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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) , Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) .
| 151. |
Which one of the following is a role of BIFR? |
| A. | Securing the timely detection of Sick and Potentially Sick Companies |
| B. | Speedy determination by group of experts about various measures to be taken in respect of sick company |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» C. Both a and b | |
| 152. |
For rehabilitating a sick unit, role of Industry Associations include |
| A. | Installed Capacity Utilisation in industry |
| B. | Checking the growth trends |
| C. | Checking the problems |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» D. All of the Above | |
| 153. |
Government Policies as an external cause of sickness includes |
| A. | Unfavourable Government Policies |
| B. | Lack of Support from Government |
| C. | Taxation and Licensing |
| D. | All of the Above |
| Answer» D. All of the Above | |
| 154. |
What does IRBI stand for? |
| A. | Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India |
| B. | Industrial Rehabilitation Bank of India |
| C. | Industrial Refinance Bank of India |
| D. | Industrial Revenue Bank of India |
| Answer» A. Industrial Reconstruction Bank of India | |
| 155. |
When a company has been financed by consortium of banks, who has to report to BIFR about the sickness? |
| A. | Lead Bank |
| B. | Participating Banks |
| C. | Company |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» A. Lead Bank | |
| 156. |
Managers should manage their firm’s resources with the prime objective of _______ |
| A. | Employee Satisfaction |
| B. | Fulfillment of Tax Obligations |
| C. | Enhancing the firm’s Market Value |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» C. Enhancing the firm’s Market Value | |
| 157. |
Cotton is an example of _____________ raw material. |
| A. | Mineral Product |
| B. | Industrial Product |
| C. | Marine Product |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» D. None of the Above | |
| 158. |
End use method of demand forecasting involves |
| A. | Identify the possible uses of product |
| B. | Define the consumption coefficient of the Product for various uses |
| C. | Both a and b |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. Both a and b | |
| 159. |
What is the term for organisational development through a formally designed organisational structure? |
| A. | Organic |
| B. | Mechanistic |
| C. | Formal |
| D. | Structured |
| Answer» B. Mechanistic | |
| 160. |
How can organisational structures that are characterised by democratic and inclusive styles of management be described? |
| A. | Hierarchical |
| B. | Bureaucratic |
| C. | Flat |
| D. | Functional |
| Answer» C. Flat | |
| 161. |
Specialisation is a feature of which organisational structure? |
| A. | Matrix |
| B. | Divisional |
| C. | Multi-divisional |
| D. | Functional |
| Answer» D. Functional | |
| 162. |
What is the term for an autonomous business entity within an overall corporate enterprise which is set apart from other areas of the business? |
| A. | Subsidiary |
| B. | Strategic partnership |
| C. | Strategic alliance |
| D. | Strategic business unit |
| Answer» D. Strategic business unit | |
| 163. |
What is not a purpose of an organisational structure? |
| A. | To coordinate people and resources |
| B. | To organise lines of communication |
| C. | To formalise authority |
| D. | To limit workers' right |
| Answer» D. To limit workers' right | |
| 164. |
The cost reduction technique in comparison to the worth of a product is known as |
| A. | Reverse engineering |
| B. | Value engineering |
| C. | Material engineering |
| D. | Quality engineering |
| Answer» B. Value engineering | |
| 165. |
Value analysis examines the |
| A. | Design of every component |
| B. | Method of manufacturing |
| C. | Material used |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 166. |
Who is named as Father of Value Analysis? |
| A. | Lawrence D. Miles |
| B. | George Terborgh |
| C. | Michael Jucius |
| D. | Edwin B. Flippo |
| Answer» A. Lawrence D. Miles | |
| 167. |
Constructive and destructive conflict are distinguished from each other in which of the following ways? |
| A. | constructive conflict is We-oriented; destructive conflict is Me-oriented |
| B. | constructive conflict is characterized by de-escalation of the conflict; destructive conflict is characterized by escalation of the conflict |
