Top 350+ Solved Performance Management MCQ Questions Answer
Q. How organizations should be rewarding their employees is based:
a. On best practice
b. Is arbitrary
c. Is based on understanding behavioral theories
d. Is based on Herzberg theory
Q. Herzberg (2003) and Kohn (1993a) have consistently taken the view that rewards such as performance related pay fail to deliver because:
a. They are viewed as 'hygiene factors'
b. They are motivators
c. They are unfair
d. They are unwelcome by trade unions
Q. Circumstances in which rewards normally impact on behavior are:
a. When given a pay increase
b. When the wage or salary is seriously out of line with expectations
c. Will not occur as pay is a 'hygiene factor'
d. In all cases
Q. The individual most associated with first recognizing the link between pay and performance was:
a. Mayo
b. F.W Taylor
c. Herzberg
d. Kohn
Q. The incentivized level of effort and performance can only be accessed through additional financial payments that are between:
a. 5 - 10%
b. 10 - 15%
c. 25 - 33%
d. 34 - 40%
Q. 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
Q. Paying people, a monthly salary would not be suitable in which circumstances?
a. When employing people on a part-time basis
b. For those on regular fixed incomes
c. When overtime varies, and is a large part of the remuneration
d. When employing people on a temporary basis
Q. Annualized hours refers to:
a. Those individuals who are seasonal workers
b. Those employees working on shifts
c. Full-time permanent employees
d. Calculating working time on an annual rather than a weekly basis
Q. The defining feature of incremental payment systems is:
a. A fair day pay for a fair day’s work
b. Cost of living
c. Length of service
d. The quantity of qualifications achieved
Q. Performance appraisals serve as building blocks of
a. Recruiting
b. Career planning
c. Manpower planning
d. Selecting
Q. Which of the following technique is least susceptible to personal bias?
a. Forced choice
b. Critical incidents
c. Rating scales
d. BARS
Q. A disadvantage of rating scales is
a. Cost
b. Feedback
c. Time involved
d. Quantitative of scores
Q. The simplest and most popular technique for appraising performance is the _____ method.
a. Alternation ranking
b. Forced distribution
c. Critical incident
d. Graphic rating scale
Q. The _____ performance appraisal method ranks the highest employees and lowest employees in alternate order.
a. Paired comparison
b. Behaviorally anchored rating scale
c. Forced distribution
d. Alternation ranking
Q. Supervisors using the forced distribution appraisal method can protect againstbias claims by:
a. Using multiple raters.
b. Appointing a review committee.
c. Training raters to be objective.
d. All of the above.