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Leader
Disseminator
Spokesperson
Question # 2 of 20 ( Start time: 05:09:46 PM ) Total Marks: 1
All of the following are steps in objective setting, EXCEPT.
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Specify deadlines
Prioritize goals
Question # 3 of 20 ( Start time: 05:10:57 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Amir is representing his company at the local Chamber of Commerce Annual Business
Recognition luncheon. He is performing which of the following managerial role?
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Negotiation
Monitor
Figurehead
Liaison
Question # 4 of 20 ( Start time: 05:11:46 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following theory proposes that ethical decisions be based on existing ethical norms
in industries and communities in order to determine what constitutes right and wrong?
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Theory of justice of ethics
Socially aware
Socially responsive
Function
Systems
Contingency
Question # 8 of 20 ( Start time: 05:15:48 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is the final step in the decision-making process?
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Identifying the problem
Competitive edge
Competitive parity
Distinctive competencies
Question # 10 of 20 ( Start time: 05:18:02 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is part of the 14 principles of management identified by Henri Fayol?
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Scalar chain
Innovation
Efficiency
Motivation
Competitive edge
Competitive parity
Distinctive competencies
Question # 12 of 20 ( Start time: 05:20:04 PM ) Total Marks: 1
What type of forecasting technique relies on the judgment and opinion of knowledgeable
individuals?
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Qualitative
Short-term
Confirmatory
Predictive
Question # 13 of 20 ( Start time: 05:21:06 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A budget is an example of which of the following plan?
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Strategic plan
Informal plan
Standing plan
Question # 14 of 20 ( Start time: 05:22:21 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A leading supporter of the classical view argues that anytime managers decide on their own to
spend their organization’s resources for the “social good,” are:
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Contributing social benefits in the name of goodwill
Implementation stage
Execution stage
Evaluation stage
Question # 17 of 20 ( Start time: 05:26:09 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Mission Statement of Johnson & Johnson is: “We believe our first responsibility is to the
doctors, nurses, and patients, to mothers and all others who use our products” This statement
shows which of the following attributes of mission statement?
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Customers
Location
Self concept
Accurate measurement
Question # 20 of 20 ( Start time: 05:28:39 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The management function that specifies goals to be achieved and deciding in advance the
appropriate actions to achieve those goals is:
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Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
QUIZ#2
Stability
Retrenchment
Combination
Question # 2 of 20 ( Start time: 05:47:38 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is a one-time plan specifically designed to meet the needs of a unique
situation.
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Multipurpose plan
Strategic plan
Operational plan
Single-use plan
Question # 3 of 20 ( Start time: 05:48:05 PM ) Total Marks: 1
In management, the development of mathematical models is called:
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Management science
Scientific management
Administrative management
Behavioral management
Question # 4 of 20 ( Start time: 05:49:09 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following approaches to ethical decision-making focuses on the consequences of an
action?
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Utilitarian approach
Universalism approach
Specific plan
Reaction plan
Directional plan
Question # 6 of 20 ( Start time: 05:51:14 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Primarily managers perform which of the following tasks?
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Selling
Stocking merchandise
Ordering merchandise
Question # 7 of 20 ( Start time: 05:51:49 PM ) Total Marks: 1
How an organization distributes its resources across the areas in which it competes is its:
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Scope
Distinctive Competency
Resource deployment
Effective strategy
Question # 8 of 20 ( Start time: 05:52:47 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Goals are often called which of the following?
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The basis for all the other functions
Unbounded rationality
Certainty
Uncertainty
Question # 11 of 20 ( Start time: 05:55:33 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Similar activities that are grouped together under one manager in an organization is called:
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Authority
Unity of command
Unity of direction
Order
Question # 12 of 20 ( Start time: 05:56:07 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT a key element of the Total Quality Management approach?
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Focus on the customer
Employee involvement
Continuous improvement
Behavioral management
Quantitative management
Question # 14 of 20 ( Start time: 05:58:41 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Lower-level managers typically confront which type of decision making?
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Unique
Non-routine
Programmed
Non-programmed
Question # 15 of 20 ( Start time: 05:59:08 PM ) Total Marks: 1
To determine the _____________, a manager must determine what is relevant or important in
resolving the problem.
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Geocentric behavior needed
Decision criteria
Question # 16 of 20 ( Start time: 06:00:22 PM ) Total Marks: 1
ABC Company is in the process of buying a smaller competitor and incorporating the company's
resources into his business. This is an example of which of the following types of strategies?