| C. | constructive conflict is characterized by cross-complaining; destructive conflict is characterized by flexibility |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» D. both a and b | |
| 168. |
Constructive and destructive anger can be distinguished from each other by the |
| A. | intensity of the anger |
| B. | flexibility of the anger |
| C. | duration of the anger |
| D. | both a and c |
| Answer» D. both a and c | |
| 169. |
Which of the following is not a characteristic of conflict? |
| A. | expressed struggle |
| B. | independent parties |
| C. | perceived incompatible goals |
| D. | perceived interference for outside parties |
| Answer» B. independent parties | |
| 170. |
Which of the following can be validly concluded from research on intercultural conflict management? |
| A. | collectivist and individualist cultures typically favor different conflict management styles |
| B. | the key to effective intercultural conflict management is flexible use of conflict management styles |
| C. | disagreement should be discouraged when communicating with individuals from diverse cultures |
| D. | both a and b |
| Answer» D. both a and b | |
| 171. |
Conflict is |
| A. | an unavoidable fact of life |
| B. | sometimes constructive |
| C. | a destructive force in relationships if continually avoided |
| D. | all of the above |
| Answer» D. all of the above | |
| 172. |
Which of the following is a tactic of avoiding conflict? |
| A. | competing |
| B. | stonewalling |
| C. | autonomy |
| D. | compromising |
| Answer» B. stonewalling | |
| 173. |
What are the two types of change management? |
| A. | Real change and superficial change |
| B. | Incremental change and circular change |
| C. | Radical change and transformational change |
| D. | Incremental change and tr |
| Answer» A. Real change and superficial change | |
| 174. |
In high collectivist cultures, leaders need to emphasize: |
| A. | Long-tem implications of the change on the wider community |
| B. | Short- tem implications of the change on the wider community |
| C. | Material implications of the change on the wider community |
| D. | Personal implications of the change on the wider community |
| Answer» A. Long-tem implications of the change on the wider community | |
| 175. |
In high power distance cultures: |
| A. | change tends to be implemented top down. |
| B. | change tends to be implemented bottom up. |
| C. | leaders must consult lower level employees. |
| D. | change tends to be implemented horizontally. |
| Answer» A. change tends to be implemented top down. | |
| 176. |
The three stages of the change process are: |
| A. | unfreezing, adjustment, and refreezing. |
| B. | adjustment, unfreezing, and refreezing. |
| C. | adjustment, unfreezing, and re-adjustment. |
| D. | adjustment, re-adjustment, and unfreezing. |
| Answer» A. unfreezing, adjustment, and refreezing. | |
| 177. |
The five stages of the coping cycle are (in order): |
| A. | Denial, defence, discarding, adaptation, internalization |
| B. | Defence, denial, discarding, adaptation, internalization |
| C. | Denial, resistance, discarding, adaptation, internalization |
| D. | Denial, defence, resistance, adaptation, internalization |
| Answer» A. Denial, defence, discarding, adaptation, internalization | |
| 178. |
Dunphy and Stace (1993) identified: |
| A. | Three styles of change management |
| B. | Two styles of change management |
| C. | Four styles of change management |
| D. | Five styles of change management |
| Answer» C. Four styles of change management | |
| 179. |
Improving quality through small, incremental improvements is a characteristic of what type of quality management system? |
| A. | Just-in-time |
| B. | Six Sigma |
| C. | Total Quality Management |
| D. | Kaizen |
| Answer» D. Kaizen | |
| 180. |
Where was Total Quality Management first developed? |
| A. | USA |
| B. | UK |
| C. | Japan |
| D. | Korea |
| Answer» C. Japan | |
| 181. |
Which of the following are key components of a Total Quality Management system? |
| A. | Individual responsibility, incremental improvement, use of raw data |
| B. | Collective responsibility, continual improvement, use of raw data |
| C. | Group responsibility, staged improvement, knowledge |
| D. | Involves everyone, continual improvement, use of data and knowledge |
| Answer» D. Involves everyone, continual improvement, use of data and knowledge | |
| 182. |
What is the term for the monitoring of events both internal and external to the organisation that affects strategy? |
| A. | Operational control |
