Q161: Merit pay is sometimes called “pay for___
- A. Reward
- B. Excellence
- C. Performance
- D. Standard
Answer
Answer C. Performance
Q162: ___for which organizations create levels based on the acquisition of skills linked to the mastery of various work processes
- A. Skill based pay
- B. Excellence
- C. Performance
- D. Standard
Answer
Answer A. Skill based pay
Q163: Employee training; tuition reimbursement; flexible work arrangements; worker-friendly environments, perquisites, amenities, and conveniences; and a positive management attitude it can be considered as
- A. Skill based compensation
- B. Alternative compensation
- C. Performance pay
- D. Standard pay
Answer
Answer B. Alternative compensation
Q164: ___which are meant to encourage desired performance, are either monetary or nonmonetary
- A. Incentive(168)
- B. Bonus
- C. Salary
- D. Wages
Answer
Answer A. Incentive(168)
Q165: ___is similar to broad banding but emphasizes career development rather than advancement to the next grade
- A. Career counseling
- B. Career banding
- C. Career path
- D. Career planning
Answer
Answer B. Career banding
Q166: ___sharing is a form of incentive pay in which a percentage of a company’s profits is shared with workers
- A. Incentive
- B. Bonus
- C. Salary
- D. Profit
Answer
Answer D. Profit
Q167: ___can be used for a variety of reasons, including fostering skill development or encouraging workers to relocate for a lateral move
- A. Incentive
- B. Bonus
- C. Salary
- D. Profit
Answer
Answer B. Bonus
Q168: ___for good performance include sincere praise, organizational and employee partnerships, learning and development opportunities, time off, task force or other assignments, assistance with personal chores, gifts, and recognition of achievements in company or industry publications
- A. Total Reward
- B. Monetary reward
- C. Nonmonetary reward
- D. Reward
Answer
Answer C. Nonmonetary reward
Q169: ___can be a very effective means of rewarding behavior and emphasizing the importance of both contributions and performance
- A. Incentive
- B. Bonus
- C. Recognition
- D. Profit
Answer
Answer C. Recognition
Q170: Traditionally, some organizational leaders have held that a “fair” salary and a “good” benefits package are sufficient___for employee contributions to organizational success
- A. Compensation
- B. Reward
- C. Recognition
- D. Profit
Answer
Answer A. Compensation
Q171: The following is (are) the benefit(s) of training
- A. Increased productivity
- B. Reduced accidents
- C. Reduced supervision
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q172: The following training aims to provide broad training to enable the trainee to take up a wide variety of tasks within his field of specialization
- A. Demonstration
- B. On-the-job training
- C. Apprenticeship
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer C. Apprenticeship
Q173: Demonstration type of training method is used to train
- A. Workers
- B. Supervision
- C. Managers
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer A. Workers
Q174: The following is not a part of lower level management
- A. Worker
- B. Foreman
- C. Supervisor
- D. Inspector
Answer
Answer A. Worker
Q175: A homogenous group of___men from the plant constitutes an ideal conference group
- A. 8-10
- B. 12-15
- C. 18-20
- D. 22-25
Answer
Answer B. 12-15
Q176: The following method is used to give to trainees the important information in permanent form for immediate of future use
- A. Lecture methods
- B. Conference
- C. Written instructional method
- D. Training within the industry (TWI)
Answer
Answer C. Written instructional method
Q177: Training within the industry (TWI) scheme imparts training in
- A. Job instructions
- B. Job rotation
- C. Job method
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q178: The following is not a on the job training method
- A. Understudies
- B. Job rotation
- C. Management by objectives (MBO)
- D. Case study method
Answer
Answer D. Case study method
Q179: The following is vertical expansion of the job
- A. Job rotation
- B. Job enrichment
- C. Management by objectives (MBO)
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer B. Job enrichment
Q180: Which amongst the following options is not one of the benefits enjoyed by employees in competency based training?
- A. It brings fairness and objectivity into the performance assessment process
- B. Employee knows what skill they would need to develop to move up in the organization
- C. Employee knows clearly what he ob requires
- D. During the hiring process, employees are unclear what the job fully entails
Answer
Answer D. During the hiring process, employees are unclear what the job fully entails
Q181: In today’s rapidly changing business environment, organization have to respond quickly to requirements for people. Which is the step that starts off the process of acquiring and retaining employees for an organization?
