Business Management MCQs

Business Management MCQs

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1: Which of the following is not a function of management?

A.   planning

B.   staffing

C.   co-operation

D.   controlling

2: Management is

A.   an art

B.   a science

C.   both art and science

D.   neither

3: Policy formulation is the function of

A.   top level management

B.   middle level management

C.   operational management

D.   All of the above

4: Find the odd one out

A.   board of directors

B.   chief executive

C.   foremen

D.   shareholders

5: How are principles of management formed

A.   In a laboratory

B.   By experiences of management

C.   By experiences of customers

D.   By propagation of social scientists

6: Henry Fayol was a

A.   Social scientists

B.   Mining engineer

C.   Accountant

D.   Production engineer

7: Which of the following statement best described the principle of 'Division of work '

A.   work should be divided into small tasks

B.   labour should be divided

C.   resource should be divided among jobs

D.   it leads to specialisation

8: Which of the following is Not a principle of management given by Taylor

A.   Science, not rule of Thumb

B.   Functional foremanship

C.   Maximum ,not restricted output

D.   Harmony not discord

9: The principals of management are significant because of

A.   increase in efficiency

B.   Initiative

C.   optimum utilisation of resources

D.   Adaptation of changing technology

10: Management should find ' One best way ' to perform a task. Which technique of Scientific management is defined in this sentence

A.   Time study

B.   Motion study

C.   Fatigue study

D.   Method study

11: Which among the following is not a subsidiary function of management?

A.   Decision making

B.   Innovation

C.   Communication

D.   Motivation

12: Who is known as the father of scientific management?

A.   F.W. Taylor

B.   Max Weber

C.   Henry Fayol

D.   S.George

13: management is need at ..............

A.   Top level

B.   Middle level

C.   lower level

D.   all levels

14: Top management is concerned with ...................

A.   carrying suggestions upwards

B.   maintaining liaison with the outside world

C.   transmitting orders downwards

D.   none of these

15: management is called a process because .............

A.   it is applicable to the manufacturing process

B.   it is relevant for social organisation

C.   it involves a series of action

D.   All of above

16: Administration is.............

A.   policy making

B.   Active direction to get things done

C.   executing the policy

D.   None of these

17: management is...............

A.   tangible

B.   intangible

C.   fictitious

D.   All of the above

18: middle management ...........

A.   consists of departmental managers

B.   motivates lower management

C.   Both a&b

D.   None of these

19: Top management consists of .......

A.   financial managers

B.   sales manager

C.   personnel manager

D.   Board of Directors and chief executives

20: co-ordination means.............

A.   organising activities

B.   Directing activities

C.   synchronizing activities

D.   both a&b

21: unity of command implies

A.   A subordinate should receive orders from all the superiors

B.   individuals must sacrifice in the larger interest

C.   be accountable to one and only one superior

D.   None of these

22: purpose of time study is.............

A.   to remove wastage of time

B.   to give timely assistance

C.   to determine fair days work

D.   watching time

23: The scientific technique of task setting is known as........................

A.   work study

B.   motion study

C.   time study

D.   method study

24: scientific analysis of work under scientific management requires.......

A.   ime study

B.   motion study

C.   Both a&b

D.   work study

25: Authority refers to....................

A.   Getting work done

B.   right to get work done

C.   being in a managerial position

D.   scalar chain

26: Which among the following involves in planning process?

A.   Selection of objective

B.   determine the way to achieve objective

C.   both A and B

D.   None of the above

27: Which among the following is a single use plan?

A.   Objectives

B.   Policies

C.   Rules

D.   Budget

28: _______________ is a time table of work ?

A.   Budget

B.   Project

C.   Programmes

D.   Schedules

29: Which among the following is not an element of co-ordination

A.   integration

B.   balancing

C.   proper timing

D.   directing

30: Find the odd one out

A.   goals

B.   objective

C.   polices

D.   motivation

31: planning involves.................

A.   future course of action

B.   review of past performance

C.   analysis of policies

D.   All of these

32: planning provides...............

