Chapter 6

Chapter 6
The primary aim of

recruitment and
selection process is
to
meet the high labour turnover
hire the best individuals at optimum cost
ensure the availability of surplus in the case of sickness and absence
none of the above
Recruitment is widely viewed as a _______ process.

positive
negative
both positive and negative
none of these
The process of developing an applicants’ pool for job openings in an

organization is called
hiring
recruitment
selection
retention
Recruitment policy usually highlights the need for establishing

job specification
job analysis
job description
none of the above
_______ indicates the degree to which a tool or test measures what it
is supposed to measure.
validity
reliability
dependability
goodness of fit
Which of the following is the most serious problem that might arise due
to excessive reliance on internal recruitment?
reduced job performance
high labour turnover
lack of motivation
internal resistance
Internal recruitment has the potentiality to increase the _______ of the

employees.
conflicts
misunderstanding
income
morale
Advertisements through newspapers, TV, radio, professional journals

and magazines are _______ methods of recruitment.
direct
indirect
third-party
none of the above
State employment exchanges are generally the main agencies of

private employment
public employment
professional employment
None of the above
A prerequisite
for a
successful and
efficient
recruitment
programme is
to have a(n)
corporate
policy
HR policy
recruitment
policy
health and
safety policy
Recruitment & Selection - MCQs with answers -

Part 1
1. Which of these is the purpose of recruitment?
a. Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit
b. Help increase the success rate of the selection process by

reducing the number of visibly underqualified or over qualified job
applicants.
c. Help the firm create more culturally diverse work - force
d. None of the above
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ANSWER: b. Help increase the success rate of the selection

process by reducing the number of visibly underqualified or
over qualified job applicants.
Reason: Rest all the alternatives are the ways in which a recruit
programme helps the firm.
2. The poor quality of selection will mean extra cost on

_______ and supervision.
a. Training
b. Recruitment
c. Work quality
ANSWER: a. Training
3. Which of these is the most important external factor

governing recruitments?
a. Sons of soil
b. Labour market
c. Unemployment rate
d. Supply and demand
ANSWER: d. Supply and demand
4. While recruiting for non - managerial, supervisory and

middle - management positions which external factor is of
prime importance?
a. Political - Legal
b. Unemployment rate
c. Labour market
d. Growth and Expansion

ANSWER: c. Labour market
5. Which of the following act deals with recruitment and

selection?
a. Child labour act

b. The apprentices act
c. Mines act
d. All of the above
ANSWER: d. All of the above
6. A major internal factor that can determine the success of

the recruiting programme is whether or not the company
engages in ______.
a. HRP
b. Selection
c. Induction
ANSWER: a. HRP
7. _________ refers to the process of identifying and

attracting job seekers so as to build a pool of qualified job
applicants.
a. Selection
b. Training
c. Recruitments
d. Induction

ANSWER: c. Recruitments
8. How many stages does the recruitment process comprise

of?
a. 2
b. 6
c. 9
d. 5
ANSWER: d. 5
9. Rearrange the following steps of recruitment.
I. Searching
II. Evaluation and control
III. Planning
IV. Screening
V. Strategy development
a. III, II, I, V, IV
b. III, V, I, IV, II
c. IV, V, III, I, II
d. II, I, IV, V, III
ANSWER: b. III, V, I, IV, II
10. ___________ express the relationship of applicant inputs

to outputs at various decision points.
a. Number of contacts
b. Yield Ratios
c. Type of contacts
d. Technological sophistication

ANSWER: b. Yield Ratios
11. Which of the following are the decisions to be made

while devising the strategies to hire?
a. Geographic distribution of labour markets comprising job

seekers
b. Make or buy employees
c. Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
d. All of the above
12. Which decision in strategy development relates to the

methods used in recruitment and selection?
a. Sources of recruitment
b. Technological sophistication
c. Sequencing the activities in the recruitment process
d. â€˜makeâ€™ or â€˜buyâ€™ employees
ANSWER: b. Technological sophistication
13. Choose the odd man out.
a. Acquisitions and mergers

b. Radio and television
c. Former employees
d. Advertisements
ANSWER: c. Former employees

Reason: Except for option â€˜câ€™ all the other options are
external sources of recruitment
14. What is the natural perception of people on the process

of recruitment and selection?
a. Positive
b. Negative
c. Both positive and negative
ANSWER: a. Positive
15. What is the main objective of the recruitment and

selection process?
a. Recruit the right candidates

b. Meet the high labour turnover
c. To reduce the costs of recruiting
ANSWER: b. Meet the high labour turnover

