Q201: Changing a___is very difficult because of the heavy anchor of deeply held values and habits-people Cling emotionally to the old & familiar
- A. Problem Culture
- B. Strategic Control
- C. Support process
- D. None of these
Answer
Answer A. Problem Culture
Q202: ___use charisma & enthusiasm to inspire people to exert them for good of the organization
- A. Transformational Leadership
- B. Transactional Leadership
- C. Both (a) & (b)
- D. None of these
Answer
Answer A. Transformational Leadership
Q203: It is strategy maker’s responsibility to select strategy compatible with___parts of prevailing corporate culture
- A. Changeable
- B. Unchangeable
- C. Similar
- D. None of these
Answer
Answer B. Unchangeable
Q204: Positions held by an individual throughout his work life are normally referred to as
- A. job
- B. task
- C. career
- D. none of above
Answer
Answer C. career
Q205: Which of the following perspectives looks at the career of an individual from the future positions he is likely to hold?
- A. subjective perspective
- B. objective perspective
- C. neutral perspective
- D. none of the above
Answer
Answer A. subjective perspective
Q206: The systematic and deliberate advancement made by an individual in his career in the entire work life is known as
- A. career path
- B. career goals
- C. career guidance
- D. career anchoring
Answer
Answer A. career path
Q207: The factors that influence the selection of individuals’ career choices are usually referred to as
- A. career path
- B. career goals
- C. career guidance
- D. career anchoring
Answer
Answer D. career anchoring
Q208: Which of the following is used as a self-assessment technique by the employees?
- A. The strength and weakness balance sheet
- B. The likes and dislikes survey
- C. The type focus assessment
- D. All of the above
Answer
Answer D. All of the above
Q209: The career development program me which enables the employees to gain multi-skills and diverse experience before being considered for any promotion in the future is called
- A. Dual-skills path
- B. conventional career path
- C. lateral career path
- D. network career path
Answer
Answer D. network career path
Q210: A process in which the manager, supervisors or an external expert acts as the advisor, philosopher and guide is called
- A. career anchoring
- B. career development
- C. mentoring
- D. none of the above
Answer
Answer C. mentoring
Q211: A series of processes aimed at assisting the employees make informed career decisions is known as
- A. career guidance
- B. career anchoring
- C. mentoring
- D. career goals
Answer
Answer A. career guidance
Q212: What is a succession plan?
- A. Dismissing an employee for a more favorable employee
- B. A formal process of planning to fill a role that will become vacant
- C. A vote of no confidence in a board member
- D. The formal process of acquiring a new staff member
Answer
Answer B. A formal process of planning to fill a role that will become vacant
Q213: A process that is used to identify individuals who can replace employees in leadership positions when they exit an organization is known as___
- A. succession planning
- B. recruiting
- C. leadership training
- D. selection
Answer
Answer A. succession planning
Q214: Which of the following elements is NOT typically included in a succession plan?
- A. Development opportunities for potential successors
- B. Communication strategy to announce the change in leadership
- C. Pay scale for incumbent and subsequent leaders
- D. Process for identifying future leaders
Answer
Answer B. Communication strategy to announce the change in leadership
Q215: Modern succession planning is often
- A. Rather secretive and only known to a few
- B. HR driven and owned
- C. Applicable to all levels and all key positions
- D. More reactive than pro-active
Answer
Answer B. HR driven and owned
Q216: Key success factors include
- A. Proper job design
- B. Employee participation & Treating and dealing with staff as a group and not individualistically
- C. The proverbial “golden handcuffs”
- D. promotion
Answer
Answer B. Employee participation & Treating and dealing with staff as a group and not individualistically
Q217: Which of the following was not identified as a defining feature of culture?
