Friday, 21 June 2013

Human Resource Management - 18

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question What is Business Process Re-engineering? 
Correct Answer The ability of an organisation to step back & rethink the way it does business , Focus on all form business components: strategy, business process, people and technology. , Encouraging enterprenewal adaptation on capabilities with stress on innovative skills & collaborative decision-making 
Your Answer Encouraging enterprenewal adaptation on capabilities with stress on innovative skills & collaborative decision-making , The ability of an organisation to step back & rethink the way it does business , Focus on all form business components: strategy, business process, people and technology. 

True/False 
Question Employees feel frustrated due to low specialisation in the work 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question When employees takes up other occupation & spend more or less 70% of their time & resources for their business or industrial unit. Second job activity to this extent may be called as : 
Correct Answer Three quarter Moon Lighting 
Your Answer Three quarter Moon Lighting 

True/False 
Question The first HRD department in the Indian corporate sector was started in 1975 in Larsen & Toubro (L & T). 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True 

True/False 
Question Implementation level deals with the actual conduct of the appraisal process. 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True 

Select The Blank 
Question Expenses incurred by a firm on recruitment , training & devlopment of employees are treated as ________ 
Correct Answer Current costs 
Your Answer Current costs 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question Which practices are service related and human resources related? 
Correct Answer Organisational 
Your Answer Organisational 

Select The Blank 
Question At Hewlett Packard, as part of their BPR programme, the ________directs resources from applicants to a centralised employment response centre. 
Correct Answer EMS 
Your Answer EMS 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question Name the factors which come under ' Work Planning' that is component systems of HRD: 
Correct Answer Performance appraisal , Role analysis , Contextual analysis 
Your Answer Performance appraisal , Role analysis , Contextual analysis 

Select The Blank 
Question ________ of more than 1500 managers in Dr. Odiorne's study were found to be in the Work Horse category 
Correct Answer 0.79 
Your Answer 0.79 

Select The Blank 
Question The link between sense of reality and ________ is important for proper understanding of the definition of sense of reality 
Correct Answer imagination 
Your Answer imagination 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question Under the point method, key jobs are selected, each sub factor is then defined in the order of importance preferable along a scale, factors generally considered are: 
Correct Answer Skill , Efforts , Accountability 
Your Answer Skill , Efforts , Accountability 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question A Managerial Walkabouts presents the students with some basic challenges, such as - 
Correct Answer Logical Enquiry , Service , Adventure 
Your Answer Logical Enquiry , Service , Adventure 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question At a US based industrial design firm there is no position as a head or chief, instead, importance is given to hiring the right people for the rights. This policy emulates which concept? 
Correct Answer Self actualization at the work place. 
Your Answer Self actualization at the work place. 

Select The Blank 
Question ________ and retaintion of qualified employees is a common goal shared by many employers. 
Correct Answer Recruitment 
Your Answer Recruitment 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question What is concerned with developing a pool of candidates in line with the human resources plan 
Correct Answer Recruitment 
Your Answer Recruitment 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question Name one of the components / elements of the flow of decisions in the employees organisation as a bid to increase union member loyalty : 
Correct Answer Providing wrong information about management 
Your Answer Providing wrong information about management 

Match The Following 
Question Correct Answer Your Answer 

Concept suggested by Elliot Jecques. It takes into account the various key factors that will tell the overall performance of a job. It takes into account the various key factors that will tell the overall performance of a job. 

Job Factors enumerated as : Effort, responsibility, skill, working conditions Effort, responsibility, skill, working conditions 

Wage survey : It places all evaluated jobs according to point in terms of money. It places all evaluated jobs according to point in terms of money. 

Designing wage structure : Similar jobs are grouped and treated as a job class. Similar jobs are grouped and treated as a job class. 


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question The concept of 'quality' underwent numerous refinements, which out of the following pioneered such refinements? 
Correct Answer Deming , Shewhart , Juran 
Your Answer Deming , Shewhart , Juran 

Match The Following 
Question Correct Answer Your Answer 

"Working on your liabilities" Life long mission Life long mission 

Assignment to some important task force or committee Offsetting Plateauing effect Offsetting Plateauing effect 

