HRM multiple choice questions

By: Prof. Dr. Fazal Rehman | Last updated: April 16, 2025

1. The career path model in an organization, initiating career planning can importantly form the basis for _____?
(A) Rotation
(B) Transfer
(C) Placement
(D) All of the above

2. Human Resource Management is …?
(A) Employer oriented
(B) Employee oriented
(C) Legally oriented
(D) None of the above

3. In HR functions of management, assisting managers is known as _______________.
(A) Line manager
(B) Staff manager
(C) First line supervisor
(D) All of the above

4. An employer should only retrench employees who have been most recently hired. Which Section of the Industrial Disputes Act 1947 is referred to this statement?
(A) 34-F
(B) 30-F
(C) 25-G
(D) 24-G

5. HRM includes?
(A) HR training and HR development
(B) Retirement and separation of HR
(C) Industrial relations
(D) All of the above

6. Which of the following factors does not involve communication with employees?
(A) Compensating
(B) Disciplining
(C) Counseling
(D) Interviewing

7. Who sets the Performance development plan for the employee?
(A) Department Head
(B) Employer
(C) Immediate boss
(D) Any of the above

8. HRM is _____?
(A) A line function
(B) A staff function
(C) Accounting function
(D) All of the above

9. Most of the time, who is the manager of the ‘Human Resource’ department?
(A) Staff manager
(B) Line manager
(C) Active manager
(D) Both A and B

10. The following type of recruitment process is said to be a costly affair.
(A) External recruitment
(B) Internal recruitment
(C) Cost remains the same for both types
Answer: (A) External recruitment

11. HRM objectives are categorized as ________?
(A) Organisational and social objectives
(B) Functional objectives
(C) Personal objectives
(D) All of the above

12. The actual performance with set standards is involved in the comparison of employees.
(A) Leading
(B) Staffing
(C) Controlling
(D) Organizing