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1630+ Human Resource Management (HRM) big collection Solved MCQs

These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Commerce (B Com) .

1251.

In big five model, ‘extraversion’ is tendency to be

A. assertive
B. unconventional
C. autonomous
D. achievement
Answer» A. assertive
1252.

involves conscious efforts to organise tasks, duties and responsibilities into a unit of work to achieve certain objectives.

A. Job design
B. Job analysis
C. Training needs analysis
D. None of the above
Answer» B. Job analysis
1253.

The following factor would be relatively low if supply of labour is higher than demand.

A. production
B. labour cost
C. wage
D. all of the above
Answer» C. wage
1254.

A Competency consists of

A. The specific tasks a person must do
B. Skills and behaviors
C. A list of tests that will measure cognitive ability
D. Communications and behavior
Answer» D. Communications and behavior
1255.

A performance appraisal system can be used for the following except

A. Human resource planning
B. Tone up performance
C. Identify individual with high potential
D. Discipline employees
Answer» D. Discipline employees
1256.

Job analysis provides information used for writing

A. Organisation chart
B. Policy
C. Job Description
D. Procedure
Answer» C. Job Description
1257.

can be defined as a written record of the duties, responsibilities and conditions of job.

A. Job description
B. Job specification
C. Job profile
D. None of the above
Answer» A. Job description
1258.

Which of the following is not a segment of David McClleland’s Theory of Needs?

A. Need for Power
B. Need for Affiliation
C. Need for Achievement
D. Need for Self Actualization
Answer» D. Need for Self Actualization
1259.

In a learning organisation

A. Vision is provided by top management
B. Conflicts are resolved through power and hierarchical influence
C. Formulation and implementation of ideas takes place at all levels of organisation
D. All the above
Answer» C. Formulation and implementation of ideas takes place at all levels of organisation
1260.

‘HR’ plans of any organization does not include

A. personnel plans
B. production plans
C. compensation plans
D. training and development plans
Answer» B. production plans
1261.

In career development, discussing your career with your manager is part of

A. individual role
B. manager role
C. employer role
D. line manager
Answer» A. individual role
1262.

The written statement of the findings of job analysis is called

A. Job design
B. Job classification
C. Job description
D. Job evaluation
Answer» C. Job description
1263.

An interview in which, candidate is asked about behavior in past for given situation is

A. situational interview
B. situational test
C. behavioral tests
D. job related questions
Answer» C. behavioral tests
1264.

Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is looked as the organised network of making long economic and social relationship of the corporate with the society. But a business of which type, as mentioned below, cannot afford for it, at the first instance?

A. Large Business
B. Medium Business
C. Small Business
D. A Business Start-up
Answer» D. A Business Start-up
1265.

Stage in which manager makes sure that past practices are still in continuation or not is

A. unfreezing stage
B. moving stage
C. refreezing stage
D. nonmoving stage
Answer» C. refreezing stage
1266.

Employers generally use feedback to

A. employee development
B. avoid central tendency and biases
C. rank someone
D. hire the employee
Answer» A. employee development
1267.

Mentoring by employees deals with

A. longer span of time
B. shorter span of time
C. resetting salary schedules
D. self-managing teams
Answer» A. longer span of time
1268.

Union security, in which union members are given preferences in hiring, classified as

A. closed shop
B. union shop
C. agency shop
D. preferential shop
Answer» D. preferential shop
1269.

‘explanation of Social Security benefits’ is an example of

A. phased retirement
B. preretirement counseling
C. honoring experience
D. modifying selection procedure
Answer» B. preretirement counseling
1270.

‘commonsense’ observations are part of

A. Maslow’s motivation theory
B. Victor Vroom expectancy theory
C. Fredrick Herzberg motivation theory
D. Edward Deci motivation theory
Answer» B. Victor Vroom expectancy theory
1271.

Job is defined as

A. Set of activities performed in the organization.
B. Set of activities similar as to kind of work.
C. Set of position similar as to nature and kind of work.
D. None of these.
Answer» C. Set of position similar as to nature and kind of work.
1272.

Under Alderfer’s ERG theory, the three core needs are

A. Existence, Relatedness and Growth
B. Emotional, Relational, and Growth
C. Emotional, Rational and Growth
D. Existence, Reliability and Gain
Answer» A. Existence, Relatedness and Growth
1273.

Which of the following test indicates the person’s inclination towards a particular occupation that provides satisfaction to that individual?

A. Vocational interest test
B. Cognitive aptitude test
C. Personality test
D. psychomotor abilities test
Answer» A. Vocational interest test
1274.

An underlying talent management components in software suites are

A. e-recruiting
B. e-training
C. performance reviews and rewards
D. all of above
Answer» D. all of above
1275.

Portfolio of business that comprises business is identified in

A. competitive strategy
B. corporate level strategy
C. functional strategy
D. all of above
Answer» B. corporate level strategy
1276.

