McqMate
These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resource Management (BBA HRM) , Master of Business Administration (MBA) .
Chapters
| 351. |
The usual way of depicting a formal organizational by means of an. |
| A. | organizational plan |
| B. | organizational chart |
| C. | organizational policy |
| D. | organizational manual |
| Answer» B. organizational chart | |
| 352. |
The downward movement of employee in organizational hierarchy with lower pay status responsibilities means. |
| A. | demotion |
| B. | job change |
| C. | promotion |
| D. | transfer |
| Answer» A. demotion | |
| 353. |
To improve the wages& workingconditions of workers in one the aims of |
| A. | factories act |
| B. | trade unions |
| C. | workers participation management |
| D. | collective bargaining |
| Answer» B. trade unions | |
| 354. |
Identify the personnel management functions from the following. |
| A. | advertisement |
| B. | quality control |
| C. | capital budgeting |
| D. | compensation |
| Answer» D. compensation | |
| 355. |
Job----- is a statement of the minimum acceptable human qualities necessary to perform a job satisfactorily. |
| A. | evaluation |
| B. | specification |
| C. | description |
| D. | analysis |
| Answer» B. specification | |
| 356. |
------- test measure whether or not an individual has the capacity to learn a job. |
| A. | knowledge |
| B. | attitude |
| C. | aptitude |
| D. | proficiency |
| Answer» B. attitude | |
| 357. |
Performance appraisal refers to----- of an employee. |
| A. | training |
| B. | placement |
| C. | assessment |
| D. | induction |
| Answer» C. assessment | |
| 358. |
A------ takes place when an employee moves to a position higher than the one formerly occupied. |
| A. | demotion |
| B. | punishment |
| C. | transfer. |
| D. | promotion |
| Answer» D. promotion | |
| 359. |
Identify the retirement benefit form the following |
| A. | wages |
| B. | bonus |
| C. | incentive |
| D. | gratuity |
| Answer» D. gratuity | |
| 360. |
-----is defined as performing functions &producing desired results at the least possible cost to tax payers. |
| A. | effectiveness |
| B. | productivity |
| C. | efficiency |
| D. | equity |
| Answer» B. productivity | |
| 361. |
------- is defined as a system in which selection& promotion depend on demonstrated performance. |
| A. | administrative system |
| B. | patronage system |
| C. | bureaucratic system |
| D. | merit system |
| Answer» D. merit system | |
| 362. |
A group which is established by it members is called _________. |
| A. | social group |
| B. | reference group |
| C. | performing group |
| D. | informal group |
| Answer» D. informal group | |
| 363. |
The stage at which emerging of leader and standards and roles are formed. |
| A. | norming stage |
| B. | forming stage |
| C. | storming stage |
| D. | performing stage |
| Answer» C. storming stage | |
| 364. |
The way of action which are accepted as legitimate by group members is called |
| A. | values |
| B. | norms |
| C. | conformity |
| D. | decision |
| Answer» B. norms | |
| 365. |
The degree of attachment of the members to their group is known as |
| A. | group cohesiveness |
| B. | group conformity |
| C. | group attachment |
| D. | group loyalty |
| Answer» A. group cohesiveness | |
| 366. |
A group of persons in an organization for making or recommending certain decisions is termed as. |
| A. | committee |
| B. | formal group |
| C. | task group |
| D. | performing group |
| Answer» A. committee | |
| 367. |
The process of giving employees the authority, skills and freedom to perform their task is known as. |
| A. | delegation of authority |
| B. | empowerment |
| C. | socialization |
| D. | decentralization of power |
| Answer» B. empowerment | |
| 368. |
Organizational commitment is |
| A. | employee’s involvement in the organization |
| B. | employee’s involvement in the job |
| C. | employee’s performance in the organization |
| D. | employee’s continuity in the job |
| Answer» A. employee’s involvement in the organization | |
| 369. |
The anxiety a person experiences when two sets of knowledge are contradictory or incongruent lead to. |
| A. | cognitive dissonance |
| B. | negative attitude |
| C. | stress |
| D. | perception disorder |
| Answer» A. cognitive dissonance | |
| 370. |
Which of the following denotes the predisposition to respond in a positive or negative way to someone to something in one’s environment? |
| A. | attitude |
| B. | stress |
| C. | belief |
| D. | personality |
| Answer» A. attitude | |
| 371. |
Control over expertise or more precisely, over information is called |
| A. | authority |
| B. | legitimate power |
| C. | expert power |
| D. | expert power |
| Answer» D. expert power | |
| 372. |
Power that has been legitimized within a specific special context. |
| A. | power |
| B. | authority |
| C. | delegation |
| D. | decentralization |
| Answer» A. power | |
| 373. |
A person’s motivation to gain power and control the behaviour of others. |
| A. | authority |
| B. | focus of control |
| C. | machiavellianism |
| D. | power |
| Answer» C. machiavellianism | |
| 374. |
Which theory hold the authority inherent in a managerial position is achieved by delegation from the higher position? |
| A. | classical theory |
| B. | acceptance theory |
| C. | competence authority |
| D. | operant theory. |
| Answer» A. classical theory | |
| 375. |
A mode of thinking that people engage in when they are deeply involved cohesive in group, when the members’ strivings for unanimity override their motivation to realistically appraise alternative courses of action. |
| A. | group think |
| B. | group process |
| C. | group shift |
| D. | group loafing |
