
Business Studies Quiz 2
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1. _______ is important in India due to widespread unemployment. However employees may become complacent when they know that their services cannot be terminated.
2. ___________ can be a source of motivation only when better performances is recognised and rewarded.
3. Under which of the following methods of recruitment, a notice is placed on the notice board of the enterprise specifying details of the job available:
4. Advantages of Piece-rate system at glance:
5. Eight days of casual leave is permissible in a calendar year.
6. Suitability of Time-Rate System:
7. _____________ provides immediate feedback, permits quick correction of errors and provides extra practice when required besides learning in actual work environment.
8. All the employees are not considered as candidates for promotion.
9. A long standing employee may sometimes replace a new employee to get relief from the heavy pressure of work.
10. Seniority based promotion is better than merit based promotion because:
11. _______ refers to the mental condition or attitudes of individuals and groups in an organisation.
12. ________ reflects a predisposition to be more productive if proper leadership is provided.
13. A two-way communication system helps management in developing positive attitudes among employees.
14. Low morale indicates mental unrest among the employees.
15. Information relating to the tasks, responsibilities, knowledge and skills serves as a realistic basis for hiring people.
16. Reduces the need for direction and control by the superior as the jobholder uses self -direction and control.
17. Off-the Job Training includes :
18. It is a measure of an individual’s potential for learning new skills.
19. A small group of highly trained and self motivated persons who perform interdependent tasks.
20. Leave earned by duty. The credit of leave will be awarded at a rate of 15 days on the 1st of January and 1st of July every year.
21. Mohit Gupta is working with YourShell. He is also recruiting security guards for the company. YourShell provides students and employees to big companies. The guards are recruited on their properties to provide complete round the clock security. The guards provided by Mohit are known for their punctuality. Mohit Gupta is well-known in his village for providing employment to unskilled people. (A-1) Name the source of recruitment used by YourShell.
22. (A-2) b) State any one disadvantage of this source of recruitment.
23. (A-3) Identify the need of security guards which is being fulfilled by the company asper Maslow's need hierarchy.
24. Mr. Vivek Goel is an H.R. Manager of "Rishika Furniture Private Limited." At the beginning of the new year he anticipated that the company will need 30 new additional persons to fill up different vacancies. He gave an advertisement in the newspaper inviting applications for filling up different vacant posts. As many as 120 applications were received. The same were scrutinized. Out of these, conditions of 15 applicants were not acceptable to the company. Letters of regret, giving reasons, were sent to them. Remaining candidates were called for preliminary interview. The candidates called for were asked to fill up blank application forms. Thereafter, they were given four tests. The objective of the first test was to find out how much interest the applicant takes in his work. The objective of the second test was to find out 'specialization' of the applicant in any particular area. Third test aimed at making sure whether the applicant was capable of learning through training or not. The purpose of the fourth test was to find out how much capability a person has to mix-up with other persons, and whether he can influence other persons and get influenced by them.(B-1) The purpose of the fourth test was too find out how much capability a person has to mix-up with other persons, and whether he can influence other persons and get influenced by them." Which tests is indicated in this situation?Â
25. (B-2) At the beginning of the new year he anticipated that the company will need 30 new additional persons to fill up different vacancies." Identify the first step of staffing.
26. (B-3) From the given lines, 'Out of these, conditions of15 applicants were not acceptable to the company. Letters of regret, giving reasons, were sent to them'. Which aspect of staffing is highlighted in the statement?
27. (B-4) The applicants were given four tests like intelligent test to interest test after filling up blank application form. Identify which step of selection process was followed by the management.
28. (B-5) As many as 120 applications were received. The same were scrutinized The step of selection process used here is
29. There were two vacancies for the post of Assistant Manager in "Surya Electrics Private Ltd Parth the Human Resources Manager identified one suitable candidate Vishwas' the Assistant Manager from within the organisation who was working in Production Department but having some grievances with his boss. Vishwas has requested HR Manager to shift him to some other Department . Part accepted his request and gave a horizontal shift from Production Department to Marketing Department at the post of Assistant Manager For another post, the Manager Parth firstly considered unsolicited applications but he didn't find anyone suitable for the post. Ultimately he decided to make online recruitment. Beneficial for both the employer and the job seeker, the HR Manager can find the prospective candidates through their CVs attached to world wide web, and similarly, the candidates can search the employer through their job vacancy advertisement posted on the internet. Parth got hundreds of resume mails. After Screening and checking the skill mapping and authenticity of resume. Parth called 5 selected applicants for Panel interview after reviewing their Application blanks forms. After a Depth interview and Stress interview of short listed candidates, a series of selection tests aptitude, personality and Intelligence were conducted. Finally the HR manager decided to give job offer to .Saleem. Saleem signed the employment contract and took charge of his position. After six months, Parth observed that 'Vishwas's' performance was much better than Saleem's performance though Vishwas' was less qualified than 'Saleem. Hence, Parth' decided that in future he will not make any appointment with the help of an outside source.
(C-1) Future he will not make any appointment with the help of an outside source. "Which of the following is not the merit off outside source of recruitment.
30. (C-2) is a semi structured interview, where the candidates have to give a detailed information about their educational background, work experience, special interests, etc.
31. (C-3) Parth accepted his request and gave him a horizontal shift. What does Horizontal shift means here?
32. (C-4) Saleem signed the employment contract. Which of the following is not the content of Employment contract?
33. (C-5) The HR Manager can find the prospective candidates through their CVs attached to worldwide web,.. Identify the source of such recruitment
34. Lalit has always been fascinated by the hand woven textile designs. Therefore, he decided to become a weaver in textile company. He was told that in order to understand and learn this workmanship he will have to work under the guidance of master worker for a certain number of years. He will be paid during this period. After learning the required skill, he realised that transition from training to job is not a problem/ adjusting in office environment. Such learning enhance employee productivity both in terms of quantity and quality, leading to higher profits. Learning and developing new skills increases employee morale and reduces absenteeism and employee turnover. His supervisor Mr. Saransh is happy with his job performance as now he needs less time for supervision, there is less wastage of time and efforts. Lalits brother, Harit wants to open his own textile mill so he is pursuing textile engineering from IIT Mumbai and for internship he has applied in his brothers Textile company.
(D-1) Name the process of increasing the knowledge of job and skills of employees.
35. (D-2) Identity the type of training given to Lalit, being described in the given lines.
36. (D-3) Which of the following is not a benefit of training to employees.
37. (D-4) Harit wants to open his own textile mill so he is pursuing textile engineering from IIT Mumbai for internship he has applied in his brothers Textile company.
38. (D-5) Which of the following is not true about Internship Training?
39. The maternity leave for women is of months?
40. Rakesh works as a software engineer in an IT company. He provided the reference of close friend Rohan to the Human Resource Department for the post of Senior Business Development Manager. Rohan was duly selected for the concerned post by the company. Identify the source of recruitment being used by the company.