MIDTERM  EXAMINATION

Fall 2009

MGT503- Principles of Management (Session - 4)

 

Question No: 1    ( M - 1 )    .

Sociology can be defined as:

The study of people in relation to their fellow human beings
The study of societies which help to learn about human and their activities

It is the study of behavior of the individuals or groups within the political environment

The science that seeks to measure and explains human behavior

 

Question No: 2    ( M - 1 )    .

The Great China Wall has been built in almost:

900 years

956 years

856 years

1000 years

 

Question No: 3    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following is most important in order to improve the quality?

Proper Communication

Departmentalization

Division of Labor

Centralization

 

Question No: 4    ( M - 1 )    .

To motivate the employees a manager should give them:

Monetary Incentives

Promotion

Appreciation certificates

All of the given options

 

Question No: 5    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following is most important characteristic of an entrepreneur?

Planning

Communication

Rapid decision making

Goal setting

 

Question No: 6    ( M - 1 )    .

A manager transmits the information outside the organization. He is performing which of the following role?

Spokesperson

Representative

Disseminator

Agent

 

Question No: 7    ( M - 1 )    .

All of the following are managerial roles identified in Mintzberg’s Model EXCEPT:

Informational

Interpersonal

Functional

Decisional

 

Question No: 8    ( M - 1 )    .

The people who work directly on a job or task and have no responsibility for overseeing the work of others are called:

First-line managers

Middle managers

Non managerial staff

Supervisors

 

Question No: 9    ( M - 1 )    .

The concern of which of the following was to improve the performance of the overall functions of the organization?

Quantitative Management

Administrative Management

Scientific Management

Bureaucratic Management

 

Question No: 10    ( M - 1 )    .

Henri Fayol was a successful industrialist of :

France

Germany

America

Canada

 

Question No: 11    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following behavior had dramatically influenced by Hawthorne studies?

Human behavior

Social behavior

Moral behavior

Ethical behavior

 

Question No: 12    ( M - 1 )    .

Chester Barnard saw organizations as a ______system that required human assistance.

Moral

Ethical

Social

Technical

 

Question No: 13    ( M - 1 )    .

A company commitment to develop a process that achieves high quality product and customer satisfaction is called:

 

 

 

Knowledge management

Total quality management

Marketing management

System management

 

Question No: 14    ( M - 1 )    .

A field of expertise that is responsible for the production and delivery of an organization’s products and services is called:

Management information system

Operations management

Marketing management

Principles of management

 

Question No: 15    ( M - 1 )    .

Two major characteristics of open system are :

Negative entropy and synergy

Positive entropy and synergy

Entropy and synergy

Anthropology and synergy

 

Question No: 16    ( M - 1 )    .

Environment reacts to the output of organization and provides:

 

 

 

 

 

Feed forward

Input

Output

Feedback

 

Question No: 17    ( M - 1 )    .

All of the following are major elements of the mega environment EXCEPT:

Technological

Economic

Socio-cultural

Competitors

 

Question No: 18    ( M - 1 )    .

In a capitalistic economy, economic activity is governed by:

Political forces

Market forces

Economic forces

Cultural forces

 

Question No: 19    ( M - 1 )    .

All of the following are elements of Task environment EXCEPT :

Suppliers

Culture

Customers

Competitors

 

Question No: 20    ( M - 1 )    .

All of the following are Dimensions of organizational culture EXCEPT:

 

Innovation

Aggressiveness

Stability

Customer orientation

 

Question No: 21    ( M - 1 )    .

Sony Corporation’s focus on product innovation is an example of which of the following dimensions of organizational culture?

 

 

 

 

Attention to detail

People orientation

Outcome orientation

Aggressiveness

 

Question No: 22    ( M - 1 )    .

The principle reason for formation of the regional trading alliance in Europe was to reduce the power of the United States and:

 

 

 

 

Canada

Mexico

Russia

Japan

 

Question No: 23    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following must be present in order to initiate the decision-making process?

