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Question 1 |
A Railway Ticket Collector ( TC ) fined a passenger travelling without a ticket at Hyderabad railway station. According to you, what kind of "POWER" was the ticket collector exercising ?
A | Coercive |
B | Referent |
C | Legitimate |
D | Expert |
E | All the above |
Question 1 Explanation:
Legitimate power is the power that originates from a person position in the managerial hierarchy and the authority vested in that position. In this case, power is legitimate power since it is conferred him to the institution - Railways
Question 2 |
Which of the following refers to the strength of a person's convictions?
A | Locus of Control |
B | Ego Strength |
C | Emotional Strength |
D | Locus of Strength |
Question 2 Explanation:
Ego Strength is a personality variable which influences the strength of a person's convictions. Individuals with high ego strength believe and do what they think is right. Managers with high EGO strength show consistency in their moral actions and moral judgements, unlike Managers with a low who strength,
Question 3 |
Which approach to decision making under conditions of uncertainty believes that individual attitude towards risk varies?
A | Risk Analysis |
B | Risk Communication |
C | Decision Trees |
D | Utility Theory |
E | All the Above |
Question 3 Explanation:
The preference or utility theory is based on the belief that risk varies according to individual attitudes. Risk averters are people who are willing to take only smaller risks than others. Managers tend to be risk averters when the stakes are high. Depending on their situations, people act as risk averters or gamblers. Managers tend to be gamblers when the stakes are low.
Question 4 |
Which of the following is considered synonymous used with "downsizing"
A | Rebuilding |
B | Recreating |
C | Reestablishing |
D | Restructuring |
E | Options A & C |
Question 4 Explanation:
Organizations opt for downsizing or restructuring to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of their workforce. They reduce the size of the workforce, significantly decrease the layers of middle management and increase the span of the control.
Question 5 |
Which of the following can be metrics for evaluating the effectiveness of your hiring process
A | The ratio of the opening number of candidates applied |
B | The ratio of candidates applied and candidates made to the final selection round |
C | The ratio of candidates did not accept your offer compared to the total number of offers |
D | The Percentage of new joiners left the organization within the first three months of joining |
E | All of the Above |
Question 5 Explanation:
Hiring metrics are an essential part of a data-driven hiring and recruitment analytics which include and not limited to
*Time to fill
*Time to hire
*Source of hire
*First-year attrition
*Quality of hire
*Candidate job satisfaction
*Hiring Manager satisfaction
*Applicants per opening
*Selection ratio
*Cost per hire
*Candidate experience
*Offer acceptance rate
* % of open positions
*Application completion rate
*Recruitment funnel effectiveness
*Sourcing channel effectiveness
Sourcing channel cost
Cost of getting to Optimum Productivity Level (OPL)
Time to productivity
Question 6 |
The employer denied any compensation for an employee who broke his hand while operating a machine but was not using the safety gloves, Accident took place due to negligence of workman and not due to failure of the employer to provide any safety equipment.
A | Legal |
B | Illegal |
Question 6 Explanation:
Principal employer/Director is not liable to face criminal trial under Section 21 (1) (iv) (c) for the accident which has taken place due to negligence of the employee himself.
There would be no criminal office if the safety measures are not provided by the employer in case the same is not mandatory.
Sri Aristides Protonotarios (Major) and Another vs. the State of Karnataka. 2019 LLR 1215 (Kar. H.C.)
Question 7 |
It is for the employer to establish abandonment by the employee and for that enquiry is required.
A | True |
B | False |
Question 7 Explanation:
Plea of management that workman himself abandoned his job is not sustainable if the management did not held enquiry to
establish abandonment on the part of the workman
Refer case -
M/s. Design Decisions INC vs. Yogesh Arora. 2019 LLR 1191 (Delhi H.C.)
If management had not informed the workman of
unauthorized absence and not called to report for duty by writing letters, abandonment cannot be presumed.
If the management fails to prove the plea of abandonment, it will be a case of illegal retrenchment because of compliance of
provisions of Section 25-F of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947 would be absent.
Max Flow Pumps India (P) Ltd. vs. Presiding Officer, Industrial Tribunal-cum-Labour Court-III, Gurugram and Anr. 2019 LLR 1209 (P&H H.C.)
Question 8 |
The relationship between teams and task forces as integrating mechanism is that
A | Task forces are formally assigned and teams evolve |
B | Task forces involve many departments and teams involve only a few departments. |
C | Teams are permanent task forces. |
D | Options B and C |
Question 8 Explanation:
The task force is generally used when a difficult situation arises in a particular department. Team is a group of people in an organization, who can be located in different areas or locations, but are connected through different technologies of communication. The team is a permanent task force.
Question 9 |
Which of the following structures minimizes the use of employees?
A | Functional |
B | Geographic |
C | Matrix |
D | Multi divisonal Matrix |
E | Options B & C |
Question 9 Explanation:
Resources can be used efficiently, since experts and equipment can be shared across projects.
Question 10 |
Newly Opened Paradise Restaurant is experiencing declining sales. It determines that the reason is that it has a formal dress code, such as a coat and tie policy for customers. Because they determine that the restaurant market in their domain prefers a more casual dress code, they eliminate the policy. This is an example of
A | Growth through direction |
B | Isomorphism |
C | Faulty action |
D | Natural selection |
Question 10 Explanation:
Isomorphism is a similarity of the processes or structure of one organization to those of another, be it the result of imitation or independent development under similar constraints. There are three main types of institutional isomorphism: normative, coercive and mimetic.
Question 11 |
Rahul Sharma and Smita Singh are simply instructed to attract new clients but are not given specific guidelines to use to accomplish this goal. Because they work for a conservative company, they are afraid to take risks. This situation is an example of
A | Mutual adjustment |
B | Role ambiguity |
C | Role conflict |
D | Bureaucracy |
E | None of the Above |
Question 11 Explanation:
Role ambiguity occurs when people are unclear or uncertain about their expectations within a specific role, typically their role in the job or workplace. Role ambiguity arises when the definition of a person's job is vague or ill-defined.
Question 12 |
Which of the following statements about how emotion plays a part in negotiation is accurate?
A | Negotiations only create negative emotions |
B | Positive feelings do not promote persistence |
C | Negative feelings may create positive outcomes |
D | Positive emotion may result from impasse |
E | Negative emotions do not undermine a negotiatorโs ability to analyze a situation accurately |
Question 12 Explanation:
Embracing Negative Emotions Actually Has a Positive Impact They can all lead to stress and are often seen as emotions to be avoided, ignored, or in other ways disavowed, but they can actually be healthy for us to experience as well. Emotions are data that can inform your behaviour -โunderstand them before you react.
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Excellent Vinay. Keep testing us
Interesting questions. Good to test yourself and realize you may sometimes make hasty decisions
Knowledge sharing. Keep it vinay
Keep testing like this
A perfect test to analyse yourself with regard to the knowledge you carry.
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