MGT501 QUIZ # 1

1-
The mental process to pay attention selectively to some stimuli and cues in our environment is known as:

Perception
Personality
Attitude

2- ____________________ assists organizations, its managers, and organizational staff

Marketing department
Finance department
HR department
Production department

3-Authority is a/an ________________ force to control others’ behavior.


Legal

Illegal

Implied

Applied

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November 1, 2009 9:25 PM

4- Human resource management considers organization as:

Entity
Process
Person
Staffing

5-Which of the following terminology describes the legal legislation in which job applicant should not be rejected on the basis of discriminatory practices?

Affirmative action
Legal compliance
Equal employment opportunity
Stereotype

Main source of creating difference among organizations is:

Human resource
Physical resources
Modren technology
Heavy budgets

The emigration of trained and talented individuals to other nations due to lack of opportunity or other reasons is known as _____________.

Job Insecurity
Outsourcing
Workforce diversity
Brain Drain

8- Which of the following role a manager performs as a Resource allocator?

Interpersonal role
Decisional role
Informational role
Supportive role

If a company is employing the fresh graduates as well as the professional experts, the management is said to be enhancing _____________.

Stereotyping
Variety
Diversity
Uniformity

The cognitive component consists of a person’s:

Emotions

Knowledge

Attitude

Feelings

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November 1, 2009 9:28 PM

11- Which of the following terms correctly represents different types of managers

Executive, CEO, director
Dimensional, functional, strategic
Tactical, operational, functional
Tactical. operational, strategic

_________________ is achieved by combining capital, raw material & human resource by an organization

Sales
Capital
Input
Output

13- According to which act, pay discrimination on the basis of gender for same position & performance is prohibited

Civil rights
Equal pay
Worker compensation
Age discrimination

HR department became the main force behind all changes during:

Mechanistic period
Catalytic period
Organistic period
Strategic period

15- Decisions are made at the management level with ______________ authority

Functional
Line
Staff
Operational

Ratio of outputs to inputs is known as:

Performance
Effectiveness
Motivation
Efficiency

17- According to which of the following theory we can learn through observations and through our personal experiences?

Operant conditioning
Social learning
Personality development
None of the given options

18-Within an Organizations people work:

Individually
In hierarchy
Separately
Independently

19-In order to promote unbiased management, organizations should develop:


Powerful union

Legal compliance

Strategic alliances

Stakeholder influence

20- Which of the following is a measure to ensure minorities’ involvement on equality basis who had been discriminated in the past?

Equal employment opportunity
Affirmative action
Civil rights
Anti-gender discrimination









1. Who is responsible to take corrective actions in response to unforeseen problems

Liaison
Disturbance-handler 100% sure
Figurehead
Spokesperson

2. Which of the following role a manager performs as a Resource allocator?

Interpersonal role
Decisional role 100% sure
Informational role
Supportive role

3.Which of the following involves holding beliefs about people that place them in categories for recognizing and accepting differences?

Backlash
Mistrust
Cohesiveness
Stereotyping 100% sure

4.Which are the 3 basic sets of skills, managers should possess?

Technical, interpersonal, conceptual 100% sureHuman, conceptual, interpersonal
Interpersonal, technical, human
Technical, proffesional, mechanical

5.Entrepreneurs are said to perform the

Interpersonal role
Informational role
Supportive role
Decisional role 100% sure

6.An organization operates in:

An isolated system
A closed system
A clogged system
An open system

7.Staffing is a process of hiring qualified employees at the right place and at the right time, to achieve __________.

Targeted sales goals
Individual career goals
Return on investment
Organizational objectives 100% sure


8.Which of the following act represents a situation in which employment decisions are NOT effected by illegal discrimination?

Fair employment 100%Legal compliance
Litigation process
Affirmative action

9.People within a group who initiate the work, give new ideas and also collect information about the task, are actually performing

Information collector roles
Task oriented roles 100% sureRelationship oriented roles
Individual roles

10.Which of the following is a micro-level challenge faced by an organization?

Work force diversity
Restructuring
Legislation
Technology
11.The act of reorganizing a company for the purpose of making it more efficient and therefore more profitable is known as:

Redesigning
Restructuring 100% sureDesigning
Reengineering

12.Individual's behavior comprises of:

Heritage
Perception
Emotions
All of the given options

13.All the activities performed within an organization are:

Independent
Arbitrary
Random
Interdependent

14.All the organizational activities are directed towards the achievement of:

Individual goals
Common goals
Country-wide goals
Diverse goals
15.Which one of the following is Not a benefit of workforce diversity?

More innovation
Better Problem solving
Diversity TrainingGreater system flexibility




16.Supervisors fall into the:

Top-level
Middle-level
First-line level 100% sure
Executive level

17.Career counseling is included in which of the functions of HRM?

Compensation & benefits
Planning and selections
Training & development
Maintaining HRIS

18.The invisible barrier that blocks females & minorities from ascending into upper levels of an organization, is termed as:

Gender discrimination
Glass ceiling
Affirmative action
Stereotype
19.Which of the following is a measure to ensure minorities’ involvement on equality basis who had been discriminated in the past?

Equal employment opportunity
Affirmative action 100% sureCivil rights
Anti-gender discrimination


20.Decisions are made at the management level with ______________ authority

Functional
LineStaff
Operational