CPA Examinations

Summer-2020

Student Name:
Professional
Registration Number:
Course Code
Exam Center:
S-633

Human Resource Planning &

Development
Online Paper (with Solutions)

NOTES:
Time allowed
• Attempt ALL questions.
1 hour
• All questions carry equal marks
 i) A vision statement of an organization is
i. a picture of future
ii. a source of inspiration
iii. framework for all strategic planning
iv. All above
ii) Hard mission statement consists of
i. Reason for existence
ii. Competitive advantage
iii. Primary product or services
iv. Social issues
iii) Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. A motivation that is
driven by an interest or enjoyment in the task is called
i. Extrinsic motivation
ii. Intrinsic Motivation
iv) __________________ is a good example of extrinsic motivation
i. Personal pride
ii. A cup or trophy
iii. The will to win
iv. Want of being the best
v) Motivation driven by a person’s own desire and moral believe is
i. Individual level
ii. Organizational level
iii. Societal level
vi) A person planning his career for next 5 years is
i. Short term career planning
ii. Long-term career planning
vii) _________________ is a component of recruitment policy
i. The selection process
ii. Organizational objectives
iii. Govt. policy on reservations
iv. Unbiased policy
viii) A succession planning is
i. extent to which the program has achieved or is expected to achieve its results at
lower cost
ii. extent to which the program has converted or is expected to convert its
resources/inputs economically into results
iii. Building a leadership pipeline/talent pool to ensure leadership Continuity
ix) In a succession planning process, to identify talent pool
i. Identifying core competencies and technical competency requirements
ii. Analyzing future requirements for products and services
iii. Implementing recruitment strategies
iv. Identifying talent with critical competencies from multiple levels—early in
careers and often

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 x) The degree to which a firm owns its upstream suppliers and its downstream buyers is
referred to as
i. Forward integration
ii. Backward integration
iii. Vertical integration
iv. No Integration
xi) A ________________ is concerned more with how a business competes successfully in a
particular market including strategic decisions about choice of products, meeting needs of
customers, gaining advantage over competitors etc.
i. Corporate Strategy
ii. Business Unit Strategy
iii. Functional unit Strategy
xii) Marketing, Finance and R&D is part of
i. Corporate Strategy
ii. Business Unit Strategy
iii. Functional unit Strategy
xiii) Building a reputation, learn to work independently & Producing significant results are events
of _______________________ stage of a job or career
i. Establishment and Advancement
ii. Exploration and Trial
iii. Mid Career; Growth Maintenance
iv. Disengagement
xiv) A list consisting of job duties and responsibilities is a part of
i. Job description
ii. Job analysis
iii. Job specifications
iv. Both A and C
xv) Determining the duties and characteristic of positions in staffing is known as
i. Job description
ii. Job analysis
iii. Job specifications
iv. Both A and B
xvi) Determining the type of people, which a company needs for a job is refer to as
i. Job description
ii. Job analysis
iii. Job specifications
iv. Both A and C
xvii) A job analysis consists of
i. Job analysis
ii. Job description
iii. Both A and B
iv. None of above
xviii) Which of the following is not a method of collecting job data?
i. Questionnaire

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 ii. Interviews
iii. Case study
iv. All of the above
xix) A job design is ___________
i. the design involving maximum acceptable job design qualities to perform a job
ii. the division of total task to be performed into manageable and efficient units
iii. a systematic way of designing and determination of the worth of a job
iv. none of the above
xx) Which of the following factors state the importance of the Human Resource Planning?
i. Creating highly talented personnel
ii. International strategies
iii. Resistance to change and move
iv. All of the above
xxi) __________ is the process of forecasting an organizations future demand for, and supply of,
the right type of people in the right number.
i. Human Resource Planning
ii. Recruitments
iii. Human Resource Management
iv. Human Capital Management
xxii) A departmental document which sets out what programs are required in the following few
years to practice HRM in the department is called
i. Strategic Analysis
ii. HRM Plan
iii. HR Supply Forecast
iv. HRM Programs
xxiii) Which of the following option is not the factor that hinders with the human resource
planning process?
i. Type and quality of forecasting information
ii. Time horizons
iii. Environmental uncertainties
iv. Unite the perspectives of line and staff managers
xxiv) in career development, establishing career goals is
i. An individual role
ii. Managerial role
iii. An employer’s role
iv. A line manager role
xxv) Career development process Stages step by step involves:
(a. Self-Assessment) (b. Decision Making) (c. Taking Action) (d. Career Exploration)
i. d,b,a,c
ii. a,d,b,c
iii. c,a,b,d
iv. b,c,d,a
xxvi) Socialization helps people to learn about
i. Society
ii. People
iii. Social world
iv. Social integration