Part 2
1. What is the full form of AIDA - a four point guide used by

experienced advertisers?
a. Create abstract, develop industrious ads, defiant and

acceptable
b. Being accessible, should be inexpensive, detailed and alluring
c. Attract attention, develop interest, create desire and instigate

action
ANSWER: c. Attract attention, develop interest, create desire

and instigate action
2. Which mode of recruitment is through advertisements,

newspapers and want ads?
a. Direct
b. Indirect
c. On payroll
ANSWER: b. Indirect
3. Which is the least expensive method for recruitments?
a. Walk - ins, write - ins and talk - ins

b. Campus placements
c. Employment exchanges
d. Consultants
ANSWER: a. Walk - ins, write - ins and talk - ins
4. What is the general fee charged by consultants?
a. 10 - 20 % of the first year salaries of the individuals placed

b. 20 - 50% of the first year salaries of the individuals placed
c. 20 - 30 % of the first year salaries of the individuals placed
ANSWER: b. 20 - 50% of the first year salaries of the individuals

placed
5. Identifying the right people in rival companies, offering

them better terms and luring them away is popularly called
as __________.
a. Competition
b. Acquisition
c. Poaching
ANSWER: c. Poaching
6. Which of the following are general costs incurred in the

recruitment process?
a. Costs of material
b. Costs of overtime and outsourcing while the vacancies remain

unfilled
c. Costs of property
ANSWER: b. Costs of overtime and outsourcing while the

vacancies remain unfilled
7. Which philosophies of recruiting have been mentioned by
K. Ashwathappa in his book Human Resource Management?
A. Realistic job previews

B. Job compatibility questionnaire
C. Temporary employment
a. Both A & B
b. A & C
c. B & C
d. A, B and C
ANSWER: a. Both A & B
8. _______ provides complete job related information (both

positive and negative) to the applicants so that they can
make right decisions before taking the job.
a. Job Compatibility Questionnaire

b. Realistic job preview
c. Market survey
ANSWER: b. Realistic job preview
9. Which of these is an alternative to recruitments?
a. Employee leasing
b. Contractors
c. Trade associations
ANSWER: a. Employee leasing

10. ______ is the process of differentiating between
applicants in order to identify and hire those with a greater
likelihood of success in
a job.
a. False negative error

b. Training
c. Selection
ANSWER: c. Selection

Part 3
1. Selection is ______ in its application as much as it seeks

to eliminate as many unqualified applications as possible in
order to identify the right candidates.
a. Both negative and positive

b. Positive
c. Negative
ANSWER: c. Negative
2. Rejection of an applicant who would have succeeded is

_____.
a. False positive error

b. True positive
c. True negative
d. False negative error
ANSWER: d. False negative error
3. Which is the type of error in which failure is predicted and

it happens?
a. False positive error

b. True negative
c. False negative error
d. True positive
ANSWER: b. True negative
4. Selection is now ____ and is handled by the human

resource department.
a. Unplanned
b. Outsourced
c. Centralized
ANSWER: c. Centralised
5. Rearrange the following steps involved in the selection

process.
i. External environment
ii. Internal environment
iii. Preliminary interview
iv. Selection test
v. Employment interview
vi. Reference and background analysis
vii. Selection decision
viii. Physical examination
ix. Job offer
x. Employment contract
xi. Evaluation
a. xi, x, ix, viii, vii, vi, v, iv, iii, ii, i

b. i, ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii, viii, ix, x, xi
c. v, i, xi, ii, iv, ix, iii, vi, viii, x, ix, vii
d. i, iii, iv, v, vii, ix, xi, ii, vi, viii, x
ANSWER: c. v, i, xi, ii, iv, ix, iii, vi, viii, x, ix, vii
6. Which test assesses an individual's achievement and

motivational levels?
a. Thurstone Temperament Survey

b. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
c. Thematic Apperception Test
d. Guilford - Zimmerman Temperament Survey
ANSWER: c. Thematic Apperception Test
7. A test that seeks to predict success or failure through

oneâ€™s handwriting is ____
a. Polygraph
b. Graphology
c. Grammatologist
ANSWER: b. Graphology
8. Which country uses the graphology test to select

candidates?
a. U.S
b. India
c. Germany
d. China
ANSWER: a. U.S
9. Which tests are designed to ensure accuracy of the

information given in the applications?
a. Graphology test
b. Interest test
c. Grammatology test
d. Polygraph test
ANSWER: d. Polygraph test
10. Who used the graphology technique first and in which

year?
a. Jean - Hippolyte in 1830

b. Elaine Quigley in 1893
c. Jean Charles Gille in 1907
d. Alfred Binnet in 1920
ANSWER: a. Jean - Hippolyte in 1830
11. In __________, the interviewer uses pre-set standardised

questions which are put to all applicants.
a. Unstructured interview
b. Structured interview
c. Behavioral interview
d. Mixed interview
ANSWER: b. Structured interview
12. _______ occurs when an interviewer judges an

