E Human Resource MCQs

Question. e-HRM stands for
(a) Electronic
(b) Economic
(c) Equal
(d) none of the options

Answer: A

Question. ___________ express the relationship of applicant inputs to outputs at various decision points.
(a) Number of contacts
(b) Yield Ratios
(c) Type of contacts
(d) Technological sophistication

Answer: B

Question. A collection of several tasks in sequence ______________.
(a) Group
(b) Duty
(c) Position
(d) Sharing

Answer: B

Question. _________ refers to the process of identifying and attracting job seekers so as to build a pool of qualified job applicants.
(a) Selection
(b) Training
(c) Recruitments
(d) Induction

Answer: C

Question. Which of these is the most important external factor governing recruitments?
(a) Sons of soil
(b) Labour market
(c) Unemployment rate
(d) Supply and demand

Answer: D

Question. Enriching jobs create
(a) Halo effect
(b) Snowball effect
(c) negative effect
(d) positive effect

Answer: B

Question. WAB’s Refers to ______________
(a) Weighted allotment blanks
(b) Weighted application blanks
(c) Weighted average blanks
(d) Weighted assimilation blanks

Answer: B

Question. Activities that prepare employee for future responsibility ______________.
(a) Inducement
(b) Development
(c) Education
(d) Motivation

Answer: B

Question. Which decision in strategy development relates to the methods used in recruitment and selection?
(a) Sources of recruitment
(b) Technological sophistication
(c) Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
(d) make or buy employees

Answer: B

Question. Recruitment is one of the HR ______________ function.
(a) Acquisition
(b) Development
(c) Maintenance
(d) Compensation

Answer: A

Question. An organization may choose to do all of the following to motivate a plateaued worker, except ______________.
(a) Lateral moves
(b) Promotion
(c) Temporary assignments
(d) Committee assignments

Answer: B

Question. Compensation will be perceived as fair if it is comprised of a system of components developed to maintain ______________.
(a) internal equity
(b) external equity
(c) both internal and external equity
(d) none of the options

Answer: C

Question. 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 options

Answer: B

Question. Scope of the HRM includes __
(a) Retirement and separation of employees
(b) HR training and development
(c) Industrial relations
(d) all of the options

Answer: D

Question. What are the main aims of Employee Assistance Programmes?
(a) To alter the organizational culture.
(b) To address team and individual performance and well-being in the workplace.
(c) To focus the attention of employees to the power structures of an organization.
(d) To establish effective methods of care and support for everyone in an organization

Answer: D

Question. While recruiting for non – managerial, supervisory and middle – management positions which external factor is of prime importance?
(a) Political – Legal
(b) Unemployment rate
(c) Labour market
(d) Growth and Expansion

Answer: C

Question. Division of work to take the advantage of ______________.
(a) Discipline
(b) Specialization
(c) Aptitude
(d) Productivity

Answer: B

Question. HR shared service includes
(a) Recruitment function
(b) Customer Care Service
(c) Payroll Function
(d) all of the options

Answer: D

Question. A major internal factor that can determine the success of the recruiting programme is whether or not the company engages in ______.
(a) HRP
(b) Selection
(c) Induction
(d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question. Whatever an individual does, there is always some amount of ______________ on him.
(a) satisfaction
(b) stress
(c) profit
(d) benefit

Answer: B

Question. The poor quality of selection will mean extra cost on _______ and supervision.
(a) Training
(b) Recruitment
(c) Work quality
(d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question. Competencies are the
(a) Knowledge
(b) Skills
(c) Behaviour
(d) All of the options

Answer: D

Question. To add value to HRM, the use of an HRIS is focused primarily on increasing which of the following kind of tasks or activities?
(a) transactional
(b) benchmarking
(c) transformational
(d) re-engineering

Answer: C

Question. What do you understand “S” in the defining SMART Goals?
(a) Solution
(b) specific
(c) standard
(d) soft

Answer: B

Question. What is the main objective of the recruitment and selection process?
(a) Recruit the right candidates
(b) Meet the high labour turnover
(c) To reduce the costs of recruiting
(d) None of the options

Answer: B

Question. One of the most popular methods of increasing employee responsibility and control is ______________.
(a) Outsourcing
(b) “Military model” of management
(c) Work teams
(d) Manpower planning

Answer: C

Question. Recruitment and selection must be effective to ensure it:
(a) Offsets high labour turnover
(b) Delivers the highest calibre of individuals at optimum most
(c) To have a surplus in case of sickness and absence
(d) Encourages new blood into the organization

Answer: B

Question. ______________ interview in which candidate is allowed to speak his mind freely.
(a) Non directed
(b) Structured
(c) Formal
(d) Depth

Answer: A

Question. ______________ is the ideal or target to achieve through higher productivity.
(a) Fair wages
(b) Minimum wages
(c) Living wages
(d) Normal wages

Answer: D

Question. Which of the following are the decisions to be made while devising the strategies to hire?
(a) Geographic distribution of labour markets comprising job seekers
(b) Make or buy employees
(c) Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
(d) all of the options

Answer: D

Question. How many stages does the recruitment process comprise of?
(a) 2
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 5

Answer: D

Question. Compensation will be perceived as fair if it is comprised of a system of components developed to maintain ______________.
(a) internal equity
(b) external equity
(c) both internal and external equity
(d) none of the options

Answer: C

Question. Which of the following act deals with recruitment and selection?
(a) Child labour act
(b) The apprentices act
(c) Mines act
(d) all of the options

Answer: D

Question. Halo Effect is related with ______________.
(a) performance appraisal
(b) wage & salary administration
(c) selection
(d) Transfer

Answer: C

Question. Which among the following allowances is paid to employees in order to enable them to face the increasing price of essential commodities?
(a) Bonus
(b) Rent allowance
(c) Increment in salary
(d) Dearness allowance

Answer: D

Question. What is the natural perception of people on the process of recruitment and selection?
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Both positive and negative
(d) None of the options

Answer: A

Question. Rearrange the following steps of recruitment.
I. Searching
II. Evaluation and control
III. Planning
IV. Screening
V. Strategy development
(a) III, II, I, V, IV
(b) III, V, I, IV, II
(c) IV, V, III, I, II
(d) II, I, IV, V, III

Answer: B

Question. Choose the odd man out.
(a) Acquisitions and mergers
(b) Radio and television
(c) Former employees
(d) Advertisements

Answer: C

Question. What did the whitely councils establish?
(a) Tripartite employee relations
(b) Collective bargaining framework
(c) Trade union
(d) Employer associations

Answer: A

Question. Training helps to improve and give higher ______________.
(a) Productivity
(b) Mobility
(c) Viability
(d) Vitality

Answer: A