Human Resource Management Fundamentals
Test your knowledge of HR concepts including performance appraisal, promotions, recruitment, selection processes, and interview methods
Questions
How is the performance appraisal helpful for an individual?
- for motivation
- for training
- for promotion
- All of the above
In what way performance appraisal is helpful to the management?
- To identify strengths & weaknesses
- To identify only weaknesses
- To identify only strengths
- None of the above
In 360 degree appraisal, who carries out the process?
- Any person who has thorough knowledge about the job
- Consultants
- Collegues
- Managers
Performance management is believed to have originated from which country?
- Denmark
- France
- USA
- None of these
Which type of promotion increases the authority and responsibility, but not the salary?
- Dry promotion
- Upgradation
- Vertical promotion
- Seniority based promotion
Which type of promotion leads to increase in the pay, status, authority and responsibility?
- Dry promotion
- Vertical promotion
- Upgradation
- Seniority based promotion
What is the purpose of a 'Mystery Shopper'?
- A person who pretends to be a manager in order to test the service process
- A person pretends to be a real customer in order to test the service encountered
- A person who works for a competitor and pretends to be a customer in order to test the service encountered
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Under which promotion is the the job is upgraded in the organizational hierarchy?
- Dry promotion
- Vertical promotion
- Upgradation
- Seniority based promotion
The movement of an employee from one job to another, with or without promotion, demotion, or no change in the job profile, is called _____________
- Promotion
- Demotion
- Job rotation
- Transfer
Under which of the following heads, does job analysis, human resource planning and recruitment come?
- Training
- Development
- Selection
- Performance appraisal
What is the main objective of the Selection Process?
- Choosing the best performing candidate
- Choosing the average candidate
- Training the candidate to perform to his potential
- Choosing the wrong candidate
Transfer caused due to initiation of a long standing employee in the same job is called _____________
- Replacement transfer
- Production transfer
- Rotation transfer
- Shift transfer
The study and collection of information, relating to the nature of a specific job, is called _________
- Job rotation
- Job analysis
- Job description
- Job specification
Which of the following is used as a method to screen the candidate?
- Psychological test
- Business games
- Application blank
- Job analysis
Which of the following tests is used to evaluate a candidate in a real life situation?
- Psychological test
- Situational test
- Interest test
- Personality test
Which interview is used to get the basic and non-job related information?
- Informal interview
- Unstructured interview
- Panel interview
- Depth interview
Which of the following tests is used to find out whether the candidate is versatile or not?
- Psychological test
- Interest test
- Multi-dimensional testing
- Personality test
Which of the following interviews gives the candidate a topic for discussion?
- Unstructured interview
- Discussion interview
- Panel interview
- Depth interview
In which type of interview, are the candidates brought into one room and then interviewed one by one?
- Discussion interview
- Panel interview
- Group interview
- Depth interview
During which interview are all the formalities and procedures followed?
- Discussion interview
- Panel interview
- Group interview
- Formal interview