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Q1 : An evaluation process of employee’s performance, in comparison to set standards is called ___________?

A: performance appraisal B: compensation C: counseling D: design of evaluation

Q2 : The ‘management turnover’ can be the best classified as?

A: Potential opportunities B: Potential Threats C: Potential Strengths D: Potential Weaknesses

Q3 : According to Herzberg, for creating self-motivated workforce employers should focus on the _________? 0

A: motivator factors B: de-motivator factors C: intrinsic factors D: extrinsic factors

Q4 : The incentive and pay plan is tied to company’s overall profitability is called _________?

A: fixed pay B: variable pay C: fixed-variable pay D: mixed pay

Q5 : The strike occurs when one union of workers strike in favor of another union of workers is classified as?

A: economic strike B: wildcat strike C: unfair labor practice strike D: sympathy strike

Q6 : The ranking of all the employees, measuring a specific trait such as communicating is measured in ___________?

A: graphic rating scale method B: management by objectives C: alternation ranking method D: paired comparison method

Q7 : Employees beliefs that successful performance leads to rewards is the best explanation of?

A: expectancy B: instrumentality C: valence D: de-expectancy

Q8 : The two basic issues to address in training evaluation are ____________?

A: design of evaluation B: the things to measure C: in-house development D: Both A and B

Q9 : Analyzing and identifying specific skills, needed for specific job is called _________?

A: need analysis competency model B: competency model C: task analysis D: Both A and C

Q10 : The first step in ‘appraising process’ is ___________?

A: defining the job B: training session C: feedback session D: interview sessions

Q11 : Comparison of company’s performance, in context of before and after change is _________?

A: mobilize commitment B: consolidation of gains C: monitoring and assessing programs D: creating guiding coalition

Q12 : A company’s HR team is responsible for _________?

A: training of supervisors B: monitor the appraisal system affectivity C: training the employees D: all of above

Q13 : The graphic and comparative illustration, whether a change is needed or not is the part of ______?

A: action research B: survey research C: marketing research D: human research

Q14 : The financial payments, above and over a regular base pay for employees are called ______________?

A: ethnocentric allowances B: mobility premiums C: hardship allowances D: Foreign Service premiums

Q15 : The diagrams and charts available to guide workers at job site, considered as __________?

A: job rotation B: job training C: job aid D: programmed learning

Q16 : An enterprise Incentive Management systems include?

A: planning compensation B: analyzing compensation C: managing compensation D: all of above

Q17 : When the rating of employee trait biases its performance on other traits, it is called _________?

A: halo effect B: Deja vu effect C: narrow effect D: none of above

Q18 : The disadvantage of ‘BARS’ appraisal system is _________?

A: halo effect B: bias C: central tendency D: difficult to develop

Q19 : The dimension which measures the competency of company’s top management to lower level employees is?

A: HRD systems maturity score B: HRD competence score C: HRD culture D: Employee linkage score

Q20 : Adding ‘incentives’ to the job is included in?

A: intrinsic motivation B: extrinsic motivation C: outsourced motivation D: in-house motivation

Q21 : In Lewin organizational change process, the ‘communication of shared vision’ is __________?

A: unfreezing stage B: moving stage C: refreezing stage D: all of above

Q22 : An example of ‘variable pay’ is ___________?

A: profit sharing plan B: pay for performance C: pay for skills D: pay for tenure

Q23 : For current markets, the development of improved products is the part of?

A: Market penetration B: Market development C: Product development D: none of above

Q24 : In setting SMART goals, ‘M’ stands for?

A: Measureable B: Managed personnel C: More than expected D: none of above

Q25 : The training effects that are to be measured consist of _________?

A: reaction B: learning C: behavior D: all of above

Q26 : The changing process in which the change is formulated and implemented by employees is called __________?

A: organizational development B: organizational change C: Lewin change process D: Maslow’s change hierarchy

Q27 : Gaining market share by offering same products as of competitors in same market, considered as?

A: competitive strategy B: corporate level strategy C: functional strategy D: none of above

Q28 : The types of ‘appraisal interviews’ are ______?

A: tell-and-listen B: tell- and-sell C: problem solving D: all of above

Q29 : extrinsic rewards

A: intrinsic rewards B: extrinsic rewards C: de-expectancy D: expectancy

Q30 : The ‘third-party intervention’ is an example of __________?

A: human process intervention B: techno structural interventions C: strategic intervention D: HRM interventions

Q31 : When the ratings are collected from supervisors, customers and peers, considered as ________?

A: 350-degree feedback B: 320-degree feedback C: 360-degree feedback D: 380-degree feedback

Q32 : An integral part of feedback process is _____________?

A: direction sharing B: goal alignment C: ongoing performance monitoring D: coaching and development support

Q33 : Understanding the behavior and culture of host country’s market by host manager in corporation orientation is known to be?

A: ethnocentric B: polycentric C: geocentric D: expat-centric

Q34 : In performance management, the main feature of performance management is to ___________?

A: increase salary B: planning incentives C: comparing performance with goals D: comparing sales figures from last year

Q35 : A country in which the headquarters of company are located are classified as?

