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These multiple-choice questions (MCQs) are designed to enhance your knowledge and understanding in the following areas: Cost Accounting .
| 601. |
This is a supervisory style which involves high-directive–high-supportive behavior (HD–HS) and is appropriate when interacting with moderate-capability employees. |
| A. | autocratic style |
| B. | participative style |
| C. | consultative style |
| D. | laissez-faire style |
| Answer» C. consultative style | |
| 602. |
Which of the following management substitutes is characterized by formalization, inflexibility, and closely knit work groups? |
| A. | Characteristics of subordinates. |
| B. | Characteristics of managers. |
| C. | Characteristics of the organization. |
| D. | Characteristics of task. |
| Answer» C. Characteristics of the organization. | |
| 603. |
Being conscientious, admitting mistakes, and knowing one's strengths and limitations are the skills associated with _______. |
| A. | Competence |
| B. | consistency |
| C. | loyalty |
| D. | integrity |
| Answer» A. Competence | |
| 604. |
The leader's behavior actually makes the leader's style. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. True | |
| 605. |
Only managers can be true leaders, because they have the ability to influence others. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 606. |
Transformational leadership focuses on middle and first line managers. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 607. |
To determine whether one's leadership style is task- or relationship-oriented, the leader must fill in the Least Coworker Participation (LCP) scale. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | none |
| Answer» B. False | |
| 608. |
The supportive style is largely absent in the autocratic supervisory style. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | none |
| D. | none |
| Answer» A. True | |
| 609. |
Which of the following statements about leadership is false? |
| A. | Leadership does not necessarily take place within a hierarchical structure of an organisation. |
| B. | Not every leader is a manager. |
| C. | When people operate as leaders their role is always clearly established and define |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» C. When people operate as leaders their role is always clearly established and define | |
| 610. |
Within an organisation, leadership influence will be dependent upon the type of ________ that the leader can exercise over the followers. |
| A. | Power |
| B. | friendship |
| C. | knowledge |
| D. | delegation |
| Answer» A. Power | |
| 611. |
Which of the following sources of power are among those identified by French and Raven? |
| A. | Reward power |
| B. | Referent power |
| C. | Expert power |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 612. |
Legitimate power is based on the subordinate‟s perception that the leader has a right to exercise influence because of the leader‟s |
| A. | role or position within the organisation |
| B. | ability to punish or reward |
| C. | personal characteristics and personality |
| D. | expertise and knowledge |
| Answer» A. role or position within the organisation | |
| 613. |
The functional approach to leadership emphasises that |
| A. | the various functions of leadership cannot be shared among members of a group |
| B. | leadership resides in a particular person and not in the functions |
| C. | both of the above |
| D. | neither of the above |
| Answer» D. neither of the above | |
| 614. |
Adair claims that the effectiveness of a leader is dependent upon meeting ________areas of need within the work group. |
| A. | three |
| B. | four |
| C. | two |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. three | |
| 615. |
Needs such as training the group, setting standards and maintaining discipline, and appointing subleaders may be called |
| A. | individual functions |
| B. | task functions |
| C. | team functions |
| D. | work functions |
| Answer» C. team functions | |
| 616. |
Results of the Ohio State Leadership studies indicated that there are two major dimensions of leadership behaviour. What are they? |
| A. | Achievement and structure |
| B. | Consideration and structure |
| C. | Consideration and power |
| D. | Achievement and power |
| Answer» B. Consideration and structure | |
| 617. |
Which of the following qualities did the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research find in effective supervisors? |
| A. | Participative problem solving. |
| B. | Delegation of authority. |
| C. | An interest and concern for subordinates. |
| D. | All the above. |
| Answer» D. All the above. | |
| 618. |
The ______________ style of leadership is where the focus of power is with the manager. The manager alone exercises decision-making, authority and the control of rewards or punishments. |
| A. | democratic |
| B. | laissez-faire |
