Sample Question Format

(For all courses having end semester Full Mark=40)

KIIT Deemed to be University

Online End Semester Examination(Autumn Semester-2021)

Subject Name & Code: HR Analytics (BM6834)

Full Marks=40 Time:2 Hours

SECTION-A (Answer All Questions. Each question carries 2 Marks)

Time:30 Minutes (5×2=10 Marks)

Question Question Question CO Answer
No Type(MCQ/SAT) Mapping Key
(For MCQ
Questions
only)
Q.No:1 MCQ An organization is planning CO-1 2
to use analytics for its
decision making. It needs to
first:
1. Hire a statistician
2. Understand the
purpose/outcome
3. Ensure all
information is
available in digital
form
4. Mask all sensitive
data
What level of HR analytics CO-1 1
are most organizations
engaged in?
1. Descriptive
2. Diagnostic
3. Predictive
4. Prescriptive
Different actions of an HR CO-1 4
manager are provided.
What is the first activity
that he/she should do?
1. Identify the
statistical model for
analysis
2. Review the data
source
 3. Analyse the business
problems and
corresponding
metrics
4. Cleanse and prepare
the available data
Operational reporting of CO-1 1
data for efficiency and
compliance and developing
data dictionary is a part of
-------------analytics
1. Descriptive
2. Diagnostic
3. Predictive
4. Prescriptive
Q.No:2 Looking at exit data and CO-2 2
pinpointing the reasons of
attrition is an example of
--------
1. Descriptive
2. Diagnostic
3. Predictive
4. Prescriptive
What are the three major CO-2 2
parameters on which hiring
is measured?
1. Cost and quality
2. Cost, velocity,
quality
3. Quality, channel,
cost
4. Cost, time, quality
Training payback period CO-2 2
reflects
1. Utility analysis
2. ROI analysis
3. Breakeven analysis
4. Cost benefit analysis
An HR manager wants to CO-2 3
understand the mean age of
employees at each band in
the organization. What
should he/she do first?
1. Calculate the
Max/Min value of
age
2. Calculate the age
from date of birth
(DOB)
3. Remove the records
from dataset where
both age and DOB is
blank
4. Identify % or
records for which
 age is blank
Q.No:3 As a part of the test CO-3 1
preparation course,
students were asked to take
a practice version of CAT.
Scores can range from 200
to 800 with a population
mean of 500 and standard
deviation of 100. Which
measurement scale should
be used?
1. Interval
2. Ratio
3. Nominal
4. Ordinal
A company ABC ltd. wanted CO-3 3
to justify the initiative taken
to start a creche. They
wanted to know whether
there is a significant
difference in the
performance of female
employees before and after
the creche facility. What test
will they use?
1. Chi-sqaure
2. ANOVA
3. T-test
4. One sample
proportion test
In the ----------technique, CO-3 2
depending on the kind of
data, the analysis can be
univariate, bivariate and
multivariate
1. Independent
2. Dependence
3. Interdependence
4. Conjoint
An Indian MNC wanted to CO-3 1
identify the relationship
between % revenue growth,
% market share and %
headcount in the upcoming
year. Which quantitative
technique should they use?
1. Correlations
2. Regression
3. ANOVA
4. T-test
Q.No:4 What is the last stage of CO-4 2
talent life cycle?
1. Talent engagement
2. Talent development
3. Talent management
 4. Talent acquisition
Talent management CO-4 1
depends on
1. L&D
2. Forecasting
3. Compensation
4. Strategy
Looking at %of diversity CO-4 1
and inclusivity in the
company is a part of
1. Talent acquisition
2. Talent management
3. Talent engagement
4. Talent lifecycle
You are interested in CO-4 1
understanding the
association between percent
salary hike and employee
engagement then you will
use
1. Correlations
2. Regression
3. ANOVA
4. Cluster analysis
Q.No:5 When you want to find the CO-5 1
impact of independent
variables (both metric and
non-metric) on a dependent
metric variable, you will use
-----
1. Multiple regression
2. Regression
3. Logistic regression
4. Hierarchical
regression
An HR team wanted to CO-5 1
estimate the selection
likelihood (selected or not
selected) of potential
employees by analysing the
past data of their CGPA,
their perception about the
company and distance
between home and office.
What technique should they
use?
1. Logistic regression
2. Multiple regression
3. Factor analysis
4. Conjoint analysis
When you want to find the CO-5 2
impact of independent
variables (both metric and
non-metric) on a dependent
non-metric variable, you
 will use-----
1. Multiple regression
2. Logistic regression
3. Hierarchical
regression
4. Regression

