prelims

HR Quiz QM’S- NARAYANAN, AKASH AND SHAKTI

PRELIMS ROUND

1. 20 Questions2. Q’s 1,5,10,15 and 20 star marked3. Half marks for part answers4. No cell phones5. QM decision is final6. Top 10 teams qualify to elimination

1*. In an occupation X is characterized by exhaustion, lack of enthusiasm and motivation, feelings of ineffectiveness, and also may have the dimension of frustration or cynicism, and as a result reduced efficacy within the workplace. X is also the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke due to friction. Technically the tire is not burning and the smoke is primarily a vapor (similar to steam).

2. Name this famous personality

3. Bossnapping is a form of lock-in where employees detain management in the workplace, often in protest against lay-offs and redundancies, and has especially been carried out in France. The term gained wide usage in the media following a series of bossnapping incidents in the spring of 2009 in France where workers used the tactic in the context of widespread labour unrest resulting from the late 2000s recession. Two managers have been detained recently at a company’s plant in France after the management threatened closure of a factory employing 1200 people. Which company?

4. X is a Latin expression which can be loosely translated as [the] course of [my] life. In the United Kingdom, most Commonwealth countries, and Republic of Ireland, X is short (usually a maximum of two sides of A4 paper).

5*. This contract is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labour union. In 1932, these iron-clad contracts were outlawed in the United States under the Norris-LaGuardia Act.

6. X University is a 130,000-square-foot training facility of McDonald's, located in Oak Brook, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. This corporate university was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of restaurant management. More than 80,000 restaurant managers, mid-managers and owner/operators have graduated from this facility. What is X?  

7. The aftermath of the World War 1 forced German army to select its officers differently. Its army was only allowed to enlist men for twelve years of service and was restricted in size, so it had to pick the best and most promising candidates. This led to the adoption of the novel method of identifying the best candidates. Name the method.

8. The Rosenthal effect is a phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance. The effect has its origin in a Greek myth where a sculptor fell in love with a statue he had carved. What is the other name for this effect?

9. Market Pricing, Classification, Point Factor, Ranking are all types of what?

*10. On May 25,1861 President Lincoln suspended this writ during the civil war. Federal judge Roger Taney, the chief justice of the Supreme Court issued a ruling that President Lincoln did not have the authority to suspend the writ. But during a July 4 speech, Lincoln was defiant, insisting that he needed to suspend the rules in order to put down the rebellion in the South. Name the writ.

11. This term was popularized in the late 1990s by writer and social critic Louise Kapp Howe to denote women working as nurses, secretaries, and elementary school teachers. Later on, this term was being used for the people working in the service industry.

12. Put Funda

13. From the picture, derive the name of the practice used by the companies to recruit high level managers.

14. Id the famous personalities renowned for their work in human psychology especially types of human personality .

15*.Id the trade union leader

16. Below image is of Mr Subodh Bannerjee. He is often regarded as X minister  He introduced the X principle as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector of India while being the Labour Minister in the 1969 United Front Government in West Bengal. In 2004, the term X was added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

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18. X is generally accepted as any employee whose length of service is less than two years. The formula for X ratio is = Headcount with 0 to 2 years of service / Headcount.  In NASCAR, X are denoted by a yellow stripe on the rear bumper of the car that is placed on both sides of the name or symbol of the manufacturer of the car.

19. As X settled into his new office at headquarters of Y in Fairfield, Connecticut, FORTUNE published the results of a survey of the FORTUNE 500 CEOs. X’s predecessor was the best CEO and Y was the best-managed company in the 500. Yet X proposed to blow up this paragon--its portfolio of businesses, its bureaucracy, many of its practices and traditions, its very culture. His policies resulted in increase in Y’s market capitalization from $14 billion to more than $400 billion. X was later named “Manager of the century” by FORTUNE. Identify X.

20*. Put Funda

ANSWERS

1*. In an occupational X is characterized by exhaustion, lack of enthusiasm and motivation, feelings of ineffectiveness, and also may have the dimension of frustration or cynicism, and as a result reduced efficacy within the workplace. X is also the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tires to heat up and smoke due to friction. Technically the tire is not burning and the smoke is primarily a vapor (similar to steam).

