HRM Quiz 3

1 / 50

Vertical integration in relation to SHRM can be described as which of the following?

The relationship or integration between operational functions and policies

The relationship or integration between the internal HR processes, and the Organisation?s business strategy and external market.

The relationship or integration between an Organisation?s senior managers

The relationship or integration between HR functional policies, for example employee development, employee reward and employee relations

2 / 50

Which Personnel association uses the idea of bundles of integral HRM practices?

Association of personnel Service Orqanisations

European association for personnel management

Chartered Institute of personnel & development

U.S office of personnel management

3 / 50

Which of the following department of an Orqanisation performs the managerial function of matching Orqanisational needs with the skills & abilities of the employees?

Human Resource department

Finance department

Production department

Marketing department

4 / 50

How can high potential employees be developed for future positions?

Increasing pal skill

internal training

Allowing them to do further studies

Managing employee

5 / 50

Human resource planning techniques include the use of some or all of the following?

Size of organizational structure

Infrastructure Plan

Control and evaluation

Employee Management

6 / 50

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using an executive recruiter?

adept at contacting candidates who are not on the job market

ability to keep identity of firm confidential

unfamiliar with company perceptions of ideal candidate

many contacts in field

7 / 50

Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of Workforce Diversity?

Multiple perspectives

Decreased problem-solving skills

Greater openness to new ideas

Increased creativity and flexibility

8 / 50

Which of the following force makes an individual eligible to make decisions, give orders &. directing work activities of others?

Command

Influence

Power

Authority

9 / 50

Which of the following emerged when individuals realized the strength they could gain by joining together to negotiate with employers?

Human Relation movement

Employee relationship Management

Trade Unions

Employment Legislations

10 / 50

Why do companies use external job searches instead of internal searches?

Legal requirements

Companies can add new talent, new ideas to the organization

It is less expensive

Orientation time is reduced

11 / 50

How often HR planning process is implemented within an Organisation?

Annually

Continuously

Bi-annually

Quarterly

12 / 50

In strategic human resource management, HR strategies are generally aligned with______________?

Business Strategy

Marketing Strategies

Economic strategy

Finance strategy

13 / 50

Recruiting is necessary to_________?

develop qualifications inventories

forecast the supply of outside candidates

developing an applicant pool

determine whether to use inside or. outside candidates

14 / 50

Once a firm has a pool of applicants, the first step in Pre-screening is the_________?

on-site visit

telephone interview

application form

in-person interview

15 / 50

Job analysis produces which of the following, regardless of the technique used?

Job specifications

Individual interview

Benchmarks

Replacement charts

16 / 50

The goal of this stage of HR intranet site development is to provide employees with a truly individualized experience based on their individual profiles?

Lnteqrated

Personalized

Brochure ware

Transactional

17 / 50

Using a structured interviewing technique would likely achieve all of the following except___________?

More opportunity to explore areas as they arise during the interview

Enhanced job relatedness

Reduced subjectivity on the part of the interviewer

Increased consistency across candidates

18 / 50

The human resource management functions aims at____________?

helping the Organisation deal with its employees in different stages of employment

Ensuring financial & Marketing Stability

improving an Organisation?s creditworthiness among financial institutions

ensuring that the ?human resources possess, adequate capital, tool equipment and material to perform the job successful

19 / 50

Which of the following functions of HRM deals with ?Collective Bargaining??

Employee relations management

Employee-assistance management

Forecasting

Staffing

20 / 50

Which of the following statements most accurately defines human resource management?

Human. resource management focuses on people as the source of competitive advantage

Human resource management seeks to achieve competitive advantage through the strategic deployment of a highly committed and capable workforce, using an integrated array of cultural, structural and personnel techniques

Human resource management contributes to business strategy and plays an important role in the implementation of business strategy

Human resource management is an approach to managing people

21 / 50

The number of people hired for a particular job compared to the number of individuals in the applicant pool is often expressed as________?

Recruitment ratio

Employment ratio

Application ratio

Selection ratio

22 / 50

Which of the following is an example of operative function of HR managers?

PIanning?

Organizing

Procurement

Controlling

23 / 50

Why might there be some difficulty in identifying and applying the Best-practice approach to HRM in Organisations?

Because the best-practice approach does not emphasize the individual business context

Because the best-practice approach would not fit the cost-reduction driven strategies favoured by many in short-termist economies.

