Quiz 1:

Q1. HRM is associated with the management of;

A. General people

B. Financial resources

C. Organizational people

D. Community members

Q2. Cost of human resources refers to;

A. Company profits

B. Employee shares

C. Salary packages

D. Earned revenues

Q3. Top level managers require __________________ skills themost;

A. Technical

B. Interpersonal

C. Conceptual

D. Mechanical

Q4. Matching the job description with the individuals’qualification is an important

aspect of;

A. IS

B. MIS

C. HRIS

D. DBMS

Q5. HR managers are generally the _______________ managers;

A. Line

B. Middle

C. Staff

D. Top

Q6. Manufacturing was the main concern of personnel departmentduring;

A. Mechanistic period

B. Catalytic period

C. Organistic period

D. Strategic period

Q7. SWOT Analysis is a tool for;

A. Determining organization’smission

B. Developing organizationalgoals

C. Formulating strategies

D. Environmental scanning

Q8. Jobs are identified & grouped while;

A. Planning

B. Organizing

C. Leading

D. Controlling

Q9. According to the Hawthorne studies, the productivity ofemployees;

A. Increased by increasing light

B. Decreased by decreasinglight

C. Increased by observing them

D. No change in their productivity

Q10. Organizational goalsshould be;

A. Achievable

B. Ambiguous

C. Random

D. Vague

Q11. Which one of thefollowing is NOT the source of workforcediversity?

A. Age

B. Gender

C. Education

D. Resentment

Q12. To anticipate the humanresource needs of the organization based on some

previous data or managerial judgment is knownas;

A. Demand forecasting

B. Suppliesforecasting

C. Financial forecasting

D. Sales forecasting

Q13. The thorough &detailed study regarding jobs within an organization is

represented by;

A. Job analysis

B. Job description

C. Job specification

D. Job evaluation

Q14. A practice used bycompanies to assign their costly activities to outsideproviders,

(for the purpose of cost saving), rather than completingit internally is called;

A. Planning

B. Decentralization

C. Restructuring

D. Outsourcing

Q15. Organizational behaviordepicts the;

A. Jargons used within the organization

B. Collective behavior of anorganization

C. Effect of society’s common behavior on anorganization

D. Culture prevails in an organization

Q16. Leadersperform;

A. Decisional roles

B. Informal roles

C. Informational roles

D. Interpersonal roles

Q17. Organizations takeinputs from its;

A. Rules & Policies

B. InternalEnvironment

C. External Environment

D. Legislations

Q18. As organizationalactivities are interrelated, it is said to be;

A. A closed system

B. An isolated system

C. An open system

D. A clogged system

Q19. Management sciencesdepartment is one of the _______________ of the VU;

A. System

B. Subsystem

C. Board

D. Structure

Q20. Shifting from manual tocomputerized system is resulted due to;

A. Workforce diversity

B. Technologicaladvancement

C. Stake holders involvement

D. Globalization