MGT-501 NO 4

1. Which of the following structure is formed to facilitate the work flow for goals achievement? ► ► ► ►

Society

Organization

Union

Government

2. Which of the following department is responsible for the socialization of new employees?

Human Resource Department

Accounts Department

Marketing Department

Administration Department

3. Impact of individuals' behavior within an organization is studied under:

Organizational culture

Organizational norms

Organizational behavior

Organizational rules

4. 'Job specification' is said to be an outcome of which of the given term?

Job analysis

Job title

Job evaluation

Job worth

5. The actions of people at work place are studied under which of the following discipline?

Psychology

Organizational behavior

Sociology

Anthropology

6. Which of the following Management functions are applicable w.r.t HRM?

Planning, organizing, leading & controlling

Planning & organizing only

Leading & controlling only

None of the management functions applied

7. Who is responsible to take corrective actions in response to unforeseen problems?

Liaison

Disturbance-handler

Figurehead

Spokesperson

8. "People working in your organization are less than the actual requirements". Which of the following strategy you prefer to solve this problem?

Downsizing

Transfers

Demotions

Recruiting

9. How many levels of management are in a traditional organization?

4

5

3

8

10. Which of the following is served as criteria for declaring a particular job as worth-full?

Physical motion

Significance of task

Mental stress

Long working hours

11. In order to promote unbiased management, organizations should develop:

Powerful union

Legal compliance

Strategic alliances

Stakeholder influence

12. Job specification is a statement that represents:

Required skills

Specific qualification

Personality traits

All of the given options

13. Which of the following defines the levels of authority to perform the assigned tasks?

Labor union

Competitor's threat

Organizational structure

Pressure group

14. The best hiring occurs when the goals of which of the following should consistent to each other?

HR managers, Finance managers

Head office, Branch

Organization, Individual

Lower managers, Top managers

15. Which of the following term is used for choosing the individual that is best suited to a particular position and to the organization from a group of potential applicants?

Recruitment

Selection

Staffing

Enrollment

16. "People working in your organization are more than the actual requirements". Which one of the following strategy you prefer to solve this problem?

Recruitment

Training

Layoff

Merger

17. Which of the following recruitment method provides a platform to multiple employers to attract large number of applicants?

Job offer

Job fair

Job festival

Job listing

18. 'Cognitive component' of an attitude represents which of the following individual's activity?

Thinking

Feeling

Doing

Performing

19. While recruiting globally, organizations have to:

View applicants as “commodities”

First define the relevant labor market

View applicants as “customers”

Ensure EEO & QWL as per local labor laws

20. Reactive approach to overcome the influence of discriminatory practices occurred in the past is referred as:

Equal employment opportunity

Affirmative action

HR planning

Litigation process

21. A __________ is defined as two or more interacting and interdependent individuals who come together to achieve particular objectives.

Department

Group

Organization

All of the given options

22. Which selection tool is considered least by HR managers while hiring an individual?

Candidate interviews

Reference letters

Application blanks

Academic records

23. While developing laws, management should be able to:

Implement laws by force

Modify as per requirement

Defend their decisions

Easily convey among employees

24. Which of the following term describes the unique combination of psychological traits that describes a person’s behaviors?

Perception

Personality

Attitude

Ability

25. To increase the group cohesiveness managers have to:

Forcefully apply rules & policies

Increase competition with other groups

Encourage mutual participation

Nurture politics within the groups

26. Which of the following managers are refered as service providers?

Line

Staff

Functional

Operational

27. The number of people hired for a particular job compared to the number of individuals in the applicant pool is often expressed as:

Application ratio

Recruitment ratio

Selection ratio

Employment ratio

28. 'There is no need to make any new appointment'; therefore, the organization has transfered Mr. Azam to another branch. This step of the organization is taken to:

Increase the labor supply than demand

Maintain the balance of labor supply and demand

Decrease the labor supply than demand

Devastate the balance of labor supply and demand

29. Which of the following managers assist the line managers by providing them advices while taking major decisions?

Staff

Functional

First-line

Operational

30. What could be the reason behind linking HRM with the strategic goals & objectives of an organization?

Promote centralization

Foster innovation & flexibility

Support bureaucratic culture

Develop rigid policies

31. The three most important job-related attitudes are:

Job involvement, organizational commitment and job enrichment

Job satisfaction, job orientation and organizational commitment

Job satisfaction, job involvement and organizational commitment

Job satisfaction, job enlargement and organizational behavior

32. While conducting job analysis the 'Observation Method' is useful when:

Job requires more intellectual skills to complete

Job is repetitive in nature

Job is market oriented and requires more data

Job consists of observable physical activity

33. Paperless organizations are the organizations which are:

Using computer terminal only

Maintaining manual filling systems only

Shifting from manual to computerized databases

None of the given options

34. Initially the personnel department was only involved in:

Recruitment & selection

Compensation & benefits

Training & development

Scheduling vacations

35. To encourage and authorize workers to take initiatives to reduce costs, improve operations, product quality and customer service is known as:

Authority

Decentralization

Empowerment

Centralization

36. The analysis conducted by an organization to investigate the composition of a community from where organization recruits its workforce, facilitates: