Lesson 6.8.1

6.8.1 Appraisal Quiz: OCR Business, Unit 6

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. What is the main purpose of an employee performance appraisal?

    • Calculating national insurance
    • Assessing work performance
    • Setting product prices
    • Determining market share

  2. Which appraisal method involves a direct line manager evaluating an employee's performance?

    • Managerial assessment
    • Self-assessment
    • Peer assessment
    • 360° assessment

  3. What type of appraisal relies on feedback from colleagues working at the same level?

    • Managerial assessment
    • Self-assessment
    • 360° assessment
    • Peer assessment

  4. Which appraisal method requires employees to evaluate their own work performance and progress?

    • Peer assessment
    • 360° assessment
    • Managerial assessment
    • Self-assessment

  5. Which appraisal method gathers feedback from managers, peers, subordinates, and external clients?

    • Self-assessment
    • 360° assessment
    • Peer assessment
    • Target setting

  6. What appraisal component involves agreeing future performance goals between manager and employee?

    • Self-reflection
    • Peer review
    • Target setting
    • 360° feedback

  7. A firm with 100 staff had 10 employees leave this year. What is its labour turnover rate?

    • 90%
    • 1%
    • 10%
    • 0.1%

  8. If staff miss 50 days out of 1,000 total scheduled working days, what is the absenteeism rate?

    • 0.5%
    • 50%
    • 5%
    • 20%

  9. Which measure calculates the output produced per employee over a specific period of time?

    • Labour turnover
    • Absenteeism rate
    • Lateness rate
    • Labour productivity

  10. What financial incentive directly links an employee's pay to their performance appraisal outcomes?

    • Commission
    • Performance-related pay
    • Profit sharing
    • Fringe benefits

  11. A sudden rise in employee lateness is most likely an indicator of which internal issue?

    • Increased productivity
    • Low staff morale
    • High profit margins
    • Overstaffed departments

  12. What term describes losing a job because the position itself is no longer needed by the business?

    • Retirement
    • Resignation
    • Dismissal
    • Redundancy

  13. What is the termination of employment initiated by an employer due to worker conduct or capability?

    • Redundancy
    • Dismissal
    • Redeployment
    • Resignation

  14. What fair reason for dismissal applies when an employee lacks the skills or qualifications to perform work?

    • Lack of capability
    • Discrimination
    • Trade union action
    • Whistleblowing

  15. Terminating an employee's contract because she becomes pregnant is automatically classed as what?

    • Fair dismissal
    • Grievance
    • Redundancy
    • Unfair dismissal

  16. Dismissing a worker solely for joining a trade union is legally categorized as what?

    • Fair dismissal
    • Standard dismissal
    • Redundancy procedure
    • Unfair dismissal

  17. What protected act occurs when an employee exposes illegal activities within their firm and gets dismissed?

    • Grievance filing
    • Whistleblowing
    • Redundancy
    • Gross misconduct

  18. Before dismissing an employee for minor misconduct, what formal step must an employer usually take first?

    • Issue written warnings
    • Forced redundancy
    • Pay reduction
    • Immediate termination

  19. What formal process allows an employee to raise an official complaint about treatment at work?

    • Redundancy process
    • Disciplinary procedure
    • Grievance procedure
    • Appraisal system

  20. What legal term describes a fair dismissal reason not explicitly covered by conduct, capability, or redundancy?

    • Other substantial reason
    • Summary dismissal
    • Constructive dismissal
    • Wrongful dismissal

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