Human Resources Management Quiz

What is HRM?

• The process of IT management

• The process of financial management

• The process of marketing products

• The process of acquiring, training, appraising, and compensating employees

What are the line and staff aspects of HRM?

• Line managers have no authority, HR managers have direct authority

• Line managers have a staff role, HR managers have direct authority

• Line managers have direct authority, HR managers have staff authority

• Line managers have direct authority, HR managers have no authority

What are the duties of HR managers?

• Line, coordinative, and staff functions

• Only line functions

• Only staff functions

• Only coordinative functions

What are the new trends in organizing HRM functions?

• Marketing HR, Sales HR, Finance HR, IT HR

• Customer Service HR, Research HR, Development HR, Legal HR

• Production HR, Operations HR, Logistics HR, Quality HR

• Transactional HR, Corporate HR, Embedded HR, Center of Expertise

What is the purpose of job analysis?

• To determine the tasks and skills required for each position

• To analyze market trends

• To evaluate employee performance

• To conduct financial audits

What are the basic steps in job analysis?

• Selling, marketing, advertising, branding, public relations

• Planning, organizing, staffing, leading, controlling

• Hiring, training, evaluating, promoting, compensating

• Identifying purpose, reviewing background, selecting representative positions, collecting data, verifying information, developing descriptions/specifications

What is the importance of job analysis?

• Defines good performance, helps hire qualified individuals, informs training programs, improves processes

• Leads to errors, reduces quality, lowers productivity, harms reputation

• Increases costs, reduces efficiency, creates confusion, hinders growth

• Causes conflicts, delays projects, decreases morale, limits innovation

What are the drawbacks of traditional forecasting techniques?

• Over-reliance on future data, lack of historical perspective, over-consideration of strategy, too much flexibility, inaccurate projections

• Over-reliance on historical data, lack of forward-looking perspective, insufficient consideration of broader strategy, rigidity and inflexibility, potential for inaccurate projections

• Under-reliance on historical data, forward-looking perspective, consideration of broader strategy, flexibility, accurate projections

• No reliance on historical data, no forward-looking perspective, no consideration of strategy, no flexibility, accurate projections

What is the purpose of talent management?

• To attract, develop, and retain skilled employees

• To reduce costs, increase turnover, and lower productivity

• To ignore employee development, discourage growth, and limit innovation

• To create conflicts, hinder progress, and harm reputation

What are the benefits of effective training and development?

• Fluctuating employee engagement, fluctuating productivity, fluctuating turnover, fluctuating company culture, fluctuating competitive position

• Stagnant employee engagement, stagnant productivity, stagnant turnover, stagnant company culture, stagnant competitive position

• Decreased employee engagement, reduced productivity, increased turnover, damaged company culture, competitive disadvantage

• Increased employee engagement, improved productivity, reduced turnover, enhanced company culture, competitive advantage