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This set of Performance Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Performance Management Unit 4 Set 1

Q1 | Learning principle includes all but
  • Participation
  • Repetition
  • Feedback
  • Repatriation
Q2 | Needs assessment should consider all but
  • the person
  • supervisor input
  • key changes
  • training objectives
Q3 | Technological obsolescence of engineers can be easily prevented by
  • Behavior modeling
  • Lectures
  • Coaching
  • Lab. Training
Q4 | Training evaluation criteria include all but
  • Reactions
  • Learning
  • Behavior
  • Relevance results
Q5 | Many employees feel their firm's pay for performance plans are ineffective because:
  • Not everyone reacts to a reward the same way.
  • Not all rewards are suited to all situations.
  • The person must expect to receive a rewa
Q6 | ____ helps in identifying the knowledge skill and attitude set that enables an individual to deliver the best performance in his job
  • Competency modeling
  • Competency planning
  • People competency
  • Competency training
Q7 | Which of the following options is not one of the approaches to HRM?
  • Human Resource approach
  • Systems approach
  • Contingent approach
  • Statistical approach
Q8 | Which approach states that no one management action or design will be suitable for all situations?
  • Human behavior approach
  • Role approach
  • Systems approach
  • Contingent approach
Q9 | HR department maintains a set of proposals and actions that act as reference points for managers in their dealings with employees. What is this called?
  • HR Guide
  • HR ethics
  • HR policy
  • Managerial policy
Q10 | Which of the following HR approaches is most popular currently
  • Human resources approach
  • Scientific management approach
  • Systems approach
  • Technical approach
Q11 | All except one of the following are the different aspects of HRD
  • Job evaluation
  • Training and development
  • Career planning
  • Performance appraisal
Q12 | ________ helps organizations identify employee strengths and weaknesses to determine avenues for their career development
  • Gap analysis
  • Individual assessment
  • Organizational assessment
  • Opportunity analsis
Q13 | Understanding the career aspirations of an employee, determining his capabilities and competencies and identifying the gaps is termed
  • Need analysis
  • Gap analysis
  • Opportunity analysis
  • Employee analysis
Q14 | The process of rewarding employees by giving them a stake in the company, which further enhances their performance is called the
  • Gain sharing
  • Annual bonus
  • Employee stock plan
  • Profit sharing
Q15 | The effect of negative aspect of employees’ performance overshadows the evaluation of entire performance.
  • Halo Effect
  • Horn Effect
  • Stereotyping
  • Status Effect
Q16 | Objective-based rating scales are:
  • Subjectively determined
  • Based on a points-based system
  • Measures of performance against objectives set
  • Manager-allocated rating scales
Q17 | The process of evaluating an employee’s current and/or past performance relative to his or her performance standards is called _____.
  • recruitment
  • employee selection
  • performance appraisal
  • organizational development
Q18 | The 'coaching of employees' does not include
  • planning
  • preparation
  • follow-up
  • compensating employees
Q19 | Mentoring is very useful when the mentors works for
  • same department
  • different department
  • informal training
  • formal training
Q20 | The problem with self-ratings is that:
  • Supervisors rate employees too highly.
  • Supervisors accentuate differences and rigidify positions.
  • Employees rate themselves higher than do supervisors.
  • All the above.
Q21 | To be effective a point based rating systems require:
  • Close management control
  • Comprehensive, reliable and consistent information
  • Objectivity in assessments
  • 360% assessments
Q22 | The mentoring by employees dealt with
  • longer span of time
  • shorter span of time
  • resetting salary schedules
  • self-managing teams
Q23 | Counseling the employees for second careers inside the firm is an example of
  • phased retirement
  • preretirement counseling
  • honoring experience
  • modifying selection procedure
Q24 | Competency Mapping includes mapping the employee with respect to his/her:
  • Traits
  • Self-Concept
  • Skills and Knowledge.
  • All the above
Q25 | ____________is a process with the help of which the employer, or the human resource team decides, that where would a person work best, as per his aptitude and temperament.
  • Training
  • Performance Appraisal
  • Competency Mapping
  • Performance Monitoring