BURNOUT

2. Name this famous personality

ELTON MAYO

3. Bossnapping is a form of lock-in where employees detain management in the workplace, often in protest against lay-offs and redundancies, and has especially been carried out in France. The term gained wide usage in the media following a series of bossnapping incidents in the spring of 2009 in France where workers used the tactic in the context of widespread labour unrest resulting from the late 2000s recession. Two managers have been detained recently at a company’s plant in France after the management threatened closure of a factory employing 1200 people. Which company?

GOODYEAR

4. X is a Latin expression which can be loosely translated as [the] course of [my] life. In the United Kingdom, most Commonwealth countries, and Republic of Ireland, X is short (usually a maximum of two sides of A4 paper).

CURRICULUM VITAE (CV)

5*. This contact is an agreement between an employer and an employee in which the employee agrees, as a condition of employment, not to be a member of a labour union. In 1932, these iron-clad contracts were outlawed in the United States under the Norris-LaGuardia Act.

YELLOW DOG CONTRACT

6. X University is a 130,000-square-foot training facility of McDonald's, located in Oak Brook, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. This corporate university was designed to instruct personnel employed by McDonald's in the various aspects of restaurant management. More than 80,000 restaurant managers, mid-managers and owner/operators have graduated from this facility. What is X?  

HAMBURGER UNIVERSITY

7. The aftermath of the World War 1 forced German army to select its officers differently. Its army was only allowed to enlist men for twelve years of service and was restricted in size, so it had to pick the best and most promising candidates. This led to the adoption of the novel method of identifying the best candidates. Name the method.

ASSESSMENT CENTRE

8. The Rosenthal effect is a phenomenon whereby higher expectations lead to an increase in performance. The effect has its origin in a Greek myth where a sculptor fell in love with a statue he had carved. What is the other name for this effect?

PYGMALION EFFECT

9. Market Pricing, Classification, Point Factor, Ranking are all types of what?

JOB EVALUATION

*10. On May 25,1861 President Lincoln suspended this writ during the civil war. Federal judge Roger Taney, the chief justice of the Supreme Court issued a ruling that President Lincoln did not have the authority to suspend the writ. But during a July 4 speech, Lincoln was defiant, insisting that he needed to suspend the rules in order to put down the rebellion in the South. Name the writ.

HABEAS CORPUS

11. This term was popularized in the late 1990s by writer and social critic Louise Kapp Howe to denote women working as nurses, secretaries, and elementary school teachers. Later on, this term was being used for the people working in the service industry.

PINK-COLLARED WORKERS

12. Put Funda

HAWTHORNE STUDIES

13. From the picture, derive the name of the practice used by the companies to recruit high level managers.

HEADHUNTING

14. Id the famous personalities renowned for their work in human psychology especially types of human personality .

Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers

15*.Id the trade union leader

George Fernandes

16. Below image is of Mr Subodh Bannerjee. He is often regarded as X minister  He introduced the X principle as a formal mode of protest in the trade union sector of India while being the Labour Minister in the 1969 United Front Government in West Bengal. In 2004, the term X was added to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary.

Gherao

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Employee Engagement

18. X is generally accepted as any employee whose length of service is less than two years. The formula for X ratio is = Headcount with 0 to 2 years of service / Headcount.  In NASCAR, X are denoted by a yellow stripe on the rear bumper of the car that is placed on both sides of the name or symbol of the manufacturer of the car.

Rookie

19. As X settled into his new office at headquarters of Y in Fairfield, Connecticut, FORTUNE published the results of a survey of the FORTUNE 500 CEOs. X’s predecessor was the best CEO and Y was the best-managed company in the 500. Yet X proposed to blow up this paragon--its portfolio of businesses, its bureaucracy, many of its practices and traditions, its very culture. His policies resulted in increase in Y’s market capitalization from $14 billion to more than $400 billion. X was later named “Manager of the century” by FORTUNE. Identify X.

Jack Welch

20*. Put Funda

Glass Ceiling effect