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Practice Test- MB0043 Human Resource Management
Max marks:

Time allowed:45 min

Answer the following questions carrying 1 mark each. All questions are compulsory
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1. According to _________ the human factor refers

to a whole consisting of inter-related
interdependent and inter-acting physiological,
psychological, sociological and ethical
component.
a. McGregor
b. Jucius
c. Maslow
d. Herzberg
2. The _________element in managing employees
are more challenging as compared to the
physiological ones.
a. Psychological
b. Basic
c. Environmental
d. Individual
3. Psychologically it is characterized by
__________ and ____________
a. Food and shelter
b. Rewards and Recognition
c. Emotions and Impulses
d. Power and Acheivement
4. Majority of the problems in organizational
setting are___________ and ________ rather than
physical , technical or economic.
a. Human and social
b. Rewards and Recognition
c. Emotions and Impulses
d. Power and Acheivement
5. ___________ is a process that brings employees
into contact with ans causes them to be
influenced by their leaders their jobs and other
aspects of the organizations which they work
a. Human resource planning.
b. Leadership planning
c. Formal succession planning
d. Human relation management
6. Human relation seek to emphasise _________
aspects of work rather than technical or
economic aspects.
a. Employee

b. Economic
c. Employer
d. Technical
7. Every person brings a unique set of talents,
ambitions and work experience to a
job.Innovations in technology and production
methods generally require the restructuring of
_________
a. Training and Development
b. Job roles and responsibilities
c. Job Description and Job specification
d. Promotion and Transfer
8._____________ may not be able to perform their roles
or tasks in work group in a competent manner.
a. Inexperienced employees
b. Experienced employees
c. Blue Collar Employees
d. Pink Collar Employees
9. In varnashtam or caste system those devoting
themselves in manual work were known as
_______________
a. Brahmins
b. Kshatriyas
c. Shudras
d. Vaishyas
e.
10. The madras labor union was organized in
____________
a. 1920
b. 1918
c. 1932
d. 1934
11._____________ provides the basic premises on
which the manpower planning is built.z
a. Projecting
b. Forecasting
c. Planning

d. Projecting
12 . A ________contains data about each
employees skills abilities work preferences and other
items of information which indicate his overall value
to the company.
a. HRIS
b. Job Application
c. Skills Inventory
d. CV
13. Friends and relatives of present employees are also
a good sources from which employees may be drawn
this is done through ___________
a. Employee Recommendation
b. Employee Relation
c. Employee referrals
d. None
14. ____________ is the hiring of relatives
which will be an inevitable component of recruitment
programmes in family owned firms.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Employee Referral
Internal Source
Nepotism
Social Networkings

15.The selection procedure is essentially a series of

methods of securing information about the
______________
a. Applicant
b. Interview
c. Discussion
d. Meeting
16. In the Indian organization where____________ are
one of the most popular methods for selection.
a. Interviews
b. Group Discussions
c. Stress interviews
d. Psychological Tests
17. An __________ is a traditional widely
accepted device for getting information from a
prospective applicant.
a. Application Blank
b. Recruitment
c. Reference
d. Advertising
18. _______________ is a probably the most
widely used single method of selection

a. Stress interviewing
b. Depth interviews
c. Interviewing
d. Patterened interviews
19. ___________are deliberate attempts to create
pressure to observe how an applicant performs
under stress
a. Stress interviewing
b. Depth interviewing
c. Interviewing
d. Patterned interview
20.__________ cover the complete life history of the
applicant.
a. Stress interviewing
b. Depth interviews
c. Interviewing
d. Patterened interviews
21._______ is a combination of direct and indirect
questioning of the applicant.
a. Stress interviewing
b. Depth interviews
c. Interviewing
d. Patterened interviews
22.__________ is concerned with the problem of
introducing or orienting a new employee to the
organization
a.
b.
c.
d.

Training
Induction
Introduction
None

23.__________ indicates any process by which the

aptitudes skills and abilities of employees to perform
jobs.
a. Training
b. Induction
c. Introduction
d. None
24. ___________ is a deliberate attempt by an
individual to become more aware of his or her own
skills interests values ,opportunities ,constraints and
consequences.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Career planning
Career management
Human Resource Planning
Career Development

25. understanding ___________ in an organization

require an examination of two processes how
individuals plan and implement their own career goals
(career planning) and how organizations design and
implement their career development programs(career
management)

31.____________ often implies a status distinction

because those who are on salary are generally whitecollar administrative ,professional and executive
employees whereas wage earners are designated as

a. Career planning
b. Career management
c. Human Resource Planning
d. Career Development
26.Succession planning is usually restricted to
senior level management positions and can be
___________

a. Wage
b. Job
c. Salaried
d. Reward
32. A_________ is defined as a collection or
aggregation of tasks, duties and responsibilities that as
a whole is regarded as the reasonable assignment to
an individual employee.

hourly no supervisory or blue- collar.

a. Casual and Formal

b. Organized and Disorganized
c. Formal and Informal

a.
b.
c.
d.

