Multiple Choice

Question 1

What was the HR function traditionally referred to before the HRM acronym was used

Answer 1

Personnel management

Question 2

Which generation is now the eldest in the workplace

Answer 2

Baby boomers

Question 3

What is not part of the main activities of the HR function according to Ulrich and Brockbank

Answer 3

Financial advisor

Question 4

Name the two different HRM approaches

Answer 4

Hard and soft

Question 5

Which of the following statements best describes the term employer of choice

Answer 5

A situation in which employees actively seek to work for particular organisation

Question 6

HRplanning addresses various aspects of people management what is not in aspects of strategic HRM

Answer 6

Socialisation

Question 7

Which is not an attribute of a good organisation

Answer 7

Micromanagement of employees

Question 8

It is argued that care should be taken not to include requirements such as academic qualification length of experience et cetera which is this statement referring to

Answer 8

Person specification

Question 9

What is not contained in a job description

Answer 9

Job promotion criteria

Question 10

In recruitment the classic trio cook 1993 refers to

Answer 10

Application form interviews references

Question 11

In an interview situation what is the recency affect

Answer 11

The influence of previous confidence to starting the proper assessment of the current candidate

Question 12

During the interview the nervousness of the candidate should be reasonably considered so as not to detract from the possibility this is known as

Answer 12

Temporal extension affect

Question 13

In the Ballantyne and Ppvah 2004 survey which type of recruitment selection was most the most accurate predictor for best fit

Answer 13

Assessment centres. Promotion

Question 14

What risk to an organisation consider when using social media as a recruitment tool for employee selection

Answer 14

The risk of being accused of discrimination

Question 15

For contact instantly meant to exist they need to be four aspects offer acceptance consideration and what final aspect

Answer 15

Intention

Question 16

A broken psychological contract exists where

Answer 16

An employee does not feel that they have been treated fairly

Question 17

A fixed term contract can exist for a number of reasons which one is incorrect

Answer 17

As long as the employer wants

Question 18

Mant 1995 summarise the nature of the psychological contract of three individual expectations the needs which one is incorrect

Answer 18

Long holidays

Question 19

According to Rousseau 1989 there two distinctions within the psychological contract these are known as

Answer 19

Transactional and relational

Question 20

“ freedom from those conditions can that can cause death injury occupational and this or damage to or loss of equipment or property” what is being describe here

Answer 20

Safety

Question 21

One important piece of legislation companies have to abide by is RIDDOR what does it stand for

Answer 21

Reporting of injuries diseases and dangerous occurrence regulations

Question 22

What are the three elements that make up the human factors approach to health and safety related behaviour

Answer 22

The job the individual the organisation

Question 23

This CIP D identifies how many domains in their well-being model

Answer 23

Five

Question 24

According to Yerkes Dodson law 2008 which level of stress last for optimal job performance

Answer 24

eustress

Question 25

According to Huczynski and Buchanan 1991 the most important part of learning is that there is a change in

Answer 25

Behaviour

Question 26

Yvan Pavloff 1927 conducted his classical conditioning research on

Answer 26

Dogs

Question 27

There are four well-known perspectives on learning behaviourist theory social theory constructivist theory and what

Answer 27

Cognitive theory

Question 28

Honey and Mumford’s 1986 learning style activist suggests the learner prefers to

Answer 28

Just do it jump straight in

Question 29

The systematic training model Bratton and gold 2012 has four stages what is the final stage

Answer 29

Evaluate activities

Question 30

According to Brighton and gold 2012 there are four important dimensions of employee relations which is the correct dimensions

Answer 30

Employee communication, employee involvement, employee rights or grievances and employee discipline

Question 31

The employment act 2008 employers organisations to follow procedures laid down by ACAS what does this stand for

Answer 31

Advisory, consiliation, and arbitration service

Question 32

Which of the following is not a disciplinary offence

Answer 32

Whistle blowing

Question 33

Which of the following is not a form of grievance

Answer 33

Relational grievance

Question 34

There are two categories of factors facilitating employee turnover which of the below is one of such categories

Answer 34

Push and pull factors

Question 35

Which of the following is not a happy reason for exiting an organisation

Answer 35

Dismissal

Question 36

The expatriate Psycho Harris 2004 compromises of five stages strategic planning, selection, preparation, performance management and what

Answer 36

Repatriation

Question 37

Do you curve of cross cultural adjustment black and Mendenhall 1991 indicates four stages which is the first stage

Answer 37

Honeymoon

Question 38

What is the parent country national

Answer 38

Someone who comes from the same country as the headquarters of the company

Question 39

What is an inappropriate reason for sending expatriates the foreign subsidiary

Answer 39

As a reward to a very promisingemployee