| C. | authoritarian |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» C. authoritarian | |
| 619. |
Tannenbaum and Schmidt‟s continuum of possible leadership behaviour identifies four main styles of leadership by the manager. What are they? |
| A. | Commands, helps, joins and leads |
| B. | Tells, sells, consults and joins |
| C. | Tells, helps, joins and leads |
| D. | Commands, sells, consults and resists |
| Answer» B. Tells, sells, consults and joins | |
| 620. |
Contingency theories of leadership are based on the belief that |
| A. | there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situations |
| B. | there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all managers |
| C. | there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all situations |
| D. | none of the above |
| Answer» A. there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situations | |
| 621. |
Vroom and Yetton‟s contingency model of leadership is based on certain aspects of a leader‟s decision, they are |
| A. | decision quality |
| B. | decision acceptance |
| C. | both of the above |
| D. | neither of the above |
| Answer» C. both of the above | |
| 622. |
Another contingency model of leadership is the path-goal theory. This suggests that subordinates will see leadership behaviour as a motivating influence if |
| A. | their effective performance will satisfy their needs |
| B. | the necessary direction, guidance, training and support is provided |
| C. | path-goal relationships are clarified |
| D. | all the above |
| Answer» D. all the above | |
| 623. |
Hersey and Blanchard present a form of situational leadership based on the ___________ of the people the leader is attempting to influence. |
| A. | Readiness |
| B. | personality |
| C. | intelligence |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» A. Readiness | |
| 624. |
When determining the most appropriate form of leadership, which of the following should be considered? |
| A. | The manager |
| B. | The group |
| C. | The work environment |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» D. All the above | |
| 625. |
The following four different approaches to management thinking were developed in the first half of the 20th century: |
| A. | Scientific management, general administrative, quantitative, and contingency approach. |
| B. | Scientific management, general administrative, quantitative, and organizational behavior. |
| C. | General administrative, globalization, organizational behavior, and quantitative. |
| D. | Systems approach, scientific management, general administrative, and organizational behaviour. |
| Answer» B. Scientific management, general administrative, quantitative, and organizational behavior. | |
| 626. |
When we classify managers according to their level in the organization they are described as _______. |
| A. | Functional, staff and line managers |
| B. | Top managers, middle managers and supervisors |
| C. | High level and lower level managers |
| D. | General managers and administrative managers |
| Answer» B. Top managers, middle managers and supervisors | |
| 627. |
Frederick Taylor and Frank and Lillian Gilbreth were advocates of an approach to management involving the use of scientific method, known as: |
| A. | The quantitative approach. |
| B. | Management science. |
| C. | Scientific management. |
| D. | The contingency approach. |
| Answer» C. Scientific management. | |
| 628. |
Authority, discipline, unity of command, and unity of direction are: |
| A. | Taylor's four principles of management. |
| B. | Principles of the human relations movement. |
| C. | Elements of Weber's ideal bureaucratic structure. |
| D. | Four of Fayol's fourteen principles of management. |
| Answer» D. Four of Fayol's fourteen principles of management. | |
| 629. |
Some of the other fields of study that affect management theory or practice include: |
| A. | Political science, philosophy, anthropology and sociology |
| B. | Zoology, psychology, sociology and philosophy. |
| C. | Anthropology, astrology, political science and psychology. |
| D. | Political science, sociology, typography and economics. |
| Answer» A. Political science, philosophy, anthropology and sociology | |
| 630. |
The philosophy of management known as total quality management developed primarily out of the work of: |
| A. | Henri Fayol |
| B. | Frederick Taylor |
| C. | Robert McNamara |
| D. | W. Edwards Deming |
| Answer» D. W. Edwards Deming | |
| 631. |
Possibly the most important pre-20th century influence on management was: |
| A. | Therbligs |
| B. | The industrial revolution. |
| C. | Scientific management. |
| D. | The division of labor. |
| Answer» B. The industrial revolution. | |
| 632. |
________________ need involves the desire to affiliate with and be accepted by others. |
| A. | Esteem |
| B. | Belongingness |
| C. | Safety |
| D. | Self Actualization |
| Answer» B. Belongingness | |
