Deck 12: Various Aspects of Human Resource Management

Question 1

Entrepreneurs are said to perform the:

A)Interpersonal role
B)Informational role
C)Supportive role
D)Decisional role

Answer 1

Decisional role

Question 2

Under which of the following authority, an HR manager took the decision to provide training to its employees regarding the operations of newly installed machine?

A)Staff
B)Functional
C)Line
D)Implied

Answer 2

Functional

Question 3

Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of Workforce Diversity?

A)Increased creativity and flexibility
B)Decreased problem-solving skills
C)Multiple perspectives
D)Greater openness to new ideas

Answer 3

Decreased problem-solving skills

Question 4

The best hiring occurs when the goals of which of the following should consistent to each other?

A)HR managers, Finance managers
B)Head office, Branch
C)Organization, Individual
D)Lower managers, Top managers

Question 5

Which of the following method includes the exchange of information between organizational member & the applicant through a goal-oriented conversation?

A)Counselling simulations
B)Vocational interest test
C)Role playing
D)Employment interview

Question 6

The process by which people acquire skills & abilities required to perform jobs at hand, is known as:

A)Learning
B)Training
C)Development
D)Need analysis

Question 7

Which of the following department is responsible for handling safety & health issues of employees?

A)HR department
B)Procurement department
C)Finance department
D)Marketing department

Question 8

Organizations started giving more focus on the quality of work life (QWL) during:

A)1960-70
B)1970-80
C)1980-90
D)1990-2000

Question 9

Which of the following is a forecasting technique that involves experimenting a real-world situation through a mathematical model?

A)Simulation
B)Modelling
C)Mock-up
D)Replication

Question 10

Which of the following information is NOT collected through observation method while conducting job analysis?

A)Who is monitoring the task?
B)What task has done?
C)How task has done?
D)How long a task has taken to complete?

Question 11

Which of the following method is used to inform employees about the company's job openings?

A)Job publishing
B)Job declaration
C)Job posting
D)Job listing

Question 12

Which of the following is a test validation method that determines whether a test measures certain traits that are important in performing a job or not?

A)Concept validity
B)Criterion validity
C)Construct validity
D)Content validity

Question 13

During which of the following interview, an interviewer asks probing and open-ended questions?

A)Structured interview
B)Unstructured interview
C)Formal interview
D)Planned interview

Question 14

Which of the following source can be used to ensure the authentication of the information Provided by the job applicant?

A)Reference check
B)Criminal record
C)Application form
D)Credit history

Question 15

Which of the following department of an organization performs the managerial function of matching organizational needs with the skills & abilities of the employees?

A)Finance department
B)Marketing department
C)Production department
D)Human Resource department

Question 16

The mental process to interpret environment as per one's own understanding is known as:

A)Perception
B)Personality
C)Attitude
D)Ability

Question 17

Which of the following act represents a situation in which employment decisions are NOT affected by illegal discrimination?

A)Fair employment
B)Legal compliance
C)Litigation process
D)Affirmative action

Question 18

If in a country women advocates are not encouraged to be appointed as high court judges; which of the following constraint applies in this situation?

A)Grievance practices
B)Equal employment opportunity
C)Glass ceiling effect
D)Reverse discrimination

Question 19

Job posting is:

A)Internal advertisement by an organization to attract candidates from the existing employees, against a vacancy.
B)The system of transferring existing employees to comparable new jobs available in the organization.
C)An arrangement of in house training of employees for career advancement.
D)Grouping together of a family of similar jobs, under a single title to establish uniformity of standards in controls and compensations.

Question 20

Realistic job preview is a:

A)Technique for listing elements of job before selecting someone to perform it.
B)Performance appraisal technique.
C)A selection device that enables the candidates to learn both the negative and positive information about the job and organization.
D)None of the given options

Question 21

Job analysis can be performed in all of the following ways except:

A)Observing hourly work
B)Reviewing interviews conducted with departing employees
C)Studying diaries or daily journals that manager kept over a three- month period
D)Giving workers checklists to indicate which tasks on the list are performed during job execution

Question 22

Considering continuous process improvement activities in organizations, Should "Zero defects" really be a goal?

A)Yes perfection is reasonable goal.
B)No, 0.1 percent errors can be corrected much more efficiently than they can be prevented
C)Yes most industries find this an attainable goal.
D)Sometimes, for some mistakes, cost benefits can not be calculated

Question 23

Organizational efficiency is expressed as:

A)Planning for long-run goals
B)Making the best use of scarce resources
C)Goal attainment
D)Meeting deadlines