 

Plenty of time

Pressure to act

Time management

Effective use of resources

 

Question No: 24    ( M - 1 )    .

A retail clothing store manager who estimates how much to order for the current spring season based on last spring’s outcomes is operating under what kind of decision-making condition?

 

 

 

 

 

Seasonal

Risk

Uncertainty

Certainty

 

Question No: 25    ( M - 1 )    .

The choice of alternative is influenced by the limited amount of information available to the decision maker and by the psychological orientation of the decision maker under the conditions of:

 

 

 

Intuition

Certainty

Uncertainty

Risk

 

Question No: 26    ( M - 1 )    .

The fact that managers make consistent, value-maximizing choices within specified constraints is known as which of the following?

 

Implementation of the alternative

Rational decision making

Irrational decision making

Decision implementation

 

Question No: 27    ( M - 1 )    .

Most of the time lower level management of organizations have to deal with problems which are:

 

Satisficing

Well-structured

Non-programmed

Ill-structured

 

Question No: 28    ( M - 1 )    .

All of the following are assumptions of rationalityEXCEPT:

The problem is clear and unambiguous

Preferences are constant and stable

Preferences are vague

Final choice will maximize payoff

 

Question No: 29    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following styles of decision making is characterized by individuals who prefer complete information and consider several alternatives?

 

Analytic

Conceptual

Directive

Behavioral

 

Question No: 30    ( M - 1 )    .

Jay tends to always look at the broad picture and likes to look at many alternatives. He focuses on the long run and looks for creative solutions. He prefers which of the following styles of decision making?

 

Analytic

Conceptual

Directive

Behavioral

 

 

Question No: 31    ( M - 1 )    .

When managers make every decision from the alternatives, based on a philosophy that "make the best decision, no matter how long it takes". It is called:

 

Optimizing

Satisficing

Sub-optimizing

Escalation of commitment

 

Question No: 32    ( M - 1 )    .

In terms of linear programming, profit margins on different products that a company can produce represent which of the following?

 

 

 

 

 

Constraints

Feasibility regions

Scenarios

Basis for the objective function

 

Question No: 33    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following is the basic rule of brainstorming?

 

 

 

 

for more contents visit
http://groups.google.com/group/vuZs

 

Criticism is not allowed

Ideas should be radical

Improvement of ideas is encouraged

Quantity of idea production is stressed

 

Question No: 34    ( M - 1 )    .

Ali has a job that pays him well, he desires to make a contribution to the organization, and he has an active social life. His desire is to become all that he is capable of becoming. Ali is at which of the following need defined by Maslow?

Self-actualization

Safety

Social

Esteem

 

Question No: 35    ( M - 1 )    .

Behavioral viewpoint emphasizes the need of understanding the various factors affecting the_______ in an organization.

Social behavior

Moral behavior

Ethical behavior

Human behavior

 

Question No: 36    ( M - 1 )    .

Usman authorized an additional $100,000 for the production of the new product.  The cost of the new product seems to be increased far beyond what was planned or even forecasted. However, Usman continues to support the project. He is engaged in which of the following?

 

Availability heuristic

Representative heuristic

Escalation of commitment

Optimal decision making

 

Question No: 37    ( M - 1 )    .

Which of the following BEST describes creativity?

 

 

Uncovering what is already there

Creating something new

Organizing already discovered items

Criticizing the discovered items

 

Question No: 38    ( M - 1 )    .

Which one of the following plans has clearly defined objectives?

 

 

Directional

Flexible

Specific

Standing

 

Question No: 39    ( M - 1 )    .

An organized set of behavior that is associated with particular office or position is called:

Role

Obligation

Responsibility

Function

 

Question No: 40    ( M - 1 )    .

Suppose as a manager of a Company you are performing an activity that involves budgeting and programming of your subordinates’ work. In this situation you are working as:

Entrepreneur

Resource allocator

Figurehead

Monitor

 

Question No: 41    ( M - 10 )

What are the most important factors to improve the managerial skills?