UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION HUMAN RESOURCE
MANAGEMENT (MCQ questions with correct answers
With Complete Solution
Human Resource Management - *answers* Activities designed to provide for and
coordinate the human resource of an organization.
Human Resource Functions - *answers* Tasks and duties human resource managers
perform.
Talent Management - *answers* The broad spectrum of HR activities involved in
obtaining and managing the organization's human resources.
Operating Manager - *answers* Person who manages people directly involved with the
production of an organization's products or services.
Human Resource Generalist - *answers* Person who devotes a majority of working time
to human resource issues, but does not specialize in any specific area.
Human Resource Specialist - *answers* Persona specifically trained in one or more
areas of human resource management
HR certification - *answers* A career-long commitment that shows others in your
organization that you have mastered the principles of human resources
Downsizing - *answers* laying off large numbers of managerial and other employees
Outsourcing - *answers* Subcontracting work to an outside company that specializes in
that particular type of work.
Rightsizing - *answers* Continuous and proactive assessment of mission-critical work
and its staffing requirements.
Reengineering - *answers* Fundamental rethinking and radical design of business
processes to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality, service and speed.
Telecommuting - *answers* Working at home by using an electronic linkup with a
central office
Empowerment - *answers* Form of decentralization that involves giving subordinates
substantial authority to make decisions.
Self-managed work teams - *answers* groups of peers are responsible for a particular
area or task
, Metrics - *answers* Any set of quantitative measures used to assess workforce
performance
HR scorecard - *answers* A measurement and control system that uses a mix of
measures and qualitative measures to evaluate performance
Communication - *answers* transfer of information that is meaningful to those involved
Data - *answers* raw material from which information is developed; composed of facts
that describe people, places, things or events and that have not been interpreted
information - *answers* data that have been interpreted and that meet a need of one or
more managers
equal employment opportunity - *answers* the right of all people to work and to advance
on the basis of merit, ability, and potential
equal pay act - *answers* prohibits sex-based discrimination in rates of pay for men and
women working on the same or similar jobs
title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 - *answers* keystone federal legislation that covers
disparate treatment and disparate impact discrimination; created the equal employment
opportunity commission.
disparate treatment - *answers* intentional discrimination; treatment of one class of
employees differently from other employees
disparate impact - *answers* unintentional discrimination involving employment
practices that appear to be neutral but adversely affect a protected class of people
age discrimination in employment act (ADEA) - *answers* prohibits discrimination
against employees over 40 years of ages by all companies employing 20 or more
people in the private sector
rehabilitation act of 1973 - *answers* prohibits discrimination against handicapped
individuals
handicapped individual - *answers* person who has a physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one or more of major life activities, has a record of such
impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment
Vietnam-Era Veterans readjustment assistance act of 1974 - *answers* prohibits federal
government contractors and subcontractors with federal government contracts of
$10,000 or more from discriminating in hiring and promoting Vietnam and disabled
veterans
MANAGEMENT (MCQ questions with correct answers
With Complete Solution
Human Resource Management - *answers* Activities designed to provide for and
coordinate the human resource of an organization.
Human Resource Functions - *answers* Tasks and duties human resource managers
perform.
Talent Management - *answers* The broad spectrum of HR activities involved in
obtaining and managing the organization's human resources.
Operating Manager - *answers* Person who manages people directly involved with the
production of an organization's products or services.
Human Resource Generalist - *answers* Person who devotes a majority of working time
to human resource issues, but does not specialize in any specific area.
Human Resource Specialist - *answers* Persona specifically trained in one or more
areas of human resource management
HR certification - *answers* A career-long commitment that shows others in your
organization that you have mastered the principles of human resources
Downsizing - *answers* laying off large numbers of managerial and other employees
Outsourcing - *answers* Subcontracting work to an outside company that specializes in
that particular type of work.
Rightsizing - *answers* Continuous and proactive assessment of mission-critical work
and its staffing requirements.
Reengineering - *answers* Fundamental rethinking and radical design of business
processes to achieve dramatic improvements in cost, quality, service and speed.
Telecommuting - *answers* Working at home by using an electronic linkup with a
central office
Empowerment - *answers* Form of decentralization that involves giving subordinates
substantial authority to make decisions.
Self-managed work teams - *answers* groups of peers are responsible for a particular
area or task
, Metrics - *answers* Any set of quantitative measures used to assess workforce
performance
HR scorecard - *answers* A measurement and control system that uses a mix of
measures and qualitative measures to evaluate performance
Communication - *answers* transfer of information that is meaningful to those involved
Data - *answers* raw material from which information is developed; composed of facts
that describe people, places, things or events and that have not been interpreted
information - *answers* data that have been interpreted and that meet a need of one or
more managers
equal employment opportunity - *answers* the right of all people to work and to advance
on the basis of merit, ability, and potential
equal pay act - *answers* prohibits sex-based discrimination in rates of pay for men and
women working on the same or similar jobs
title VII of the civil rights act of 1964 - *answers* keystone federal legislation that covers
disparate treatment and disparate impact discrimination; created the equal employment
opportunity commission.
disparate treatment - *answers* intentional discrimination; treatment of one class of
employees differently from other employees
disparate impact - *answers* unintentional discrimination involving employment
practices that appear to be neutral but adversely affect a protected class of people
age discrimination in employment act (ADEA) - *answers* prohibits discrimination
against employees over 40 years of ages by all companies employing 20 or more
people in the private sector
rehabilitation act of 1973 - *answers* prohibits discrimination against handicapped
individuals
handicapped individual - *answers* person who has a physical or mental impairment
that substantially limits one or more of major life activities, has a record of such
impairment, or is regarded as having such an impairment
Vietnam-Era Veterans readjustment assistance act of 1974 - *answers* prohibits federal
government contractors and subcontractors with federal government contracts of
$10,000 or more from discriminating in hiring and promoting Vietnam and disabled
veterans
