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Chapter 1 MCQs
The Harvard Business School Model (1984) recognises that different stakeholders’
interests
impact on employee behaviour and organisational cost-effectiveness.
True or false?
2. In Contingency Theory in HRM, sustainable competitive advantage demands a fit
between
organisational structure, a firm’s vision and mission, and internal human resource
management
strategy, policies and practices.
True or false?
3. Which of the following is NOT a part of a firm's immediate external environment?
a. Technological developments
b. Unemployment levels
c. Organizational size
d. Government intervention policies
4. Variations in organisational approaches to HRM are solely determined by the
strategic choice
of the organisation. : True or false?
5. Which of the following are responsible for HRM in an organization?
a. Senior management
b. Line management
c. HR specialist/generalist
d. All of the above
e. None of the above
6. Personnel Management, when compared with Human Resource Management, is
often seen as a
proactive, strategic function in which HRM is integrated into the development of
business unit
strategic planning.
True or false?
Chapter 2 MCQs
1. The term ‘recruitment’ involves:
a. staffing an organisation
b. sourcing candidates to apply for a particular job vacancy
c. the same activities as selection
d. hiring someone for a job
2. A job analysis is:
a. used for performance appraisal purposes
b. a system of controlling the work an employee does for the organisation
c. a detailed break-down of the specific tasks in a particular job and of the skills and
competencies a person needs to have to do that job
d. a competency framework
3. The three types of labour flexibility include:
a. economic flexibility
b. developmental flexibility
c. training flexibility
d. temporal flexibility
4. The flexible firm model:
a. was devised by the human
resource planning process
b was devised by Atkinson
c. was devised by the CIPD
Chapter 3 MCQs
1. Employment interviews
remain a mainstay of selection
for a variety of reasons. Which
of
the following is NOT one of
the reasons supporting the
continued use of interviews as
a
selection method?
a) Interviews can be especially
practical when dealing with
only a small number of job
applicants
b) Interviews are effective in
accomplishing public relations
objectives
c) Interviews are the most
valid method of selection
d) Interviewers continue to
have a great deal of faith and
confidence in their selection
judgments
2. Under the terms of the age
discrimination legislation, all
job advertisements should be:
a) written in an objective
fashion, focusing solely on
skills, relevant experience and
capacity
to do a job
b) written in a subjective
fashion, focusing on skills,
minimum years of experience
required and
capacity to do a job
c) written in an objective
fashion, focusing on minimum
years of experience required
and
personality fit for the
organisation
d) written in a subjective
fashion focusing solely on
skills, relevant experience and
capacity to do
a jo
d. temporal flexibility
4. The flexible firm model:
a. was devised by the human
resource planning process
b was devised by Atkinson
c. was devised by the CIPD
Chapter 3 MCQs
1. Employment interviews
remain a mainstay of selection
for a variety of reasons. Which
of
the following is NOT one of
the reasons supporting the
continued use of interviews as
a
selection method?
a) Interviews can be especially
practical when dealing with
only a small number of job
applicants
b) Interviews are effective in
accomplishing public relations
objectives
c) Interviews are the most
valid method of selection
d) Interviewers continue to
have a great deal of faith and
confidence in their selection
judgments
2. Under the terms of the age
discrimination legislation, all
job advertisements should be:
a) written in an objective
fashion, focusing solely on
skills, relevant experience and
capacity
to do a job
b) written in a subjective
fashion, focusing on skills,
minimum years of experience
required and
capacity to do a job
c) written in an objective
fashion, focusing on minimum
years of experience required
and
personality fit for the
organisation
d) written in a subjective
fashion focusing solely on
skills, relevant experience and
capacity to do
a jo
d. temporal flexibility
4. The flexible firm model:
a. was devised by the human
resource planning process
b was devised by Atkinson
c. was devised by the CIPD
Chapter 3 MCQs
1. Employment interviews
remain a mainstay of selection
for a variety of reasons. Which
of
the following is NOT one of
the reasons supporting the
continued use of interviews as
a
selection method?
a) Interviews can be especially
practical when dealing with
only a small number of job
applicants
b) Interviews are effective in
accomplishing public relations
objectives
c) Interviews are the most
valid method of selection
d) Interviewers continue to
have a great deal of faith and
confidence in their selection
judgments
2. Under the terms of the age
discrimination legislation, all
job advertisements should be:
a) written in an objective
fashion, focusing solely on
skills, relevant experience and
capacity
to do a job
b) written in a subjective
fashion, focusing on skills,
minimum years of experience
required and
capacity to do a job
c) written in an objective
fashion, focusing on minimum
years of experience required
and
personality fit for the
organisation
d) written in a subjective
fashion focusing solely on
skills, relevant experience and
capacity to do
a jo
d. temporal flexibility
4. The flexible firm model:
a. was devised by the human resource planning process
b was devised by Atkinson
c. was devised by the CIPD
Chapter 3 MCQs
1. Employment interviews remain a mainstay of selection for a variety of reasons.
Which of
the following is NOT one of the reasons supporting the continued use of interviews as a
selection method?
a) Interviews can be especially practical when dealing with only a small number of job
applicants
b) Interviews are effective in accomplishing public relations objectives
c) Interviews are the most valid method of selection
d) Interviewers continue to have a great deal of faith and confidence in their selection
judgments
2. Under the terms of the age discrimination legislation, all job advertisements should
be:
a) written in an objective fashion, focusing solely on skills, relevant experience and capacity
to do a job
b) written in a subjective fashion, focusing on skills, minimum years of experience required
and
capacity to do a job
c) written in an objective fashion, focusing on minimum years of experience required and
personality fit for the organisation
d) written in a subjective fashion focusing solely on skills, relevant experience and capacity
to do a job
3. Which of the following selection methods has the highest predictive validity?
a) Astrology
b) Work sample tests
c) Structured interviews
d) References
e) Unstructured interviews
4. An interviewer is very unimpressed by the dishevelled appearance of a candidate,
searches for negative information from this candidate and overlooks any positive
information. This is known as:
a) stereotyping
b) the Contrast effect
c) the Halo effect
d) the Horns effect
5. The short-listing matrix allows an organisation to:
a) generate an applicant pool
b) screen applicants for a job vacancy
c) use psychometric tests
d) None of the above
6. Which of the following methods could NOT be conducted by one person?
a) Assessment centre
b) Psychometric test
c) Unstructured interview
d) Personality test
7. If you were asked to give a presentation as part of a selection process, which of the
following types of selection methods would you be taking part in?
a) Psychometric test
b) Work sample test
c) Intelligence test
d) Structured interview
8. Graphology is widely used as a selection method in the UK. Is this true or false?
a) True
b) False
9. Which of the following selection interview types are commonly used in the selection
process?
a) Situational interviews
b) Behavioural-based interviews
c) Panel interviews
d) All of the above
10. Which of the following statements is true?
a) Graphology is widely used as a selection tool in many European countries and has a high
level
of predictive validity
b) Graphology is widely used as a selection tool in many European countries and has a low
level of predictive validity