Human Resources
test of all topics under human resource management
Questions
_________ deals with the perceived worth of a job relative to other jobs in the organisation.
- Internal equity
- External equity
- Individual equity
- Process equity
- None of these
Under which technique of forecasting human resource demand are estimated total production and activities for a specific future period predicted?
- Managerial judgement
- Work-in-study technique
- Ratio-trend analysis
- Econometric models
- Delphi technique
Which of the following is a macroeconomic component of the compensation system?
- Pay structure
- Salary surveys
- Income equivalent payments
- Policies and regulations
- Job analysis
__________ depicts separately the operation of means tested programs for the blind, disable and aged.
- Retirement income system model
- Supplemental security system model
- Social security model
- Private pension model
- Public employee pension model
Which of the following is false about piece rate system?
- It brings cordial labour-management relations and industrial peace.
- In this system, there is a strict supervision of workers.
- This system serves as the incentive system.
- This system encourages workers to take more interest and initiative in the work.
- In this system, employer gets production in proportion to the wages paid.
Which of the following issues are covered under joint consultation?
- Issues relating to discipline
- Issues relating to common interest
- Issues relating to retrenchment and layoff
- Issues relating to recognition of union
- None of these
Which of the following is the specific objective of human resource management?
- Human resource planning
- Compensation
- Benefits
- Union management relations
- Employee relation
____________ was passed to assist employers and employees who have been hurt by foreign competition.
- Social security act 1935
- The rehabilitation act
- 1976 Trade act
- The immigration reform and control act
- National labour relations act
____________ links compensation to behaviour, so that the employees are rewarded for doing the right thing.
- Human resource information system
- Incentive alignment
- Calibration
- Streamlined workflow
- Automatic compliance monitoring
Which of the following is necessary for human resource planning (HRP)?
- Organisational structure
- Job analysis
- Customer mix
- Planning horizons
- Competitive emphasis
Which of the following is a reason for manpower demand forecasting?
- Assessing existing staff levels
- Clarifying staff-mixes that are likely to exist in the future
- Monitoring expected future compliance of legal requirement of job reservations
- Monitoring compliance of legal requirements with regard to job reservations
- None of these
Which of the following fringe benefits comes under legally required payments?
- Unemployment compensation
- Severance pay
- Service award
- Pension payment
- Leave with pay and allowance
Which of the following is a short term motivation incentive?
- Gift or event to recognise employee's anniversary
- Gift for being awarded employee of the month
- Casual dress code on Friday
- Quarterly social outings at a local restaurant/bar
- Photo within office to recognise employee of the month
Which was the short-term version of classical wage theory?
- Subsistance theory of wages
- The wage-fund theory
- Standard of living theory of wages
- Residual claimant theory
- Marginal productivity theory
Skill inventory, a category of existing employees, would include
- promotional potential
- special qualification
- previous management duties
- strength
- weakness
Which one of the following statements is not correct regarding time rate system?
- Workers and trade unions accept and support time rate system.
- It gives guarantee of certain minimum wage payment to every worker.
- Time rate system avoids heartburning and quarrels among the workers.
- In the time rate system, there is a positive encouragement to workers to improve their efficiency/performance.
- Time rate payment is convenient where production process is continuous and integrated.