The Human Resources Function is one of 9 topics in the Grade 11 Business Studies CAPS syllabus, covered across 3 lessons on Study Vault. Below are real practice questions from this topic with full worked answers.
Sample practice questions
Easy
1. Recruitment refers specifically to:
Attracting a suitable pool of candidates to apply for a vacancy
Choosing the final candidate from those who applied
Formally introducing a new employee to the business
Determining an employee's salary
Answer: Attracting a suitable pool of candidates to apply for a vacancy — Recruitment means attracting a suitable pool of candidates to apply for a vacancy, typically through advertising and clearly describing the role.
Easy
2. What is the process of formally introducing a new employee to the business, its policies and colleagues called?
Induction
Recruitment
Selection
Remuneration
Answer: Induction — Induction is the process that formally introduces a new employee to the business's policies, procedures, culture, colleagues and role expectations.
Medium
3. What must recruitment and selection decisions be based on, according to South African labour law, rather than characteristics unrelated to job performance?
Answer: A candidate's genuine ability to perform the job — South African labour law prohibits unfair discrimination in selection decisions, requiring decisions to be based on a candidate's genuine ability to perform the job, not unrelated characteristics.