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 xxvii) The process of introducing or integration the new employees into the organization culture is
Known as
i. Placement
ii. Socialization
iii. Orientation
iv. None of the above
xxviii) The procedure of analyzing the threats and opportunities of the organization’s environment
is called
i. Environmental influence
ii. Environmental economies
iii. Environmental planning
iv. Environmental scanning
xxix) The strategic Planning process step by step involves the following stages: -

e. Mission & objectives, c. environmental scanning, a. strategy formulation, d. strategy

implementation b. evaluation and control

i. a,d,b,c,e
ii. c,e,a,b,d
iii. e,c,a,d,e
iv. c,a,e,d,b
xxx) Which of the following SWOT elements are internal factors for a business?
i. Strengths and Weaknesses
ii. Opportunities and Threats
iii. Strengths and Opportunities
iv. Weaknesses and Threats
xxxi) Which of the following could be a weakness according to SWOT analysis?
i. developing market such as the Internet
ii. Competitors with access to better channels of distribution
iii. Poor quality of goods and services
iv. Special marketing expertise
xxxii) PEST analysis is:
i. a broad framework to help managers understand the environment in which
their business operates.
ii. a checklist to ask how political, economic, strategic or technological
developments can influence an industry and a company.
iii. a checklist for forecasting political, economic, strategic or technological factors.
iv. a framework for strategic analysis of internal and external environment.
xxxiii) Factors that impact on the consumer’s need and the potential market size for an
organization’s goods and services are:-
i. Political factors
ii. Economic factors
iii. Social factors
iv. Technological factors
xxxiv) Environmental scanning is
i. locating a firm's research centers in countries or regions where relevant cutting-
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 ii. a framework for strategic planning in the knowledge economy.
iii. Review of strategies of multinational firms based on environment
iv. the internal communication of external information about issues that may
potentially influence an organization's decision-making process
xxxv) Method that involves defining various threats, determining the extent of vulnerabilities
and devising countermeasures should an attack occur is
i. Qualitative risk analysis
ii. Quantitative risk analysis
iii. Hybrid risk analysis method
iv. SWOT Analysis
xxxvi) The correct order of steps taken while workforce planning
(a. gap closing strategy, b. Environmental Scan, c. gap analysis, d. Review and
assessment and f. Strategy assessment)
i. d -> b -> f -> c -> a
ii. f -> b -> c -> a -> d
iii. c -> f -> b -> a -> d
iv. d -> c -> f -> b -> a
xxxvii) The parameters like growth, expansion and initiative are input to
i. Gap Analysis
ii. Supply analysis
iii. Demand analysis
iv. Both A & C
xxxviii) ___________ is a systematic and planned introduction of employees to their jobs, their co-
workers and the organisation.
i. Job evaluation
ii. Investiture orientation
iii. Orientation
iv. Placement
xxxix) Which type of information is conveyed by orientation?
i. Training and education benefit
ii. Job location
iii. Job safety requirements
iv. General information about the daily work routine
xl) The aim of is to develop new skills, knowledge or expertise”.
i. Education
ii. Training
iii. Instruction
iv. None of the above
xli) evaluation provides information about what occurs during training.
i. Impact
ii. Process
iii. Formative
iv. Outcome
xlii) Morale, productivity, and professionalism will normally be high in those organizations that
employ a sound program.
i. Demonstration
ii. On-the-job training

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 iii. Apprenticeship
iv. All of the above
xliii) Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a team?
i. Minimal and formal knowledge sharing
ii. Collective output
iii. Individual and collective responsibility
iv. Fluid dimension to roles and tasks
xliv) Which of the following is not a part of Direct Compensation?
i. Life Insurance
ii. Sick Leave
iii. Commission
iv. Financial Planning
xlv) The job evaluation process in which the raters categorized jobs into groups or levels of
equal skill, difficulty, responsibility, importance and requirements is called
i. Point method
ii. Job classification
iii. Job ranking
iv. Job grading
xlvi) Find wages for a job, wages can be calculated speedily, greater consistency in the
judgement, size of job can be measured is a great advantage of:
i. Job ranking
ii. Job classification
iii. Point method
iv. Factor comparison
xlvii) Groups which are formed as the consequence of organizational structure and work
division are known as
i. Informal group
ii. Formal group
iii. Target group
iv. Operational group
xlviii) The process identifying the duties and responsibilities related to a job is classified as
i. Job specification
ii. Job description
iii. Job analysis
iv. Job mobility
xlix) Ergonomics principle suggests that:
i. Monitoring displays should be placed outside peripheral limitations
ii. Glow-in-the dark dials made of reflective substances are good for viewing in the
nights
iii. Visual systems should be preferred over auditory systems in noisy locations
iv. All of the above
l) What is linked with performance appraisal?
i. Job Design
ii. Development
iii. Job analysis
iv. None of the above

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 li) How performance appraisal can contribute to a firm's competitive advantage?
i. Ensures legal compliances
ii. Minimising job dissatisfaction and turnover
iii. Improves performance
iv. All of the above
lii) Performance evaluation can be defined as the process of evaluating
i. Past performance
ii. Present performance
iii. Future performance
iv. Past and present performance
liii) The target coaching, work planning, mutual goal setting and performance objectives are
all terms used to specify the concept of:
i. Behavioral rating approach
ii. Management by Objectives (MBO)
iii. Combination method
iv. Critical incident method
liv) When goal setting, performance appraisal, and development are consolidated into a
single, common system designed to ensure that employee performance supports a
company’s strategy, it is called______.
i. Strategic organizational development
ii. Performance management
iii. Performance Appraisal
iv. Human Resource management
lv) Mostly employees' promotion decision is based on
i. performance appraisal
ii. training results
iii. hiring tests
iv. in-house development
lvi) ______ is an objective assessment of an individual's performance against well-defined
benchmarks.
i. Performance Appraisal
ii. HR Planning
iii. Information for goal identification
iv. None of the above
lvii) Employers generally use feedback to
i. avoid central tendency and biases
ii. rank someone
iii. hire the employee
iv. employee development
lviii) In a career development focus, the information about the individual interest and
preferences is a part of
i. Training and development
ii. Performance appraisal
iii. Recruiting and placement
iv. Human resource planning

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