BAME measures CO-5 2

1. Diversity
2. Diversity and
inclusivity
3. Hiring
4. Performance

SECTION-B(Answer Any Three Questions. Each Question carries 10

Marks)
Time: 1 Hour and 30 Minutes (3×10=30 Marks)
Question No Question CO Mapping
(Each question
should be from
the same CO(s))
Q.No:8 A company wanted to develop CO-2
KPIs on hiring, L&D and
attrition. You have been hired as
the HR analyst. Explain the steps
that you will undertake to develop
KPIs on these parameters. All
steps should be explained in
detail.
A company wanted to hire you to
develop suitable metrics to
evaluate their training function.
What metrics will you develop
and why? What model of training
evaluation will you use and why?
A company wanted to refine its
hiring process by developing
suitable metrics. What metrics
will you develop and why? It also
wanted to understand how best to
approach diversity in hiring. How
will you help the company
understand and measure
diversity? Explain in detail.
In a company, DFL ltd., which
produces mobile accessories, Ms.
Jenny the senior HR is struggling
to justify the costs of training in
different domains such as
Q.No:9 marketing, finance, IT etc. As an CO-3
HR analyst, what would you
recommend her in terms of
collection of data, test to be used
and analysis? Explain the
rationale behind all your
recommendations.
Arpita is trying to understand the
connection between various job-
related attributes. She feels that
the employees with substantial
tenure in the organization are
more engaged and loyal. She also
feels that employee engagement
and performance are strongly
associated while performance and
turnover intentions are negatively
related. Data on attributes such
as loyalty, engagement,
performance and turnover
intentions were collected on a
likert scale. The actual number of
years that people had been with
the company was collected for
tenure. Can you help Arpita:
1. Build hypothesis for
testing. Both null and
alternative hypotheses
need a mention.
2. Select the right tests to do
the analysis. Explain your
rationale behind the
selection.
Telco India is a prestigious
mobile service that is looking
forward to refining its hiring
process. VP Ms. Sarika with her
analytics team listed out a few
variables like age, gender, work
experience, college category,
marital status, aptitude test
scores, applicant’s CGPA,
distance between hometown and
the posted branch to help with
the selection process.
The data was categorized as:
1. Selection (Yes/No)
2. Age (years), Gender
(male, Female), Work
experience (years),
College category (Tier 1, 2,
& 3), Marital status
(single, married,
divorced), Aptitude test
score (on a scale of 1-10)
 and distance from home
(kms)
What statistical tools can be used
to make inferences?
What hypotheses should she
develop? Explain the answers to
both questions in detail

Q.No:10 Explain all the stages of HR CO-4

analytics in detail with suitable
examples.
Write short notes on the following
(2.5*4)
1. KPI dashboards
2. Dependence and
interdependence
techniques
3. Talent acquisition
4. Predictive analytics
Explain the process of doing both
descriptive and predictive
analytics in any function of HR.
Explain with details and
illustrations.
Alexa Inc. is worried about the
burnout levels of its investment
managers. The HR department
wants to collect data but is
Q.No:11 confused. What data should they CO-5
collect? What can be possible
hypotheses? What statistical tests
can they use?
Explain the following: (5*2=10)

1. In understanding
diversity, intersectionality
should also be analysed.
2. Most of the organizations
are still at the 1st level of
the talent maturity model
Explain the entire talent lifecycle
and how would you use analytics
to refine every stage of this
lifecycle.