This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 12 > Commerce > Business Studies > Class 12 Business Studies Chapter 6 Staffing – Quiz 1 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 12 Business Studies Chapter 6 Staffing Quiz 1 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. It refers to the employee occupying the position or post for which the person has been selected. A) Recruitment. B) Selection. C) Placement. D) Training and Development. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement. 2. The information technology department of Hi Tech ltd. had few vacancies in cyber security. The human resource department of the company decided to recruit the fresh engineers and graduate of IT from IIT university. The type of recruitment is A) Employment exchange. B) Direct recruitment. C) Placement agencies. D) Campus placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Campus placement. 3. What do you call the payment that does not consider skills and seniority as factors for giving compensation? A) Executive Payment. B) Flat rate Payment. C) Skills and Knowledge-based Payment. D) Special Payment. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat rate Payment. 4. What factors should an organization consider when deciding whether to outsource certain functions or roles as part of its staffing plan? A) Increased employee turnover. B) Cost-effectiveness, access to specialized skills, focus on core competencies, quality control, risk management, employee morale. C) Higher operational complexity. D) Limited market reach. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cost-effectiveness, access to specialized skills, focus on core competencies, quality control, risk management, employee morale. 5. Training in which Duplicate work model is prepared in a classroom is called A) Vestibule school. B) Induction training. C) Internship. D) Apprenticeship training. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vestibule school. 6. The following are the authorized causes to receive a half-month equivalent of severance pay, EXCEPT. A) Illness that may affect his/her performance or is highly contagious. B) Imposition of labor-saving devices. C) Retrenchment to prevent further losses. D) Closure of a firm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Imposition of labor-saving devices. 7. Our assets walk out of the door each evening. We have to make sure that they come back the next morning. Here the assets refer to ..... A) (b) Goods. B) (a) Vehicles. C) C) Employees. D) (d) Machines. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) C) Employees. 8. It is a good source of filling the vacancies with employees from over staffed departments. A) Transfer. B) Promotion. C) Government exchanges. D) Placement agencies. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Transfer. 9. This is the pooling of job candidates to match the human resource plan of the organization. A) Separation. B) Recruitment. C) Promotion. D) Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recruitment. 10. ..... refers to careful study of each of each job to determine tasks & responsibility involved in a job. A) (c) Job analysis. B) (d) Job satisfaction. C) (a) Multiplier effect. D) B) Human emphasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) (c) Job analysis. 11. Visit by senior manager to various professional colleges to search for prospective candidates is known as: A) Internal Recruitment. B) Recommendations from employees. C) Campus Recruitment. D) Employment Exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Campus Recruitment. 12. Sehaj is working as human resource manager in Flora Ltd. He is assigned the work to find out the number and type of personnel available so that he could decide and recruit the required number of persons for each department. Identify the concept involved. A) Recruitment. B) Workload analysis. C) Workforce analysis. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Workforce analysis. 13. Under this method of recruitment, a notice is placed on the notice board of the organisation containing the details of the jobs available. A) Casual Callers. B) Direct Recruitment. C) Labour Contractor. D) Employees Recommendation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Direct Recruitment. 14. Manpower planning is also known as human resource planning. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 15. Existing skills of an employee is tested through ..... test. A) Personality Tests. B) Trade test. C) Intelligent test. D) Interest test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade test. 16. What is the purpose of assigning jobs and responsibilities? A) To reduce workload. B) To improve company image. C) To ensure employees know their roles. D) To increase employee turnover. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure employees know their roles. 17. Internal recruitment motivates existing employees A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 18. It refers to the employee occupying the position for which the person has been selected. A) Recruitment. B) Selection. C) Orientation. D) Placement. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Placement. 19. It is a face to face conversation between employer and applicant A) Selection. B) Recruitment. C) Staffing. D) Interview. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Interview. 20. When Athira applied for the post of Commerce teacher in a school in Kochi, she was asked to prepare a power point presentation on a particular topic during selection procedure.Identify the type of selection test being mentioned in the above lines, A) Personality test. B) Trade test. C) Interest test. D) Intelligence test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Trade test. 21. The important aspects of staffing include A) Selection. B) Training. C) Recruitment. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 22. ..... test is not a part of selection tests. A) Personality. B) Medical. C) Aptitude. D) Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Medical. 23. It refers to the horizontal movement of employees along the organisational structure A) Training. B) Selection. C) Transfer. D) Promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transfer. 24. A situation of ..... somewhere would necessitate employee removal or transfer elsewhere. A) Understaffing. B) Overstaffing. C) Optimally staffed. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Overstaffing. 25. The objective of this step is to ensure that the personnel needs of the organization are met and sustained. A) Performance Appraisal. B) Human Resource Planning. C) Training. D) Orientation/Induction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Human Resource Planning. 26. What type of the process selection is? (a) Positive (b) Negative (c) Qualitative (d) Quantitative A) Negative. B) Qualitative. C) Quantitative. D) Positive. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Negative. 27. When the Principal of Choice Public School was on the verge of retirement, the management of the school contacted a specialised business firm in order to fill up the vacancy. Identify the source of recruitment being used by the management. A) Labour contractors. B) Advertising. C) Placement agencies and management consultants. D) Direct recruitment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement agencies and management consultants. 28. The word development is linked or associated with ..... A) Managers. B) Workers. C) Supervisors. D) Workers and Supervisors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Managers. 29. Identify the concept of Staffing in the link ( t.ly/FPkY ) A) External Recruitment. B) Campus Recruitment. C) Management consultant. D) Employment Exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Campus Recruitment. 