Human Resource Management Set 39
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This set of Human Resource Management (HRM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Human Resource Management Set 39
Q1 | Effective HRM leads to:
- Organizational success
- Organizational failure
- Organizational complexity
- Organizational inefficiency
Q2 | Which of the following is the main responsibility of an HR department?
- Attracting candidates for job
- Ensure staff development
- Keep employees motivated
- All of the given options
Q3 | The three important components in aligning business strategy with HR practice:
- Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities
- Marketing Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities
- Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational structure
- Marketing Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational structure
Q4 | The following are the factors which come under ‘Work planning’ that iscomponent systems of HRD
- Contextual analysis
- Role analysis
- Performance appraisal
- All the above
Q5 | ______ is the simple act of comparison & learning for organisational improvement
- Benchmarking
- Feedback
- Ranking
- Job evaluation
Q6 | HRD process variable include
- Role clarity
- Work planning
- Better communication
- All of the above
Q7 | What term refers to the knowledge, education, training, skills, and expertise of a firm’sworkers?
- human resources
- human capital
- intangible assets
- knowledge assets
Q8 | A _____ is a company’s plan for how it will balance its internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats in order to maintain a competitive advantage.
- SWOT analysis
- mission statement
- strategy
- tactic
Q9 | The term _____ means contributing in a measurable way to achieving the company’sstrategic goals.
- competitive advantage
- achievement success
- value creation
- success metric
Q10 | Managers use a(n) _____ to measure the HR function’s effectiveness and efficiency in producing employee behaviors the company needs to achieve its strategic goals.
- metric
- HR Scorecard
- benchmark
- high performance work system
Q11 | Effective human resource management could include all of the following responsibilitiesexcept _____.
- placing the right person in the right job
- training employees
- controlling labor costs
- all are responsibilities necessary for effective human resource management
Q12 | Human resource managers generally exert _____ within the human resources departmentand _____ outside the human resources department.
- line authority; implied authority
- staff authority; line authority
- line authority; staff authority
- functional control; authoritarian control
Q13 | HR’s strategic architecture can be shown as: -
- HR Function → HR System→ Employee Behaviors
- HR System→ HR Function → Employee Behaviors
- HR Function → Employee Behaviors → HR System
- HR System → Employee Behaviors → HR Function
Q14 | Which activities are not associated with human resource planning?
- Forward planning
- Scenario planning
- Time keeping
- Succession planning
Q15 | JA process is: -
- Mostly informal
- Specialized
- Highly formal
- Mostly technical
Q16 | Why is job analysis so infused with organizational politics? Is it:
- The process which could lead to contraction of employees in a department and therefore diminishing its power base.
- A result of interdepartmental rivalry.
- Because it is not an objective activity.
- The process through which companies try to shed labour.
Q17 | Reasonable balance between demand and supply of labor is necessary in: -
- Manpower planning
- JD
- Recruitment
- JA
Q18 | Which of the following is not involved in manpower planning?
- Analysis of requirements
- Intuitive judgment
- Forecast
- Course of action
Q19 | Forecast requirements, besides demand, essentially take into account
- Processes
- Consumers
- Supply of labor
- Products
Q20 | Statement describing the values, objectives and goal of HR department is called ____
- HR vision
- HR strategy
- HR mission
- HR design
Q21 | Method of data collection to back up a forecast of personnel needs ____
- IPS
- PEEP
- PAIR
- HRIS
Q22 | Minimum acceptable qualifications required for a job are termed as: -
- JS
- JD
- JA
- Job Appraisal
Q23 | Job Enlargement means: -
- Horizontal expansion
- Vertical expansion
- Diagonal expansion
- Circular
Q24 | That which adds more of the same type of duties requiring same skills is: -
- Job progression
- Job enrichment
- Job enlargement
- Job relatedness
Q25 | Intelligence and memory of a person constitute______ characteristics: -
- Psychological
- Physical
- Mental
- Socia