Job
Individual Goal
Career
Management By Objective.

d. Planned and Unplanned

27.__________________ is the HR activity by
means of which the organization determines the
extent to which the employee is performing the job
effectively.
a.
b.
c.
d.
28. The __________ do
employees.

Performance Evaluation
Qualitative Evaluation
Job Evaluation
Non-qualitative Evaluation
the evaluation of the

33. The term __________ is commonly used for

those employees whose pay is calculated according
to the number of hours worked.
a. Salary
b. Wage
c. Pay
d. Reward
34. The term is defined in the oxford dictionary as
fixed periodical payment to aperson doing other
than manual or mechanical work

a. Top Management
b. Line manager
c. Area Manager
d. Floor Manager
29.The use of ___________ assumes that peoples
actions are related to their skills and ability to
achieve important longer run goals.

a. Reward
b. Wage
c. Pay
d. Salary
35.________has been defined by the committee as
the wage which must provide not only for the bare
sustenance of life but for the preservation of the
efficiency of the worker.

a. Reward
b. Appraisal
c. Reorganization Reward
d. Incentives
30.The term __________ is commonly used for those
employees whose pay is calculated according to the
number of hours worked.

a. Fair wage
b. Living wage
c. Minimum wage
d. Collective Wage
36._________ is the purpose is to work towards a
solution of the many wage and salary administrative
problems which confront the industry

a.
b.
c.
d.

Salary
Wage
pay
Reward

a.
b.
c.
d.

Performance Evaluation
Qualitative Evaluation
Job Evaluation
Non-qualitative Evaluation

37. ____________ system are the ranking system

and the job classification system
a. Performance job Evaluation
b. Qualitative job Evaluation
c. Non-qualitative job
Evaluation
d. None
38.In the ___________ to each factor is attached a
number of points the number varying according to
the degree of the factor involved.
a. Point Method
b. Time Span Method
c. Ranking Method
d. Grade Description Method
39.__________is a logical and an objective method
of ranking jobs relatively to each other.
a. Performance Evaluation
b. Qualitative Evaluation
c. Job Evaluation
d. Non-qualitative Evaluation
40. ____________ is revealed by what individuals and
groups asy and do to show an interest in ,
understanding of , and personal identification with
work team survival and success.
a.
b.
c.
d.
41.The content of morale
into _______ groups.

Morale
Motivation
Job Satisfaction
Morale
could be broadly divided

a. Three
b. Four
c. One
d. Two
42.One of the most unpredictable effects of the level of
morale is its impact on employee ___________
a. Job satisfaction
b . Motivation Level
c. Productivity
d. Job Dissatisfaction
43. A ________________ in the motivation cycle can
be defined as anything which will alleviate a need and
reduce a drive.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Goals
Job
Role
Job Description

44.Even if the employees have a high potential for self

motivation it is the duty of
________________ to
provide the climate in which it will flourish
a. Individual
b. The management
c. Human resource
d. Team
45. _____________ is the observance of principles
rules or any other laid down procedures practices,
written or otherwise in the organization by the
employees or group of employees to whom these
apply for smooth and effective functioning of the
organization
a. Feedback
b. Grievance
c. Discipline
d. Dissatisfaction
46.Accordinjg to ___________ discipline may be
considered as a force that prompts individuals or
groups to observe the rules.
a. Richard
b. Calhoon. Richard. D.
c. Robbins
d. Spriegal
47. The clearest opportunity for settlement is
found at the ___________ before the grievance has
left the jurisdiction of the manager.
a. Second stage
b. First stage
c. Final stage
d. Third stage
48. An employees conception of his problem
may be quite___________ system
a. Formal
b. Fair
c. Informal
d. Biased
49.A __________ is an outside third party
who is brought in to settle a dispute and he or she
has the authority to make a decision.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Trade Union
Government
Arbitrator
International Labour
Organization (ILO)

50.____________ feels that a group consists of two

or more persons who share norms about certain

things with one another and whose social roles are

closely interlocking.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Harell
Newcomb
Young
Bandura

51._____________ exits because the formal groups

established within the organization frequently fail to
satisfy human needs to a sufficient degree and also
because the organizational structure rarely
anticipates everything that must be done if the
organization is to meet all of its objectives.
a. Informal groups
b. Formal groups
c. Project Teams
d. Teams
52. Some managers are self oriented some of them
are people oriented and some of them are
_____________
a. goal oriented
b. task oriented
c. performance oriented
d. action-oriented
53.__________ model suggests that effective of
leaders to vary their style with the 1) readiness of
followers 2) Ability and 3) willingness
a. Transformational
b. Situational leadership
c. Trait Theory
d. Contingency
54.___________ assumes that people
inherit certain qualities and traits that make them
better suited to leadership.
a.
b.
c.
d.

Trait theory
Motivation Hygiene Theory
Need Hierarchy Theory
Theory X