SECTION A: MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS. [10 MARKS] Answer ALL questions. Each question carries ONE (1) mark. Choose the best alternative answer.

1. The strategic competitive advantage stands for the ____________________.

A. Superior market position of an organisation in the market vis--vis to its competitors.

B. Organisational confidence level

C. Expansion of product line in the market

D. None of the above

2. Strategic human resource management involves __________________.

A. Planning, foresight, and analytical decision making.

B. Setting employment standards and policies.

C. Linking human resource with strategic objectives to improve performance.

D. All the above.

3. In strategic human resource management, HR strategies are generally aligned with __________.

A. Business strategy

B. Marketing strategies

C. Finance strategy

D. Economic strategy

4. _____________ is closely associated with strategic human resource management.

A. Efficient utilization of human resource.

B. Attracting the best human resource.

C. Providing the best possible training.

D. All the above.

5. Strategic human resource management aims to achieve competitive advantage in the market through ____________________-.

A. People

B. Product

C. Process

D. Price.

6. Treating employees as precious human resource is the basis of the ___________ approach.

A. Soft HRM

B. Hard HRM

C. Medium HRM

D. None the above.

7. Strategic human resource process usually consists of _______________ steps.

A. Seven

B. Four

C. Five

D. Four

8. Creating an environment that facilitates a continuous and two-way of exchange of information between the supervisors and the subordinates is the core of ___________________.

A. High performance management model

B. High commitment management model

C. High involvement management model

D. All the above.

9. One of the core components of corporate level strategy is ___________________.

A. Parenting strategy

B. Portfolio strategy

C. Growth strategy

D. All the above.

10. _____________ concerns the coincidence between HR practices and overall business strategy.

A. Vertical fit

B. Horizontal fit

C. External fit

D. Resource fit