HRM (Human Resource Management) MCQ Questions and Solutions with Explanations

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81.
Influences of external environment having direct/indirect influence on HRM includes which among the following?

A. Labour market conditions

B. HR culture

C. HR climate

D. Decreasing workforce diversity

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82.
Which of the following is not consistent with employee engagement?

A. Emotional connection to work

B. Being committed to the job

C. A willingness to go above and beyond the call of duty

D. Taking sick days

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83.
Which of the following statements indicates a good disciplinary system?

A. An employee must be reprimanded in public

B. An employee must not be reprimanded at all

C. An employee must be reprimanded in private

D. None of the above

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84.
Manpower planning is compulsory for

A. reduction is industrial unrest through correct planning

B. to make the employee development plans eitective

C. to provide a solid base for recruitment

D. all of the above

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85.
Which of the following is the key objective of job analysis?

A. What it takes to do a job

B. What an individual brings to the job

C. What the gaps (learning and development needs)

D. All of the above

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86.
. . . . . . . . is a systematic procedure for collecting, storing, maintaining, retrieving and validating data needed by an organisation about its human resources.

A. Data collection

B. Human resource information system

C. Management information system

D. Maintenance of records

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87.
Match the following selection errors (List l) with their descriptions (List II).

List-I List-II

a. True negative 1. Selection score is high, performance score is low

b. True positive 2. Both selection and performance scores are low

c. False negative 3. Selection score is low, performance score is high

d. False positive 4. Both selection and performance scores are high

A. a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1

B. a-2, b-4, c-3, d-1

C. a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3

D. a-3, b-2, c-4, d-1

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88.
Which of the following is not a typically used procedure to reduce the total number of employees?

A. Layoff

B. Terminations

C. Downsizing

D. Early retirement inducements

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89.
Which of the following is the key objective of performance management?

A. Goal oriented

B. Performance oriented

C. Sales oriented

D. None of the above

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90.
A distinction can be made between hard and soft types of HRM. Soft HRM can be characterised by

A. seeing people as organisational asset

B. a quantitative approach to HRM

C. a mutual commitment of employees and employers to the goals of organisation

D. being driven by costs

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List-I	List-II
a. True negative	1. Selection score is high, performance score is low
b. True positive	2. Both selection and performance scores are low
c. False negative	3. Selection score is low, performance score is high
d. False positive	4. Both selection and performance scores are high

HRM (Human Resource Management) MCQ Questions and Solutions with Explanations | Management

81. Influences of external environment having direct/indirect influence on HRM includes which among the following?

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82. Which of the following is not consistent with employee engagement?

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83. Which of the following statements indicates a good disciplinary system?

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84. Manpower planning is compulsory for

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85. Which of the following is the key objective of job analysis?

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86. . . . . . . . . is a systematic procedure for collecting, storing, maintaining, retrieving and validating data needed by an organisation about its human resources.

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88. Which of the following is not a typically used procedure to reduce the total number of employees?

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89. Which of the following is the key objective of performance management?

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90. A distinction can be made between hard and soft types of HRM. Soft HRM can be characterised by

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81.
Influences of external environment having direct/indirect influence on HRM includes which among the following?

82.
Which of the following is not consistent with employee engagement?

83.
Which of the following statements indicates a good disciplinary system?

84.
Manpower planning is compulsory for

85.
Which of the following is the key objective of job analysis?

86.
. . . . . . . . is a systematic procedure for collecting, storing, maintaining, retrieving and validating data needed by an organisation about its human resources.

88.
Which of the following is not a typically used procedure to reduce the total number of employees?

89.
Which of the following is the key objective of performance management?

90.
A distinction can be made between hard and soft types of HRM. Soft HRM can be characterised by