Human Resource Management - Objective Assignment (EDL - 201) Submitted Successfully

1. Assignment C
Question No: 1
New concepts like TQM, Kaizen, QWL and Empowerment came into prominence during:
a) 1950s
b) 1970s
c) 1990s
d) 1930s
Question No: 2
The concept of welfare stage in HRM started from:
a) 1920 – 1930
b) 1980 – 1990
c) 1905 – 1910
d) 1915 – 1920
Question No: 3
Which of the following is managerial function?
a) Staffing and directing
b) Procurement and development
c) Compensation and integration
d) Maintenance and integration
Question No: 4
HRM is now being considered as:
a) Disciplinary department
b) Strategic management function
c) Inter disciplinary department
d) Auxiliary function
Question No: 5
Which is not true:
a) HR planning is helpful in detailing the numbers and kind of personnel required.
b) It spells out the qualification, skills and expertise of personnel required in all organizations.
c) It gives lead time for recruitment, selection, training and development of personnel.
d) HR planning integrates the employees into the organization.
Question No: 6
The secret of the success of Japanese Companies lies in the fact that:
a) They use state of the art technology

2. b) They pay higher wages to their employees
c) They view employees as their most valuable asset
d) They are hard task masters
Question No: 7
Human resource management does not look after:
a) Procurement and development of human factor for the organization
b) Compensation and integration of human factor for the organization
c) Maintenance of human factor in the organization
d) Dehumanising in the organization
Question No: 8
Which of the following is not a true statement in respect of objectives of HRM ?
a) HRM ensures respect for human factor in the organization
b) HRM motivates, satisfies and maintains high morale of the employees
c) HRM helps in promoting well being of the society
d) HRM helps in enhancing the rate of labour turnover
Question No: 9
Which of the following is not a stage of the process of HR planning?
a) Identifying objectives
b) Developing manpower
c) Assessing Business Plan
d) Manpower audit
Question No: 10
Once job analysis is conducted, the data reviewed is:
a) Job description
b) Job enlargement
c) Job enrichment
d) Downsizing
Question No: 11
Which is true regarding job analysis:
a) It is a process of data collection
b) It is a procedure through which facts are gathered for each job
c) Information about the job is systematically discovered & noted
d) It is a process of data dissemination.
Question No: 12
Job description does not consist of:

3. a) Job summary
b) Job evaluation
c) Hazards involved
d) Pay
Question No: 13
Who of the following is not the source of job information in connection with job analysis?
a) Job holders
b) Independent observers
c) Interviews
d) Pay Commission
Question No: 14
Recruitment is:
a) The process of searching for prospective candidates and stimulating them to apply for job in the
organization.
b) Attracting lot of potential for the company.
c) A positive concept.
d) Selecting the best candidate.
Question No: 15
Which of the following is not a stage in the process of selection?
a) Advertisement
b) Initial contract
c) Screening
d) Physical examination
Question No: 16
Which is not a Psuedo way of selecting applicant?
a) Astrology
b) Phrenology
c) Graphology
d) Ecology
Question No: 17
Career planning is:
a) All the jobs that are held during one’s working life.
b) Future position ones trives to reach as a part of career.
c) The stage through which a person’s career evolves.
d) The process by which one selects career goals and the path to these goals.

4. Question No: 18
Which of the following is not the step in the career planning and development process?
a) Analyzing the skills, aptitudes & knowledge of the employee
b) Formulating policies
c) Identifying and analyzing career opportunities
d) Preparing action plans and periodic review
Question No: 19
Which of the following is not on-the-job method of training?
a) Apprenticeship
b) Position rotation
c) Vestibule school
d) Role playing
Question No: 20
Which of the following is not off-the-job method of training?
a) Case studies
b) Simulation
c) Sensitivity Training
d) Special projects
Question No: 21
Which of the following is not the technique of developing executives?
a) Business Games
b) Case studies
c) In basket exercises
d) Apprenticeship
Question No: 22
Which of the following is not the principle of training?
a) Motivation
b) Active participation
c) Perception
d) Reinforcement
Question No: 23
Which of the following is not one of the modern methods of performance appraisal?
a) 360° Technique
b) Human resource accounting
c) Descriptive evaluation

5. d) BARS
Question No: 24
Which of the following statements regarding MBO is not true?
a) MBO has emerged as a reaction to the traditional management practices.
b) MBO has a special provision for mutual goal setting.
c) There is no special provision in MBO for appraising of progress by both the appraiser and the
appraise.
d) MBO is based on behavioural value of fundamental trust in the goodness of human beings.
Question No: 25
Which of the following incentive plans is not for blue collar employees?
a) Straight Piece Rate Plan
b) Salary Plan
c) Differential Piece Rate Plan
d) Straight Piece Rate with guaranteed minimum wages
Question No: 26
Which of the following incentive plans is not for white collar employees?
a) Salary Plan
b) Salary & Commission Plan
c) Commission Plan
d) Bedaux Plan
Question No: 27
Which of the following is not an incentive plan for individuals under blue collar employees?
a) Priest man Plan
b) Rowan Plan
c) Emersion Plan
d) Bedaux Plan
Question No: 28
Performance based rewards do not include:
a) Social security benefits
b) Piece work
c) Commission
d) Merit Pay Plan
Question No: 29
The objectives of compensation administration is not to:

6. a) Simplify collective bargaining
b) Boost the morale of employee
c) Plan for effective manpower training
d) Eliminate chances of favouritism
Question No: 30
Which of the following is not a closely related aspect of wage administration:
a) Compensation survey
b) Job evaluation
c) Performance appraisal
d) Incentives
Question No: 31
Which of the following is not one of the principles of compensation administration?
a) Wages policies need not be clearly expressed in writing
b) Job descriptions and rating should be periodically checked to keep them updated
c) Wage decisions should be checked up against carefully formulated policies
d) It is management’s responsibility to make the wage policy known to every employee
Question No: 32
Which of these is not an internal cause of indiscipline?
a) Divide and rue policy
b) Biased attitude of management
c) Defective supervision
d) Violence and disturbance in the country
Question No: 33
In the paired comparison technique of performance appraisal, which of the following formulae is
applied?
a) No. of Comparison =
b) No. of Comparison =
c) No. of Comparison = N –
d) No. of Comparison =
Question No: 34
Which of the following is not the objective of labour relations?

7. a) To promote general welfare of the workers
b) To promote industrial democracy through workers’ participation in management.
c) To enhance labour turnover
d) To improve productivity of the organization
Question No: 35
Which of the following is not a measure to prevent industrial disputes?
a) Works committees
b) Voluntary arbitration
c) Collective Bargaining
d) Labour copartnership
Question No: 36
Which of the following is not a part of adjudication machinery?
a) Labour Courts
b) Board of Conciliation
c) Industrial Tribunals
d) National Tribunals
Question No: 37
Which of the following is not the features of collective bargaining?
a) It is a group action
b) It is a static and rigid process
c) It is a continuous process
d) It is an advanced form of human relations
Question No: 38
Which of the following is not a sub part of negotiating stage?
a) Identification of problems
b) Preparation for negotiations
c) Negotiations for agreement
d) Workers’ participation in management
Question No: 39
Which of the following is not a type of negotiating procedure:
a) Haggling bargaining
b) Price bargaining
c) Continuous bargaining
d) Boulwarism bargaining
Question No: 40

8. Which of the following is not the cause for limited success of collective bargaining in India?
a) Multiplicity of trade union
b) Weak trade union
c) Difficult accessibility of adjudication
d) Interference of political parties