A: Third country nationals B: home country nationals C: expatriates D: subordinates

Q36 : The form of official correspondence used for communication between various division is called:

A: Office Memorandum B: Demi-Official Letter C: Un-Official letter D: Memorandum

Q37 : The first step in management by objectives is to?

A: set departmental goals B: set organizational goals C: set individual goals D: discuss departmental goals

Q38 : Formulating ‘SMART’ performance training objectives are a part of ____________?

A: human process intervention B: techno structural interventions C: strategic intervention D: HRM interventions

Q39 : The main disadvantage of critical incident method is _______?

A: difficult to develop B: cause of disagreements C: time consuming D: difficult to rate

Q40 : The standard of ‘output’ for a job is called _________?

A: fair day’s work B: unfair day’s work C: incentive rate D: systematic soldiering

Q41 : The kind of arbitration in which parties are not committed to accept the award of arbitrator is classified as?

A: binding arbitration B: non-binding arbitration C: interest arbitration D: rights arbitration

Q42 : The ‘market leadership’ can be the best classified as?

A: Potential opportunities B: Potential Threats C: Potential Strengths D: Potential Weaknesses

Q43 : If there is no expectancy, instrumentality and valence then there will be _________?

A: extrinsic rewards B: intrinsic rewards C: motivation D: detraction

Q44 : The theory, according to which people are motivated in a sequence of hierarchy of needs is called ________? 0

A: prepotency process principle B: prepotency process principle C: process principle D: hierarchy principle

Q45 : Which are not related to firm’s existing business in adding new product lines?

A: related diversification B: conglomerate diversification C: diversification D: all of above

Q46 : The ‘unfreezing stage’ in Lewin organizational change process, considered as __________?

A: mobilize commitment B: consolidation of gains C: monitoring and assessing programs D: creating guiding coalition

Q47 : The disadvantage of Management by Objectives (MBO) method is __________?

A: difficult to develop B: cause of disagreements C: time consuming D: difficult to rate

Q48 : An overview of knowledge, skills and behaviors in a single diagram is called __________?

A: need analysis competency model B: competency model C: task analysis D: Both A and C

Q49 : The teaching of current employees with the skills needed to perform effectively on job is __________?

A: training B: negligent training C: both A and B D: learning

Q50 : The model for organizational is introduced by ____________?

A: Maslow Abraham B: Sigmund Freud C: Kurt Lewin D: both A and B

Q51 : When an employee harms a third party because of inadequate employee training, it is called ____________?

A: training B: negligent training C: both A and B D: none of above

Q52 : Converting of strategies into actions is meant by?

A: Formulate strategies B: Implement the strategies C: Evaluate performance D: all of above

Q53 : The external and internal audit of a company includes?

A: economic trends B: political trends C: competitive trends D: all of above

Q54 : The ‘piecework’ pay plan is often called _______?

A: individual pay plan B: group pay plan C: extrinsic rewards D: intrinsic rewards

Q55 : The ‘moving stage’ in Lewin’s organizational change process considers?

A: mobilize commitment B: consolidation of gains C: monitoring and assessing programs D: reinforcement of new programs

Q56 : One of the organizational development category is ___________?

A: techno structural B: mobilize commitment C: consolidation of gains D: monitoring and assessing programs

Q57 : The reward given to workers whose work exceeds some set standards is called _________?

A: financial incentives B: non-financial incentives C: effective incentives D: ineffective incentives

Q58 : One of the advantage of Management by Objectives (MBO) is that _______?

A: it avoids central tendency and biases B: it jointly agreed performance objectives C: it provides behavioral anchors D: it provides ongoing basis evaluation

Q59 : The disadvantage of ‘forced distribution method’ is ___________?

A: difficult to develop B: cause of disagreements C: time consuming D: ranking is based on employer’s cutoff points

Q60 : Enabling employees to link the company’s and his own departmental goals is __________?

A: direction sharing B: goal alignment C: ongoing performance monitoring D: ongoing feedback

Q61 : Defining your business means stating?

A: detail of your market offering B: profit figures C: personnel plan D: all of above

Q62 : extrinsic rewards

A: intrinsic rewards B: extrinsic rewards C: de-expectancy D: expectancy

Q63 : extrinsic rewards

A: intrinsic rewards B: extrinsic rewards C: de-expectancy D: expectancy

Q64 : In 360-degree feedback, the ratings are collected from ____________?

A: supervisors B: subordinates C: peers D: all of above

Q65 : The process of identifying, assessing and developing leadership is called____________?

A: Succession planning B: HR Planning C: Employment Planning D: None of them

Q66 : Diversification’ can be best classified as?

A: potential opportunities B: potential threats C: potential strengths D: potential weaknesses

Q67 : Low cost foreign competition, classified as?

A: potential opportunities B: potential threats C: potential strengths D: potential weaknesses

Q68 : The United States citizen work in China, in subsidiary of the company whose headquarter is located in United States, an example of?

