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Paper Code : MBA-204
Roll No :..................................
Examination : MARCH 2021
2nd Semester
Human Resources Management
Time : 1 Hours ]
[ Max. Marks : 60
Instructions :Attempt All Questions. All questions carry equal marks.
Fill the 'Bubble' available in OMR Sheet to mark your Answer.
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There is No Negative marking for incorrect answer.
1. The meaning of the acronym HRM is
(A) Human Relations Management
(B) Humanistic Resource Management
(C) Human Resource Management
(D) Human Resourceful Management
2. HRM is
(A) A staff functions
(B) A line function
(C) A staff function" line function and accounting function
(D) All of the above
3. Finding ways to reduce ________ is a key responsibility of management.
(A) Dissatisfaction
(B) Uncertainty
(C) Stress
(D) None of the above
4. HR professional should apply risk management techniques to the different aspects of
(A) HR Strategies
(B) HR Competencies
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
5. Developing characteristics of people needed to run business in
(A) Short term
(B) Medium term
(C) Long term
(D) Any of the above
6. Which issues tend to be well disguised.
(A) Political
(B) Territorial
(C) Social
(D) Economical
7. Who suggests Human Resource Strategy in itself may not be effective.
(A) Peter Drucker
(B) Tony Groundy
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(C) John Zimmerman
(D) Anonymous
8. Pettigrew & Whipp identified how many central factors for managing change successfully.
(A) Three
(B) Four
(C) Five
(D) Six
9. Which executives take a full part in the strategic planning process.
(A) Training & Development
(B) Human Resource
(C) Quality Control
(D) Production
10. What aims to put a financial measure on an organisation"s intellectual capital
(A) Knowledge exchange
(B) The consortium
(C) Financial planning
(D) None of the above
11. What is defined as the record of outcomes produced on a specific job function or activity during a specific
time period.
(A) Performance
(B) Work function
(C) Evaluation
(D) None of the above
12. What is the personnel activity by means of which the enterprise determines the extent to which the
employee is performing the job effectively.
(A) Job evaluation
(B) Work evaluation
(C) Performance evaluation
(D) None of the above
13. Which plan or programmes to motivate individual or group performance.
(A) Incentive scheme
(B) Promotion scheme
(C) Reward
(D) None of the above
14. Which is a vertical move in rank and responsibility.
(A) Increment
(B) Appraisal
(C) Promotion
(D) None of the above
15. What provides the essential information on which each job is evaluated.
(A) Job ranking
(B) Job enrichment
(C) Job description
(D) Job enlargement
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16. Union leaders at different levels & at federations are elected on
(A) Democratic principle
(B) Political considerations
(C) Employer"s recommendation
(D) Seniority basis
17. Which is the simple act of comparison & learning for organizational improvement
(A) Benchmarking
(B) Feedback
(C) Ranking
(D) Job evaluation
18. What can be defined as a written record of the duties" responsibilities and conditions of job.
(A) Job description
(B) Job specification
(C) Job profile
(D) None of the above
19. Under training and development plan" the form is to be prepared in which form.
(A) Duplicate
(B) Structured
(C) Detailed
(D) None of the above
20. The process of analyzing jobs from which job descriptions are developed are called
(A) Job analysis
(B) Job evaluation
(C) Job enrichment
(D) Job enlargement
21. 360-Degree Feedback enhances the quality of for which decision
(A) HR
(B) Management
(C) HRD
(D) All of the above
22. In the Grid Seminars" stress is laid on
(A) Teaching
(B) Professionalism
(C) Training & Development
(D) All of the above
23. What involves a one to one discussion between the participant and administrator.
(A) Counseling
(B) Training
(C) Motivation
(D) All of the above
24. Which appraisal done separately will provide feedback on the potential of these managers.
(A) Potential
(B) Managerial
(C) General
(D) Administrative
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25. Which system stresses on discipline and there is simplicity in the form.