Because there is much variation in the literature and empirical research as to what constitutes best-practice

Because the best-practice approach tends to be resource- intensive

24 / 50

The process which best defines the locating and, encouraging potential employees to apply for jobs is___________?

Human resource planning

Selection

Job Analysis

Recruitment

25 / 50

A Competency consists of____________?

A list of tests that will measure cognitive ability

The specific tasks a person must do

Communications and behaviour

Skills and behaviours

26 / 50

HR Department maintains _________records.

Production

Sales

Employee

Inventory

27 / 50

Which of the following is NOT a goal of HRM?

Producing the desired human behavior that helps to achieve Organisatlons goals

Integration of HRM with the corporate strategy of the Organization

Creation of a flexible environment that can easily adopt change

To endure proper delivery of products

28 / 50

In the future, HR managers will have to deal with all of the following workforce changes, except

an older workforce

a more racially diverse workforce

a skills shortfall among workers

an abundance of entry level workers

29 / 50

The characteristics of human resources are _____________in nature?

Stable

Homogeneous

Heterogeneous

Ductility

30 / 50

Campus Recruiting does not have the advantage of___________?

High Intellectual Capacity

High level of curiosity

Higher understanding of organization

High potential

31 / 50

Career counseling ?is part of which of the following functions of HRM?

Training and Development

Maintenance of HRIS

Planning & selection

Compensation & benefits

32 / 50

HRP stands for___________?

Human resource planning

Human recruitment procedure

Human resource project

Human recruitment planning

33 / 50

The first step in the human resource planning process is ____________?

Assessing future supply

Preparing a job analysis

Assessing future demand

Forecasting future human resource needs

34 / 50

The unstructured interview:___________?

Typically is unbiased

Typically biased job performance

Typically is related to future

Infrequently conducted

35 / 50

Mr. ?A? must decide what positions the firm should fill in the next six months. What activity is Mr. ?A? working on?

Personnel planning

Selection

Recruitment

Interviewing

36 / 50

Relationship between HRM & Management?

Management is one aspect of HRM

No relationship exists

Both are same .

HRM is one aspect of Management

37 / 50

Which of these models is not a rational planning approach?

Strategic business unit level strategic planning

Operational level strategic planning

Corporate- level strategic planning

Processual Approach

38 / 50

Which of the following is a key HR role as defined by Ulrich et al (2009)?

Business ally

Payroll advisor

Personnel administrator

Organisational geographer

39 / 50

In which stage of HR intranet site development are multiple sites linked together to create a seamless experience for the individual?

Brochureware

Personalized

Integrated

Transactional

40 / 50

The extent to which an employment selection test provides consistent results is known as:__________?

Trustworthiness

Dependability

Consistency

Reliability

41 / 50

The written statement of the findings of job analysis is called __________?

Job evaluation

Job classification

Job description

Job design

42 / 50

Increasing the number and variety of tasks assigned to a job is called__________?

Job enlargement

Job enrichment

A. and C.

Job rotation

43 / 50

Executive recruiters are also called___________?

staffers

contract technical recruiters

alternative staffing companies

head hunters

44 / 50

Which approach that seeks the to link strategy, business, performance and HRM policies and practices, assumes that there are a number of HRM practices that are suitable for all Organisations?

Best fit

Best Practice

Resource-based view

Life cycle models

45 / 50

Which of the following is not true of the activity known as job analysis?

Jobs are broken into elements such as information required or relations with other people

It aims to describe the purpose of a job and the conditions under which it is performed

The rate of pay for the job is fixed.

The job elements are rated in terms such as frequency. of use or amount of time involved

46 / 50

The most popular method of recruiting applicants to jobs is_________?

Commercial job boards

Corporate website

Radio and TV advertisement

Employee referral schemes

47 / 50

Which of the following approach emphasizes the? effect of psychological &. Social factors on employees? performance?

Rational approach

Human relations approach

Scientific approach

Systematic approach

48 / 50

Tests that measure traits, temperament, or disposition are examples of___________?

Manual dexterity tests

Personality tests

Work sample tests

Intelligence tests

49 / 50

The advantage of external recruiting is that:___________?

They ensure consistency from opening to closing

Time Consuming

They are very inexpensive

They are useful for companies too small to have dedicated recruiters

50 / 50

HRM typically provides which of these types of training to temporary employees?

Benefits options

Orientation

Retirement planning?

Career planning and management

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