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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) .
| 1. |
Who has introduced the ‘seven point plan’ for taking the best interview method? |
| A. | Milton L. Blum |
| B. | F.E. Burt |
| C. | Prof. A. Rozars |
| D. | Fillipo |
| Answer» C. Prof. A. Rozars | |
| 2. |
‘Rege Committee’ is related to |
| A. | Working conditions in Indian Industry |
| B. | Social security in Indian Industry |
| C. | Individual differences in Indian Industry |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Working conditions in Indian Industry | |
| 3. |
Competitive edge comes from the of people. |
| A. | Competency |
| B. | Efforts |
| C. | Quality |
| D. | Hard work |
| Answer» C. Quality | |
| 4. |
Period in which people learn how to develop new roles is called |
| A. | exploration stage |
| B. | growth stage |
| C. | midcareer crisis sub stage |
| D. | decline stage |
| Answer» D. decline stage | |
| 5. |
Which of these is the purpose of recruitment? |
| A. | Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit |
| B. | Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of visibly underqualified or over qualified job applicants. |
| C. | Help the firm create more culturally diverse work - force |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of visibly underqualified or over qualified job applicants. | |
| 6. |
A person who has ultimate control over the affairs of the factory under the Factories Act, 1948 is called |
| A. | Occupier |
| B. | Manager |
| C. | Chairman |
| D. | Managing Director |
| Answer» A. Occupier | |
| 7. |
In a career development focus, information about individual interests and preferences is a part of |
| A. | training and development |
| B. | performance appraisal |
| C. | recruiting and placement |
| D. | human resource planning |
| Answer» D. human resource planning | |
| 8. |
Ethical challenges may arise on account of |
| A. | Failure of personal character, conflict of personal value& organisational goals and conflict of organisational goals and social values |
| B. | Hazardous but popular products |
| C. | Both (A) and (B) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both (A) and (B) | |
| 9. |
A process of making workers highly skilled, with help of on job training and formal learning is |
| A. | job rotation |
| B. | off the job training |
| C. | job instruction training |
| D. | apprenticeship training |
| Answer» D. apprenticeship training | |
| 10. |
In quantitative measure, employee’s turnover and training hours, called |
| A. | human resource metrics |
| B. | evidence based management |
| C. | high performance work system |
| D. | competitive advantage |
| Answer» A. human resource metrics | |
| 11. |
Which of the following is the area from which applicants can be recruited? |
| A. | Employment Lines |
| B. | Employees’ Association |
| C. | Labour Market |
| D. | Labour Schemes |
| Answer» C. Labour Market | |
| 12. |
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» B. Decreased problem-solving skills | |
| 13. |
Which is a step of job description? |
| A. | List of jobs to evaluated |
| B. | Review of job description |
| C. | Interview with supervisor |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 14. |
Reporting relationships and working conditions related to a job is stated in |
| A. | job descriptions |
| B. | job analysis |
| C. | job specifications |
| D. | Both A and C |
| Answer» A. job descriptions | |
| 15. |
Formulating ‘SMART’ performance training objectives are a part of |
| A. | human process intervention |
| B. | techno structural interventions |
| C. | strategic intervention |
| D. | HRM interventions |
| Answer» A. human process intervention | |
| 16. |
Sabbatical leave, funeral leave, jury duty and vacations are examples of |
| A. | optional pay benefits |
| B. | unemployment pay benefits |
| C. | compensation law benefits |
| D. | supplemental pay benefits |
| Answer» D. supplemental pay benefits | |
| 17. |
The role of the organisation in career planning is to introduce& strengthen systems to ensure of employees |
| A. | Career progression |
| B. | Self development |
| C. | Economical Development |
| D. | Skill enhancement |
| Answer» A. Career progression | |
| 18. |
Diagrams and charts available to guide workers at job site, considered as |
| A. | job rotation |
| B. | job training |
| C. | job aid |
| D. | programmed learning |
| Answer» C. job aid | |
| 19. |