| B. | Strategic surveillance |
| C. | Strategic control |
| D. | Environmental scanning |
| Answer» B. Strategic surveillance | |
| 183. |
When a manager monitors the work performance of workers in his department to determine if the quality of their work is 'up to standard', this manager is engaging in which function? |
| A. | Planning |
| B. | Controlling |
| C. | Organising |
| D. | Leading |
| Answer» B. Controlling | |
| 184. |
"How will conflicts over resources/facility usage between this and other projects be settled?", is critically settled at level |
| A. | Main program |
| B. | Project formation |
| C. | Project Buildup |
| D. | Project Buildup |
| Answer» B. Project formation | |
| 185. |
Level which includes disposition of project’s assets and personnel, is |
| A. | First Stage |
| B. | Second Stage |
| C. | Third stage |
| D. | Fourth stage |
| Answer» D. Fourth stage | |
| 186. |
A mean for monitoring and controlling organization's strategic projects is |
| A. | Project Monitoring process |
| B. | Project Portfolio Process |
| C. | Project Portfolio Plan |
| D. | Project Portfolio Phase |
| Answer» B. Project Portfolio Process | |
| 187. |
Projects provide an excellent growth environment for future executives and for developing |
| A. | Sales skills |
| B. | Manufacturing skills |
| C. | Managerial skills |
| D. | Execution skills |
| Answer» C. Managerial skills | |
| 188. |
Favored technique for resolving conflict is |
| A. | Negotiating |
| B. | Conciliation |
| C. | Removal of participants |
| D. | Not entertaining them |
| Answer» A. Negotiating | |
| 189. |
What is the critical path through the network above? |
| A. | ABGHIF |
| B. | ABDEF |
| C. | ABGHIF& ABDEF |
| D. | ABCEF |
| Answer» B. ABDEF | |
| 190. |
What would be the critical path if the duration of activity C increased to 10? |
| A. | ABCF |
| B. | ABCEF |
| C. | ABGHIF |
| D. | ABGHIF & ABDEF |
| Answer» A. ABCF | |
| 191. |
If the Earned Value is equal to Actual Cost, it means: |
| A. | Project is on budget and on schedule |
| B. | Schedule Variance Index is 1 |
| C. | There is no schedule variance |
| D. | There is no cost variance |
| Answer» D. There is no cost variance | |
| 192. |
A critical path network diagram does NOT: |
| A. | Help determine the amount of float |
| B. | Identify the particularly important activities |
| C. | Calculate earned value |
| D. | Calculate the duration of the whole project |
| Answer» C. Calculate earned value | |
| 193. |
A Gantt chart is used to show a project timeline diagramatically. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | all |
| Answer» A. True | |
| 194. |
Changes to the project involve moving from: |
| A. | Project control stage to project definition stage |
| B. | Project control stage to project planning stage |
| C. | Project control stage to understanding the project environment stage |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» A. Project control stage to project definition stage | |
| 195. |
The project life cycle consists of |
| A. | Understanding the scope of the project |
| B. | Objectives of the project |
| C. | Formulation and planning various activities |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 196. |
Developing a technology is an example of |
| A. | Process |
| B. | Project |
| C. | Scope |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» B. Project | |
| 197. |
Resource requirement in project becomes constant while the project is in its _____ progress stage. |
| A. | 40 to 55% |
| B. | 55 to 70% |
| C. | 70 to 80% |
| D. | 80 to 95% |
| Answer» D. 80 to 95% | |
| 198. |
Five dimensions that must be managed on a project |
| A. | Constraint, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff |
| B. | Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff |
| C. | Features, priority, Cost, Schedule, Staff |
| D. | Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, customer |
| Answer» B. Features, Quality, Cost, Schedule, Staff | |
| 199. |
Considers the total cost of ownership, or development plus support costs, for a project. |
| A. | Learning Curve Theory |
| B. | Life Cycle Costing |
| C. | Parametric Modeling |
| D. | Rate of Performance |
| Answer» B. Life Cycle Costing | |
| 200. |
A time-phased budget that project managers use to measure and monitor cost performance. |
| A. | Cost Baseline |
| B. | Cost Budgeting |
| C. | Cost Estimating |
| D. | Cost Variance |
| Answer» A. Cost Baseline | |
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