A.   information to outsiders

B.   basis for recruitment and selections

C.   purpose and direction of all persons

D.   None of these

33: operational planning is undertaken at ..................

A.   Top level

B.   lower level

C.   lower level

D.   All of these

34: ....................... are guides to action

A.   strategy

B.   planning

C.   policies

D.   procedure

35: ................ as a special type of plan prepared for meeting the challenges of competitors and other environmental forces

A.   policies

B.   objectives

C.   strategy

D.   procedure

36: ................. are goals established to guide the efforts of the company and each of its components

A.   objectives

B.   strategy

C.   policies

D.   procedure

37: ................ is also known as management by result

A.   management by subordinate

B.   management by objectives

C.   management by art

D.   management by planning

38: ............. co-ordination refers to the description of the behaviour and relationships of the organisation

A.   vertical

B.   Horizontal

C.   procedural

D.   substantive

39: ................ is a systematic way of handling regular events

A.   procedure

B.   rules

C.   policies

D.   strategy

40: Which among the following is not the principles of organisation?

A.   Unity of objectives

B.   Specialisation

C.   Span of control

D.   Initiative

41: organising is.....................

A.   A remedy for all types of problems

B.   ensure accurate forecasting

C.   None of these

D.   All of these

42: Organising process involves.........

A.   division of work

B.   grouping of identical work

C.   All of these

D.   None of these

43: Formal organisation is..................

A.   created by management

B.   A result of social interaction

C.   To satisfy cultural needs

D.   None of these

44: organising deals with ...............

A.   division of work

B.   decentralising activities

C.   centralisation activities

D.   All of these

45: The process of organising consists of...........................

A.   division of work into job

B.   establishing authority relationships

C.   Both a&b

D.   None of these

46: Getting work done

A.   Getting work done

B.   right to get work done

C.   being in a management position

D.   None of these

47: principles of specialisation requires................

A.   Division of labour

B.   centralisation of work

C.   decentralisation of work

D.   None of these

48: Delegation is................

A.   Getting things done by others

B.   fixing of responsibility

C.   Assigning the task

D.   unity of command

49: Accountability means..........

A.   Delegation

B.   responsibility

C.   Authority

D.   Answerability

50: Which of the following is not an element of delegation

A.   accountability

B.   authority

C.   responsibility

D.   responsibility

51: People who are motivated by being seen as a high achiever are known as?

A.   Need for Achievement

B.   Need for Affiliation

C.   Need for Power

D.   Both A and B

52: People who are motivated by strong relationships, admire belonging to groups or organizations, and are sensitive to the needs of others are known as?

A.   Need for Achievement

B.   Need for Affiliation

C.   Need for Power

D.   Both B and C

53: _____ is understanding the role of information in generating and using business intelligence.

A.   Information literacy

B.   Business ability

C.   Business mastery

D.   Information retrieval

54: _____ is an example of a human resource indicator.

A.   Stock price

B.   Controllable cost

C.   Turnover rate

D.   Market share

E.   Profitability

55: Trace elements _____.-

A.   Are very rare on Earth

B.   Are required in very small amounts

C.   Enhance health but are not essential for long-term survival

D.   Can be used as labels to trace atoms through an organism's metabolism

56: The first basic idea of evolutionary adaptation can be traced back to ________.

A.   Ancient Greeks about 2,500 years ago

B.   Aristotle

C.   Lamarck

D.   Darwin

57: The name of a binary compound ends with _____

A.   Ine

B.   Ary

C.   Ed

D.   Ide

58: Translation occurs in the _____.

A.   Cytoplasm

B.   Lysosome

C.   Nucleus

D.   Golgi apparatus

E.   Nucleoplasm

59: Using the scientific method, a(n) _____ must be tested as the focus of any experiment.

A.   Hypothesis

B.   Wash your hands.

C.   Procedures

D.   Observation

60: Without genetic ___________, natural selection could not occur.

A.   Variation

B.   Sameness

61: The simplest level of information processing takes place at the __________.

