Human Resource Management (MGT501)

1. According to which of the following theories we can learn through observations and personal experiences?

   1. Operant conditioning theory
   2. Social learning theory
   3. Reengineering theory
   4. Learning theory

2. Which of the following components consists of a person's beliefs, opnions, knowledge, and information?

   1. Affective component
   2. Cognitive component
   3. Behavioral component
   4. Objective component

3. It is often perceived that "Women are bad drivers" is an example of

   1. Backlash
   2. Stereotyping
   3. Diversity
   4. Resistance

4. Ahmad is dissatisfied at work and decided to quit. Which of the following component of attitude is represented in this statement.

   1. Cognitive
   2. Affective
   3. Behavioral
   4. Learning

5. Which of the following is not a reason for growing importance of Human Resource Management?

   1. Knowledge base is the foundation of organization's core competencies
   2. Effective disbursement of finances to each department
   3. Success depends on people's skills, knowledge and abilities
   4. Employees play a major role to distinguish organization from their competitors

6. Which of the following statements best defines the term "committed workforce"?

   1. They are always on time
   2. They are very hardworking
   3. They do their job as if they own the company
   4. They do their jobs without any mistake

7. Ahmad is working for XYZ organization. He is confronting time management issues at the workplace. being a manager of the organization which of the following skills set you will require to help Ahmad in this situation.

   1. Technical skills
   2. Interpersonal skills
   3. Conceptuals skills
   4. Learning skills

8. Attracting and retaining personnel on which of the following position is least challenging job in a garment factory?

   1. Job of a dress designer
   2. Clerical job in Finance department
   3. Job of marketing executive
   4. Head of stitching unit

9. Which one is true statement about groups?

   1. A group in itself does not necessarily constitute a team
   2. A group is always a team
   3. A group is like a team
   4. Team and groups are same

10. Manufacturing was the main concern of personnel department during:

    1. Mechanistic period
    2. Catalytic period
    3. Organistic period
    4. Strategic period

11. Which of the following statement is not an example of attitude.

    1. Knowledge and information held by a person
    2. Happiness at securing a higher position
    3. Opinion about a new product
    4. Cost of developing a product

12. Which of the following levels of managers develop organizational wide goals.

    1. Middle
    2. First-line
    3. Low
    4. Top

13. An activity in an organization aimed at creating greater efficiency by eliminating certain jobs is:

    1. Downsizing
    2. Righsizing
    3. Selection
    4. Recruitment

14. Successful organizations treat their employees as:

    1. A liability
    2. An asset
    3. An assistant
    4. A subordinate

15. The term "people" is one of the components of an organization which refers to:

    1. Society
    2. Customers
    3. Human resource
    4. General public

16. For inclusion of diversity in the workplace what kind of differences should be consider?

    1. Religious & culture
    2. Racial & ethical groups
    3. Gender
    4. All of the given

17. Which one is the quality of informal group?

    1. They are social in nature
    2. They have designated work assignments
    3. They are established by the organizations
    4. They have predefined norms

18. A group is made up of different people, when analyzing group diversity what characteristics needs to be consider

    1. Age
    2. Gender
    3. Religion and culture
    4. All of the given

19. Which one of the following activity is related to the records keeping stage of development of Human resource management?

    1. Scheduling vacations
    2. Calculating Staffing cost
    3. Application of labor laws
    4. Quality enhancement

20. Which of the following disciplines deals with the impact of individual's behaviour in an organization?

    1. Organizational culture
    2. Organizational norms
    3. Organizational behavior
    4. Organizational rules

21. Which of the following issues were more prominent during catalytic period of transformation from personnel management to Human resource management.

    1. Rules and regulations
    2. Mergers and acquisitions
    3. Re-engineering
    4. All of the given

22. All of the following are the new trends at workplace for individuals except

    1. Flex time
    2. Education
    3. Standard of living
    4. Restructuring

23. An organization wants to change the way the functions are performed. Management has decided to sale off the portion of the company for making it more efficient and therefore more profitable. This process is called:

    1. Restructuring
    2. Recycling
    3. Reconditioning
    4. Reengineering

24. Which one of the following functions of Human Resource Management is related to career counseling of employees?

    1. Training and development
    2. Planning & selection
    3. Compensation & benefits
    4. Maintenance of HRIS

25. When an organization establishes a proper day care center.it responds to the ________ challenge.

    1. Technology
    2. Empowerment
    3. Increasing dual career families
    4. Quality work

26. In how many stages transformation of personnel management took place into human resource management?

    1. Two
    2. Three
    3. Four
    4. Five

27. The cognitive component of a person consists of his ________.

    1. Emotions
    2. Knowledge
    3. Attitude
    4. Feelings

28. Following are the individual challenges which today's organization is facing except

    1. Empowerment
    2. Job Insecurity
    3. Total Quality Management
    4. Brain Drain

29. Attitude reflects an individual's feeling or judgement about something therefore it is to be said that attitudes are ________.

