1 - Strategic HRM

Ch-1
Question 1.
Managers who are involved in the strategic planning exercise operate in an environment of
Your Answer:
 1Uncertainty
 2Certainty
 3Normal
 4None of the above
Correct Answer:
 Uncertainty

Question 2.
Which of the following would qualify to be a strategic HRM activity?
Your Answer:
 1Imparting job-specific training in order to improve employee productivity
 2Determining the staffing pattern to optimize costs
 3Administering the compensation policy that would encourage performers
 4Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization
Correct Answer:
 Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization

Question 3.
The _______ of a strategy specifies the range of markets in which an organization will compete.

Your Answer:
 1Effective strategy
 2Resource deployment
 3Distinctive Competency
 4Scope
Correct Answer:
 Scope

Question 4.
Which of the following would qualify to be a strategic HRM activity?
Your Answer:
 1Imparting job-specific training in order to improve employee productivity
 2Determining the staffing pattern to optimize costs
 3Administering the compensation policy that would encourage performers
 4Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization
Correct Answer:
 Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization

Question 5.
'The pattern of planned human resource development and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its
goal' is called?
Your Answer:
 1Human Resource Development
 2Human Resource Management
 3Strategic Human Resource Management
 4Personnel Development
Correct Answer:
 Strategic Human Resource Management
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Question 1.
Which of the following would qualify to be a strategic HRM activity?
Your Answer:
 1Imparting job-specific training in order to improve employee productivity
 2Determining the staffing pattern to optimise costs
 3Administering the compensation policy that would encourage performers
 4Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization
Correct Answer:
 Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization

Question 2.
Which among the following is the first task of Strategic Planning?
Your Answer:
 1Setting objectives
 2Developing a strategic vision and a business mission
 3Crafting a strategy to achieve the objectives
 4Identifying and setting priorities for the execution of strategies
Correct Answer:
 Developing a strategic vision and a business mission

Question 3.
Managers who are involved in the strategic planning exercise operate in an environment of
Your Answer:
 1Uncertainty
 2Certainty
 3Normal
 4None of the above
Correct Answer:
 Uncertainty

Question 4.
The _______ of a strategy specifies the range of markets in which an organization will compete.
Your Answer:
 1Effective strategy
 2Resource deployment
 3Distinctive Competency
 4Scope
Correct Answer:
 Scope

Question 5.
'The pattern of planned human resource development and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its
goal' is called?
Your Answer:
 1Human Resource Development
 2Human Resource Management
 3Strategic Human Resource Management
 4Personnel Development
Correct Answer:
 Strategic Human Resource Management
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2.

Question 1.
'The pattern of planned human resource development and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its
goal' is called?
Your Answer:
1 Human Resource Development
2 Human Resource Management
3 Strategic Human Resource Management
4 Personnel Development
Correct Answer:
 Strategic Human Resource Management

Question 2.
The _______ of a strategy specifies the range of markets in which an organization will compete.
Your Answer:
1 Effective strategy
2 Resource deployment
3 Distinctive Competency
4 Scope
Correct Answer:
 Scope

Question 3.
Managers who are involved in the strategic planning exercise operate in an environment of
Your Answer:
 1Uncertainty
 2Certainty
 3Normal
 4None of the above
Correct Answer:
 Uncertainty

Question 4.
Which among the following is the first task of Strategic Planning?
Your Answer:
 1Setting objectives
 2Developing a strategic vision and a business mission
 3Crafting a strategy to achieve the objectives
 4Identifying and setting priorities for the execution of strategies
Correct Answer:
 Developing a strategic vision and a business mission

Question 5.
Which of the following would qualify to be a strategic HRM activity?
Your Answer:
 1Imparting job-specific training in order to improve employee productivity
 2Determining the staffing pattern to optimize costs
 3Administering the compensation policy that would encourage performers
 4Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization
Correct Answer:
 Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization
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3. QUESTION 1.
Which among the following is the first task of Strategic Planning?
Your Answer:
 1Setting objectives
 2Developing a strategic vision and a business mission
 3Crafting a strategy to achieve the objectives
 4Identifying and setting priorities for the execution of strategies
Correct Answer:
 Developing a strategic vision and a business mission

QUESTION 2.
'The pattern of planned human resource development and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its
goal' is called?
Your Answer:
 1Human Resource Management
 2Strategic Human Resource Management
 3Personnel Development
 4None of these
Correct Answer:
 Strategic Human Resource Management

