MBA in Human Resource is one of the most opting specializations of management courses. It is a challenging and stimulating programme of management.

Human means the workforce that involved in an organization.

Resource means the limited availability.

Management means the proper utilization of limited workforce.

Human resource management is a process of hiring and developing the employees according to the organization.

Multiple Choice Questions with Answers on Human Resource Management:

1-The following is (are) the key components of a business process Re-engineering programme?

Product development
Service delivery
Customer satisfaction
All of the above
(Ans:d)

2-The actual achievements compared with the objectives of the job is

Job performance
Job evaluation
Job description
None of the above
(Ans:a)

3-The following is (are) concerned with developing a pool of candidates in line with the human resources plan

Development
Training
Recruitment
All of the above
(Ans:c)

4-Majority of the disputes in industries is (are) related to the problem of

Wages
Salaries
Benefits
All of the above
(Ans:d)

5-In an organisation initiating career planning, the career path model would essentially form the basis for

Placement
Transfer
Rotation
All of the above
(Ans:d)

6-Section ________ of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947, states that an employer should only retrench employees who have been most recently hired

24-F
24-G
25-F
25-G
(Ans:d)

7-Performance development plan is set for the employee by his immediate boss.

Employer
Department Head
Immediate boss
Any of the above
(Ans:c)

8-The following type of recruitment process is said to be a costly affair.
Internal recruitment
External recruitment
Cost remains same for both types
(Ans:b)

9-The following is (are) the objective(s) of inspection.

Quality product
Defect free products
Customer satisfaction
All of the above
(Ans:d)

10-Large recruitment ____ problematic and vice-versa

Less
More
Any of the above
(Ans:a)

11-The ________ programme once installed must be continued on a permanent basis.

Job evaluation
Training & Development
Recruitment
All of the above
(Ans:a)

12-The following person has suggested the new concept which takes into account various key factors that will tell the overall performance of a job.

Elliot Jecques
Fred Luthas
Juran
None of the above
(Ans:a)

13-For closure, every worker is to be compensated with ________ average pay for every year of service completed

15 days
20 days
25 days
30 days
(Ans:a)

14-The three important components in aligning business strategy with HR practice:

Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities
Marketing Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational Capabilities
Business Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational structure
Marketing Strategy, Human Resource Practices, Organisational structure
(Ans:a)

15-The basic managerial skill(s) is(are)

To supervise
To stimulate
To motivate
All of the above
(Ans:d)

1. The meaning of the acronym HRM is __
(a) Human Relations Management
(b) Humanistic Resource Management
(c) Human Resource Management
(d) Human Resourceful Management

2. The term used before the language of modern HRM was _______
(a) Labour Relations
(b) Personnel Management
(c) Industrial Management
(d) All of the above

3. Which of the following is not a function normally performed by HR department?
(a) Accounting
(b) Recruitment and Selection
(c) Pay and Reward
(d) Employee Relations

4. Which of the following statements is false?
(a) Organizations are now less hierarchical in nature
(b) Organizations are now generally focusing upon domestic rather than international matters
(c) Organizations have adopted more flexible norms
(d) Organizations have been subject to a raft of organizational change programs

5. HRM is__________
(a) employee oriented
(b) employer oriented
(c) legally oriented
(d) none of the above

6. scope of the HRM includes __
(a) retirement and separation of employees
(b) HR training and development
(c) industrial relations
(d) all of the above

7. HRM is_________
(a) a staff function
(b) a line function
(c) a staff function, line function and accounting function
(d) a\l of the above

8. The objectives of HRM are categorized as __
(a) personal objectives
(b) functional objectives
(c) organisational and social objectives
(d) all of the above

9. The scope of HRM does not include __
(a) retirement of employees
(b) manpower planning
(c) training of employees
(d) maintenance of accounts

10. The meaning of the acronym ‘SHRM’ is __
(a) Short-term Human Resource Management
(b) Strategic Human Resource Management
(c) Strategestic Human Resource Management
(d) Strategic Humane Resource Management

11. Recruitment is widely viewed as a __
(a) positive process
(b) negative process
(c) positive as well as negative process
(d) none of the above processes

12. Recruitment policy usually highlights need for establishing __
(a) job specification
(b) job analysis
(c) job description
(d) none of the above

13. The process of developing the applicant’s pool for job openings in an organization is called____
(a) Hiring
(b) Recruitment
(c) Selection
(d) Retention

14. A brief write-up of what the job is all about is __
(a) job finding
(b) job summary
(c) job analysis
(d) job specification

15. A job specification is one of the areas of __
(a) job analysis
(b) job design
(c) job description