Performance Management Unit 1 Set 2
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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