QUESTION 3.
Which of the following would qualify to be a strategic HRM activity?
Your Answer:
 1Imparting job-specific training in order to improve employee productivity
 2Determining the staffing pattern to optimise costs
 3Administering the compensation policy that would encourage performers
 4Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization
Correct Answer:
 Determining the level and type of performance that is crucial for the growth of the organization

QUESTION 4.
The pattern of planned human resource development and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its
goal' is called?
Your Answer:
 1Human Resource Development
 2Human Resource Management
 3Strategic Human Resource Management
 4Personnel Development
Correct Answer:
 Strategic Human Resource Management

QUESTION 5.
'The pattern of planned human resource development and activities intended to enable an organization to achieve its
goal' is called?
Your Answer:
 1Human Resource Development
 2Human Resource Management
 3Strategic Human Resource Management
 4Personnel Development
Correct Answer:
 Strategic Human Resource Management
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4.
QUESTION 1.
Any strategic initiative must be developed and implemented in consultation with other _____
Your Answer:
 1departments
 2fluid
 3create
 4gate
Correct Answer:
 departments

QUESTION 2.
People are viewed as a ____ of competitive advantage.
Your Answer:
 1source
 2expenses
 3purchase
 4good
Correct Answer:
 source

QUESTION 3.
Strategic HRM is ______ in nature.
Your Answer:
 1beep
 2transformational
 3surge
 4bell
Correct Answer: transformational

QUESTION 4.
Strategic HR regards people as ____ assets whole the organization can invest in for reaping long-term benefits.
Your Answer:
 1updatation
 2fire
 3intellectual
 4preferences
Correct Answer: intellectual

QUESTION 5.
Changes in traditional HR are ____ and fragmented.
Your Answer:
 1animal
 2sky
 3trees
 4slow
Correct Answer: slow
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5.
QUESTION 1.
The process of dividing the work and then grouping them into units and subunits for the purpose of administration is
known as
Your Answer:
 1Departmentation
 2Organisation structure
 3Committee
 4All of the above
Correct Answer:
 Departmentation

QUESTION 2.
The department can be created
Your Answer:
 1By function
 2By product
 3By process
 4All of the above
Correct Answer:
 All of the above

QUESTION 3.
Which organisation structure is generally followed by big steel plants?
Your Answer:
 1Line organisation
 2Functional organisation
 3Line and staff organisation
 4All of the above
Correct Answer:
 Line and staff organisation

QUESTION 4.
Departmentation is a process where
Your Answer:
 1Tasks are grouped into jobs
 2Jobs are grouped into effective work groups
 3Work groups are grouped into identifiable segments
 4All of the above
Correct Answer:
 All of the above

QUESTION 5.
In which of the following organisation structure, each specialist is supposed to give his functional advice to all other
foremen and workers
Your Answer:
 1Line organisation
 2Functional organisation
 3Line and staff organisation
 4All of the above
Correct Answer:
 Functional organization
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QUESTION 1.
Human Resource Planning consists of the following activities.
Your Answer:
 1Planning the necessary programmes of requirement, selection, training, development, utilization, transfer,
promotion, motivation and compensation
 2Making an inventory of the present manpower resources
 3Forecasting future manpower requirements
 4all of the above
Correct Answer:
 all of the above

QUESTION 2.
The following can affect the Manpower Planning
Your Answer:
 1Seasonal trends in demands
 2Competitive pressure
 3Technological changes
 4all of the above
Correct Answer:
 all of the above

QUESTION 3.
Human resource planning is the term used to describe how companies
Your Answer:
 1ensure that their staff is the right staff to carry out the jobs
 2planning for candidate search training and skills analysis
 3planning for staff retention
 4all of the above
Correct Answer:
 all of the above

QUESTION 4.
The correct order which the human resource professionals generally follow, is
Your Answer:
 1Workforce Analysis – Work load Analysis – Job Analysis
 2Work load Analysis – Workforce Analysis –Job Analysis
 3Job Analysis – Workforce Analysis – Work load Analysis
 4none of the above
Correct Answer:
 Workforce Analysis – Work load Analysis – Job Analysis

QUESTION 5.
In ___ analysis of demand and supply of manpower is done.
Your Answer:
 1Investigation
 2Forecasting
 3HR Resource Plan
 4Actioning of Plan
Correct Answer:
 Forecasting
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QUESTION 1.
Human resource planning is the term used to describe how companies
Your Answer:
 1ensure that their staff is the right staff to carry out the jobs
 2planning for candidate search training and skills analysis
 3planning for staff retention
 4all of the above
Correct Answer:
 all of the above

