Human Resource Management Exam

The concept of Human relations was developed by

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Robert owen
V.V. Giri
Elton Mayo
Edwin B. Filippo

______ is the process of deciding how to fill the company's most important executive positions.

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Succession Planning
Organisational Restructuring
Self directed Teams
Corporate downsizing

Assertion (A). A Manager delegates authority. Reason (R). The Manager want to shirk his responsibility.

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Both (A) and (R) are true
Both (A) and (R) are false
(A) is true but (R) is false
(A) is false but (R) is true

Objectives of training is

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Increased morale
Increased productivity
Favourable reaction to change
All of these

An enterprise gets more output and mutual cooperation from its subordinate staff by adopting

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Motivating by Leadership
Motivation by participation
Motivation by goals
Motivation by Challenges

Mechanism of Human Resource Development includes

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Job Redesign
Rewards
Human Resource Information System
All of these

A ______ is a collection of duties, tasks and responsibilities which are assigned to an individual and which is different from the assignment.

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Job
Human Resource Planning
Industrial Relations
Responsibility

The Workmen's compensation Act came into force in which year?

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1930
1921
1944
1924

HRM is concerned with

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Worker
Industrial relation
Field Staff
All employees

Feedback and counselling involves

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Discuss the steps the employee can take for improvement
Provide support
Give critical and supporting feedback
All of these

In job-evaluation the Key Jobs are designated as ones

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Which are more in number in the organisation
Which are most important for the survival of the organisation
Which are most secure
All of these

Assertion (A). Labour always get a major share of productive gains. Reason (R). Partial stoppage of work by workers amounts to strike.

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(A) is true but (R) is false
(R) is true but (A) is false
(A) and (R) both are true
(A) and (R) both are false

Job analysis provides information used for writing

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Organisation chart
Policy
Job Description
Procedure

Safety and accident prevention should concern managers for all the following reasons except

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Criminal Liability
Human suffering of the injured workers
Retaliatory actions by workers
Work-related accident figures are stagering

Which is wage determination factors?

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Prevailing Rates of Wages
Cost of Living
Ability to Pay
All of these

Which of the following techniques of performance appraisal is least susceptible to personal bias?

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360 degree Appraisal system
Forced-Choice method
Ranking Method
Check List

Training information system included of

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Training aids
Internal and external faculty
Training resources
Training needs

Which is the Human Relation Policy?

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Open communication
Common interest
Mutual acceptance
All of these

Assertion (A). Employee development is more future oriented and more concerned with education than employee training. Reason (R). Apprenticeship programme is one of the widely used off the job training method.

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(A) and (R) both are the correct
(A) and (R) both are the incorrect
(A) is correct but (R) is incorrect
(A) is incorrect but (R) is correct

Off the Job Training Method consists

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Role Playing Method
Case Study Method
Programmed Training
All of these

Effective supervision is an activity of

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Organization function
Staffing function
Control function
Direction function

Assertion (A). One cannot be sure about the quality of appraisal on the basis of length of service. Reason (R). lnitial appraisal and promotion appraisal are done separately and differently since the length of service is different.

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(R) is correct but (A) is not correct
(A) is correct but (R) is not correct
(A) and (R) both are correct
(A) and (R) both are not correct

The authoritarian leadership style goes with

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Theory Y
Theory Z
Theory A
Theory X

Assertion (A). It is no better to pay employees for little than to pay to much. Reason (R). Competent employees will remain competent forever.

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(A) is true but (R) is false
(R) is true but (A) is false
Both (A) and (R) are true
Both (A) and (R) are false

On the Job Training Methods is based on

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Demonstration Method
Apprenticeship Training Method
Informal Training
All of these

Which is not a method of performance appraisal?

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Straight ranking method
Man-to-man comparison method
Check list method
None of these

What is type of test?

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Aptitude Test
Personality Test
Achievement Test
All of these

Performance appraisal means evaluating an employees performance relative to

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Establishing goods
Fellow employees
Job description requirements
Performance standards

Which of the following is not necessary for promotion from with in?

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Job posting
Advertisements
Personal Record
Performance Appraisal Form

Which are the functions of Human Relations?

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Minimise dissatisfaction
Moral building programmes
Personal contacts
All of these

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