Kind of pension plan in which employer’s contribution is specified in employees retirement savings funds is classified as

A. defined benefit pension plan
B. defined contribution pension plan
C. defined noncontributory pension plan
D. deferred contribution pension plan
Answer» B. defined contribution pension plan
1277.

Occupations involving strength and coordination belong to personality orientation of

A. realistic orientation
B. investigative orientation
C. social orientation
D. artistic orientation
Answer» A. realistic orientation
1278.

Which of the following is not necessary for promotion from with in?

A. Job posting
B. Advertisements
C. Personal Record
D. Performance Appraisal Form
Answer» B. Advertisements
1279.

A job that helps employers to arrange job in relative worth is called

A. benchmark jobs
B. salary survey
C. permanent job
D. temporary job
Answer» A. benchmark jobs
1280.

A combined refusal in buying products of employers, union members as well as employees, known as

A. boycott
B. impasse boycott
C. strike
D. picketing
Answer» A. boycott
1281.

Under point method, factor(s) generally considered are

A. Skill, effort, Accountability
B. Skill, job enrichment, accountability
C. Wage, job enrichment, accountability
D. Wage effort, accountability
Answer» A. Skill, effort, Accountability
1282.

In which evaluation method, the evaluator is asked to describe the strong and weak aspects of the employee’s behavior.

A. Graphic rating scale
B. Forced choice
C. Essay evaluation
D. Management by Objective
Answer» C. Essay evaluation
1283.

Job description involves

A. Condition of work
B. Machine tools
C. Accident hazards
D. All of the above
Answer» D. All of the above
1284.

Reward of performance must have some value for employee, an example of

A. expectancy
B. instrumentality
C. valence
D. de-expectancy
Answer» C. valence
1285.

Changes in population characteristics such as age, gender, race, marital status, income and education are examples of change:

A. Demographic
B. Cultural
C. Geographic
D. Diversity
Answer» A. Demographic
1286.

A plan, accommodate employees preferences of planning for benefit, classified as

A. cafeteria benefit plans
B. fixed benefit plans
C. flexible benefit plans
D. both A and C
Answer» C. flexible benefit plans
1287.

is considered as a strategic activity.

A. Recruitment
B. Planning
C. Productivity
D. All of the above
Answer» A. Recruitment
1288.

Reducing in work hours is an example of

A. phased retirement
B. flexible work
C. honoring experience
D. modifying selection procedure
Answer» A. phased retirement
1289.

Determining job’s worth in comparison of other job is called

A. job description
B. job specification
C. job evaluation
D. job analysis
Answer» C. job evaluation
1290.

The degree to which interviews, tests, and other selection procedures yield comparable data over time and alternative measures is best define by

A. Job sampling
B. Reliability
C. Validity
D. Organisational culture
Answer» B. Reliability
1291.

Which of the following is not a determinant factor of industrial relations?

A. Social stratification factors
B. Technological factors
C. Institutional factors
D. Economic factors
Answer» A. Social stratification factors
1292.

A is a written record of the duties, responsibilities and conditions of the job.

A. Job ranking
B. Job enrichment
C. Job description
D. Job enlargement
Answer» C. Job description
1293.

Section of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, states that an employer should only retrench employees who have been most recently hired

A. 24-F
B. 24-G
C. 25-F
D. 25-G
Answer» D. 25-G
1294.

Comparison of fairness of job’s pay rate to other jobs in company is called

A. external equity
B. collective equity
C. individual equity
D. internal equity
Answer» D. internal equity
1295.

Which one of the following is not an interpersonal role identified by Henry Mintzberg?

A. The Liason role
B. The Leader role
C. The Figure head role
D. The Resource - allocator role
Answer» D. The Resource - allocator role
1296.

The theory that categorized needs being concerned with survival, relationships and desire for personal development is popularly known as

A. Need Hierarchy Theory
B. Two Factor Theory
C. ERG Theory
D. Contingency Theory
Answer» C. ERG Theory
1297.

A tax deductible bonus plan according to which employers contribute to a trust for later use for employees is classified as

A. early retirement window plan
B. employee stock ownership plan
C. cash balance plan
D. severance pay plan
Answer» B. employee stock ownership plan
1298.

An alternation ranking method is often classified as

A. “What you are measuring?”
B. “how you are measuring performance”
C. “what are the set standards”
D. “the rules of performance appraisals”
Answer» B. “how you are measuring performance”
1299.

Disadvantage of graphic rating scale is

A. halo effect
B. bias
C. central tendency
D. all of above
Answer» D. all of above
1300.

Coordination of several human resource activities is required in

A. phased retirement
B. preretirement counseling
C. talent management
D. modifying selection procedure
Answer» C. talent management

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