UNIDO preparatory meeting on the “Role of Women in Industrialisation in Developing Countries” held in February 1978. Identified constraints, which hinder women from participating in industrial activities. The meeting was held at |
| A. | Vienna |
| B. | New Delhi |
| C. | Geneva |
| D. | Mexico City |
| Answer» A. Vienna | |
| 20. |
Which one of the following is not a decision role identified by Henry Mintzberg |
| A. | The spokesperson role |
| B. | The Entrepreneurial role |
| C. | The Disturbance handler role |
| D. | The Resource allocator role |
| Answer» A. The spokesperson role | |
| 21. |
Kind of arbitration, which is also known as contract interpretation arbitration is |
| A. | binding arbitration |
| B. | non-binding arbitration |
| C. | interest arbitration |
| D. | rights arbitration |
| Answer» D. rights arbitration | |
| 22. |
The policy of introducing “New Blood” is |
| A. | Stereotypic |
| B. | Bureaucratic as well as redtapic |
| C. | Innovative and challenging, making the corporate dynamic |
| D. | Innovative, challenging, but often resisted |
| Answer» D. Innovative, challenging, but often resisted | |
| 23. |
Who has called the POSDCORB ‘folklore’? |
| A. | Michael Poole |
| B. | Henry Mirzberg |
| C. | Rosemary Stewart |
| D. | Michael Armstrong |
| Answer» B. Henry Mirzberg | |
| 24. |
First step in planning process is to |
| A. | Set an objective |
| B. | Evaluate alternatives |
| C. | Determine strength and weaknesses |
| D. | none of above |
| Answer» A. Set an objective | |
| 25. |
Stage in which a person develops a selfconcept is called |
| A. | exploration stage |
| B. | growth stage |
| C. | establishment stage |
| D. | maintenance stage |
| Answer» B. growth stage | |
| 26. |
What is the procedure in which an employer and a group of employees agree to the conditions of work? |
| A. | Dispute settlement |
| B. | Collective bargaining |
| C. | Industrial democracy |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Collective bargaining | |
| 27. |
In ‘HRD’ scorecard scales, scale 1 represents |
| A. | moderate maturity level |
| B. | least maturity level |
| C. | highest maturity level |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. least maturity level | |
| 28. |
Which metric indicates the cost of health care per employee by providing the per capita cost of employee benefits? |
| A. | HR expense factor |
| B. | human capital ROI |
| C. | health care costs per employee |
| D. | human capital value added |
| Answer» C. health care costs per employee | |
| 29. |
Which of the following is an outcome of collective bargaining? |
| A. | Consent Award |
| B. | Arbitration Award |
| C. | Award of Tribunal |
| D. | Award of Labour Court |
| Answer» A. Consent Award | |
| 30. |
The sixth step of the SHRM application tool is to evaluate the plan against success criteria. During this stage it is important to note: |
| A. | the positive effects of the actions implemented |
| B. | the negative effects of the actions implemented |
| C. | the failures that resulted from the implementation of the plan |
| D. | the positive& negative effect of the |
| Answer» D. the positive& negative effect of the | |
| 31. |
involves a one to one discussion between the participant and administrator. |
| A. | Counselling |
| B. | Training |
| C. | Motivation |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» A. Counselling | |
| 32. |
Process through a person comes to know about self-skills, interests and motivation is called |
| A. | career |
| B. | career management |
| C. | career planning |
| D. | career development |
| Answer» C. career planning | |
| 33. |
The critical role of the SHRM Application Tool is to’ |
| A. | Outline techniques, frameworks, and six steps that must be followed to effectively implement change in an organisation. |
| B. | Develop a better strategic management process to deal with the dynamic changing environment today’s organisations face. |
| C. | Identify and assess a narrow group of actions and plan how the organisation can overcome resistance to change. |
| D. | identify if the organisation ’has enough staff, if the staff heed training, if the compensation practices are appropriate, and if jobs are designed correctly |
| Answer» B. Develop a better strategic management process to deal with the dynamic changing environment today’s organisations face. | |
| 34. |
Planning function of management process involves |
| A. | Developing employees |
| B. | Evaluating performance |
| C. | Establishing departments |
| D. | Establishing goals |
