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This set of Performance Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Performance Management Unit 4 Set 2

Q1 | In traditional focus, providing opportunities for learning is part of
  • training and development
  • performance appraisal
  • recruiting and placement
  • human resource planning
Q2 | In career development focus, information about individual interests and preferences is part of
  • training and development
  • performance appraisal
  • recruiting and placement
  • human resource planning
Q3 | When employee's high expectations confront reality of boring job, it is called
  • promotions
  • transfers
  • reality shock
  • formal training
Q4 | Strategy employees seek to interesting jobs and greater advancement opportunities isincluded in
  • promotions
  • transfers
  • reality shock
  • formal training
Q5 | In career development, providing individual development plans for employees is part of
  • individual role
  • manager role
  • employer role
  • line manager
Q6 | Factors influencing bonuses
  • eligibility
  • fund size
  • individual performance
  • All of above
Q7 | Which of the following terms refers to an appraisal that is too open to interpretation?
  • unclear standards
  • halo effects
  • strictness
  • biased
Q8 | What usually occurs when employees rate themselves for performance appraisals?
  • Ratings are reliable but invalid.
  • Ratings are subject to halo effects.
  • Logrolling leads to unrealistic ratings.
  • Ratings are higher than when provided by supervisors.
Q9 | Which of the following terms refers to the process of allowing subordinates to rate their supervisor's performance anonymously?
  • supplemental evaluation
  • downward feedback
  • upward feedback
  • peer evaluation
Q10 | Which of the following terms refers to a performance appraisal based on surveys from peers, supervisors, subordinates, and customers?
  • 360-degree feedback
  • team appraisals
  • upward feedback
  • rating committee
Q11 | Direct non financial and financial payments received by employees for continuous workwith company are classified as
  • benefits
  • stock ownership
  • loyalty scholarships
  • all of above
Q12 | Mentoring is very useful when mentors works for
  • same department
  • different department
  • informal training
  • formal training
Q13 | Pay plan having a mix of 75% base salary and 25% incentives is classified as
  • combination plan
  • non commission plan
  • competitive plan
  • non competitive plan
Q14 | All incentive plans are surely
  • pay for performance
  • pay for skills
  • pay for tenure
  • pay for knowledge
Q15 | All of the following are considered best practices for administering fair performance appraisals EXCEPT _
  • explaining how subordinates can improve their performance
  • clarifying in advance what the performance expectations are
  • basing the appraisal on observable job behaviors
  • using subjective performance data for appraisals
Q16 | In most firms, a rating committee used for performance appraisals consists of ____ members.
  • 1-2
  • 3-4
  • 5-6
  • 9-1 0
Q17 | A performance appraisalsassumes that an employee understood what his or her performance standards were prior to the appraisal.
  • True
  • False
  • According to situation
  • none
Q18 | When an employee's performance is so poor that a written warning is required, the warning should _
  • identify the standards by which the employee is judged
  • provide examples of employees who met the standards
  • be mailed to the employee and to an EEOC representative
  • provide examples of times when the employee met the standards
Q19 | Which component of performance management refers to communicating a firm's higherlevel goals throughout the organization and then translating them into departmental and individual goals?
  • role clarification
  • goal alignment
  • performance monitoring
  • direction sharing
Q20 | Rewards offered to labors involved in production, are categorized as;
  • Salary
  • Fringe benefits
  • Wage
  • Commission
Q21 | A written statement of policies and principles that guides the behaviour of all employees is called
  • code of ethics
  • word of ethics
  • ethical dilemma
  • None of the above
Q22 | An empirical inquiry into the actual rules or standards of a particular group is
  • normative justice
  • descriptive justice
  • interpersonal justice
  • None of the above
Q23 | The HR policy which is based on the philosophy of the utmost good for the greatest number of people is covered under the
  • utilitarian approach
  • approach based on rights
  • approach based on justice
  • None of the above
Q24 | Which of the following is not usually the objective of a code of ethics?
  • to create an ethical workplace
  • to evaluate the ethical components of the proposed actions of the employees
  • to improve the public image of the company
  • to enhance the profits of the business continuously
Q25 | Which of the following is not a core principle of the Society for Human Resource Management’s Code of Ethics?
  • professional responsibility
  • fairness and justice
  • professional development
  • None of the above