MGT501 Midterm Solved Papers

MGT 501 HRM · Composed By Faheem Saqib · A Mega File for MiD Term Exams and Quizzes · Quiz -2 · Semester Spring, 2006 · Human Resource Management-MGT (501) · * Correct answers are shown green

Q1. Job posting is: Marks: (10)

1. Internal advertisement by an organization to attract candidates from the existing employees, against a vacancy.
2. The system of transferring existing employees to comparable new jobs available in the organization.
3. An arrangement of in house training of employees for career advancement.
4. Grouping together of a family of similar jobs, under a single title to establish uniformity of standards in controls and compensations.

Q2. Realistic job preview is a:

1. Technique for listing elements of job before selecting someone to perform it.
2. Performance appraisal technique.
3. A selection device that enables the candidates to learn both the negative and positive information about the job and organization.
4. None of the given options

Q3. Job analysis can be performed in all of the following ways except:

1. Observing hourly work
2. Reviewing interviews conducted with departing employees
3. Studying diaries or daily journals that manager kept over a three-month period
4. Giving workers checklists to indicate which tasks on the list are performed during job execution

Q4. Considering continuous process improvement activities in organizations, Should “Zero defects” really be a goal?

1. Yes perfection is reasonable goal.
2. No, 0.1 percent errors can be corrected much more efficiently than they can be prevented
3. Yes most industries find this an attainable goal.
4. Sometimes, for some mistakes, cost benefits can not be calculated

Q5. Organizational efficiency is expressed as:

1. Planning for long-run goals
2. Making the best use of scarce resources
3. Goal attainment
4. Meeting deadlines

Q6. Goal setting is:

1. Top down process
2. Bottom up process
3. A process of top down support and bottom up development
4. A function of senior management

Q7. When the firm changes the way it operates, the process is known as:

1. Downsizing
2. Brain drain
3. Restructuring
4. Outsourcing

Q8. Which one is not included in the hiring process?

1. Recruitment
2. Socialization
3. Selection
4. Job specification

Q9. Effectiveness is -----------

1. Do right things
2. Do things right
3. Productivity
4. All of the given options

Q10. Extents of individual freedom and discretion employees have in performing their jobs is Known as

1. Capitation
2. Flextime
3. Empowerment
4. Autonomy

Semester Spring 2006(Quiz-1) · Human Resources Management (MGT-501) · Marks-10

Q1. Appraisal of a worker’s performance can be described as:

1. Planning Activity
2. Organizing Activity
3. Controlling Activity
4. Leading Activity

Correct answer: Controlling Activity

Q2. Hawthorne studies depict the effects of work environment on:

1. Human Behavior
2. Human Performance
3. Human Satisfaction
4. All the given options

Correct answer: Human Behavior

Q3. Process of working with different resources to accomplish organizational goals is known as:

1. Strategic management