Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

371. In a survey of large well-known businesses, about one-third of open job positions were filled by:

1. insiders.
2. referrals.
3. on campus recruitment.
4. direct applicants.

372. The two general approaches to forecasting are

1. qualitative and quantitative.
2. mathematical and statistical.
3. judgmental and qualitative.
4. historical and associative.

373. One purpose of short-range forecasts is to determine

1. production planning.
2. inventory budgets.
3. research and development plans.
4. job assignments.

374. To address the challenges and opportunities they face organizations engage in a process of strategic management. Strategic management is:

1. short-term focused and composed of organizational strategy, including strategy formulation and implementation.
2. long-term focused and composed of the organization’s mission, vision and value statements.
3. short-term focused and composed of the organization’s mission, vision and value statements.
4. long-term focused and composed of organizational strategy, including strategy formulation and implementation.

375. What is meant by the acronym SHRM?

1. Soft Human Resource Management.
2. Strategic Human Resource Management.
3. Sophisticated Human Resource Management.
4. Superior Human Resource Management.

376. In the ‘matching model’ of HRM, what is meant by ‘Cost driven HRM’?

1. Where a strategic planning process exists, but people are viewed as a cost.
2. Where a strategic planning process does not exist, and people are viewed as a cost.
3. Where a strategic planning process exists, and people are viewed as a resource.
4. Where a strategic planning process does not exist, but people are viewed as a resource.

377. Which of the following aptly describes the role of line managers and staff advisors, namely HR professionals?

1. Staff advisors focus more on developing HR programs while line managers are more involved in the implementation of those programs.
2. Line managers are concerned more about developing HR programs whereas staff advisors are more involved in implementing such programs.
3. Staff advisors are solely responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the HR programs while line managers are not all involved in any matters concerning HR.
4. Line managers alone are responsible for developing, implementing and evaluating the HR programs while staff advisors are not all involved in any matters concerning HR.

378. The field of HRM was founded on the idea that the competitive advantage of the organization’relies on the following sources of capital:

1. cultural, human and system capital.
2. social, cultural and human capital.
3. organization relies on the following sources of capital:.
4. cultural, human and source capital.

379. Human resource management is normally ______________ in nature.

1. proactive.
2. reactive.
3. combative.
4. None of the above.

380. ______________ are the resources that provide utility value to all other resources.

1. Men.
2. Material.
3. Money.
4. Machinery.