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This set of Human Resource Management (HRM) Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Wages and Salary Administration

Q1 | Who are the two main stakeholders in an organisation?
  • ceo and top management
  • employers and employees
  • executives and owners
  • none of the above
Q2 | Which of these is an internal factor influencing remuneration?
  • business strategy
  • cost of living
  • legislations
  • society
Q3 | Which of the following is a challenge mentioned in remuneration?
  • employee participation
  • pay secrecy
  • comparable worth
  • all of the above
Q4 | Under which conditions does skill - based pay system work well?
  • employee turnover is relatively high
  • to set minimum wages for workers whose bargaining position is weak
  • to abolish malpractices and abuses in wage and salary payments
  • none of the above
Q5 | Which of the wage concept is higher than fair wage?
  • minimum wage
  • living wage
  • team based pay
  • none of the above
Q6 | Effective supervision is an activity of
  • organization function
  • staffing function
  • control function
  • direction function
Q7 | Off the Job Training Method consists
  • role playing method
  • case study method
  • programmed training
  • all of the above
Q8 | Which is the Human Relation Policy?
  • open communication
  • common interest
  • mutual acceptance
  • all of the above
Q9 | In job-evaluation the Key Jobs are designated as ones
  • which are more in number in the organisation.
  • which are most important for the survival of the organisation
  • which are most secure
  • all of the above
Q10 | ---------- is the process of deciding how to fill the company's most important executive positions.
  • succession planning
  • organisational restructuring
  • self directed teams
  • corporate downsizing
Q11 | Compensation can be _____ benefits.
  • monetary
  • non-monetary
  • both ‘a’ and ‘b’
  • none of the above
Q12 | Wages represents _____ rates of pay.
  • hourly
  • daily
  • weekly
  • monthly
Q13 | ______ are also called ‘payments by results’.
  • allowances
  • claims
  • incentives
  • fringe benefits
Q14 | Incentives depends upon
  • productivity
  • sales
  • profits
  • all of the above
Q15 | The following is paid only at the time of employees exit after serving more than five years.
  • perquisites
  • claims
  • gratuity
  • allowances
Q16 | The following is a perquisites.
  • club membership
  • provident fund
  • medical allowance
  • group insurance
Q17 | ‘A behaviour which has rewarding experience is likely to be repeated’ is postulated by
  • reinforcement and expectancy theory
  • equity theory
  • agency theory
  • none of the above
Q18 | ‘A fair day work for fair day pay’ denotes a sense of _______ felt by employees.
  • responsibility
  • equity
  • happiness
  • respect
Q19 | The remuneration system needs to meet the following type(s) of equity.
  • internal
  • external
  • individual
  • all of the above
Q20 | Which of the following factor influence(s) employee compensation?
  • labour market
  • cost of living
  • labour unions
  • all of the above
Q21 | Any compensation plan must be
  • understandable, workable, acceptable
  • reasonable, workable, acceptable
  • understandable, feasible, acceptable
  • understandable, workable, compensable
Q22 | The following is not a part of remuneration model
  • job description
  • job evaluation
  • job hierarchy
  • job analysis
Q23 | Elitist remuneration systems are prevalent among
  • well established firms
  • companies with mature products
  • companies with limited competition
  • all of the above
Q24 | In organized industrial establishments pay review takes place once in ____ years.
  • three
  • seven
  • ten
  • fifteen
Q25 | Grievance redressal, discipline, collective bargaining are_______________ of HRM.
  • integration function
  • procurement function
  • development function
  • behavioural function