Human Resources Planning

Unit 2
Multiple Choice Questions with Answer Key

1. __________ is the process of forecasting an organisations future

demand for, and supply of, the right type of people in the right
number.

a. Human Resource Planning

b. Recruitments
c. Human Resource Management
d. Human Capital Management

Answer: a

2. Which of the following factors state the importance of the Human

Resource Planning?

a. Creating highly talented personnel

b. International strategies
c. Resistance to change and move
d. All of the above

Answer: d

3. A process that is used for identifying and developing internal

people with the potential to fill key business leadership positions in
the company is called ______.

a. Highly talented personnel creation

b. Investing in human resources
c. Succession planning
d. None of the above

Answer: c
4. State true or false

Human Resource Planning facilitates international expansion

strategies.

a. True
b. False

Answer: a

5. Which of the following option is not the factor that hinders with
the human resource planning process?

a. Type and quality of forecasting information

b. Time horizons
c. Environmental uncertainties
d. Unite the perspectives of line and staff managers

Answer: d

6. What is the major issue faced while doing personal planning?

a. Type of information which should be used in making forecasts

b. Types of people to be hired
c. Multiple positions to be filled
d. All of the above

Answer: a
7. Rearrange the following steps involved in the Human resource
planning process in proper order.

A. HR Programming
B. HR Demand Forecast
C. Environmental Scanning
D. Control and evaluation of programme
E. Surplus - restricted hiring
F. HRP implementation
G. HR supply forecast
H. Organisational objectives and Policies
I. Shortage - Recruitments and Selection

a. ABCDEFGHI
b. CHBGAFDEI
c. IHDEBCAFG
d. IHGFEDCBA

Answer: b

8. Which of these factors is not included in environmental

scanning?

a. Political and legislative issues

b. Economic factors
c. Technological changes
d. None of the above

Answer: d
9. _______ is the process of estimating the quantity and quality of
people required to meet future needs of the organisation.

a. Demand forecasting
b. Supply forecasting
c. Environmental forecasting
d. None of the above

Answer: a

10. Which of the below given options are the forecasting techniques
used?

A. Ration Trend Analysis

B. Delphi Technique
C. Staffing projections

a. A & C
b. B & C
c. A, B & C
d. A & B

Answer: d

11. Which of the below mentioned option is not a retention plan?

a. Performance appraisal
b. Compensation plan
c. Induction crisis
d. Voluntary retirement Scheme

Answer: d
12. Which of the following is a barrier while doing human resource
planning?

a. HR information often is incompatible with the information used in

strategy formulation
b. Implementing human resource information system
c. Managing inventories
d. Supply forecast

Answer: a

13. What are the pre- requisites for successful human resource
planning?

a. Backing of top management

b. Personal records must be complete
c. Techniques of planning should be the best
d. All of the above

Answer: d

14. Which of the following is requisite for a typical succession

planning?

a. Career counselling
b. Performance appraisal
c. Compensation plan
d. Employees quitting

Answer: a
15. ___________ is a systematic procedure for collecting, storing,
maintaining, retrieving and validating data needed by an
organisation about its human resources.

a. Data collection
b. Human Resource Information System
c. Management Information System
d. Maintenance of records

Answer: b

16. State true or false

Human Resource Management (HRM) functions are not confined to

business establishments; they are applicable to non-business
organisations as well.

a. True
b. False

Answer: a

17. Which of these activities are not included in the scope of human
resource management?

a. Job analysis and design

b. Motivation and communication
c. Safety and health
d. Organisational structure and design

Answer: d
18. Which of the following is not an objective of the Human
Resource Management Function?

a. Societal objectives
b. Political objectives
c. Personal Objectives
d. Organisational Objectives

Answer: b

19. Match the following objectives and functions:

I. Functional ------------- A. Union - Management Relations

II. Organisational --------- B. Compensation
III. Societal -------------- C. Employee Relations
IV. Personal --------------- D. Assessment

a. I-D, II-C, III-a, IV-B

b. I-C, II-B, III-D, IV-A
c. I-B, II-C, III-A, IV-D
d. I-A, II-B, III-C, IV-D

Answer: a

20. __________ is the process by which employers transfer routine

or peripheral work to another organisation that specialises in that
work and can perform it more efficiently.

a. Farming out
b. Production Management
c. Compensation
d. Outsourcing

Answer: d
21. Organisations need to evolve HR policies as they ensure _____
and _____ in treating people.

a. Constancy and similarity

b. Intention and safety
c. Consistency and uniformity
d. None of the above

Answer: c

22. State true or false

Sound policies do not help in resolving intrapersonal, interpersonal

and intergroup conflicts.

a. True
b. False

Answer: b

23. Which of these are the principle sources for determining the
content and meaning of policies?

a. Knowledge and experience gained from handling problems on a

day to day basis

b. Past practices in the organisation

c. Attitudes and philosophy of the founders, top management,

middle and lower management

d. All of the above

Answer: d
24. What is the role of a Human Capital Manager?