applicant's entire potential for job performance on the basis
of a single trait, such as how the applicant dresses or talks.
a. Stress producing
b. Halo - effect
c. Unstructured
ANSWER: b. Halo - effect
13. Which of the selection steps is the most critical?
a. Physical examination
b. Selection decision
c. Reference and background checks
d. Employment interviews
ANSWER: b. Selection decision
nduction and Placing New Hires - MCQs with

answers
1. ___________ is a systematic and planned introduction of

employees to their jobs, their co-workers and the
organisation.
a. Job evaluation
b. Investiture orientation
c. Orientation
d. Placement
ANSWER: c. Orientation
2. Which type of information is conveyed by orientation?
a. Training and education benefit

b. Job location
c. Job safety requirements
d. General information about the daily work routine
ANSWER: d. General information about the daily work routine
Reason: All the other options except "d" are topics covered in
employee orientation programme.
3. In which country and year was orientation first

developed?
a. U.S in 1970
b. U.K in 1970
c. India in 1970
ANSWER: a. U.S in 1970
4. Which strategic choices a firm needs to make before

designing its orientation programme?
a. Formal or informal
b. Individual or collective
c. Serial or disjunctive
d. Investiture or divestiture
e. All of the above
ANSWER: e. All of the above
5. _________ seeks to ratify the usefulness of the

characteristics that the person brings to the new job.
a. Divestiture orientation
b. Individual or collective
c. Investiture orientation
ANSWER: c. Investiture orientation
6. Which of these is a stage while conducting formal

orientation?
a. Employee is given only menial tasks that discourage job

interest and company loyalty
b. Employee is overloaded with forms to complete
c. Specific orientation to the department and the job, typically

given by the employee's supervisor
d. Employee's mistakes can damage the company
ANSWER: c. Specific orientation to the department and the job,

typically given by the employee's supervisor
Reason: Rest all the other options are problems of orientation

7. Which of the below options are the topics covered in
employee orientation programme?
a. Training and education benefit

b. To employee counsellor
c. Relationship to other jobs
d. Disciplinary regulations
e. All of the above
ANSWER: e. All of the above
8. ______ refers to the allocation of people to jobs; it

includes initial assignment of new employees, and
promotion, transfer, or demotion of present employees.
a. Recruitment
b. Placement
c. Selection
ANSWER: b. Placement
9. Which of these is a job in the context of placement

problems and employee works?
a. Group health
b. Early departures
c. Independent
d. All of the above
ANSWER: c. Independent
10. Which of these is mentioned in the orientation checklist?
A. Parking
B. Equal employment opportunity
C. Complete form B
a. A & B
b. B & C
c. A & C
d. A, B & C
ANSWER: d. A, B & C
Performance Appraisal - MCQs with answers -

Part 1
1. ______ is an objective assessment of an individual's

performance against well-defined benchmarks.
a. Performance Appraisal
b. HR Planning
c. Information for goal identification
ANSWER: a. Performance Appraisal
2. What is linked with performance appraisal?
a. Job Design
b. Development
c. Job analysis
ANSWER: c. Job analysis
3. Which of the following is an alternate term used for

performance appraisal?
a. Quality and quantity of output

b. Job knowledg e
c. Employee assessment
ANSWER: c. Employee assessment
4. Match the following general applications of performance

assessment with their specific purposes
I. Administrative Uses/ Decisions ----- A. Performance Feedback
II. Documentation --------------------- B. Lay - offs
III. Organisational Maintenance/ Objectives ---- C. Helping to

meet legal requirements
IV. Developmental Uses ----- D. Evaluation of HR systems
a. I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A

b. I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
c. I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-D
d. I-A, II-B, III-D, IV-C
ANSWER: b. I-B, II-C, III-D, IV-A
5. Which of these is the main purpose of employee

assessment?
a. Making correct decisions
b. To effect promotions based on competence and performance
c. Establish job expectations
ANSWER: b. To effect promotions based on competence and

performance
Reason: Rest all the options are the competitive advantage of

performance appraisal
6. How performance appraisal can contribute to a firm's

competitive advantage?
a. Ensures legal compliances

b. Minimising job dissatisfaction and turnover
c. Improves performance
d. All of the above
7. From the strategic point of view, in which three categories

can an organisation be grouped?
a. Defenders
b. Prospectors
c. Analysers
d. All of the above
8. Successful defenders use performance appraisal for

identifying ____________.
a. Staffing needs
b. Job behaviour
c. Training needs
ANSWER: c. Training needs
9. Analysers tend to emphasise both ______ and _______

and employee extensive training programmes.
a. Skill building and skill acquisition

b. Current performance and past performance
c. Strategy and behaviour
ANSWER: a. Skill building and skill acquisition
10. What do successful analysers tend to examine?
a. Division and corporate performance evaluation

