HRM 601 Practical MCQs
HRM 601
Human Resource Management
Practical MCQs
1) The basic functions of the management process include all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) planning
B) organizing
C) outsourcing
D) leading
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The five basic functions of the management process include planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. Outsourcing jobs may be an aspect of human resources, but it is not one of the primary management functions.
2) Since Human Resources is important to all managers, which is NOT a personnel mistake a manager wants to make while managing?
A) Waste time with useless interviews
B) Hire the wrong person
C) Have your people not doing their best
D) Experience low turnover
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Personnel mistakes a manager does not want to make while managing are hiring the wrong person for the job; experience high turnover; have your people not doing their best; waste time with useless interviews; have your company taken to court because of your discriminatory actions; have your company cited under federal occupational safety laws for unsafe practices; have some employees think their salaries are unfair relative to others in the organization; allow a lack of training to undermine your department's effectiveness; commit any unfair labor practices.
3) According to experts, the primary hindrance to a firm's productivity is its inability to ________.
A) establish effective manufacturing facilities
B) acquire and maintain human capital
C) use advanced accounting controls
D) attain adequate cash and credit
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Experts assert that it's the work force and the company's inability to recruit and maintain a good work force that constitutes a bottleneck for production. Projects backed by good ideas, vigor, and enthusiasm are less likely to be stopped by a shortage of cash than a shortage of human capital, which is the knowledge, education, training, skills and expertise of a firm's workers.
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Human Resource Management
Practical MCQs
1) The basic functions of the management process include all of the following EXCEPT ________.
A) planning
B) organizing
C) outsourcing
D) leading
Answer: C
Explanation: C) The five basic functions of the management process include planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and controlling. Outsourcing jobs may be an aspect of human resources, but it is not one of the primary management functions.
2) Since Human Resources is important to all managers, which is NOT a personnel mistake a manager wants to make while managing?
A) Waste time with useless interviews
B) Hire the wrong person
C) Have your people not doing their best
D) Experience low turnover
Answer: D
Explanation: D) Personnel mistakes a manager does not want to make while managing are hiring the wrong person for the job; experience high turnover; have your people not doing their best; waste time with useless interviews; have your company taken to court because of your discriminatory actions; have your company cited under federal occupational safety laws for unsafe practices; have some employees think their salaries are unfair relative to others in the organization; allow a lack of training to undermine your department's effectiveness; commit any unfair labor practices.
3) According to experts, the primary hindrance to a firm's productivity is its inability to ________.
A) establish effective manufacturing facilities
B) acquire and maintain human capital
C) use advanced accounting controls
D) attain adequate cash and credit
Answer: B
Explanation: B) Experts assert that it's the work force and the company's inability to recruit and maintain a good work force that constitutes a bottleneck for production. Projects backed by good ideas, vigor, and enthusiasm are less likely to be stopped by a shortage of cash than a shortage of human capital, which is the knowledge, education, training, skills and expertise of a firm's workers.
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