30. Induction or orientation helps new employees adapt to the organizational culture. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 31. This analysis would enable an assessment of the number and types of human resources necessary for the performance of various jobs and accomplishment of organisational objectives. A) Breakeven analysis. B) Workload analysis. C) Workforce analysis. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Workload analysis. 32. What is the purpose of a quality standard in business management? A) To ignore customer needs and preferences. B) To create chaos and confusion. C) To ensure consistency, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. D) To increase costs and reduce productivity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To ensure consistency, efficiency, and customer satisfaction. 33. Staffing process starts from ..... sources from whereit can be met. A) Identifying the potential. B) Searching external. C) Either internal or external. D) Searching internal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Identifying the potential. 34. These tests measure the existing skills of the individual in terms of the level of knowledge and proficiency in the area of professions or technical training. A) Personality test. B) Intelligence test. C) Aptitude test. D) Trade test. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Trade test. 35. Which selection test aims at measuring the individual's potential to learn new skills? A) Personality test. B) Aptitude test. C) Intelligence test. D) Interest test. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Aptitude test. 36. Which one is not the limitation of internal sources of recruitment? A) Lengthy process. B) Lethargic. C) Reduces productivity. D) Stopping infusion of fresh talents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lengthy process. 37. The various activities involved in the process of recruitment include A) Identification and assessment of the different sources of recruitment. B) Selecting the most suitable source or sources. C) Inviting applications from the prospective candidates. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 38. Filling up of blank application form during the selection process contains information about ..... A) Qualifications. B) Personal information. C) Minimum Salary acceptable. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 39. Expands sales in existing accounts by introducing new products and services; developing new applications. A) Job description. B) Job specification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Job description. 40. Under which training method, both the technical institutes and the business organisations jointly impart training to their members? A) Induction Training. B) Vestibule Training. C) Internship Training. D) Apprenticeship Training. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Internship Training. 41. The suitable method of External Recruitment for getting unskilled labourer is A) Labour contractors. B) Recommendations from present employees. C) Employment exchange. D) Advertisement. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Labour contractors. 42. This is a movement to a different job with similar pay and responsibility. A) Demotion. B) Separation. C) Transfer. D) Promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transfer. 43. What are the potential limitations and benefits of HR and staffing planning? A) Higher operational costs. B) Increased employee turnover. C) Reduced employee engagement. D) Improved efficiency, better talent management, strategic alignment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Improved efficiency, better talent management, strategic alignment. 44. Which of the following is not a disadvantage of using external sources of recruitment? A) Dissatisfaction among existing staff. B) The scope for induction of fresh talent is reduced. C) Costly process. D) Lengthy process. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The scope for induction of fresh talent is reduced. 45. This analysis would reveal the number and type of human resource available within the organisation. A) Work Load Analysis. B) Break Even Analysis. C) Work Force Analysis. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Work Force Analysis. 46. Staffing is searching for prospective candidates. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 47. What costs might be incurred in the process of HR and staffing planning A) Travel costs. B) Recruitment expenses, training costs, employee benefits, technology costs, and overtime pay. C) Office supplies costs. D) Marketing expenses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Recruitment expenses, training costs, employee benefits, technology costs, and overtime pay. 48. This source of recruitment basically specialises in filling up the vacancies at the middle level and top level management. A) Direct recruitment. B) Advertising on television. C) Placement agencies and management consultants. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Placement agencies and management consultants. 49. This is a movement to a lower-status position. In some cases, the employee is given an impressive title, but with less responsibility. A) Separation. B) Demotion. C) Transfer. D) Promotion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Demotion. 50. Operational problem can be solved by training A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 51. It is the process of introducing the selected employee to other employees and familiarising him with the rules and policies of the organisation. A) Recruitment. B) Training. C) Orientation. D) Selection. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Orientation. 52. The form which contains certain vital details about the candidate, which is authenticated and attested by him or her is: A) Job offer. B) Contract of employment. C) Medical test report. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medical test report. 53. From which source of recruitment do we get Badli or casual employee? A) Direct Recruitment. B) Casual Callers. C) Media Advertisement. D) Employment Exchange. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Recruitment. 54. What do you call the compensation given to professionals weekly or daily? A) Benefit. B) Base Pay. C) Wage. D) Reward. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Wage. 55. Recruitment leads to optimum use of resources A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 56. Duplicate model is prepared in A) Apprenticeship training. B) Internship. C) Vestibule school. D) Induction training. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vestibule school. 57. Which one of the following sources is most relevant to recruiting managerial personnel? A) Direct recruitment. B) Employment exchange. C) Advertisement. D) Casual callers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Advertisement. 58. It is suitable for filling casual vacancies when work load is high or when certain number of permanent workers are absent. A) Direct Advertisement. B) Casual Callers. C) Placement Agencies and Management Consultant. D) Advertisement on Television. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Direct Advertisement. 59. Recommends new products and services by evaluating current product results; identifying needs to be filled. A) Job description. B) Job specification. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Job description. 60. Which of the following is the element of staffing? A) Recruitment. B) Selection. C) Training. D) All the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All the above. 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