A. Unlearn old skills and acquire new skills

B. He or she seeks to fine-tune HR policies and practices to fir the

culture

C. It is the responsibility of a centralised or a decentralised

department.

a. Both A & C
b. A, B and C
c. Both A & B
d. B & C

Answer: c

25. Human Resource Management differs from Personnel

Management both in ____ and ____

a. Definitions and functions

b. Scope and orientation
c. Functions and objectives
d. None of the above

Answer: b
26. Which of these is the purpose of recruitment?

a. Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit

b. Help increase the success rate of the selection process by

reducing the number of visibly under qualified or over qualified job
applicants.

c. Help the firm create more culturally diverse work - force

d. None of the above

Answer: b

27. The poor quality of selection will mean extra cost on _______
and supervision.

a. Training
b. Recruitment
c. Work quality
d. None of the above

Answer: a

28. Which of these is the most important external factor governing

recruitments?

a. Sons of soil
b. Labour market
c. Unemployment rate
d. Supply and demand

Answer: d
29. While recruiting for non - managerial, supervisory and middle -
management positions which external factor is of prime
importance?

a. Political - Legal
b. Unemployment rate
c. Labour market
d. Growth and Expansion

Answer: c

30. Which of the following act deals with recruitment and selection?

a. Child labour act

b. The apprentices act
c. Mines act
d. All of the above

Answer: d

31. A major internal factor that can determine the success of the
recruiting programme is whether or not the company engages in
______.

a. Human Resource Planning

b. Selection
c. Induction
d. None of the above

Answer: a
32. _________ refers to the process of identifying and attracting job
seekers so as to build a pool of qualified job applicants.

a. Selection
b. Training
c. Recruitments
d. Induction

Answer: c

33. Rearrange the following steps of recruitment.

I. Searching
II. Evaluation and control
III. Planning
IV. Screening
V. Strategy development

a. III, II, I, V, IV
b. III, V, I, IV, II
c. IV, V, III, I, II
d. II, I, IV, V, III

Answer: b

34. ___________ express the relationship of applicant inputs to

outputs at various decision points.

a. Number of contacts
b. Yield Ratios
c. Type of contacts
d. Technological sophistication

Answer: b
35. Which of the following are the decisions to be made while
devising the strategies to hire?

a. Geographic distribution of labour markets comprising job seekers

b. Make or buy employees
c. Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
d. All of the above

Answer: d

36. Which decision in strategy development relates to the methods

used in recruitment and selection?

a. Sources of recruitment
b. Technological sophistication
c. Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
d. Make or buy employees

Answer: b

37. Choose the odd man out.

a. Acquisitions and mergers

b. Radio and television
c. Former employees
d. Advertisements

Answer: c
38. What is the natural perception of people on the process of
recruitment and selection?

a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Both positive and negative
d. None of the above

Answer: a

39. What is the main objective of the recruitment and selection

process?

a. Recruit the right candidates

b. Meet the high labour turnover
c. To reduce the costs of recruiting
d. None of the above

Answer: b

40. Which mode of recruitment is through advertisements,

newspapers and want ads?

a. Direct
b. Indirect
c. On payroll
d. None of the above

Answer: b
41. Which is the least expensive method for recruitments?

a. Walk - ins, write - ins and talk - ins

b. Campus placements
c. Employment exchanges
d. Consultants

Answer: a

42. Identifying the right people in rival companies, offering them

better terms and luring them away is popularly called as
__________.

a. Competition
b. Acquisition
c. Poaching
d. None of the above

Answer: c

43. Which of the following are general costs incurred in the

recruitment process?

a. Costs of material

b. Costs of overtime and outsourcing while the vacancies remain

unfilled

c. Costs of property

d. None of the above

Answer: b
44. _______ provides complete job related information (both
positive and negative) to the applicants so that they can make right
decisions before taking the job.

a. Job Compatibility Questionnaire

b. Realistic job preview
c. Market survey
d. None of the above

Answer: b

45. Which of these is an alternative to recruitments?

a. Employee leasing
b. Contractors
c. Trade associations
d. None of the above

Answer: a

46. ______ is the process of differentiating between applicants in

order to identify and hire those with a greater likelihood of success
in
a job.

a. False negative error

b. Training
c. Selection
d. None of the above

Answer: c
47. Which of the selection steps is the most critical?

a. Physical examination
b. Selection decision
c. Reference and background checks
d. Employment interviews

Answer: b

48. In __________, the interviewer uses pre-set standardised

questions which are put to all applicants.

a. Unstructured interview
b. Structured interview
c. Behavioural interview
d. Mixed interview

Answer: b

49. Selection is ______ in its application as much as it seeks to

eliminate as many unqualified applications as possible in order to
identify the right candidates.

a. Both negative and positive

b. Positive
c. Negative
d. None of the above

Answer: c
50. Selection is now ____ and is handled by the human resource
department.

a. Unplanned
b. Outsourced
c. Centralised
d. None of the above

Answer: c