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Merger
Stability
Retrenchment
Acquisition
Question # 17 of 20 ( Start time: 06:01:22 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Management science and operations management are the branches of:
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Knowledge management
Quantitative management
Policy
Procedure
Commitment
Question # 19 of 20 ( Start time: 06:03:44 PM ) Total Marks: 1
In an uncertain environment, managers want to develop plans that are:
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Flexible but manageable
Guide to action
QUIZ#3
Question # 1 of 20 ( Start time: 06:10:38 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The most important point of Prof. Edward Deming’s Philosophy was:
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Achieving the Goals
Consistency of Purpose
Rights view
Pressure groups
Employees
Lawyers
Question # 5 of 20 ( Start time: 06:14:38 PM ) Total Marks: 1
ABC Company continues to offer the same quality beauty products it has for the last 10 years.
The company is successful and has no current plans for change. Which of the following types of
strategies is it employing?
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Growth
Stability
Retrenchment
Combination
Question # 6 of 20 ( Start time: 06:14:59 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The set of processes involved in creating or determining the strategies of the organization is
called:
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Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
Strategy imitation
Question # 7 of 20 ( Start time: 06:15:30 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Groups that are affected by organizational decisions and policies are known as:
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Management constituencies
Stockholders
Stakeholders
Business owners
Question # 8 of 20 ( Start time: 06:15:56 PM ) Total Marks: 1
When Ali decides to take corrective action and provide damage control, he is acting in which of
the following roles?
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Spokesperson
Figure head
Negotiator
Disturbance handler
Question # 9 of 20 ( Start time: 06:16:28 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is called output of a system?
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Services
Material
Human
Information resource
Question # 10 of 20 ( Start time: 06:16:54 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following approaches did not study management by dividing it into elements or
components?
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Operational approach
Administrative approach
Systems approach
Behavioral approach
Question # 11 of 20 ( Start time: 06:18:28 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Labor unions, employees, suppliers, customers, clients, and public interest groups are all
examples of:
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Management constituencies
Stockholders
Stakeholders
Business owners
Abraham Maslow
Frederick Herzberg
Chester Barnard
Question # 13 of 20 ( Start time: 06:19:33 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The classical view of social responsibility holds that management’s only social responsibility is
to:
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Maximize organizational profits for stockholders
Leader
Disseminator
Spokesperson
Question # 15 of 20 ( Start time: 06:21:00 PM ) Total Marks: 1
The first step of the project planning process is to:
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Develop an overall project schedule
Identify all the activities in the project and the resources needed to do them
Estimate the amount of time necessary for the completion of each activity
Bounded rationality
Least-squared exemptions
Self-motivated decisions
Question # 17 of 20 ( Start time: 06:22:06 PM ) Total Marks: 1
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.
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Prospecting
Emergent
Focus
Cost leadership
Question # 18 of 20 ( Start time: 06:23:01 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following statements BEST describes an organization’s suppliers?
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Main customers of the organization
Leader
Spokesperson
Liaison
Efficiencies of production
Division of labor
Unity of direction
Centralization
Power distance
Uncertainty avoidance
Short- versus long-term orientation
Individualism versus collectivism
JIT
MBO
ROI
OPO
First-line managers
Non-managerial employees
Middle managers
Top managers
The idea that employees should also share the profit of organization was given by:
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Frederick Taylor
Robert Owen
Charles Babbage
W. Edwards Deming
A business school’s statement that it “strives for productive relationships with local
organizations” is an example of which of the following?
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Rule
Policy
Procedure
Commitment
When Ali decides to take corrective action and provide damage control, he is acting
in which of the following roles?
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Spokesperson
Figure head
Negotiator
Disturbance handler
Public expectation
Ethical obligation
Public image
Discouragement of government regulation
Customers
Employees
Investors
All of the given options
Benchmarking
Forecasting
Project management
Scheduling
Figurehead
Leader
Spokesperson
Liaison
Frederick Taylor
Mary Parker Follett
Harold Koontz
Question # 20 of 20 ( Start time: 06:50:44 PM ) Total Marks: 1
According to Douglas McGregor, ________ represents a pessimistic, negative view of
workers, who are considered irresponsible, resistant to change and lacking
ambition.
