HRM627 Human Resource Development 28 May 2010

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MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Spring 2010
HRM627- Human Resource Development (Session - 6)
Ref No: 1401866
Time: 60 min
Marks: 44

Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Temperature, clothes and environment etc. relates to:
► Gustatory Submodalities
► Auditory Submodalities
► Kinesthetic Submodalities
► Visual Submodalities

Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the followings is part of the attitude that refers to the beliefs, opinions, knowledge or information held by a person?
► Cognitive component
► Behavioral component
► Affective component
► Environmental component

Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
If Mr. B has a belief that “discrimination is wrong” and he starts avoiding Mr. C because he discriminates against women.This refers to which of the following?
► Affective component
► Cognitive component
► Behavioral component
► Environmental component

Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
An individual who is shy and withdrawn, and focuses on understanding the world is described as an:
► Introvert
► Sensing
► Perceptive
► Intuitive

Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Degree to which people like or dislike themselves is known as:


► Self-monitoring
► Locus of control
► Self-esteem
► Stereotyping

Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The performance of which type of people will decrease under monotonous conditions?
► Low on extraversion
► High on extraversion
► Low on conscientiousness
► High on conscientiousness

Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
According to the Big-Five Model, which of the following is the personality dimension that explains the degree to which someone is imaginative, artistically sensitive, and intellectual?
► Extraversion
► Openness to experience
► Conscientiousness
► Emotional stability

Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
The need level immediately preceding self-actualisation in Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory is:
► Social
► Safety
► Esteem
► Security

Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Impersonal communication occurs when:
► We interact spontaneously with other people
► We practice other-centered communication
► We treat people as objects
► We interact spontaneously and practice other-centered communication

Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
According to Watzlawick, Beavin and Jackson, interpersonal communication has ___________ levels of meaning.
► Three
► Four
► Five
► Two

Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
From 1985 to 2000, the number of most democratic countries in the world increased from:
► 40 to 56
► 56 to 74
► 44 to 82
► 82 to 93

Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
What is the type of conflicts that supports a group’s goals and improves its performance?
► Dysfunctional conflict
► Functional conflict
► Task conflict
► Relationship conflict

Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following power is an influence that is based on expertise, special skills, or knowledge?
► Reward power
► Coercive power
► Legitimate power
► Expert power

Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following dimensions of trust deals with willingness to freely share ideas and information?
► Openness
► Loyalty
► Consistency
► Integrity

Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which stage of group development is characterized by intragroup conflict?
► Norming
► Storming
► Adjourning
► Forming

Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is true about a group?
► Interacting individuals who come together to achieve particular goals
► Interdependent individuals who come together to achieve particular goals
► Interacting and interdependent individuals who come together to achieve particular goals
► Two or more interacting and interdependent individuals

Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following is NOT a type of teams?
► Functional team
► Focus team
► Cross functional team
► Virtual team

Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Human development index (HDI) varies within certain Minimum and Maximum limits. A HDI at 0.4 is considered as:
► Average development
► Low development
► High development
► Intermediate development

Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Human development index of Pakistan was 0.551 in 2005, published in 2007 and is:
► Increasing
► Decreasing
► Constant
► Excellent

Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Human development index of Nepal was 0.534 in 2005, published in 2007 and is:
► Increasing
► Decreasing
► Constant
► Facing change

Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Governance is a process of:
► Decision making and decision implementing
► Decision implementing and decision monitoring
► Decision making and decision processing
► Decision making and decision monitoring

Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Sustainable Human Resource Development can be attained and sustained only when the people at large have access to:
► Information
► Knowledge decision making
► Empowerment and decision implementation
► All of the given options

Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Human Development Index (HDI) is a:
► Comparative measure
► Proportional measure
► Distributive measure
► Relativistic measure

Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
According to McClelland’s three needs theory of motivation, a good salesperson can probably high in which need?
► Need for achievement
► Need for power
► Need for affiliation
► All of the given options

Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Which of the following states that ‘employers should use reward systems that are fair and open, conforming to both distributive and procedural justice perceptions of the employees’?
► Expectancy theory
► Reinforcement theory
► Equity theory
► Attribution theory

Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Job sharing and telecommuting are two forms of __________ work schedules.
► Compressed
► Strict
► Flexible
► All of the given options

Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
Scholars estimate that nonverbal behaviour contributes ______________ to the total meaning of communication.
► 10% to 25%
► 30% to 45%
► 50% to 63%
► 65% to 93%

Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one
When we find a student guilty of using unfair means in exam and conclude that all the students are cheaters, corresponds to:
► Stereotyping
► Halo effect
► Attitude
► Behavior

Question No: 29 ( Marks: 3 )
Give your views about the importance of group decision making?




Question No: 30 ( Marks: 3 )
What are the ingredients of a balanced diet?



Question No: 31 ( Marks: 5 )
What factors distort communication of emotions?


Question No: 32 ( Marks: 5 )
Differentiate between cross-functional team and functional teams.