Human Resource Management (HRM) MCQs

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Fair employment act represents a situation in which employment decisions are NOT affected by illegal-discrimination. Illegal discrimination is defined generally as being treated differently than someone else “because of” a protected characteristic.

✅ The correct answer is option D.
The Product development, Service delivery and Customer satisfaction are the key components of a business process Re-engineering programme.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
When effort to earn additional income through a second job does not bear fruit, such type of efforts & the consequent results may be called as Blue moon lighting. Moonlighting refers to the practice of working a second job outside normal business hours. Therefore, an employee may work a normal 9-to-5 job as a primary source of income but work nights at a different job in order to earn extra money.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
Trade Unions emerged when individuals realised the strength they could gain by joining together to negotiate with employers. Trade unions are associations of workers or organization formed together by labour, workers or employees to achieve their demands for better conditions at their work atmosphere.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Stakeholders best represents the individuals who have interests in an Organisation and are influenced by it. Primary stakeholders are direct beneficiaries, such as employees who receive a raise because HR revised the company’s compensation structure. Indirect or secondary stakeholders derive benefits from HR projects, such as a neighboring business that profits from a company hiring more staff.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
The process which best defines the locating and, encouraging potential employees to apply for jobs is Recruitment. Recruitment is a process of identifying, screening, shortlisting and hiring potential resource for filling up the vacant positions in an organization. It is a core function of Human Resource Management. Recruitment is the process of choosing the right person for the right position and at the right time.

✅ The correct answer is option C.
Strategic human resource management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through People. Human resource systems can contribute to sustained competitive advantage through facilitating the development of competencies that are firm specific.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
Employees are a cost which should be minimized. are the ideas underpinning ‘soft, commitment’ or high – Road HRM practices.

✅ The correct answer is option A.
HR department department is responsible for handling safety & health issues of employees. Human resources professionals play an important role in ensuring employee health and safety, as they know the workplace, the employees and their job demands. While human resources professionals are not expected to know the technical aspects of workplace health and safety, they should know when and how to use existing resources to respond to employee concerns.

✅ The correct answer is option B.
The External recruitment process is said to be a costly affair. External recruitment is the assessment of an available pool of job candidates, other than existing staff, to see if there are any sufficiently skilled or qualified to fill and perform existing job vacancies. It is the process of searching outside of the current employee pool to fill open positions in an organization.