CBSE Questions for Class 12 Commerce Business Studies Staffing Quiz 1 - MCQExams.com

BARS is combination of ________.
  • confidential report and rating scale
  • forced choice method and confidential report
  • critical incident technique and rating scale
  • checklist and critical incident technique
Job posting is __________ .
  • an internal method of recruitment
  • an indirect method of recruitment
  • third party method of recruitment
  • an internet recruiting
Who said ''Recruitment is the process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for jobs in organisation''?
  • Frederick Herzberg
  • David McClelland
  • Douglas McGregor
  • Edwin B. Flippo
Job posting is ________ .
  • posting of an employee
  • a method of recruitment
  • is an appraisal technique
  • an internet recruiting
Which is a component of work design?
  • Skill variety
  • Task significance
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • Team efficacy
Group of people who take on responsibilities of their former supervisors, is termed as __________.
  • Self-managed work teams
  • Virtual teams
  • Cross-functional teams
  • Problem-solving teams
Who is responsible for recruitment procedure?
  • Line Official
  • Staff official
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
Which is one of the key component of team effectiveness?
  • Consensus
  • Personality
  • Work design
  • Consistency
The basic assumption made for using _______________ is that employees are distinguishable as outstanding, above average, average, below average and poor; and their number conforms to a normal frequency distribution e.g. 10% each in the highest and lowest categories, 20% each in the above average and below average categories, and 40% in the average category.
  • field review method
  • graphic rating scale method
  • forced distribution method
  • unstructured appraisal method
Importance of personnel is in
  • HRM
  • PM
  • Both a & b
  • None of the above
The following principle of personnel management stresses to make the labour partner to the business
  • Principle of fair reward
  • Principle of joint management
  • Principle of dignity of labour
  • Principle of team spirit
______ method of training is connected to real life problem. 
  • Conference
  • Case study
  • Management games
  • Sensitivity training
Only in the following conditions the applicant is rejected
  • If found unsuitable in interviews
  • If found unsuitable in reference
  • If found unsuitable in checking
  • If found unsuitable in medical
Training and career planning are important issues of HR which come under _________.
  • integration function
  • development
  • maintenance
  • procurement function
______ Goes a long way towards building up an available workplace.
  • Recruitment
  • Selection
  • Planning
  • Organizing
The widest source of external source of recruitment option
  • Advertisement
  • Employment agency
  • Management consultants
  • Recommendations
Attitude, adaptability, leadership are part of HR
  • Training
  • Development
  • Selection
  • None of the above
Trade unions and employee association, Industrial relation, employee participation and empowerment are procurement functions of a manager which comes under _______.
  • integration function
  • procurement function
  • development function
  • behavioral function
Grievance redressal, discipline, collective bargaining are _________ of HRM.
  • integration function
  • procurement function
  • development function
  • behavioral function
Which of the following statements is correct?
  • Staffs do, Lines think
  • Staffs work, Lines advise
  • Staffs have the authority of ideas, Lines have the authority of command.
  • Staffs help directly in achieving the goal, Lines help indirectly in achieving the goal.
A job transfer on a systematic basis is
  • Training
  • Selection
  • Development
  • Recruitment
Procurement, development, integration are part of _____ of HRM.
  • managerial function
  • operative function
  • technical function
  • behavioral function
Pet Milk theory advocates ________.
  • happy workers are productive workers
  • happy cows give more milk
  • none of these
  • both (a) and (b)
The situation that arises when employees differ from each other in terms of age, gender, education etc is known as _________.
  • diversity
  • managing diversity
  • disparate treatment
  • downsizing
Which of the following statement is true?
  • Training aims at improving total personality of an individual
  • Scope of training is wider than that of development
  • Development is mostly the result of internal motivation
  • All of those
Prescribed courses of action that explicity state what is to be done under a given set of circumstances is called _________.
  • procedure
  • rules
  • series
  • regulation
Induction serves all the following purposes except _________.
  • removes fear
  • get along with people
  • job duties
  • package offered
Replacement charts ________.
  • indicates the current performance of employees and their promotability
  • displays the strengths and weaknesses of employees
  • points out future HR needs
  • describes the qualifications of promising candidates
Development aims at improving __________.
  • total personality of an individual
  • specific skill relating to job
  • organisation culture
  • all of these
Who has said that HRM is not a one shot deal?
  • Fayol
  • Taylor
  • Terry
  • McFarland
Which of the following statements is true?
  • Staffs do, Lines think
  • Staffs work, Lines advise
  • Staff position is created to assist line managers
  • Staffs help directly in achieving the goal, Lines help indirectly in achieving the goal.
The word 'Protege" stands for ____________.
  • an old person
  • a young person
  • trainer
  • caretaker
__________ is a factual statement of the duties and responsibilities of a specific job.
  • Job description
  • Job specification
  • Job analysis
  • Workforce analysis
According to Flippo, __________.
  • recruitment is a negative process
  • selection is a positive process
  • recruitment is a positive process
  • both (a) and (b)
Which of the following is not a typically used procedure to reduce the total number of employees?
  • Layoff
  • Terminations
  • Downturns
  • Early retirement in inducements
Which of the following statement is true?
  • Health and Safety is a Procurement function
  • Health and Safety is a Motivation and Compensation function
  • Health and Safety is a Maintenance function
  • Health and Safety is a Development function
In Maslow's theory of motivation, self-esteem needs are satisfied by _____________.
  • Food, shelter, thirst
  • Love and affection
  • Job security
  • Autonomy, power
The average loss of manpower due to leave, retirement, death, transfer, etc is part of __________.
  • workforce analysis
  • job analysis
  • workload analysis
  • succession planning
The objective factor theory of recruitment refers to ___________.
  • image of organisation
  • characteristics of employment offers
  • choices on personal and emotional basis
  • good/bad will of organisation
Which of the following classifies employees on the basis of age, sex, position, experience, skill, qualification, etc.?
  • Staffing/Manning table
  • Job specification
  • Workload analysis
  • Workforce analysis
Which is a key component of team effectiveness?
  • Context
  • Process
  • Both (a) and (b)
  • None of these
Which is the most prevalent method of attracting candidates/applicants to jobs?
  • Online job portals
  • Newspaper, Radio and TV advertisement
  • Corporate website
  • Employee referral
Human Resource Management is primarily concerned with ____________.
  • Sales
  • Dimensions of people
  • External environment
  • Cost discipline
HRM function does not involve _____________.
  • Recruitment and Selection
  • Training
  • Performance Management
  • Financial Planning
Which of the following is used to fill casual vacancies?
  • Recommendations
  • Recruiting agencies
  • Advertisements
  • Gate hiring
The first step of manpower planning is _________.
  • Man power forecasting
  • Analyzing current manpower inventory
  • Manpower gaps
  • Manpower programme
The final stage of manpower planning process is _______.
  • manpower forecasting
  • current manpower inventory
  • manpower gaps
  • manpower programme
Which of the following is not a pre-employment activities?
  • Providing miscellaneous service
  • Requisitioning
  • Recruiting
  • Selecting
Drawing a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic is called ______________.
  • Selective perception
  • Halo effect
  • Contrast effect
  • Stereotyping
The word zero-sum game means is ___________.
  • my gain is your loss
  • your gain is my loss
  • both (a) and (b)
  • my gain/loss is your gain
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