VU Final Term Past Papers
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Q1. Which of the following method is used to inform employees about the company's job openings?
Q2. Which of the following represents the basic goal of the recruitment?
Q3. Which of the given solution served as the best one for reducing the problem of central tendency in performance appraisals?
Q4. In which method of job evaluation the grades are
Q5. The process in which an employee sets career objectives and identifies the means to achieve it is called:
Q6. Following are the non-financial compensations EXCEPT:
Q7. There are some organizations which provide toll-free numbers to the customers so that they may easily submit their views about the employees and service rendered. This concept refers to:
Q8. Mr. Ali works in an organization XYZ for the last so many years and gets a remuneration of Rs. 100 per hour. This refers to the concept of:
Q9. An employee suffering from Asthma and constant back pain for long refers to:
Q10. If Mr. A and Mr. B produce the same output, but Mr. B puts less effort while both get the same remuneration, Mr. B is:
Q11. Which of the following is a presentation training method?
Q12. In which of the following HR functions communication is involved?
Q13. Which of the following is NOT included in time-off benefits?
Q14. The cognitive component consists of a person’s:
Q15. Organizational commitment can be developed through promoting
Q16. Manager whose organizational function contributes directly to the achievement of organizational output at assembly line is called:
Q17. The activities aimed at improving the internal work of teams is referred as
Q18. Which of the following practice involves the selling off portions of the company and making severe staff reductions?
Q19. Groups and Teams are ______
Q20. The term "Cost of human resource" is used in spite of which of the following option?
Q21. Which one is the quality of informal group?
Q22. HR Specialist May be a
Q23. I think my friend is kind, charismatic, and funny. This statement shows the ___ component of attitude:
Q24. Strategic human resource management play its role in following areas except :
Q25. Personnel Management and Human Resource Management are:
Q26. Staffing is a process of hiring qualified employees at the right place and at the right time, to achieve________.
Q27. Which of the following terms correctly represents different types of managers?
Q28. Negative reaction of men for the career development of women is an Example of
Q29. A manager's function is classified as line or staff based on the organization's:
Q30. ________ is termed as the "right arm of the top executive."
Q31. Reactive approach to overcome the influence of discriminatory practices occurred in the past is referred as:
Q32. Manager has authorized the worker to make his own schedule. This is the example of
Q33. When Personal manager exerted the authority as a coordinator of personal activities he is acting like:
Q34. Which system is used to collect, record, store, analyze, and retrieve data concerning organization's workforce?
Q35. Which one statement is true about the teams?
Q36. Which of the following is a forecasting technique that involves experimenting a real-world situation through a mathematical model?
Q37. While downsizing, organizations sometimes reduce the number of its employees by offering early retirements because:
Q38. Which of the following can be an alternative decision to employee termination?
Q39. If the time between violation & the respective penalty implementation lengthens, the impact of the disciplinary action will:
Q40. What sort of relationship exists between ‘negative-reinforcement’ & ‘punishment’?
Q41. 'Federal law' requiring employers to give 60 days notice prior to plant closing or major layoff, as stated by:
Q42. Which of the following facilitates the employer to hire, fire, demote or promote anyone, in the absence of any legal obligation?
Q43. Legitimate power includes which of the following?
Q44. What type of pay plan is being used when workers are paid a sum for each unit they produce?
Q45. To make the 'Ranking Method' of job evaluation more effective:
Q46. Miss. Fouzia wants to excel herself in the banking field by clearing the IBP Superior Qualification (ISQ) examination. But her current job’s strict timings do not allow her to fulfill her plans. To address this problem, the bank could help her by:
Q47. Which of the following is part of a manager’s role in the career development of an employee?
Q48. Which of the following plays a role in assessing interests, seeking out career information and utilizing development opportunities in career development?
Q49. The lifelong series of activities that contribute to a person’s career exploration, Note: Solve these papers by yourself This VU Group is not responsible for any solved content Armaan Makhani & Chanda Rehman & Shoukat Khan Vu Askari Team establishment, success, and fulfillment is called:
Q50. How do compensation and benefits with a career development focus differ from compensation and benefits with a traditional focus?
Q51. Amjad has reached the age of full retirement, but he still wants to continue his job. Moreover, organization has not yet found any replacement to him. In such situation Amjad should pursue:
Q52. Which of the given objective is mainly focused during pre-retirement educational programs?
Q53. During which stage of socialization, employees successfully internalize the organizational norms & beliefs?
Q54. During which of the following interview, an interviewer asks probing and open- ended questions?
Q55. Which of the following is a process of attracting individuals on timely basis, in sufficient numbers and with appropriate qualifications, to apply for jobs with an organization?
Q56. Which of the following is a force by which personality traits (expertise) affects others’ behavior?
Q57. People can be more productive while working in:
Q58. The MOST common reason that an expatriate fails at an international assignment is _____.
Q59. Previous company records & customer satisfaction surveys may serve as a source for:
Q60. The best hiring occurs when the goals of which of the following should consistent to each other?
Q61. Which one of the following is NOT the advantage of Workforce Diversity?
Q62. Due to which of the following reason, subordinates may feel dissatisfied with their appraisal interviews?
