Friday, February 8, 2008

Human Resource Management (HRM) - 4

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS



Select The Blank
Question
Federation & union at all levels are managed on the lines of management of ________
Correct Answer
A political body
Your Answer
An economic activity

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Question
In indian since the liberalisation process in 19991, FDI flows have developed each year & exports are up by more than ________
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0.5
Your Answer
0.59

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

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question
What can give significant inputs about existing state of accountability of employees.
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HRD audit
Your Answer
TQM Interventions

True/False
Question
Human resource Audit is full-fledged methodology to bring about a change.
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False
Your Answer
False

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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What are the areas where the auditors should physically visit the workplace?
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Canteens , Living colony , Training rooms
Your Answer
Canteens , Training rooms

True/False
Question
The diamensions of the Human Resources portfolio matrix do not have the same form as for product & market portfolio.
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False
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question
What are the preparations to be done during pre-interview session by the employer about the employee.-
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Background , Training , Experience
Your Answer
Background , Experience , Checking

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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The liberalization swept through the nation bringing in a new era which compelled Indian business to value up from shumber & reassess its assumption. The characterstics were that of
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a complete or perish situation
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an open economy

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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What are aims & objectives of HRA?
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Increase manarginal awarness of human resourcess , Developing new meaure of effective manpower utilzation . , Enabling a longer time horzon for planning & budgeting .
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Increase manarginal awarness of human resourcess , Developing new meaure of effective manpower utilzation . , To act as a objective measure for rationalization programmes.

True/False
Question
The final step in manpower planning is to ensure that the supply will match the demand in future.
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False
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Name the various steps considered under Factor comparision system:
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Selection of job characteristics , Determination of correct rates of key jobs , Allocation of correct rate to each key job
Your Answer
Selection of job analysis , Allocation of correct rate to each key job , Selection of job characteristics , Determination of correct rates of key jobs

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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Who found that customer perceptions & attitudes were affected by what employees experienced?
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Schneider
Your Answer
Schneider

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The ________ are mostly for the employees of the marketing department .
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Commissions
Your Answer
Commissions

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Employer has to pay ________ of the basic wages to the employees during the lay off period
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0.5
Your Answer
0.45

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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At a certain stage the upword mobility stops for many employees. This is inescapable in view of pyramid organisation structure. This phenomenon is called :
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Plateauing
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Saturation

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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A new professional body called the National HRD Network took birth in :
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1985
Your Answer
1988

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question
Why is it that in dual career groups there is restricted freedom from the side of the human resource manager?
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because of restriction & reservations in adhering to organisational rules & regulations
Your Answer
because of an increase in stress levels

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In no phase of business life is ________ as important as in making promotion decesions.
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Integrity
Your Answer
Integrity

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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It is said that versality will be the key factor in determining employee value with following factors :
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Technology , Leadership , Motivation
Your Answer
Leadership , Motivation , Problem solving

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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In resent times, which department and head of the same usually initiates the manpower plan.
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HR department
Your Answer
HR department

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________ leads to conflict between various departments is a functional organisation
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The lack of appreciation for the constraints of other department
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Faulty communication

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________ assignment can also be recommended for career development.
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Rotational
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Vocational

Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question
What is that describes the duties of the job, authority relationship, skills requirement, conditions of work etc.
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Job analysis
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Job analysis

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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If supply of labour is higher than demand, which factor would be relatively low?
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Wage
Your Answer
Price

True/False
Question
As per the Human Development Balance sheet, 1997 30% of the total population (world) lives in abolute poverty
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False
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question
Under the grading system, name the separate geades included:
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Office , Clerical , Managerial
Your Answer
Clerical , Managerial

True/False
Question
If the assessee is transferred after Feb. the immediate superior will complete the appraisal as at 31st Aug.
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False
Your Answer
True

True/False
Question
Counselling involves a one to one discussion between the participant and administrator.
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True
Your Answer
True

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Under orientation programmes, some very important issues discussed and clarified are :
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Who analyzes the data? , Who are going to provide feedback? , Purpose of 360 Degree Feedback
Your Answer
Purpose of 360 Degree Feedback , Who analyzes the data? , Who are going to provide feedback? , Who are the participants?

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________ of managers assessed in the same study were positioned in the "Stars" category.
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0.15
Your Answer
0.09

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Western and Third World Studies of organisational excellence indicate major keys to organisational excellence , those are -
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Mission , Goals , Policies
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Mission , Goals , Policies

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Name the process of 360 degree appraisal which can be broken into three stages or levels -
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Planning , Implementation , Result
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Planning , Implementation , Result

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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Some problems are inherent in the performance Appraisal System, they are -
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Discrimination , First impression , Central tendency
Your Answer
Discrimination , First impression , Central tendency

True/False
Question
At Intel the Work Force Solution Company (WFS) was framed & given monopoly over business process.
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False
Your Answer
True

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Generally, training need identification forms a part of ________.
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Management Appraisal System
Your Answer
Career Planning

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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What is Business Process Re-engineering?
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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
Process re-design & system re-engineering , 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.

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

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For closure , if there is no response ( from government ) within ________ permission is deemed to have been granted
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60
Your Answer
30

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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Name one of the components / elements of the flow of decisions in the Management quadrant :
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Sound Industrial relations
Your Answer
Collective bargaining

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

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________ phase involves generating confidence in the employee to open up and frankly share his perceptions, feeling etc.
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Rapport building
Your Answer
Rapport building

True/False
Question
Proper implementation and support of all management levels are not very crucial for the success of HRD audit
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False
Your Answer
False

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
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A key HR role in the firm will be multidisciplinary consulting around -
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Individual , Team , Business unit
Your Answer
Business unit

Multiple Choice Single Answer
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What is step1 / phase1 of a 360 degree Feedback approach?
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Orientation
Your Answer
Training

Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
An efficient plant layout & a good menchmark
Ford Motors
Xerox (1989)
Simple act of comparision & learning for organisational improvement
Benchmarking
Ford Motors
The Malcolm Bridge National Quality Award
Xerox (1989)
Ishikawa (1992)
Japanese firms had ling been benchmarking other companies, many of them American
Ohirata (1994)
Ford Motors

Match The Following
Question
Correct Answer
Your Answer
Merit pay
It is based on performance in the company as per his set roles.
It compensates with the price index.
Stock Options
It is issued to the employees to be a shareholder in the company.
It compensates with the supply index.
Commissions
It is assigned on completion of targets set.
It is issued to the employees to be a shareholder in the company.
Dearness Allowance
It compensates with the price index.
It compensates with the supply index.

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