(A) Merit rating
(B) Point rating
(C) Both
(D) None of the above
26. Under Which method" common factors to all the jobs are identified.
(A) Point
(B) Merit
(C) Factor comparison
(D) Ranking
27. Which role is to ensure the deserving managers should get appropriate opportunities for job Rotation.
(A) Reviewer
(B) Assessor
(C) Administrator
(D) Employer
28. The role of the organisation in career planning is to introduce & strengthen systems to ensure
(A) Career progression
(B) Self development
(C) Economical Development
(D) Skill enhancement
29. The Job Characteristics Model is one of the most influential attempts to
(A) Design jobs with increased motivational properties
(B) Assign jobs with proper motivational properties
(C) Analyze jobs with increase and proper motivation
(D) Describe jobs with increase motivation for proper jobs
30. A broad statement of the purpose" scope" duties and responsibilities of a particular job is
(A) Job specification
(B) Job description
(C) Job analysis
(D) Job design
31. Executive recruiters are also called
(A) head hunters
(B) Staffers
(C) Alternative staffing companies
(D) Contract technical recruiters
32. Strategic management process usually consists of how many steps.
(A) Four
(B) Five
(C) Six
(D) Seven
33. Treating employees as precious human resources is the basis of the which approach
(A) Hard HRM
(B) Soft HRM
(C) Medium HRM
(D) Utilitarian approach
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34. The best medium to reach a "large audience for the process of recruitment is
(A) Casual applicants
(B) Advertising
(C) Employee referrals
(D) Employment agencies
35. The most popular method of recruiting applicants to jobs is
(A) Radio and TV advertisement
(B) Corporate website
(C) Employee referral schemes
(D) Commercial job boards
36. Using a structured interviewing technique would likely achieve all of the following except
(A) Increased consistency across candidates
(B) Reduced subjectivity on the part of the interviewer
(C) Enhanced job relatedness
(D) More opportunity to explore areas as they arise during the interview
37. Recruiting is necessary to
(A) Forecast the supply of outside candidates
(B) Developing an applicant pool
(C) Determine whether to use inside or outside candidates
(D) Develop qualifications inventories
38. Campus Recruiting does not have the advantage of
(A) High Intellectual Capacity
(B) Higher understanding of organization
(C) High level of curiosity
(D) High potential
39. The characteristics of human resources arewhich kind in nature
(A) Homogeneous
(B) Heterogeneous
(C) Ductility
(D) Stable
40. What best defines how well a test or selection procedure measures a person"s attributes.
(A) Reliability
(B) Testing
(C) Validity
(D) Organizational constraint
41. Job Enrichment involves
(A) Increases the amount of money employees are paid for completing an unit of work
(B) Is a programme through which management seeks greater productivity from workers
(C) my answer: (that staff is moved periodically from task to task in order to increase variety and interest
(D) Involves giving employees work with a greater degree of responsibility and autonomy
42. Moving employees from one job to another in a predetermined way is called
(A) Job rotation
(B) Job reengineering
(C) Work mapping
(D) Job enrichment
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43. The following are some of the ways that human resources can benefit through electronic systems" except
(A) Online recruiting can eliminate paperwork and speed up the hiring process
(B) Online learning can slash travel costs and make training available anytime anywhere
(C) Working online can reduce the resistance sometimes experienced from employees
Online retirement planning can help employees map out their future while reducing questions and
(D)
paperwork for HR
44. Which tests have proven to be particularly good predictors for jobs that require
(A) Intelligence
(B) Integrity
(C) Work sampling
(D) Aptitude
45. Although many authors experience difficulty in distinguishing between personnel management and
HRM" it can be argued that HRM is the elevation of personnel management to which Level.
(A) Strategic
(B) organisational
(C) operational
(D) centralized
46. The term used before the language of modern HRM was
(A) Labour Relations
(B) Personnel Management
(C) Industrial Management
(D) All of the above
47. Which of the following is not a function normally performed by HR department?
(A) Accounting
(B) Recruitment and Selection
(C) Pay and Reward
(D) Employee Relations
48. Which of the following statements is false
(A) Organizations are now less hierarchical in nature
(B) Organizations are now generally focusing upon domestic rather than international matters
(C) Organizations have adopted more flexible norms
(D) Organizations have been subject to a raft of organizational change programs
49. Scope of the HRM includes
(A) Retirement and separation of employees
(B) HR training and development
(C) Industrial relations
(D) All of the above
50. The objectives of HRM are categorized as
(A) Personal objectives
(B) Functional objectives
(C) Organisational and social objectives
(D) All of the above
51. The scope of HRM does not include
(A) Retirement of employees
(B) Manpower planning
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(C) Training of employees
(D) Maintenance of accounts
52. The meaning of the acronym "SHRM" is
(A) Short-term Human Resource Management
(B) Strategic Human Resource Management
(C) Strategestic Human Resource Management
(D) Strategic Humane Resource Management
53. College Professors are generally evaluated on the following Work function(s)
(A) Teaching
(B) Service
(C) Research
(D) All of the above
54. In which evaluation method" the evaluator is asked to describe the strong and weak aspects of the
employee"s behavior.
(A) Graphic rating scale
(B) Forced choice
(C) Essay evaluation
(D) Management by Objective
55. The following system combines the superior and self evaluation systems?
(A) Graphic rating scale
(B) Forced choice
(C) Essay evaluation
(D) Management by Objective
56. In this technique" personnel specialists and operating managers prepare lists of statements of very
effective and very ineffective behavior for an employee.
(A) Critical incident technique
(B) Forced choice
(C) Essay evaluation
(D) Management by Objective
57. The following technique(s) is based on the critical incident approach.
(A) Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS)
(B) Critical incident technique
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
58. Paired comparison method can be used by
(A) Superiors
(B) Peers
(C) Subordinates
(D) All of the above
59. An incentive plan may consist of
(A) Monetary
(B) Nonmonetary
(C) Both monetary and nonmonetary
(D) None of the above
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60. The mental process to interpret environment as’ per one’s own understanding is known as:
(A) Perception
(B) Attitude
(C) Personality
(D) Ability
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