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1.	A primary benefit of MBO is:
A.	Avoid competition
B.	Resistance against new entrance
C.	Improve employee motivation
D.	Increase resources
Answer» C. Improve employee motivation

2.	Functional departmentalization groups’ jobs by which of the following?
A.	Tasks they perform
B.	Territories they serve
C.	Products or services they manufacture or produce
D.	Type of customer they serve
Answer» A. Tasks they perform

3.	Henri Fayol, a French industrialist, first analyzed what managers do and divided that work into functions The study of the management function that defines goals and establishes strategies to achieve them is called:
A.	Planning
B.	Organizing
C.	Leading
D.	Controlling
Answer» A. Planning

4.	Which one of the following items best reflects the extent to which a society places a high value on reducing risk and instability?
A.	Uncertainty avoidance
B.	Power distance
C.	Masculinity/femininity
D.	Long-term/short-term orientation
Answer» A. Uncertainty avoidance

5.	When a manger made a decision and he is uncertain about the outcomes His decision is likely to be:
A.	Of Poor Quality
B.	Unacceptable
C.	Successful
D.	Risky
Answer» D. Risky

6.	Forecasting techniques fall into which of the following two categories?
A.	Fixed asset and human capital
B.	Predictive and confirmatory
C.	Quantitative and qualitative
D.	Empirical and conceptual
Answer» C. Quantitative and qualitative

7.	A plan developed to carry out a course of action that is not likely to be repeated in the future is called:
A.	Single-use plan
B.	Specific plan
C.	Reaction plan
D.	Directional plan
Answer» A. Single-use plan

8.	The organization which has no interaction with its external environment is called:
A.	Open system
B.	Closed system
C.	Non-interactive system
D.	Moderated system
Answer» B. Closed system

9.	Which famous management thinker was related with the development of “Theory X”?
A.	Douglas McGregor
B.	Abraham Maslow
C.	Frederick Herzberg
D.	Chester Barnard
Answer» A. Douglas McGregor

10.	The management function that specifies goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions to achieve those goals is:
A.	Leading
B.	Controlling
C.	Organizing
D.	Planning
Answer» D. Planning

11.	Supervisor is another name for whom?
A.	team leaders
B.	middle managers
C.	first-line managers
D.	top managers
Answer» C. first-line managers

12.	Which of the following is true concerning technical and managerial skills?
A.	Human skills and technical skills remain equally important as managers move to higher levels.
B.	Technical-skill needs remain necessary and human skills decrease as managers move to higher levels.
C.	Human skills remain necessary and technical-skill needs decrease as managers move to higher levels.
D.	Both human-skill and technical-skill needs decrease as managers
Answer» C. Human skills remain necessary and technical-skill needs decrease as managers move to higher levels.

13.	Which of the following views of managerial impact is useful in explaining the high turnover among college and professional sports coaches who can be considered the “managers” of their teams?
A.	symbolic
B.	omnipotent
C.	generalist
D.	autocratic
Answer» B. omnipotent

14.	Managers operate within the constraints imposed by__________________.
A.	government at the federal and state level
B.	the employees of the organization
C.	the organization’s culture and environment
D.	the organization’s board of directors
Answer» C. the organization’s culture and environment

15.	Which of the following is not an example of a constituency that makes up the specific environment?
A.	customers
B.	sociocultural factors
C.	suppliers
D.	competitors
Answer» B. sociocultural factors

16.	Employees in organizations with strong cultures _______________.
A.	are more committed to their organization
B.	are more likely to leave the organization than stay
C.	are more willing to perform illegal activities
D.	are more likely to follow directives from peers
Answer» A. are more committed to their organization

17.	When Japanese employees use words such as: KAIZEN and RINGI, they are using organizational __________.
A.	languages
B.	rituals
C.	symbols
D.	artifacts
Answer» A. languages

18.	According to the textbook, _______________ refers to the number of components in an organization’s environment and the extent of the knowledge that the organization has about those components.
A.	degree of stability
B.	openness
C.	degree of complexity
D.	change
Answer» C. degree of complexity

19.	A manager resolving conflict among organizational members is performing what function?
A.	controlling
B.	commanding
C.	directing
D.	leading
Answer» D. leading

20.	According to Mintzberg’s management roles, the _____________ roles are those that involve people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature.
A.	informational
B.	interpersonal
C.	technical
D.	decisional
Answer» B. interpersonal

21.	Hawthorne studies were a series of early experiments that focused on:
A.	Behavior in the workplace
B.	Ethics in the workplace
C.	Group norms
D.	Interpersonal dynamics
Answer» A. Behavior in the workplace

22.	Selecting an alternative in the decision-making process is accomplished by option:
A.	Choosing the alternative with the highest score
B.	Choosing the One You Like Best
C.	Selecting the alternative that has the lowest price
D.	Selecting the alternative that is the most reliable
Answer» A. Choosing the alternative with the highest score

24.	Concern for employee motivation is most closely associated with which of the following management approach?
A.	Bureaucracy
B.	Organizational behavior (NOT SURE)
C.	Scientific management
D.	Systems
Answer» B. Organizational behavior (NOT SURE)

25.	Interest rates, inflation rates, and stock market indexes are all examples of which of the factor of an organization’s general environment?
A.	Economic
B.	Political
C.	Social
D.	Technological
Answer» A. Economic

26.	Which factor has been the most rapidly changing component in an organization’s general environment in the past quarter-century?
A.	Global
B.	Economic
C.	Social
D.	Technological
Answer» D. Technological

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A primary benefit of MBO is:

Functional departmentalization groups’ jobs by which of the following?