- A. Selection
- B. Induction
- C. Recruitment
- D. Appointment
Answer
Answer C. Recruitment
Q182: An effective recruitment program aims at___
- A. Aiding the recruiter by making a wide choice of candidates available
- B. Attracting the best people for the job
- C. Optimizing the cost and time involved in recruitment
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q183: A good___is based on the organizational objectives, identification of the recruitment, criteria for selection and preferences the cost of recruitment and other financial implications
- A. Human resource plan
- B. Selection process
- C. Recruitment policy
- D. Training and development program
Answer
Answer C. Recruitment policy
Q184: ___is consider to be a vital step in the employment process, where the organization attempts to identify the right candidate attempts to identify the right candidate for the right position?
- A. Recruitment
- B. Selection
- C. Placement
- D. Induction
Answer
Answer B. Selection
Q185: Choosing the most suitable candidate for a job from the available applicants is termed as___
- A. Hiring
- B. Selection
- C. Placement
- D. Employing
Answer
Answer B. Selection
Q186: What is the main objective of the recruitment and selection process?
- A. Recruit the right candidates
- B. Meet the high labour turnover
- C. To reduce the costs of recruiting
- D. None of the above
Answer
Answer B. Meet the high labour turnover
Q187: The outcomes of competency based pay system such as fewer bottlenecks, more workforce flexibility and increased effectiveness are classified as
- A. quartile strategy based outcome
- B. organization-related outcomes
- C. employee-related outcomes
- D. percentiles strategy outcomes
Answer
Answer B. organization-related outcomes
Q188: The ideal compensation system
- A. emphasizes pay for performance
- B. controls labour cost by paying below the market
- C. is typically designed and administered at the individual plant level
- D. will vary with organizational strategy and context
Answer
Answer D. will vary with organizational strategy and context
Q189: The most common reason organizations to initially adopt performance appraisal is to provide a basis for
- A. career development
- B. training needs assessment
- C. pay-for-performance policies
- D. validation of selection procedures
Answer
Answer C. pay-for-performance policies
Q190: ___consists of activities that are directed specifically toward improving the effectiveness of a total organization or its subgroups
- A. Organization development
- B. Employee development
- C. Training & development
- D. Profit
Answer
Answer A. Organization development
Q191: ___can include an individual’s self-employment, working for an organization, or volunteering, or activities such as homemaking and relationship building
- A. Retirement
- B. Employment
- C. Development
- D. Career
Answer
Answer B. Employment
Q192: A___is the integrated progression of an individual’s life- and work-related activities, including the identification, development, and pursuit of aspirations in accord with his or her personal values over an entire life span
- A. Successes
- B. Reward
- C. Recognition
- D. Career
Answer
Answer D. Career
Q193: ___is an individually focused change effort pursued by an employee for the purpose of learning specific behaviors that are needed for immediate performance of work
- A. Compensation
- B. Training
- C. Learning
- D. Discussion
Answer
Answer B. Training
Q194: ___is the pursuit of any activity that leads to continuous learning and personal growth and contributes to achieving both the individual’s and the organization’s objectives
- A. Employee development
- B. Career development
- C. Training & development
- D. Management development
Answer
Answer A. Employee development
Q195: ___is thus a process that continues throughout an individual’s life span, regardless of employers or type of employment and individual experiences
- A. Employee development
- B. Career development
- C. Training & development
- D. Management development
Answer
Answer A. Employee development
Q196: ___identifies an individual’s strengths and weaknesses in order to help them better understand themselves and to show them where career development efforts need to be directed
- A. Competency mapping
- B. Competency model
- C. Competency framework
- D. Competencies
Answer
Answer A. Competency mapping
Q197: The culture in which the beliefs and values followed by the human capital of the firm is classified as
- A. Specialist culture
- B. Generalist culture
- C. Organizational culture
- D. Shared culture
Answer
Answer C. Organizational culture
Q198: A company’s ethics should be formalized into a code of conduct because___
- A. Code of conduct converts ideas into concrete description of how ethical the employees behave company
- B. It helps to shield from legal issues that result from employee misconduct
- C. It reflects the company’s culture and make people excited about the business they work for
- D. All of these
Answer
Answer D. All of these
Q199: Which Leadership style motivates followers to do more originally affected to do by stretching their abilities & increasing their shelf confidence?
- A. Transformational Leadership
- B. Transactional Leadership
- C. Both (a) & (b)
- D. None of these
Answer
Answer A. Transformational Leadership
Q200: Which Leadership Offers excitement, vision, intellectual stimulation and personal satisfaction?
- A. Transformational
- B. Transactional
- C. Both
- A. & (b)
- D. None of these
Answer
Answer A. Transformational