| Answer» B. group process | |
| 376. |
Group established by the organisation to do its work and usually identifiable on an organisation chart. |
| A. | task group |
| B. | primary group |
| C. | formal group |
| D. | informal group |
| Answer» C. formal group | |
| 377. |
A technique for stimulating imaginative and novel ideas. |
| A. | nominal group techniques |
| B. | delphi technique |
| C. | brain storming |
| D. | dialectic decision method |
| Answer» C. brain storming | |
| 378. |
Dialectic decision method |
| A. | organisational stressors |
| B. | individual stressor |
| C. | group stressor |
| D. | role stressor |
| Answer» A. organisational stressors | |
| 379. |
The overall feeling of exhaustion a persons feels when simultaneously experiencing too much pressure is called. |
| A. | job dissatisfaction |
| B. | burnout. |
| C. | absenteeism |
| D. | role conflict |
| Answer» B. burnout. | |
| 380. |
The physical or psychological demands from the environments that cause stress are known as. |
| A. | burnout |
| B. | emotional intelligent |
| C. | negative attitude |
| D. | stressors |
| Answer» D. stressors | |
| 381. |
When the role of a person occupies goes against his self concept, then this would happen. |
| A. | roles space |
| B. | role overload |
| C. | role set |
| D. | self role distance |
| Answer» D. self role distance | |
| 382. |
When the role occupant feels that there are too many expectations from the significant role in his role set, then it is felt like this. |
| A. | role conflict |
| B. | role under load |
| C. | role overload |
| D. | role mapping |
| Answer» C. role overload | |
| 383. |
A situation that occurs when it is unclear or uncertain what behaviour is expected of role occupants. |
| A. | role conflict |
| B. | role ambiguity |
| C. | role analysis |
| D. | role overload |
| Answer» B. role ambiguity | |
| 384. |
The clusters of task and behaviours that others expect a person to perform while doing a job is known as. |
| A. | role |
| B. | position |
| C. | norms |
| D. | organizational culture |
| Answer» A. role | |
| 385. |
When expectations about a person’s role in the group contradict one another, it becomes. |
| A. | down ward conflict |
| B. | up ward conflict |
| C. | role conflict |
| D. | role ambiguity |
| Answer» C. role conflict | |
| 386. |
The system of various roles that a person takes and performs is called as. |
| A. | role space |
| B. | role mapping |
| C. | role set |
| D. | role analysis |
| Answer» A. role space | |
| 387. |
The person holding a performing the focal role is known as. |
| A. | focal roller |
| B. | role occupant |
| C. | role setter |
| D. | leader |
| Answer» B. role occupant | |
| 388. |
Behaviour expected from the focal role occupant by other members of the role set. |
| A. | norms |
| B. | values |
| C. | conformity |
| D. | position |
| Answer» A. norms | |
| 389. |
The study of human behaviour in organisational setting, the interface between human behaviour and the organisational context. |
| A. | scientific management |
| B. | organisational behavior |
| C. | hawthorn studies. |
| D. | behavioural studies |
| Answer» B. organisational behavior | |
| 390. |
Under which role, three general categories of managerial including the monitor, the disseminator, and spokes person roles comes. |
| A. | decision making role |
| B. | information role |
| C. | interpersonal role |
| D. | controlling role |
| Answer» B. information role | |
| 391. |
Failure to report work is called |
| A. | lack of commitment |
| B. | absenteeism |
| C. | burnout |
| D. | immoral activity |
| Answer» B. absenteeism | |
| 392. |
The process by which older members of a society transmit to younger members the social skilled is termed as. |
| A. | literature |
| B. | norms |
| C. | values |
| D. | socialization |
| Answer» D. socialization | |
| 393. |
Dispute between employees at different levels in an organization is known as. |
| A. | horizontal conflict |
| B. | over all conflict |
| C. | vertical conflict |
| D. | organizational conflict |
| Answer» C. vertical conflict | |
| 394. |
A group created by management to accomplish certain organizational goal is called as. |
| A. | performance group |
| B. | task group |
| C. | prime group |
| D. | internal group |
| Answer» B. task group | |
| 395. |
A planned, systematic process of organizational change based on behavioural science research and theory. |
| A. | organizational development |
| B. | organizational change |
| C. | organizational re-engineering |
| D. | organizational empowerment |
| Answer» A. organizational development | |
| 396. |
Set of value that help people in an organisation understand which actions are considered acceptable and which are considered unacceptable is known as. |
| A. | organizational norms |
| B. | organisational culture |
| C. | organizational ethics |
| D. | organization moral |
| Answer» B. organisational culture | |
| 397. |
Organization Moral |
| A. | belief |
| B. | norms |
| C. | tradition |
| D. | values |
| Answer» D. values | |
| 398. |
A set of guiding principles of behavior concerned with right and wrong which help interactions with others. |
| A. | beliefs |
| B. | values |
| C. | ethics |
| D. | tradition |
| Answer» B. values | |
| 399. |
.__________ is a formal & detailed study of jobs. |
| A. | job enrichment |
| B. | job evaluation |
| C. | job classification |
| D. | job analysis |
| Answer» B. job evaluation | |
| 400. |
.__________ is a very flexible type of organization. |
| A. | staff organization |
| B. | divisional organization |
| C. | line organization |
| D. | matrix organization |
| Answer» B. divisional organization | |
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