Q#1: Job posting is:
(A) Internal advertisement by an organization to attract candidates from the existing employees, against a vacancy
(B) The system of transferring existing employees to comparable new jobs available in the organization
(C) An arrangement of in house training of employees for career advancement
(D) Grouping together of a family of similar jobs under a single title
Answer: (A) Internal advertisement by an organization to attract candidates from the existing employees, against a vacancy
Q#2: Realistic job preview is a:
(A) Technique for listing elements of job before selecting someone to perform it
(B) Performance appraisal technique
(C) A selection device that enables the candidates to learn both the negative and positive information about the job and organization
(D) None of the given options
Answer: (C) A selection device that enables the candidates to learn both the negative and positive information about the job and organization
Q#3: Job analysis can be performed in all of the following ways except:
(A) Observing hourly work
(B) Reviewing interviews conducted with departing employees
(C) Studying diaries or daily journals that manager kept over a three-month period
(D) Giving workers checklists to indicate which tasks are performed
Answer: (B) Reviewing interviews conducted with departing employees
Q#4: Considering continuous process improvement activities in organizations, should “Zero defects” really be a goal?
(A) Yes perfection is reasonable goal
(B) No, 0.1 percent errors can be corrected much more efficiently than prevented
(C) Yes most industries find this an attainable goal
(D) Sometimes, for some mistakes, cost benefits can not be calculated
Answer: (B) No, 0.1 percent errors can be corrected much more efficiently than prevented
Q#5: Organizational efficiency is expressed as:
(A) Planning for long-run goals
(B) Making the best use of scarce resources
(C) Goal attainment
(D) Meeting deadlines
Answer: (B) Making the best use of scarce resources
Q#6: Goal setting is:
(A) Top down process
(B) Bottom up process
(C) A process of top down support and bottom-up development
(D) A function of senior management
Answer: (C) A process of top down support and bottom-up development
Q#7: When the firm changes the way it operates, the process is known as:
(A) Downsizing
(B) Brain drain
(C) Restructuring
(D) Outsourcing
Answer: (C) Restructuring
Q#8: Which one is not included in the hiring process?
(A) Recruitment
(B) Socialization
(C) Selection
(D) Job specification
Answer: (D) Job specification
Q#9: Effectiveness is ———–
(A) Do right things
(B) Do things right
(C) Productivity
(D) All of the given options
Answer: (A) Do right things
Q#10: Extents of individual freedom and discretion employees have in performing their jobs is known as:
(A) Capitation
(B) Flextime
(C) Empowerment
(D) Autonomy
Answer: (D) Autonomy