Henri Fayol, a French industrialist, first analyzed what managers do and divided that work into functions The study of the management function that defines goals and establishes strategies to achieve them is called:

Which one of the following items best reflects the extent to which a society places a high value on reducing risk and instability?

When a manger made a decision and he is uncertain about the outcomes His decision is likely to be:

Forecasting techniques fall into which of the following two categories?

A plan developed to carry out a course of action that is not likely to be repeated in the future is called:

The organization which has no interaction with its external environment is called:

Which famous management thinker was related with the development of “Theory X”?

The management function that specifies goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions to achieve those goals is:

Supervisor is another name for whom?

Which of the following is true concerning technical and managerial skills?

Which of the following views of managerial impact is useful in explaining the high turnover among college and professional sports coaches who can be considered the “managers” of their teams?

Managers operate within the constraints imposed by__________________.

Which of the following is not an example of a constituency that makes up the specific environment?

Employees in organizations with strong cultures _______________.

When Japanese employees use words such as: KAIZEN and RINGI, they are using organizational __________.

According to the textbook, _______________ refers to the number of components in an organization’s environment and the extent of the knowledge that the organization has about those components.

A manager resolving conflict among organizational members is performing what function?

According to Mintzberg’s management roles, the _____________ roles are those that involve people and other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature.

Hawthorne studies were a series of early experiments that focused on:

Selecting an alternative in the decision-making process is accomplished by option:

A plan developed to carry out a course of action that is not likely to be repeated in the future is called:

Concern for employee motivation is most closely associated with which of the following management approach?

Interest rates, inflation rates, and stock market indexes are all examples of which of the factor of an organization’s general environment?

Which factor has been the most rapidly changing component in an organization’s general environment in the past quarter-century?

The process of monitoring performance, comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations is known as:

When Usman decides to deploy employees to another department that is lagging behind in production, he is acting in which of the following roles?

The greater the risk involves in making a decision, the greater the:

Each subordinate should report to one and only one superior is called:

Which of the following is part of the principles of management identified by Henri Fayol?

A learning organization has developed its________

Which of the following is not a suggestion for motivating employees?

In Maslow’s need hierarchy, a healthy work environment is an example of what type of need?

The plans which deal with fairly small set of activities are called:

Which of the following is known as the process of getting activities completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people?

Which of the following describe(s) a global marketplace?

The assignment of new or additional responsibilities to a subordinate is called:

Which of the following management thinker created a role classification system based on how managers spend their time at work to describe a manager’s role?

Which expectancy theory linkage explains the degree to which a student desires a good job?

Which ethical approach is guided by what will result in the greatest good for the greatest number of people?

Low level management has a complete authority to make decisions in case of:

Which one of the following individuals is most closely associated with scientific management?

There are many healthcare products manufacturers XYZ Company manufactures only personal hygiene products It markets such products deodorant, body powder, body creams, and exfoliates Because it only stocks body care and personal hygiene products, it is using ___ strategy :

When managers give goals to employees, they must always: :

The organization that has developed the capacity to continuously learn, adapt, and change is called:

Your firm’s attorney has which of the following power when giving legal advice?

Which of the following is a function of how much decision-making authority is pushed down to lower levels in the organization?

Organizations that are highly flexible and adaptive are described as which of the following?

A human resource manager attending a local Society for Human Resource Management meeting would be functioning in which of the following role?

28.	When Usman decides to deploy employees to another department that is lagging behind in production, he is acting in which of the following roles?
A.	Spokesperson
B.	Negotiator
C.	Leader
D.	Resource allocator
Answer» D. Resource allocator

29.	The greater the risk involves in making a decision, the greater the:
A.	Outcomes
B.	Information available
C.	Rewards
D.	Uncertainty
Answer» C. Rewards

30.	Each subordinate should report to one and only one superior is called:
A.	Authority
B.	Unity of command
C.	Unity of direction
D.	Order
Answer» B. Unity of command

31.	Which of the following is part of the principles of management identified by Henri Fayol?
A.	Scalar chain
B.	Innovation
C.	Efficiency
D.	Motivation
Answer» A. Scalar chain

32.	A learning organization has developed its________
A.	Educational department to keep employees trained
B.	Capacity to adapt and change
C.	Barriers to entry of its markets
D.	A sustainable competitive advantage that is easy to maintain
Answer» B. Capacity to adapt and change

33.	Which of the following is not a suggestion for motivating employees?
A.	Recognize individual differences
B.	Makes goals very difficult to achieve
C.	Match people to jobs
D.	Individualize rewards
Answer» B. Makes goals very difficult to achieve

34.	In Maslow’s need hierarchy, a healthy work environment is an example of what type of need?
A.	Physiological
B.	Steem
C.	Safety
D.	Social
Answer» C. Safety

35.	The plans which deal with fairly small set of activities are called:
A.	Strategic plan
B.	Tactical plan
C.	Operational plan
D.	Personal plan
Answer» C. Operational plan

36.	Which of the following is known as the process of getting activities completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people?
A.	Leading
B.	Management
C.	Supervision
D.	Controlling
Answer» B. Management

37.	Which of the following describe(s) a global marketplace?
A.	The entire world is a marketplace
B.	National borders are irrelevant
C.	The potential for organizations to grow expands dramatically
D.	All of the given options
Answer» D. All of the given options