    1. Emotional statements
    2. Evaluative statements
    3. Complex statements
    4. Simple statements

30. Which one of the following action taken by the organization is much fruitful than equal employment opportunity for minorities or the affected classes?

    1. Affirmative Action
    2. Workforce Diversity
    3. Merit based Selection

31. The goal setting, Policy making & Strategy formulation are related to which of the following management functions?

    1. Planning
    2. Controlling
    3. Leading
    4. Organizing

32. Organizational Behavior deals with:

    1. Investor's behavior
    2. Shareholder's behavior
    3. Employee's behavior
    4. Customer's behavior

33. Which one of the following components of attitude represents a person's opinions, knowledge, and information?

    1. Affective component
    2. Behavioral component
    3. Objective component
    4. Cognitive component

34. Which of the following is an example of informal group?

    1. Taskforce
    2. Social Networks
    3. School
    4. Board of directors

35. For which of the following level of managers technical skills are more important

    1. Top level managers
    2. Middle level managers
    3. First line managers
    4. Non-management personnel

36. A management function focusing on setting organization's goals and objectives is:

    1. Planning
    2. Organizing
    3. Leading
    4. Controlling

37. Which one of the following option best describes the action taken for eliminating the present effects of past discrimination.

    1. Equal Employment Opportunity
    2. Affirmative Action
    3. Backlash
    4. All of the given

38. Which of the following is mandatory for the formation of an organization?

    1. An individual
    2. Two or more individuals
    3. A proprietor
    4. An employee

39. Which of the following management function a manager needs to be performed to examine the deviations from standards set in the planning stage.

    1. Planning
    2. Organizing
    3. Leading
    4. Controlling

40. Which of the following is NOT a goal of HRM?

    1. Integration of HRM with the corporate strategy of the organization
    2. Producing the desired human behaviour that helps to achieve the organizations goals
    3. Creation of a flexible environment that can easily adopt change
    4. To ensure proper delivery of products

41. How do companies facilitate workforce diversity?

    1. By relying on external support systems for minority workers
    2. By encouraging employees to challenge beliefs and values of other employees
    3. By organizing social activities
    4. By reinforcing traditional values

42. The HR managers are generally known as:

    1. Line manager
    2. Functional manager
    3. Staff manager
    4. Operational manager

43. The main source of information is

    1. Upgraded technology
    2. Human mind
    3. Competitors' pressure
    4. Research & Development

44. The intellectual and mechanical processes used by an organization to transform inputs into products or services is called?

    1. Technology
    2. Structure of Organization
    3. Leadership
    4. Human Resource

45. Productivity = _______.

    1. Effectiveness x Efficiency
    2. Effectiveness / Efficiency
    3. Effectiveness - Efficiency
    4. Effectiveness + Efficiency

46. Which of the following is not a function of HRM?

    1. Recruitment
    2. Training
    3. Procurement
    4. None of the given

47. Periodic reductions in a company's work force to improve its bottom line often called

    1. Rightsizing
    2. Dismissal
    3. Termination
    4. Downsizing

48. Which of the following term is described as "The process of determining the human resource needs of an organization and ensuring that the right number of qualified people are positioned in the right jobs at the right time"?

    1. Job planning
    2. Resource planning
    3. Human resource planning
    4. Succession planning

49. Authority is classified among _______ levels of categories.

    1. 2
    2. 4
    3. 6
    4. 3

50. Which of these is not a technique used to manage the surplus of the workforce?

    1. Early retirements
    2. Creative Recruiting
    3. Restricted hiring
    4. Reduced hours

51. Which of the following term contains information regarding machines and equipment used at workplace?

    1. Job analysis
    2. Job specification
    3. Job description
    4. Job evaluation

52. According to which of the following interview type, several applicants are being interviewed by one or more company representatives?

    1. One-to-one interview
    2. Panel interview
    3. Group interview
    4. Stress interview

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