| 633. |
Needs that impel creativity and innovation, along with the desire to have a productive impact on our surroundings are ___________ needs. |
| A. | Existence |
| B. | Relatedness |
| C. | Growth |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» C. Growth | |
| 634. |
Division of labor, authority hierarchy, formal selection, formal rules and regulations, impersonality, and career orientation are all features of: |
| A. | Weber's ideal type bureaucracy. |
| B. | General administrative theory. |
| C. | Fayol's principles of management. |
| D. | Taylor's principles of management. |
| Answer» A. Weber's ideal type bureaucracy. | |
| 635. |
The decision-making model consists of four styles: directive, analytic, behavioral and _______________. |
| A. | Conceptual |
| B. | Intuitive |
| C. | Group interaction |
| D. | Laggard |
| Answer» A. Conceptual | |
| 636. |
________ is characteristic of liquidity ratios. |
| A. | Organization’s ability to meet its current debt obligations |
| B. | Organization’s use of debt to finance its assets and whether it’s able to meet the interest payments on the debt |
| C. | How efficiently the firm is using its assets |
| D. | None of given options |
| Answer» A. Organization’s ability to meet its current debt obligations | |
| 637. |
__________ is a communication that flows from a higher level to one or more lower levels in the organization. |
| A. | Horizontal communication |
| B. | Upward communication |
| C. | Downward communication |
| D. | None of given options |
| Answer» D. None of given options | |
| 638. |
1st stage of group development is ____________. |
| A. | Storming |
| B. | Norming |
| C. | Forming |
| D. | Performing |
| Answer» C. Forming | |
| 639. |
_____ is an individual's capacity to influence decisions |
| A. | Span of control |
| B. | Line authority |
| C. | Staff authority |
| D. | Power |
| Answer» D. Power | |
| 640. |
An organizational design with low departmentalization, wide spans of control, authority centralized in a single person and little formalization are characteristics of ________. |
| A. | Simple structure |
| B. | Functional structure |
| C. | Divisional structure |
| D. | None of given option |
| Answer» A. Simple structure | |
| 641. |
__________ is the form of departmentalization that groups similar jobs and activities into departments. |
| A. | A product structure |
| B. | A divisional structure |
| C. | A matrix structure |
| D. | A functional structure |
| Answer» D. A functional structure | |
| 642. |
The main influence on the behavioral science theories were: |
| A. | Psychology and sociology. |
| B. | Sociology and bureaucracy. |
| C. | Sociology and science. |
| D. | Bureaucracy and psychology. |
| Answer» A. Psychology and sociology. | |
| 643. |
ERG theory was introduced by _____________. |
| A. | Clayton Alderfer |
| B. | McClelland |
| C. | Douglas McGregor |
| D. | J. Stacey Adams |
| Answer» A. Clayton Alderfer | |
| 644. |
__________ is counter to goal-setting theory. |
| A. | Expectancy Theory |
| B. | Reinforcement Theory |
| C. | ERG Theory |
| D. | None of given option |
| Answer» B. Reinforcement Theory | |
| 645. |
Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez-faire leader behavior styles were introduced by _________. |
| A. | University of Iowa researcher |
| B. | Michigan Studies |
| C. | Ohio State Studies |
| D. | None of given option |
| Answer» A. University of Iowa researcher | |
| 646. |
The difference between an e-business enhanced organization and an e-business enabled organization is: |
| A. | Only an e-business enhanced organization uses the Internet. |
| B. | Only an e-business enhanced organization relies on an intranet. |
| C. | Only e-business enhanced organizations use e-business tools and applications. |
| D. | Only e-business enhanced organizations have e-business units within their organization. |
| Answer» D. Only e-business enhanced organizations have e-business units within their organization. | |
| 647. |
__________ is not one of the eight steps in the decision making process. |
| A. | Identifying the problem |
| B. | Analyzing alternative solutions |
| C. | Implementing the decision |
| D. | Delegating the decision making |
| Answer» D. Delegating the decision making | |
| 648. |
__________ is the capacity to affect the behaviors of others. |
| A. | Leadership |
| B. | Power |
| C. | Trait |
| D. | Aggression |
| Answer» B. Power | |
| 649. |
Which of the following is NOT associated with learning organizations or knowledge management? |
| A. | COIN |
| B. | A recommended response to a rapidly changing world |
| C. | Systematic gathering and sharing of useful information. |
| D. | PSTN |
| Answer» D. PSTN | |
| 650. |
Surroundings are ___________ needs. |
| A. | Existence |
| B. | Relatedness |
| C. | Growth |
| D. | None of the Above |
| Answer» C. Growth | |
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