| Answer» D. Establishing goals | |
| 35. |
Sensitivity training method is a part of |
| A. | Vestibule training method |
| B. | Off-the-job training method |
| C. | On-the-job training method |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Vestibule training method | |
| 36. |
HRM is amalgam of |
| A. | Job analysis, recruitment and selection |
| B. | Social behaviour and Business Ethics |
| C. | Organisational behaviour, personal management and industrial relation |
| D. | Employer and employes |
| Answer» C. Organisational behaviour, personal management and industrial relation | |
| 37. |
Which are not related to firm’s existing business in adding new product lines ? |
| A. | related diversification |
| B. | conglomerate diversification |
| C. | diversification |
| D. | all of above |
| Answer» B. conglomerate diversification | |
| 38. |
Which country uses the graphology test to select candidates? |
| A. | United States |
| B. | Germany |
| C. | China |
| D. | India |
| Answer» A. United States | |
| 39. |
Union leaders at different levels& at federations are elected on |
| A. | democratic principle |
| B. | political considerations |
| C. | employer?s recommendation |
| D. | seniority basis |
| Answer» A. democratic principle | |
| 40. |
The procedure for determining the duties and skill requirements of a job and the kind of person who should be hired for it is |
| A. | Job analysis |
| B. | Job design |
| C. | Job recruitment |
| D. | Job description |
| Answer» A. Job analysis | |
| 41. |
Comparison of on-the-job behavior before and after training programs can be classified as |
| A. | measuring reaction |
| B. | measuring learning |
| C. | measuring behavior |
| D. | measuring results |
| Answer» C. measuring behavior | |
| 42. |
Online career development workshops are one of method of |
| A. | career management |
| B. | appraisal management |
| C. | performance management |
| D. | employee development |
| Answer» A. career management | |
| 43. |
‘T-group’ suggests that participation should be |
| A. | voluntary |
| B. | involuntary |
| C. | in-house development |
| D. | lifelong learning |
| Answer» A. voluntary | |
| 44. |
Formal procedure, in which job terminated person is counseled and trained, to secure a job position by teaching selfappraising techniques is classified as |
| A. | termination interview |
| B. | outplacement counseling |
| C. | exit interviews |
| D. | subordination interviews |
| Answer» B. outplacement counseling | |
| 45. |
Which one of the following contains the phases of organizational development arranged in sequential order? |
| A. | Entry into the organization, diagnosis, culture building and interventions |
| B. | Entry into the organization, diagnosis, interventions and culture building |
| C. | Entry into the organization, culture building, diagnosis and interventions |
| D. | Entry into the organization, interventions, diagnosis and culture building |
| Answer» B. Entry into the organization, diagnosis, interventions and culture building | |
| 46. |
When constructing the ad, it is important to consider how to best |
| A. | Attract attention to the advertisement |
| B. | Get right candidate |
| C. | How will be the profit |
| D. | The candidate reach in profit |
| Answer» A. Attract attention to the advertisement | |
| 47. |
Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the Best-practice approach to HRM in Organisations? |
| A. | Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource- intensive |
| B. | Because there is much variation in the literature and empirical research as to what constitutes best-practice |
| C. | Because the best-practice approach would not fit the cost-reduction driven |
| D. | Because the best-practice approach does not emphasize the individual business context |
| Answer» A. Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource- intensive | |
| 48. |
What does “TCN” stand for |
| A. | host country national |
| B. | expatriates |
| C. | home country national |
| D. | Third country national |
| Answer» D. Third country national | |
| 49. |
Compulsory collective bargaining was advocated by: |
| A. | G.L. Nanda |
| B. | Khandubhai Desai |
| C. | V.V. Giri |
| D. | Jagjivan Ram |
| Answer» C. V.V. Giri | |
| 50. |
‘coaching’ and ‘mentoring’ require |
| A. | analytical skills |
| B. | logical skills |
| C. | interpersonal skills |
| D. | Both A and C |
| Answer» D. Both A and C | |
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