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This set of Performance Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Performance Management Unit 3 Set 3

Q1 | Which of the following is a performance appraisal problem that occurs when a supervisor's rating of a subordinate on one trait biases the rating of that person on other traits?
  • recency effect
  • halo effect
  • central tendency
  • discrimination
Q2 | The performance management distinct feature is
  • continuous evaluating
  • continuous re-evaluating
  • never evaluating performances
  • evaluating for salary purposes
Q3 | When the person's performance is not satisfactory but can be improved is
  • satisfactory-promotable interview
  • satisfactory-not promotable interview
  • unsatisfactory-correctable interview
  • unsatisfactory-uncorrectable interview
Q4 | The 'unclear standards' usually results in
  • unfair appraisals
  • fake appraisals
  • true appraisals
  • Both A and B
Q5 | The meaning of 'direction sharing' is
  • communicating line authority
  • staff authority
  • communicating company's higher-level goals
  • communicating future HR policies
Q6 | When the person's performance is satisfactory but not promotable, such type of an interview is
  • satisfactory-promotable interview
  • satisfactory-not promotable interview
  • unsatisfactory-correctable interview
  • unsatisfactory-uncorrectable interview
Q7 | The human resource department plays/serves as
  • advisory role
  • line authority
  • hiring department only
  • training department only
Q8 | An advantage of Management by Objectives (MBO) is
  • avoids central tendency and biases
  • jointly agreed performance objectives
  • provides behavioral anchors
  • ongoing basis evaluation
Q9 | The situation, subordinates collude to rate high with each other, known as
  • logrolling
  • dialog rolling
  • up rating
  • lenient/strict tendency
Q10 | A company's HR team is responsible for
  • training of supervisors
  • monitor the appraisal system affectivity
  • training the employees
  • all of above
Q11 | The steps involves in employer's movement for performance management is
  • total quality
  • appraisal issues
  • strategic planning
  • all of above
Q12 | A dyadic relationship between two persons: a manager who is offering help, and employee to whom such help is given.
  • Counselling
  • Helping
  • Mentoring
  • time Management
Q13 | It is a relationship in which at least one of the parties has the intent of promoting the growth, development, maturity, improved functioning, improved coping with life of other.
  • Counselling
  • Helping
  • Mentoring
  • Time Management
Q14 | An adjustment in your attitude and behavior towards meeting daily demand.
  • Counselling
  • Helping
  • Mentoring
  • Time Management
Q15 | The use of an experienced person to teach and train someone with less knowledge in the given area.
  • Counselling
  • Helping
  • Mentoring
  • Time Management
Q16 | A person who looks at the negative aspect of every situation.
  • Optimist
  • Pessimist
  • Type A personality
  • Type B personality
Q17 | Different types of pay plans related to performance are:
  • Individual or piece rate system
  • Group
  • Organizations
  • All the above
Q18 | Within the umbrella of group reward system comes.
  • Equal pay
  • Individual performance based pay
  • Pay with group threshold
  • All the above
Q19 | Success of the organization can be measured in terms of
  • Profitability
  • Profit
  • Sales
  • All the above
Q20 | A structured questionnaire method for collecting data about the personal qualities of employees is called
  • Functional job analysis
  • Management position description questionnaire
  • Work profiling system
  • None of the above
Q21 | The method that depends mainly on the ability and experience of the supervisors for gathering relevant information about the job is called the
  • Task inventory analysis method
  • Technical conference method
  • Diary maintenance method
  • Critical incident method
Q22 | The discussion of an employees’ problem with the general objective of helping the worker cope with it.
  • Counseling
  • Training
  • Education
  • Job rotation
Q23 | A broader, long educational programme offered to carry out non-technical functions more effectively.
  • Counseling
  • Training
  • Education
  • Development
Q24 | The act of increasing the knowledge and skills of an employee for doing a particular job
  • Counseling
  • Training
  • Education
  • Development
Q25 | An approach that puts material to be learned into highly organized, logical sequences thattrainee could respond
  • Counseling
  • Training
  • Education
  • Vestibule training