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Theory Y
Theory X
Type A
Type B
Scope
Distinctive Competency
Resource deployment
Effective strategy
Douglas McGregor
Abraham Maslow
Frederick Herzberg
Chester Barnard
Management science
Scientific management
Administrative management
Behavioral management
Risk
Certainty
Risk avoidance
Uncertainty
Behavioral
Quantitative
Classical
Qualitative
Question # 9 of 20 ( Start time: 07:00:56 PM ) Total Marks: 1
A skill and capability held by numerous competing firms is called:
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Common strength
Competitive edge
Competitive parity
Distinctive competencies
Authority
Unity of command
Unity of direction
Order
Global
Economic
Social
Technological
Moral-Rights approach
Individual approach
Utilitarian approach
Justice approach
Strategic plan
Tactical plan
Operational plan
Personal plan
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
JIT
MBO
ROI
OPO
Negotiation
Monitor
Figurehead
Liaison
Quiz # 5
Abrar: no
# 1 of 20 ( Start time: 07:40:31 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is a highly structured technique, designed to keep personal interactions at
a minimum?
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Clustering
Brainstorming
Nominal group technique
Group interview
1 to 5 years
1 year
5 to 10 year
Less than 1 year
First-line managers
Non-managerial employees
Middle managers
Top managers
Competition
Marketing plan
Management
Environment
Top Level
Middle level
Lower level
Non-managerial level
Power distance
Uncertainty avoidance
Short- versus long-term orientation
Individualism versus collectivism
Outcomes
Information available
Rewards
Uncertainty
Theory Y
Theory X
Type A
Type B
Carnegie Milton
Charles Darwin
Milton Freeman
Milton Friedman
Formal planning
Strategic planning
Operational planning
Tactile planning
Interacting group
Delphi technique
Nominal group
Brainstorming
Economic conditions
Political conditions
Social conditions
Industry conditions
10 years
15 years
30 years
20 years
Customers
Employees
Investors
All of the given options
People orientation
Attention to detail
Outcome orientation
Aggressiveness
Team leaders
Middle managers
First-line managers
Top managers
Human resources
Financial resources
Physical resources
Informational resources
Quiz#8
Political skills
Conceptual skills
Technical skills
Interpersonal skills
Behavioral
Quantitative
Classical
Qualitative
Which of the following decision making technique is relatively simple and tends to
rely heavily on previous solutions?
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Non-programmed
Linear
Satisficing
Programmed
Current
Complete
Relevant
Consistent
Executive vice president, president, managing director, chief operating officer, chief
executive officer, or chairman of the board are positions associated with which of
the following levels of management?
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Team leaders
Middle managers
First-line managers
Top managers
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
Strategy imitation
Which level of management makes decisions about the activities such as acquiring
other companies, investing in research and development and building new plants?
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Top managers
Middle managers
First-line managers
Non-managerial employees
The process of collaborative goal setting by a manager and subordinate; the extent
to which goals are accomplished is a major factor in evaluating and rewarding the
subordinate’s performance. It is called:
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Management by objective
Management by resources
Management by authority
Management by system
The people who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for
overseeing the work of others are called:
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First-line managers
Middle managers
Non managerial staff
Supervisors
Amna has been given goals related to the rollout and sales of her department. Her
success at implementing the strategy will be assessed by comparing actual
performance against the goals. This comparison is known as:
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Planning
Organizing
Implementing
Controlling
If a company is paying minimum wage, when necessary, and applying the minimum
standard to laws, such as affirmative action, it would be said to have fulfilled its:
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Social obligation
Social responsibility
Social responsiveness
Social expectation
Similar activities that are grouped together under one manager in an organization is
called:
Select correct option:
Authority
Unity of command
Unity of direction
Order
A company should develop its plan in which of the following order?
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The set of strategic alternatives that an organization chooses from its operations
across several industries and several markets is called:
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Business-level strategy
Corporate-level strategy
Functional-level strategy
Market-level strategy
Economic conditions
Political conditions
Social conditions
Industry conditions
The ____ of a strategy specifies the range of markets in which an organization will
compete.
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Scope
Distinctive Competency
Resource deployment
Effective strategy
What was the focus of Charles Babbage’s (an English mathematician) attention?
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Efficiencies of production
Division of labor
Unity of direction
Centralization
Conceptual skills
Human skills
Strategic skills
Technical skills
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