QUESTION 2.
Human Resource Planning consists of the following activities.
Your Answer:
 1Planning the necessary programmes of requirement, selection, training, development, utilization, transfer,
promotion, motivation and compensation
 2Making an inventory of the present manpower resources
 3Forecasting future manpower requirements
 4all of the above
Correct Answer:
 all of the above

QUESTION 3.
The following can affect the Manpower Planning
Your Answer:
 1Seasonal trends in demands
 2Competitive pressure
 3Technological changes
 4all of the above
Correct Answer:
 all of the above

QUESTION 4.
In ___ analysis of demand and supply of manpower is done.
Your Answer:
 1Investigation
 2Forecasting
 3HR Resource Plan
 4Actioning of Plan
Correct Answer:
 Forecasting

QUESTION 5.
The correct order which the human resource professionals generally follow, is
Your Answer:
 1Workforce Analysis – Work load Analysis – Job Analysis
 2Work load Analysis – Workforce Analysis –Job Analysis
 3Job Analysis – Workforce Analysis – Work load Analysis
 4none of the above
Correct Answer:
 Workforce Analysis – Work load Analysis – Job Analysis
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Question 1.
What scale is used in the contingency theory of effective management?
Your Answer:
 1PLC
 2EEG
 3Hertz
 4LPC
Correct Answer:
 LPC

Question 2.
This theory states in order to apply the best leadership or management skills managers must take into account all
aspects of a situation when making a decision.
Your Answer:
 1Systems Theory
 2Chaos Theory
 3Contingency Theory
 4Total Quality Management
Correct Answer:
 Contingency Theory

Question 3.
Who developed the contingency theory of management effectiveness?
Your Answer:
 1Frederick Taylor
 2Luther Gulick
 3Fred Fielder
 4Peter Senge
Correct Answer:
 Frederick Taylor

Question 4.
An approach to leadership in which the leader's behavior is first categorized on a scale from task orientation to people
orientation, and efforts are made to find a work situation to which that particular style is best suited is called:
Your Answer:
 1Hersey-Blanchard theory.
 2Vroom-Jago model.
 3Fielder's LPC theory.
 4path goal theory.
Correct Answer:
 Fielder's LPC theory.

Question 5.
Which of the following are the motivations discussed in Fielder's theory?
Your Answer:
 1Task and play
 2Work and relations
 3Task and relations
 4Extrinsic and intrinsic
Correct Answer:
 Task and relations
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QUESTION 1.
While recruiting for non - managerial, supervisory, and middle - management positions which external
factor is of prime importance?
Your Answer:
 1Political - Legal
 2Unemployment rate
 3Labour market
 4Growth and Expansion
Correct Answer: Labor market

QUESTION 2.
Which of these is the purpose of recruitment?
Your Answer:
 1Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit
 2Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of visibly
underqualified or over qualified job applicants.
 3Help the firm create more culturally diverse work - force
 4None of the above
Correct Answer: Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of
visibly underqualified or over qualified job applicants.

QUESTION 3.
The poor quality of selection will mean extra cost on _______ and supervision.
Your Answer:
 1Training
 2Recruitment
 3Work quality
 4None of the above
Correct Answer: Training

QUESTION 4.
Which of these is the most important external factor governing recruitments?
Your Answer:
 1Sons of soil
 2Labour market
 3Unemployment rate
 4Supply and demand
Correct Answer: Supply and demand

QUESTION 5.
Which of the following act deals with recruitment and selection?
Your Answer:
 1Child labour act
 2The apprentices act
 3Mines act
 4All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above
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QUESTION 1.
“Man of all the resources available to man, can grow and develop” quoted by

Your Answer:
 1Peter Morrison
 2Peter.F. Drucker
 3Adam smith
 4Karl Marx
Correct Answer:Peter.F. Drucker

QUESTION 2.
The prespective for the need of HR is

Your Answer:
 1Select the legal employee
 2promote the skill employee
 3Distinguishing the features of employees
 4To right person for the right job
Correct Answer: To right person for the right job

QUESTION 3.
HR management on procurement, development and cooperation targets

Your Answer:
 1To accomplish social objectives
 2To obtain organizational objectives
 3Both A and B
 4Neither A nor B
Correct Answer: Both A and B

QUESTION 4.
The role of HR director is
Your Answer:
 1solving the disputes
 2Extension of plan
 3Administration
 4Training and development
Correct Answer: Administration

