MGT501 Midterm Merged Quiz

1. HRM stands for Human Requirement Management. (False)
2. High employee turnover is not a concern of HRM. (False)
3. Discriminatory actions are not the concern of HRM. (False)
4. The leading function involves analyzing current situations, anticipating the

future, and determining objectives. (False)

5. The organizing function compares the actual with the benchmark. (False)
6. Efficiency and effectiveness are synonyms of each other. (False)
7. An organization with legitimacy and official recognition is known as an

informal organization. (False)

8. ‘People’ are the basic arrangement of employees in an organization. (False)
9. An organization is a social entity that is goal-oriented and not deliberately

structured. (False)

10.

Organizational behaviour (OB) improves quality and employee

productivity by showing managers how to empower employees. (True)

11.

Organizational behaviour (OB) studies the impact individuals, groups,

and structure have on an organization. (True)

12.

Organizational behaviour (OB) does not have the capability to address

diversity challenges. (False)

13.

In synergy 1 + 1 = 11. (True)

14.

A problem-solving team is a formal group of employees who operate

without a manager and are responsible for a complete work process. (False)

15.

A virtual team is an extension of electronic meetings. (False)

16.

The shift from personnel management to HRM took place in two stages.

(False)

17.

In the 1970s, the main job of the HR manager was to keep their

companies out of court. (True)

18.

The main functions of HRM consist of recruitment, training, appraisal,

compensation, etc. (True)

19.

The new term used for “personnel management” is human resource

management. (True)

20.

TQM is an abbreviation for total quantity management. (False)

21.

Environmental Challenges refer to forces internal to the firm that are in

management’s control and influence organizational performance. (False)

22.

Firms that manage workforce diversity are more likely to survive in

today’s competitive environment. (True)

23.

Diversity is a term that can be used to differentiate groups and people

from one another. (True)

24.

Affirmative action is taken to eliminate the present effects of past

discrimination. (True)

25.

Equal employment opportunity means treating a few employees equally

in terms of employment. (False)

26.

Diversity is a term that can be used to differentiate groups and people

from one another. (True)

27.

Affirmative action is taken to eliminate the present effects of past

discrimination. (True)

28.

Equal employment opportunity means treating a few employees equally

in terms of employment. (False)

29.

Union is a group of employees who have joined together to deal

collectively with their employer. (True)

30.

Bonus is a type of non-financial reward. (False)

31.

External environmental factors comprise those factors that affect a

firm’s human resources from inside the organization’s boundaries. (False)

32.

Staff managers assist and advise line managers in accomplishing their

goals. (True)

33.

Line managers usually work on the front line of a business, supervising

junior staff members and reporting to upper management. (True)

34.

HR managers are generally staff managers. (True)

35.

Glass ceiling effect prevents women from getting higher positions.

(True)

36.

Civil Rights Act of 1964 act is violated when a sales person, more than

55 years old, is terminated and replaced by four younger sales representatives.

(False)

37.

Equal Pay Act of 1963 requires the same pay for men and women who

do the same job in the same organization. (True)

38.

Creative recruiting is a good approach an organization do while facing

shortage of workers. (True)

39.

Foresee the future HR needs and make practices to meet those needs is

not the main objective of human resource planning. (False)

40.

An organization should not opt restricted hiring to reduce surplus of

employees. (False)

41.

Mission is known as the matching of internal organizational strengths

and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats to maintain

competitive advantage over competitors. (False)

42.

The strategic human resource planning is developed at corporate level.

(True)

43.

HRIS is the part of MIS. (True)

44.

The job duties and responsibilities statement is the most important

section of job description. (True)

45.

Job enlargement is conducted to collect information about a particular

job. (False)

46.

Job description and job specification are outcomes of Job analysis.

(True)

47.

Department of labor procedure is a quantitative job analysis technique

which is more applicable to lower level, blue color jobs. (False)

48.

Functional job analysis is a quantitative job analysis technique which

provides a more accurate picture of what the jobholder does. (True)

49.

The process of evaluating the relative value or contribution of different

jobs to an organization is known as job specification. (False)

50.

All the following factors adversely affect the recruitment process of an

organization except (Stagnant economy with low level of unemployment;

Salary benefits not compatible with the market; Growing economy with low

level of unemployment; Potential opportunities for the career development)