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This set of Performance Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Performance Management Unit 1 Set 2

Q1 | In performance management, the main feature of performance management is to
  • increase salary
  • planning incentives
  • comparing performance with goals
  • comparing sales figures from last year
Q2 | Company's HR team is responsible for
  • training of supervisors
  • monitor appraisal system affectivity
  • training employees
  • All of above
Q3 | Reason that why employers are moving to performance management is
  • total quality
  • appraisal issues
  • strategic planning
  • All of above
Q4 | Which of these is the main purpose of employee assessment?
  • Making correct decisions
  • To effect promotions based on competence and performance
  • Establish job expectations
  • None of the above
Q5 | How performance appraisal can contribute to a firm's competitive advantage?
  • Ensures legal compliances
  • Minimizing job dissatisfaction and turnover
  • Improves performance
  • All the above
Q6 | From the strategic point of view, in which three categories can an organization be grouped?
  • Defenders
  • Prospectors
  • Analyzers
  • All the above
Q7 | Successful defenders use performance appraisal for identifying ____________.
  • Staffing needs
  • Job behavior
  • Training needs
  • None of the above
Q8 | Analyzers tend to emphasize both ______ and _______ and employee extensive trainingprogrammes.
  • Skill building and skill acquisition
  • Current performance and past performance
  • Strategy and behavior
  • None of the above
Q9 | What do successful analyzers tend to examine?
  • Division and corporate performance evaluation
  • Current performance with past performance
  • Ideal appraisal process
  • None of the above
Q10 | ______ is an objective assessment of an individual's performance against well-defined benchmarks.
  • Performance Appraisal
  • HR Planning
  • Information for goal identification
  • None of the above
Q11 | What is linked with performance appraisal?
  • Job Design
  • Development
  • Job analysis
  • None of the above
Q12 | Method of keeping and reviewing, record of employees' undesirable behavior at different time intervals is
  • critical incident method
  • forced distribution method
  • alternation ranking method
  • paired comparison method
Q13 | An interview, in which supervisor and subordinate review appraisal, is called
  • structured interview
  • unstructured interview
  • appraisal interview
  • hiring interview
Q14 | When ratings are collected from supervisors, customers and peers, it is called
  • 350-degree feedback
  • 320-degree feedback
  • 360-degree feedback
  • 380-degree feedback
Q15 | Which of the following terms refers to the process of evaluating an employee's Current and/or past performance relative to his or her performance standards?
  • Recruitment
  • Employee selection
  • Performance appraisal
  • Employee orientation
Q16 | In most organizations, which of the following is primarily responsible for appraising an employee's performance?
  • employee's direct supervisor
  • company appraiser
  • human resources manager
  • EEO representative
Q17 | All the following are reasons for appraising an employee's performance EXCEPT _______
  • assisting with career planning
  • correcting any work-related deficiencies
  • creating an organizational strategy map
  • determining appropriate salary and bonuses
Q18 | Which of the following is NOT one of the recommended guidelines for setting effective employee goals?
  • assigning specific goals
  • assigning measurable goals
  • assigning challenging but doable goals
  • administering consequences for failure to meet goals
Q19 | The primary purpose of providing employees with feedback during a Performance eappraisal is to motivate employees to _
  • apply for managerial positions
  • remove any performance deficiencies
  • revise their performance standards
  • enroll in work-related training programs
Q20 | Aligning and evaluating the employee's performance with company's set goals is called
  • appraisal management
  • performance management
  • hierarchy of management
  • off-the-job training
Q21 | The first step in 'appraising process' is
  • defining the job
  • training session
  • feedback session
  • interview sessions
Q22 | ______ is the personnel activity by means of which the enterprise determines the extent to which the employee is performing the job effectively.
  • Job evaluation
  • Work evaluation
  • Performance evaluation
  • None of the above
Q23 | The technique that have been used to evaluate an employee in comparison with other employees
  • Ranking
  • Forced choice
  • Essay evaluation
  • Critical incident technique
Q24 | First step in appraising process is
  • defining job
  • training session
  • feedback session
  • interview sessions
Q25 | SMART goals are best described as _
  • specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely
  • straight forward, meaningful, accessible, real, and tested
  • strategic, moderate, achievable, relevant, and timely
  • specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and tested