- A. Culture is symbolic
- B. Culture is cumulative
- C. Culture is transmitted
- D. Culture is learned
Answer
Answer C. Culture is transmitted
Q218: Values, traditions, and beliefs are all examples of
- A. popular culture
- B. non-material culture
- C. customs
- D. cultural relativism
Answer
Answer C. customs
Q219: Language is usually considered to be a cultural barrier
B. cultural universal
C. essential for cultural integration
D. a key cultural marker
Answer
Answer D. a key cultural marker
Q220: Culture is usually assumed to be
- A. subjective entity
- B. insulated against technology
- C. mutually exclusive
- D. always changing
Answer
Answer D. always changing
Q221: Cultural change can also occur through___
- A. invention and discovery
- B. multiculturalism and assimilation
- C. diffusion and technology
- D. mass media and adaptation
Answer
Answer A. invention and discovery
Q222: According to Conflict theory, culture is maintained through the___of society
- A. popular culture
- B. language
- C. proletariat
- D. dominant ideology
Answer
Answer D. dominant ideology
Q223: A___is a distinct cultural group within a larger culture
- A. sub-culture
- B. bi-culture
- C. material culture
- D. co-culture
Answer
Answer D. co-culture
Q224: What is a “learned system of knowledge, behaviour, attitudes, beliefs, values, and norms shared by a group of people” called?
- A. dominant culture
- B. co-culture
- C. community
- D. culture
Answer
Answer D. culture
Q225: The process through which an individual acquires new approaches, beliefs, and values by coming into contact with another culture is referred to as___
- A. acculturation
- B. Enculturation
- C. sub-culturation
- D. cultural immersion
Answer
Answer A. acculturation
Q226: A___is a perception shared by a culture or group about key beliefs and issues like the meaning of life
- A. co-culture
- B. third culture
- C. world view
- D. cultural outlook
Answer
Answer C. world view
Q227: What is not one of the layers of cultural influence?
- A. Social
- B. Business
- C. Organizational
- D. Company
Answer
Answer D. Company
Q228: What type of organizational culture is most likely to deliver stability and efficiency?
- A. Task culture
- B. Role culture
- C. Power culture
- D. People culture
Answer
Answer B. Role culture
Q229: Workers’ acceptance of change is characteristic of what type of culture?
- A. Team culture
- B. Collaborative culture
- C. Group culture
- D. Collective culture
Answer
Answer B. Collaborative culture
Q230: Which of the following contains data regarding employees’ education, career development, and special skills and is used by managers when selecting inside candidates for promotion?
- A. computerized forecasting tools
- B. qualifications inventories
- C. trend records
- D. scatter plots
Answer
Answer B. qualifications inventories
Q231: The process of deciding how to fill executive positions at a firm is known as___
- A. internal recruiting
- B. succession planning
- C. long-term forecasting
- D. advanced interviewing
Answer
Answer B. succession planning
Q232: Succession planning requires making forecasts of in three steps:___, develop inside candidates, assess and choose those who will fill the key position
- A. identify key needs
- B. job specifications
- C. global trends
- D. labor relations
Answer
Answer A. identify key needs
Q233: The ongoing process of systematically identifying, assessing, and developing organizational leadership to enhance performance is known as___
- A. employee mentoring
- B. succession planning
- C. work sampling
- D. employee recruiting
Answer
Answer B. succession planning
Q234: What is the first step in succession planning?
- A. creating an applicant pool
- B. identifying and analyzing key position needs
- C. selecting who will fill key positions
- D. developing the strengths of current employees
Answer
Answer B. identifying and analyzing key position needs
Q235: Finding or attracting applicants for an employer’s open positions is known as___
- A. succession planning
- B. employee recruiting
- C. personnel planning
- D. job posting
Answer
Answer B. employee recruiting
Q236: The extent to which employees are aware of their interests, skills, strengths and weaknesses regarding their career goals is termed
- A. Career motivation
- B. Career resilience
- C. Career insight
- D. Career identity
Answer
Answer C. Career insight
Q237: Career planning and development programs for employees
- A. Increase employee frustration
- B. Promote only a lucky few
- C. Increase the employee turnover rate
- D. Ensure future availability of resources
Answer
Answer D. Ensure future availability of resources
Q238: The process of selecting and developing employees in the organization to occupy key positions in the future is termed
- A. Career planning
- B. Succession planning
- C. Career development
- D. Human resource enhancement
Answer
Answer B. Succession planning