b. Current performance with past performance
c. Ideal appraisal process
ANSWER: b. Current performance with past performance
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Chapter 6
Recruitment
Select the choice which best completes the statement, or
answers the question, by clicking on the corresponding
letter.
Show questions one by one
1. ____ is the process of attempting to locate and

encourage potential applicants to apply for existing
or anticipated job openings.
A. ? Recruitment
B. ? Selection
C. ? Compensation
D. ? Placement
2. Which of the following statements about recruitment

activities are true?
A. ? Effective recruitment attracts

individuals to the organization.
B. ? Recruiting has little effect on
employee retention.
C. ? Recruiting involves
sorting and ranking job applicants.
D. ? Recruitment and
selection are interchangeable
terms.
3. In many cases, hiring someone from outside the

organization:
A. ? is seen as essential for

revitalization.
B. ? increases morale among
executives.
C. ? is the only way to gain
information about a rival's
competitive advantage.
D. ? limits your labour
market.
4. Outside recruitment sources include all of the

following except:
A. ? trade unions.
B. ? colleges and universities.
C. ? employees recalled from
a layoff.
D. ? walk-in job applicants.
5. There is a correlation between the recruitment

success of the organization and:
A. ? formal vs. informal

recruitment sources.
B. ? the accuracy and
completeness of advertisements.
C. ? diversity objectives.
D. ? unsolicited applications.
6. To develop effective newspaper advertisements,

employers should not:
A. ? try to be too creative or

flashy.
B. ? overlook local newspapers or
journals that target a specific
market segment.
C. ? encourage impulse
applicants with weekend
telephone numbers.
D. ? highlight the major
assets of the position.
7. Use of the Internet for recruiting is:

A. ? popular with job seekers, but
not recruiters.
B. ? popular with recruiters, but
not job seekers.
C. ? cheaper and easier, but
less effective than other methods.
D. ? increasingly used by job
seekers.
8. Executive search firms:
A. ? help employers find the right

people for jobs.
B. ? charge a fee to job
candidates only after they accept
a job.
C. ? lease executive level
employees to organizations on
both a long and a short term
basis.
D. ? advertise only in trade
magazines.
9. Instead of helping jobseekers find the right job,

these organizations concentrate on helping
employers find the right person for a job:
A. ? public employment agencies.

B. ? trade unions.
C. ? private employment
agencies.
D. ? executive search firms.
10. Ways to improve the effectiveness of external

recruitment include all of the following except:
A. ? training organizational
recruiters.
B. ? comparing effectiveness of
recruiting sources.
C. ? focusing on only one or
two recruiting sources.
D. ? conducting realistic job
previews.
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The primary aim of

Recruitment is widely viewed as a _______ process.

The process of developing an applicants’ pool for job openings in an

Recruitment policy usually highlights the need for establishing

Internal recruitment has the potentiality to increase the _______ of the

Advertisements through newspapers, TV, radio, professional journals

State employment exchanges are generally the main agencies of

Recruitment & Selection - MCQs with answers -

1. Which of these is the purpose of recruitment?

a. Make sure that there is match between cost and benefit

b. Help increase the success rate of the selection process by

c. Help the firm create more culturally diverse work - force

d. None of the above

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: b. Help increase the success rate of the selection

2. The poor quality of selection will mean extra cost on

View Answer / Hide Answer

3. Which of these is the most important external factor

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: d. Supply and demand

4. While recruiting for non - managerial, supervisory and

View Answer / Hide Answer

5. Which of the following act deals with recruitment and

a. Child labour act

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: d. All of the above

6. A major internal factor that can determine the success of

View Answer / Hide Answer

7. _________ refers to the process of identifying and

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8. How many stages does the recruitment process comprise

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9. Rearrange the following steps of recruitment.

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ANSWER: b. III, V, I, IV, II

10. ___________ express the relationship of applicant inputs

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11. Which of the following are the decisions to be made

a. Geographic distribution of labour markets comprising job

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: d. All of the above

12. Which decision in strategy development relates to the

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: b. Technological sophistication

13. Choose the odd man out.

a. Acquisitions and mergers

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: c. Former employees

14. What is the natural perception of people on the process

View Answer / Hide Answer

15. What is the main objective of the recruitment and

a. Recruit the right candidates

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: b. Meet the high labour turnover

Recruitment & Selection - MCQs with answers -

1. What is the full form of AIDA - a four point guide used by

a. Create abstract, develop industrious ads, defiant and

c. Attract attention, develop interest, create desire and instigate

d. None of the above

View Answer / Hide Answer

ANSWER: c. Attract attention, develop interest, create desire

2. Which mode of recruitment is through advertisements,

View Answer / Hide Answer