Q63. Some supervisors, when filling in rating scales, tend to avoid the highs and lows on the scale and rate most people in the middle. This type of evaluation is said to be effected by:
Q64. “Ongoing process of managing & evaluating both the behavior & outcomes in the workplace” is known as:
Q65. Employees' routine working is now being monitored through computers electronically; this trend has affected the Performance Appraisal (PA) system in which of the following manner?
Q66. By what means, organizations show concerns for their employees and earn their commitment?
Q67. The frequency of conducting the performance appraisal depends on:
Q68. Evaluation method generally adopted by most of the educational institutes to evaluate the students’ academic performance is:
Q69. Which of the following approach emphasizes the effect of psychological & social factors on employees’ performance?
Q70. Which of the following signifies a term “Task” as a component of an organization?
Q71. Which of the following abilities are categorized as the Technical skill of an individual? Note: Solve these papers by yourself This VU Group is not responsible for any solved content Armaan Makhani & Chanda Rehman & Shoukat Khan Vu Askari Team
Q72. Which one of the following does NOT categorized as 'pay-for-performance' program?
Q73. Which of the following is a test validation method that determines whether a test measures certain traits that are important in performing a job or not?
Q74. According to the 'Hawthorne Studies' productivity of employees:
Q75. ____________ refers bringing a manager back home after a foreign assignment has been completed.
Q76. Amjad is a Pakistani born national who is working in Saudi Arabia as a HR manager for an American company. So, Amjad is a/an:
Q77. Smoking is strictly prohibited in all organizations & public places according to rules imposed by federal government as part of:
Q78. Which is considered to be the simplest method for job evaluation?
Q79. The number of people hired for a particular job compared to the number of individuals in the applicant pool is often expressed as:
Q80. Employee commitment had suffered a lot in recent years due to which of the following reasons?
Q81. Which one of the following is NOT included in the content of 'Employee Handbook'?
Q82. According to which of the following view, "conflict is bad and should be avoided"?
Q83. A power base that depends on fear comes under which of the following category of power?
Q84. The inner drive that directs a person’s behavior towards goal attainment is known as:
Q85. Under a strong union influence, the union members demanded the salary increment as per the rate of increase in inflation. As an HR manager what will be your initial step?
Q86. A special form of recruitment that involves placing a student in a temporary job with no obligation either by the company to hire the student permanently or by the student to accept a permanent position with the firm following graduation, is known as:
Q87. Who is the primary person, responsible for doing the actual appraising of an employee’s performance?
Q88. Which one is NOT a type of teams?
Q89. A __________ is a mature group with highly interdependent members who are highly committed to a common goal.
Q90. Which of the following appraisal method uses ‘Benchmark jobs’ to identify the jobs’ worth by comparing different jobs?
Q91. If the political behavior is motivated by self-serving interests without taking into account the goals of the organization, the move would be considered as:
Q92. Verbal cautions issued by the HR manager to the employees under the progressive discipline procedures belong to which offence?
Q93. ESOP stands for which of the following option?
Q94. HMO stands for which of the following option?
Q95. Which of the following term is used to anticipate the human resource needs of the organization based on some previous data or managerial judgment?
Q96. PPO stands for which of the following option?
Q97. Which of the following means giving employees the authority, tools, and information they need to do their jobs with greater autonomy?
Q98. According to Expectancy theory motivation is a function of three things. Which of the following combination is true?
Q99. Which of the following is the main reason that lessens the effectiveness of 'Ranking Method' of job evaluation?
Q100. The lifelong series of activities that contribute to a person’s career exploration, establishment, success, and fulfillment is called:
Q101. Ali was working as MTO in ABL & getting the package of Rs.20.000, few weeks ago he resigned from ABL & joined HBL which is offering him Rs.30,000 at the same post of MTO. In this situation HBL is adopting the ________ pay strategy.
Q102. OWBPA stands for which of the following act?
Q103. FMLA stands for which of the following act?
Q104. POS stands for which of the following option?
Q105. Who has presented the theory of Existence Relatedness Growth (ERG)?
Q106. Who has presented the Reinforcement Theory?
Q107. Which of the following test is used by McClelland to prove his theory?
Q108. A firm that recognizes the critical importance of continuous performance-related training and development and takes appropriate action is known as;
Q109. Note: Solve these papers by yourself This VU Group is not responsible for any solved content Armaan Makhani & Chanda Rehman & Shoukat Khan Vu Askari Team Which of the following performance appraisal method is worthless, when jobs are entirely different from each other?
Q110. Written warnings are received by the employees from the human resource department under the progressive discipline procedure belong to which offence ?
Q111. Which human resource area is concerned with the collective bargaining of labor union?
Q112. HRIS is used to facilitate the decisions related to:
Q113. Which of the following is said to be an output of an organization?
Q114. Mr. Imran is appointed to supervise all the employees of the admin department. In this situation he is said to be a ___________.
Q115. “Forces acting on/within person that cause specific goal directed behavior” is the definition of;
Q116. Restricted workplace environment falls under which of the following category of stressor?
Q117. Which of the following abilities are categorized as the Technical skill of an individual?
Q118. "Accounting staff of a EFU General Insurance ltd, share information of different departments to assist in preparing the annual budget on a consistent basis". Which type of communication it is?
Q119. All of the following factors are the most challenging for the managers in today’s competitive world EXCEPT:
Q120. Which of the following organization has a limitless span of control?
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