A: expatriates B: Second country nationals C: home country nationals D: both a and c

Q69 : Performance appraisal technique in which appraisers rate critical employee behaviour.

A: Simulation B: BARS C: BOSS D: Point Rating method

Q70 : The ‘competitive strategy’ includes?

A: cost leadership B: differentiation C: horizontal integration D: both a and b

Q71 : According to Herzberg, the job salary and incentives are classified as ___________?

A: unhygienic B: DE motivators C: hygiene factor D: extrinsic factors

Q72 : The ‘corporate strategy’ does not include?

A: diversification B: consolidation C: cost leadership D: vertical integration

Q73 : In ‘HRD’ scorecard scales, scale 1 represents?

A: moderate maturity level B: least maturity level C: highest maturity level D: all of above

Q74 : In Lewin organizational change process, the ‘creation of sense of urgency’ is called __________?

A: unfreezing stage B: moving stage C: refreezing stage D: all of above

Q75 : If a worker gets a premium for extra ‘output’ than a ‘set standard’ is called?

A: standard hour plan B: standard piece rate C: standard piecework D: variable hour plan

Q76 : The ‘organizational confronting meeting’ is an example of ____________?

A: human process intervention B: techno structural interventions C: strategic intervention D: HRM interventions

Q77 : The statement by Wal-Mart “Save money, Live better” is pointing its business strategy as?

A: Consolidation B: Horizontal integration C: Cost leadership D: all of above

Q78 : The ‘refreezing stage’ considers _________?

A: mobilize commitment B: consolidation of gains C: creating guiding coalition D: reinforcement of new programs

Q79 : The first step in the planning process is to?

A: Set an objective B: Evaluate alternatives C: Determine strength and weaknesses D: none of above

Q80 : The basic approach in employee’s performance compares with their current performance to __________?

A: set standards B: performance in previous years C: performance in last job D: none of above

Q81 : An Edward Deci’s motivation theory explains the ___________?

A: extrinsic rewards causes detraction B: intrinsic rewards causes detraction C: extrinsic rewards causes motivation D: intrinsic rewards causes motivation

Q82 : The basis of ‘organizational development’ is ____________?

A: action research B: customer research C: marketing research D: human research

Q83 : The ‘unclear standards’ usually results in __________?

A: unfair appraisals B: fake appraisals C: true appraisals D: Both A and B

Q84 : When the action plan is prepared for correcting performance deficiencies is ____________?

A: satisfactory-promotable interview B: satisfactory-not promotable interview C: unsatisfactory-correctable interview D: unsatisfactory-uncorrectable interview

Q85 : The management of performance ensures __________?

A: continuous improvement B: discontinue improvement C: performance reviews D: both A and C

Q86 : The quality and timeliness of work is classified as ________?

A: “what you are measuring” B: “how you are measuring C: “what are the set standards” D: “the rules of performance appraisals

Q87 : When the company has a single product line, it is said to be a part of?

A: concentration strategy B: market penetration C: product development D: both a & b

Q88 : The ‘Volvo’ stresses more safe cars as compared to others in market, this can be an example of?

A: diversification B: cost leadership C: consolidation D: competitive advantage

Q89 : A stage, leaders create task forces to diagnose problem while carrying shared understanding, regarded as ___________?

A: unfreezing stage B: moving stage C: refreezing stage D: nonmoving stage

Q90 : An employee training and confidence building is the best classified as ________?

A: extrinsic rewards B: intrinsic rewards C: de-expectancy D: expectancy

Q91 : An advantage of ‘forced distribution method’ is ________?

A: avoids central tendency and biases B: avoids central tendency and biases C: provides behavioral anchors D: end up with predetermined rating figures

Q92 : The kind of union security, in which employees are not the member of union ,but, pay the dues of union, classified as?

A: closed shop B: union shop C: agency shop D: preferential shop

Q93 : The human resource department plays/serves as __________?

A: advisory role B: line authority C: hiring department only D: training department only

Q94 : The kind of arbitration in which parties are committed to accept the award of arbitrator, can be best classified as?

A: binding arbitration B: non-binding arbitration C: interest arbitration D: rights arbitration

Q95 : The psychologist ‘Edwin Locke’ stated that specific and challenging goals lead to ___________?

A: higher task performance B: lower task performance C: fixed performance rewards D: variable performance rewards

Q96 : A company which produces raw materials is an example of?

A: cost leadership B: vertical integration C: horizontal integration D: Geographic expansion

Q97 : The rates are placed in percentages in performance categories is followed in ___________?

A: graphic rating scale method B: forced distribution method C: alternation ranking method D: paired comparison method

Q98 : The manipulation of appraisal rating on the basis of ‘age’ is an example of ________?

A: lenient/strict tendency B: bias C: central tendency D: different tendencies

Q99 : A system which measures ongoing performance and e-mails reports is called _________?

A: direction sharing B: goal alignment C: ongoing performance monitoring D: ongoing feedback

Q100 : The meaning of ‘direction sharing’ is _________?

A: communicating line authority B: staff authority C: communicating company’s higher-level goals D: communicating future HR policies

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