I/O Diagnostic Exam - HRM & HRD

1. HRD focuses on training and has a reactive approach in terms of managing employees. While HRM focuses on handling compensation, employee relations, recruitment and career development. Both HRM and HRD are part of Organizational approach of psychology.

• Only the first statement is correct
• Only the second statement is correct
• Only the second and third statement is correct
• All statements are incorrect

2. A company that offers educational advancement programs to employees such as being tenured for 6 months equates 40% tuition fee discounts to encourage them to pursue further studies and have growth might emphasized the area of HR Development known as

• Career Development
• Succession Planning
• Mentoring
• Personal Development

3. Letter of recommendation is both reliable and not reliable.

• Least likely true
• Least likely false
• Both true and false
• None of the above

4. The Marketing Manager always check Gwen’s work. After several months, she was given the responsibility over his own work, letting her choose whenever to do the tasks, to take breaks and to decide in limited circumstances over the job. This is called:

• Job rotation
• Job enlargement
• Job discretion
• Vertical job design

5. Giving an overview of a particular job is a good practice of an interviewer.

• Yes, it is a way to establish the connection between the interviewer and applicant
• No, it will affect the decision of the applicant to push through with his/her application.
• Both, giving a realistic job preview can make the applicant have ambivalent feelings towards the job, both overwhelmed and excited at the same time.
• Yes, it is a good way to inform the applicant about what he/she should expect in the company and on his/her job.

6. The HR Recruiter asked Kilomet, an applicant for Planning Associate about his core values. Afterwards, the recruiter stated the company’s values and said ‘’How would you deal with these values of organization would you be willing to compromise your beliefs? What is the interview question type?

• Situational focus
• Disqualifier
• Organizational fit
• Culture fit

7. Emay, the HR Recruiter hired a payroll staff based on gut feelings and subjective evaluation, believing that he will perform effectively and contribute a lot to the organization once hired. What can we infer from this?

• Emay might have used an unstructured interview.
• It is due to Emay’s poor intuitive ability.
• He did not use a proper tool to assess the candidate.
• All of the above

8. I/O Psychologist do not conduct therapy for workers.

• Definitely true
• Definitely false
• Maybe
• None of the above

9. Dwayne, the HR Specialist of Diyata Pares Overcook Inc. wants to develop a training program for an organization, what is the first step that he should do?

• Organizational analysis
• Needs analysis
• Person analysis
• Task analysis

10. Emi, the recruitment specialist of KCV Company is conducting the interview and administration of test to Shems, an applicant for Administrative Staff. Given that, Shems is most likely undergoing what part of the hiring process?

• Testing
• Recruitment
• Initial process
• Selection