  • Cultural department
  • Social awareness department
  • None of these
Q23 | ……………….involves periodic assignment of the employee to completely different set of job activities
  • Job rotation
  • Vestibule training
  • Coaching
  • None of these
Q24 | …………………adds additional motivation to a job to make it more rewarding
  • Entertainment
  • Vestibule training
  • Coaching
  • None of these
Q25 | ………………… identified more programmatically few basic extrinsic as well intrinsic essential components of quality of working life
  • Taylor
  • Henri Fayol
  • William Wordsworth
  • Charles Babbage