HR101 Sample Multiple Choice type questions You are to choose the most appropriate answer

1. These days while sourcing manpower, companies often go to academic institute because a. b. c. d. In one place they can meet a lot of potentially good candidates; They do not have any contact with industries They need employees who can !oin and deliver outputs immediately "pen mar#et ads. costs are very high. $. %n order to identify the potential trainees of your company you would a. b. c. d. &se company new recruit list 'nnual performance appraisal records of employees Company business strategy All of the above.

(. )*'+S, is a performance appraisal method where a. b. c. d. -very employee is compared with every other employee Every point on the scale has a behavioral description to guide the appraiser; -very point on the scale has a behavioral description to guide the appraisee -very employee wor#s according to his.her own target.goal.

/. 0hile conducting an appraisal feedbac# session you noticed that one of your managers was harping on the bad habits and poor wor# culture of an employee. You decided to have a dialogue with your manager on how he should conduct his feedbac# session. a. b. c. d. You would as# him to be polite in conducting a feedbac# session You ould remind him to be specific on behavior rather than on trait; You would remind him to mention only the good wor#s that the employee had done You would tell him to go slow on commenting on a burnout employee.

1. You have been hired as a Mar#eting Manager by a company which is currently facing very tough competition in the mar#et. 's head of the mar#eting department, you are feeling very uncomfortable to ta#e decision as many of them are very ris#y due to reactive response from competitors. Your boss came to #now about your predicament and wanted to help you out by providing some short term training to you. 2e as#ed you for suggestion on training programme that may be useful to you. You would suggest

a. b. c. d.

A training program on management game ' program on sensitivity training ' program on role playing e3ercise ' program on mar#eting research.

4. 's 2+ head you !ust received the performance appraisal forms from various departments. Your company has total ten different departments including 2+. You found among the ten departments, the appraisal scores of all 'ssistant managers of production department were at level 5-3cellent5 . Your immediate reaction was to suspect a. b. c. d. !eniency error in evaluation 2alo error Shifting standard problem Stereo type error.

6. %magine yourself as the Manager in charge of ma#ing recruitment of new officers for your company. Your company operates in pro!ect mode. 7ive officers from five pro!ects !ust gave notice for resignation effective ne3t month. You would a. b. c. d. "o to an employment agency for getting five replacement immediately 8lace ad. %n all ma!or national newspapers for scouting the mar#et 9isit %%M:s for #nowing how many could be hired from there 's# the pro!ect leaders to manage without the officers.

;. %magine you as the +ecruitment Manager of a *an#. 's a manager you have been recruiting officers every year. Most such inductions are fresh <raduates with no prior e3perience of wor#ing. 's per your ban# policy, all new recruits go through a si3 months training after their recruitment. 'nd, only after successful completion of the training they are posted in various branch. You made $= fresh inductions last year. *ut at the end of the year you got the report that 1= of them quit in the mid>way of their training. You would suggest a. b. c. d. Changing the mar#et for ma#ing recruitment Changing compensation pac#age for officers 7or raising the educational qualification for the officers #or changing the selection methods.