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Question 81. The extent to which an employment selection test provides consistent results is known as:
  1.    Reliability
  2.    Dependability
  3.    Consistency
  4.    Trustworthiness
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Reliability
The extent to which an employment selection test provides consistent results is known as Reliability. Reliability means that the selection methods, tests and ensuing results are consistent and do not vary with time, place or different subjects”. Or as Cowling puts it: “Reliability is a measure of the consistency with which a predictor continues to predict performance with the same degree of success”.
Question 82. HR's basic challenges in formulating strategies include(s):
  1.    Need to support corporate productivity and performance improvement efforts.
  2.    Employees not play any role in performance improvement efforts
  3.    Not being involved in designing the company's strategic plan
  4.    Management agenda's
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Need to support corporate productivity and performance improvement efforts.
HR's basic challenges in formulating strategies includes need to support corporate productivity and performance improvement efforts.
Question 83. What is meant by the term 'management by objectives'?
  1.    A. System of giving the authority to carry out certain jobs by those lower down the management hierarchy
  2.    The system of management that is based on bringing together experts into a team
  3.    The setting of objectives to bring about the achievement of the corporate goals
  4.    The control of the Organisation by those in the 'head office'
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> The setting of objectives to bring about the achievement of the corporate goals
Management by objectives means the setting of objectives to bring about the achievement of the corporate goals. Management by objectives (MBO) is a management technique for setting clear goals for a specific time period and its monitoring progress.
Question 84. In comparing internal selection with external selection, an advantage of internal selection is that
  1.    Internal selection requires few procedures to locate and screen viable job candidate
  2.    Internal selection presents fewer dangers of incurring legal liability than external selection
  3.    There is less need to use multiple predictors in assessing internal candidates than. With external candidates
  4.    Information about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> Information about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates
In comparing internal selection with external selection, an advantage of internal selection is that information about internal candidates tends to be more verifiable than information about external candidates. Depth of information and relevance are the only advantages that internal selection has over external selection.
Question 85. Which of the following is not a function normally performed by the HR department?
  1.    Employee relation
  2.    Training and Development
  3.    Accounting
  4.    Recruitment and Selection
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option C. -> Accounting
Accounting is not a function normally performed by the HR department. The six main function of HR are recruitment, workplace safety, employee relations, compensation planning, labor law compliance and training.
Question 86. Successful managers are
  1.    Efficient & effective
  2.    Strict to employees
  3.    Wrong Policy makers
  4.    Wrong decision makers
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Efficient & effective
Successful managers are efficient & effective. In management, operating in efficient and in effective ways is a key to good performance and to successfully reaching the goals set for the business. While efficiency and effectiveness are similarly desirable characteristics of business behavior, either one is often seen as attainable only at the expense of the other.
Question 87. Which of the following test indicates the person's inclination towards a particular occupation that provides satisfaction to that individual?
  1.    Vocational interest test
  2.    Cognitive aptitude test
  3.    Personality test
  4.    psychomotor abilities test
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Vocational interest test
Vocational interest test indicates the person's inclination towards a particular occupation that provides satisfaction to that individual. Vocational interest surveys typically ask the respondent to indicate his or her probable liking for various kinds of occupations and work activities, and sometimes leisure activities and school subjects. Responses to these items are then used to predict which occupations and work activities would be best suited to the respondent.
Question 88. The sixth step of the SHRM application tool is to evaluate the plan against success criteria. During this stage it is important to note:
  1.    the positive effects of the actions implemented
  2.    the negative effects of the actions implemented
  3.    the failures that resulted from the implementation of the plan
  4.    the positive & negative effect of the actions implemented
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option D. -> the positive & negative effect of the actions implemented
The sixth step of the SHRM application tool is to evaluate the plan against success criteria. During this stage it is important to note the positive & negative effect of the actions implemented.
Question 89. The process of grouping of similar types of works together is known as
  1.    Job classification
  2.    Job design
  3.    Job evaluation
  4.    Job description
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Job classification
The process of grouping of similar types of works together is known as Job classification. The job classification takes into account the knowledge, skills and abilities that the employees need for performing the job. The job classification enables to accurately define the job descriptionand helps the organization in its recruitment and performance management process.
Question 90. The system of ranking jobs in a firm on the basis of the relevant characteristics, duties, and responsibilities is known as
  1.    Job evaluation
  2.    Job design
  3.    Job specification
  4.    Job description
 Discuss Question
Answer: Option A. -> Job evaluation
The system of ranking jobs in a firm on the basis of the relevant characteristics, duties, and responsibilities is known as Job evaluation. A job evaluation is a systematic way of determining thevalue/worth of a job in relation to other jobs in an organization. It tries to make a systematic comparison between jobs to assesstheir relative worth for the purpose of establishing a rational pay structure.

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