Question:

A non-stress prone person who is relaxed, agreeable and easy going.

A.

Type A

B.

Type B personality

C.

Pessimist

D.

Stressors

Answer» a. Type A

Question:

Method of keeping and reviewing, record of employees’ undesirable behavior at different time intervals is

A.

critical incident method

B.

forced distribution method

C.

alternation ranking method

D.

paired comparison method

Answer» a. critical incident method

Question:

The aim of performance management is to

A.

evaluate and reward the employee’s efforts

B.

giving employees the opportunity to regularly discuss performance with their supervisors

C.

providing the supervisor with a means of identifying the strengths and weaknesses of an employee’s performance.

D.

All the above

Answer» d. All the above

Question:

A set wage or salary is an expression of what type of reward?

A.

Rewards as rights

B.

Rewards as those which are contingent

C.

Rewards which are discretionary

D.

PRP

Answer» a. Rewards as rights

Question:

One of the main reasons for the negative attitude of employees towards performance appraisal is

A.

It is associated with pay

B.

It gives away how bad they are

C.

It tends to become subjective because of poor implementation

D.

It is not useful for any other organizational activity

Answer» c. It tends to become subjective because of poor implementation

Question:

In general, it has been shown that the single best predictor of job performance across different jobs and organizational settings is which of the following?

A.

Personality tests

B.

Work-sample tests

C.

Cognitive ability tests

D.

Handwriting analysis

Answer» c. Cognitive ability tests