IMT-CDL SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS AVAILABLE – HRME005 TEST1
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Question 1 of 30:
Which of the following terms refers to the process of evaluating an employee’s current and/or past performance relative to his or her performance standards?
a. Recruitment
b. Employee selection
c. Performance appraisal
d. Employee orientation
Question 2 of 30:
Ravindra had been able to meet the targets set by his superior. However, in discussion with his superior he can to the conclusion that he would benefit from attending a seminar. Which component of the PMS operated in this case?
a. Performance analysis
b. Performance review discussion
c. Identification of developmental needs
d. Potential assessment
Question 3 of 30:
Which of the following steps is often not taken by organization resulting in significant
waste of the ADC effort?
a. Appointment of trained assessors
b. Generation of feedback reports
c. Implementation of development plans
d. Development of tools
Question 4 of 30:
Why must transparency of PMS be ensured?
a. To have faith in the system
b. To change it whenever required
c. To facilitate easy transition from one position to another
d. To make the process easier for managers
Question 5 of 30:
What is a SWOT analysis?
a. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
b. Strengths, Weariness, Operations, and Threats
c. Seriousness, Weakness, Operations, and Tests
d. Strengths, Weakness, Operations and Tests
Question 6 of 30:
Namrata rates all the members of her team with approximately the same rating. Which
effect is responsible for this kind of rating?
a. differential tendency
b. recency effect
c. central effect
d. halo effect
Question 7 of 30:
Zulfiqar works for an organization which is beginning to plan its performance. In what
sequence should this performance be planned?
a. Department to individual to organization
b. Organization to individual to department
c. Organization to department to individual
d. Individual to department to organization
Question 8 of 30:
Which of the following is an objective of the PC?
a. performance improvement
b. criticism
c. discussion of HR issues
d. discussion of personal issues
Question 9 of 30:
Which of the following systems does a PMS NOT have linkages with?
a. promotions
b. rewards
c. complaints
d. succession planning
Question 10 of 30:
Some raters tend to like the subordinates who are like them, and therefore assign them
higher ratings. This is due to the____ effect
a. recency
b. differential
c. average
d. assimilation
Question 11 of 30:
Which of the following causes the ‘recency effect?
a. When the raters assign ratings due to good behavior
b. When the raters assign ratings due to mistakes in the distant past
c. When the raters assign positive ratings to performers who are similar to them
d. When the raters assign rating according to behavior close to the time of rating
Question 12 of 30:
Which of the following is NOT a nominal scale?
a. Security numbers
b. House numbers
c. Ranks in an exam
d. License plates
Question 13 of 30:
If you are an employee at ECG Life Sciences and there is a disagreement about the final
score during your appraisal, how is it resolved?
a. The employee gets the final say.
b. The HR gets the final say.
c. A second reviewer is consulted.
d. The reviewer gets the final say.
Question 14 of 30:
At Schneider Electric India how are people who have exerted exemplary effort in work
recognized?
a. They are told verbally.
b. They are sent an email.
c. They are referred to as People Who Made the Difference.
d. They are referred to as People Who Master Duties
Question 15 of 30:
All of the following are reasons for appraising an employee’s performance EXCEPT
a. assisting with career planning
b. correcting any work-related deficiencies
c. creating an organizational strategy map
d. determining appropriate salary and bonuses
Question 16 of 30:
How can a PMS be effectively implemented?
a. Give more importance to HR managers.
b. Centralize PMS.
c. Focus on improvements rather than appraisal.
d. Keep PMS separate from other processes.
Question 17 of 30:
You are a manager who is decentralizing the management of the PMS. How will you do
this?
a. Let HR managers conduct the entire process.
b. Educate and encourage line managers to be integral to the PMS.
c. Keep the PMS separate from the rest of the functions of the organization.
d. Only let top executives be a part of the PMS.
Question 18 of 30:
Mrinalini is the CEO of a company. She does not reward hard-working employees
financially because she feels that this will discourage employees who are only marginally
less hard-working. What could be the most probable consequence of this action?
a. All employees keep working hard.
b. Marginally less hard-working employees begin working harder.
c. All employees stop working
d. High performing employees lose their motivation.
Question 19 of 30:
How can blind spots be reduced?
a. By ignoring feedback
b. By giving feedback
c. By accepting feedback
d. By being flexible
Question 20 of 30:
A 360 degree feedback system has the potential to point out supervisory______ in
traditional appraisal systems.
a. biases
b. advantages
c. problems
d. redundancies
Question 21 of 30:
How many people does a candidate need have direct working relations with to be eligible
for MAFS?
a. three
b. ten
c. four
d. Six
Question 22 of 30:
What is the role of the HR team during the PPM process at Philips Electronics India?
a. Rating the managers during the PPM process
b. Coordinating with employees about the PPM process
c. Organizing sessions to explain the PPM process
d. Choosing employees for the PPM process
Question 23 of 30:
Which of the following is a developmental decision that can be made on the basis of
appraisal data?
a. Leaves
b. Performance rewards
c. Delegation
d. Transfers
Question 24 of 30:
__is not a step of performance appraisal
a. Communicating standards
b. comparing actual with standards
c. Discussing the results
d. adjusting the standards
Question 25 of 30:
You are a manager of a team. While your team met their targets, you are aware that they did so with challenges like irregular product deliveries and supply chain failures. How should they be assessed?
a. They should be assessed in the same way as before.
b. They should be assessed as a team that met expectations.
c. They should be assessed as if the challenges were part of the expectations.
d. They should be assessed as expectations should have changed with the challenges
Question 26 of 30:
Competency development is a__ effort.
a. Self-initiated
b. Company-initiated
c. Manager-initiated
d. Customer-initiated
Question 27 of 30:
__________encompasses the activities that need to be carried out by individual employees
by virtue of their roles and organizational requirements.
a. Performance planning
b. Job responsibilities
c. Organizational goals
d. Performance appraisal
Question 28 of 30:
Who among the following CANNOT be an assessor during a 360 degree feedback?
a. superiors
b. peers
c. external customers
d. external consultants
Question 29 of 30:
What should be the general climate of the conversation during a PRD?
a. Guarded
b. Congenial
c. Familiar
d. Hostile
Question 30 of 30:
Which of the following qualities should the top management of an organization have before
one can consider implementing MAFS?
a. They should be financially stable.
b. They should be focused in maintaining employees in pre-existing structures.
c. They should be critical of pre-existing performance management systems.
d. They should open to creating opportunities for employees.