QUESTION 5.
What should be the basic positive attitude among workers?
Your Answer:
 1Do not join in labour unions
 2Reducing wastage and maximum use of resources
 3Educate others
 4Effective communication
Correct Answer: Reducing wastage and maximum use of resources
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Question 1.
Employee welfare is about
Your Answer:
 1Determining employees real needs
 2Giving challengeable work
 3Showing the path by right leadership
 4Salary benefits
Correct Answer:
 Determining employees real needs

Question 2.
Healthy HRM practices can help the organization

Your Answer:
 1To reduce the disputes/ conflicts
 2To increase the promotional opportunities
 3To realize the employees
 4To maintain cordinal relationship unions
Correct Answer:
 To maintain cordinal relationship unions

Question 3.
——————practices teach individuals team work and adjustment
Your Answer:
 1Personnel management
 2Effective Human Resource
 3Employee welfare
 4Healthy,safety and welfare
Correct Answer:
 Effective Human Resource

Question 4.
____________ can be promoted for the future for the top level job
Your Answer:
 1Potential employees
 2Legal employees
 3Skilled employees
 4Trained employees
Correct Answer:
 Potential employees

Question 5.
The exist of HRM department is to serve
Your Answer:
 1Not to the labour unions
 2The labour unions
 3The rest of the organization
 4Only the department
Correct Answer:
 The rest of the organization
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QUESTION 1.
In the talent management end to end process, the workforce compensation management
leads to
Your Answer:
 1succession planning
 2performance management
 3learning management systems
 4e-recruiting
Correct Answer:performance management

QUESTION 2.
Modifying selection procedures for senior employees is a step towards
Your Answer:
 1keeping retirees
 2keeping employees
 3retirement benefits
 4talent management
Correct Answer:keeping retirees

QUESTION 3.
Professional competence and consistency is exhibited by
Your Answer:
 1effective mentors
 2performance manager
 3appraisal manager
 4professional training
Correct Answer:effective mentors

QUESTION 4.
The process of attracting, selecting, training and promoting employees through a particular
firm is called
Your Answer:
 1phased retirement
 2preretirement counseling
 3talent management
 4modifying selection procedure
Correct Answer:talent management

QUESTION 5.
In the talent management end to end process, the workforce and succession planning leads to
Your Answer:
 1compensation management
 2performance management
 3learning management systems
 4e-recruiting
Correct Answer: compensation management
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Question 1.
The coordination of workforce acquisition is the futile part of
Your Answer:
 1phased retirement
 2pre-retirement counseling
 3talent management
 4modifying selection procedure
Correct Answer: talent management

Question 2.
Talent management is a process involves
Your Answer:
 1attracting and retaining high-quality employees
 2developing their skills,
 3continuously motivating them to improve their performance.
 4All of the above
Correct Answer: All of the above

Question 3.
Talent Management is a _________________ Process

Your Answer:
 1Constant Process
 2Planned Process
 3Retrospective Process
 4None of the above
Correct Answer: Constant Process

Question 4.
Talent Management philosophy of Netflix focuses on:
Your Answer:
 1Hiring small group of "A" players or top performers
 2Large group of average performers
 3Small group of poor performers to be replaced or will leave
 4None of the above
Correct Answer: Hiring small group of "A" players or top performers

Question 5.
Showing employees, their performance graphs and quantitative data is an example of

Your Answer:
 1performance feedback
 2performance appraisal
 3appraisal system
 4appraisal feedback
Correct Answer: performance feedback
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QUESTION 1.
Which among the following is not an importance of Talent Management
Your Answer:
 1helps in business performance
 2Enhance Production capacity
 3Decrease turnover
 4Motivates others to perform
Correct Answer:
 Enhance Production capacity

QUESTION 2.
You need to have a talent management strategy in place designed just for your company
Your Answer:
 1Attract Employees
 2to gain optimal results
 3Gain Competitive advantage
 4Increase Morale
Correct Answer:
 to gain optimal results

QUESTION 3.
Talent Management process ends with which of the following
Your Answer:
 1Strategy for retention
 2Hold performance appraisal
 3Plan for succession
 4Specify what skills you need
Correct Answer:
 Plan for succession

QUESTION 4.
The components of Integrated Talent Management Model are__________
Your Answer:
 1Assess, Acquire, Deploy, Develop
 2Assess, Acquire, Deploy, Develop, Evaluate
 3Assess, Acquire, Develop
 4Assess, Acquire, Estimate, Deploy, Develop, Evaluate
Correct Answer:
 Assess, Acquire, Deploy, Develop

QUESTION 5.
Talent Management Model does not include which of the following:
Your Answer:
 1Transitioning
 2Retaining
 3Attracting
 4Analyzing
Correct Answer:
 Analyzing