Need-opportunity Alignment Crucial role played by HRD Crucial role played by HRD 

Continued self development A leadership quality A leadership quality 


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question What are the elements of a quality control system? 
Correct Answer A means of measurement of accomplishment , A means of standard. , A comparision of actual results with the standard. 
Your Answer A means of measurement of accomplishment , A means of standard. , A comparision of actual results with the standard. 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question How does the people in the organisation take feedback seriously and try to benefit from the same? 
Correct Answer The candidate is desirous to be better , The candidate has an attitude for healthy competition , The candidate is desirous of knowing himself through the eyes of others. 
Your Answer The candidate is desirous to be better , The candidate has an attitude for healthy competition , The candidate is desirous of knowing himself through the eyes of others. 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question Name the steps that develop strategic framework for HRD 
Correct Answer Realistic employee development , Measurable employee development , Well costed employee development 
Your Answer Realistic employee development , Measurable employee development , Well costed employee development 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question There are companies where the HR department lists out the raters by choosing randomly from the participant's list of work related employees. Each rater receives an envelop having the following :- 
Correct Answer Letter from the administrator , Letter from the participant soliciting feedback , Self addressed envelope from the administrator 
Your Answer Letter from the administrator , Letter from the participant soliciting feedback , Self addressed envelope from the administrator 

Select The Blank 
Question ________ manpower plan need the involvement of top management as well as HR exports. 
Correct Answer Strategic 
Your Answer Strategic 

True/False 
Question Establishment of trade unions by workers in small industries is not common 
Correct Answer False 
Your Answer False 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question Name the internal operational measures dealing with how well HR practices are designed and delivered: 
Correct Answer Cycle time, quality & cost of HR practices , The ratio of HR enpenses , The ratio of HR professionals to employee population. 
Your Answer Cycle time, quality & cost of HR practices , The ratio of HR enpenses , The ratio of HR professionals to employee population. 

Select The Blank 
Question ________ means every employee is an active participant in goal attainment. 
Correct Answer Employee involerment 
Your Answer Employee involerment 

True/False 
Question HRD audit can give significant inputs about existing stage of accountability of employees. 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True 

Select The Blank 
Question Where the firm pats the proposed changes into practice is called ________ stage. 
Correct Answer Implementation 
Your Answer Implementation 

Select The Blank 
Question ________ should reinforce positive behaviour. 
Correct Answer Feedback 
Your Answer Feedback 

True/False 
Question Performance development plan is set for the employee by his immediate boss. 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True 

Select The Blank 
Question HRD department is also included as an ________ of HRD. 
Correct Answer Instruments 
Your Answer Instruments 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question At a certain stage the upword mobility stops for many employees.This phenomenon ideally takes place around the age of 
Correct Answer 40 
Your Answer 40 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question Why Companies go for HRD Audit? 
Correct Answer Promoting Professionalism 
Your Answer Promoting Professionalism 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question When one's financial & social position is almost entirely determined by the second occupation, the extent of second jobbing may be known as : 
Correct Answer Full Moon Lighting 
Your Answer Full Moon Lighting 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question Name the type of questions hindering communication 
Correct Answer Testing 
Your Answer Testing 

True/False 
Question Analysis of secondary data can give a lot of insights into the HRD assets & liabilities of the company 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True 

Select The Blank 
Question On the basis of job elements and organisational demand an appropriate ________ of job evaluation should be selected. 
Correct Answer method 
Your Answer method 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question Conventionally Personnel Managers & Manpower Development Managers took what form of approach for the development of human resource? 
Correct Answer Manufacturing approach 
Your Answer Manufacturing approach 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question What does a Supervisory Skill Level Survey entaial? 
Correct Answer Method of measuring training needs of a Co's supervisors through well designed psychometric tests 
Your Answer Method of measuring training needs of a Co's supervisors through well designed psychometric tests 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question what are the common objections against the treatment of people as assets in a HRM system 
Correct Answer There is no assurance of future benefits , people are not owened by the organisation , it may not be recognised by tax laws 
Your Answer There is no assurance of future benefits , people are not owened by the organisation , it may not be recognised by tax laws 

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer 
Question According to Ulrich (1994), today's human resource professionals need to move towards effectively fulfilling the multiple roles of - 
Correct Answer Employee champions who are able to relate to & meet the needs of employees , Strategic partners , Change agents 
Your Answer Employee champions who are able to relate to & meet the needs of employees , Strategic partners , Change agents 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question In an employees organisation the flow of decisions from the President / Secretary of Branch Union flow to - 
Correct Answer President / Secretary & Craft / Unit level Union 
Your Answer President / Secretary & Craft / Unit level Union 

Multiple Choice Single Answer 
Question What is regarded as the preventive tool in case of any differences of opinions among the members of rating committee. 
Correct Answer Job specification 
Your Answer Job specification 

True/False 
Question Trade union is a group of two people who come to strengthen their bargaining position. 
Correct Answer False 
Your Answer False 

True/False 
Question Monitoring and Follow-up follows the distribution of questionnaires to all assessors. 
Correct Answer True 
Your Answer True

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