A.   Axon terminals

B.   Axon hillock

C.   Soma

D.   Dendrites

62: The arrows in b and c point to structures that can both be described as __________.

A.   Shoulder

B.   Ligament

C.   Intercarpal

D.   Opposition

63: The basic input/output system is stored on a ________ chip.

A.   ROM

B.   CMOS

C.   RAM

D.   CPU

64: The four ms of resources are _____.

A.   Customer Relationship Management (CRM)

B.   Manpower, machinery, materials, and money

C.   Calendar

D.   Automated payroll

65: The hardware components of an information system will act as a(n) ________.

A.   Bridge between computer side and human side

B.   Actor on the computer side

C.   Instruction on the computer side

D.   Actor on the human side

66: The performance of decision support systems is typically a function of decision quality and _____.

A.   Hardware

B.   Problem complexity

C.   Cost

D.   Software

67: The way a network is configured is called the _____.

A.   Network index

B.   Network orientation

C.   Network baseline

D.   Network topology

68: Webites, online advertising, email, online video, and blogs are all forms of ______.

A.   Social media marketing

B.   Traditional direct marketing

C.   Online marketing

D.   Telemarketing

E.   Mobile marketing

69: When compared to traditional commerce ________.

A.   ​e-commerce transactions are more fraud prone

B.   ​e-commerce transactions can save money

C.   E-commerce transactions are more expensive

D.   ​e-commerce transactions are less secure

70: Your mobile device files can be synchronized using ________.

A.   Screen size

B.   Sampling rate

C.   A cloud service

D.   USB

71: The term ________ commonly is used to refer to a string that is part of another string.

A.   Nested string

B.   Literal

C.   Substring

D.   Delimiter

72: To specify that an option button be already selected, you type ____.

A.   Checked=yes

B.   Value=checked

C.   Checked=checked

D.   Value=yes

73: Transmission of data across satellites is an example of data communication through _____.

A.   Conducted media.

B.   Radiated media.

C.   Induced media

D.   Uprooted media

74: The united states is considered to have a(n) ________ culture.

A.   Ambivalent

B.   ​medium-context

C.   Indifferent

D.   ​high-context

E.   Low-context

75: The use of short, direct sentences with no fluff is known as ______.

A.   Business style

B.   Casual style

C.   Creative style

D.   Direct style

76: ________ are industrial products.

A.   Office supplies

B.   Unsought products

C.   Convenience products

D.   Product quality

E.   Price and service

77: ________ are reports produced when something out of predefined bounds occurs.

A.   Exception reports

B.   Static reports

C.   Dynamic reports

D.   Subscription reports

78: ________ are the most common price promotion.

A.   Rebates

B.   Merchandising allowances

C.   Coupons

D.   Contests and sweepstakes

E.   Premiums

79: ________ is a discomfort caused by postpurchase conflict.

A.   Selective retention

B.   Cognitive dissonance

C.   Selective attention

D.   Subliminal perception

80: ________ technologies radically change the business landscape and environment.

A.   Explosive

B.   Inventive

C.   Disruptive

D.   Subversive

E.   Divisive

81: A _____ is primarily focused on planning and selling.

A.   Budget

B.   Financial analysis

C.   Feasibility analysis

D.   Business model

E.   Business plan

82: A _____ span of control creates a _____ organization structure.

A.   Wide; flat

B.   Tall; flat

C.   Moderate; narrow

D.   Narrow; flat

E.   Flat; moderate

83: According to expectancy theory, in order for people to be highly motivated, ____ must be high.

A.   Existence

B.   Its consequences

C.   Expectancy

D.   Instrumentality

84: ________ is a major issue faced by companies when implementing enterprise systems.

A.   The lack of a centralized database where important data such as metadata can be stored

B.   The failure to incorporate accounting and human resource applications

C.   The failure of applications to communicate and share data with each other

D.   The gap between the requirements of an organization and the capabilities of an application

85: ________ is a technique for intercepting computer communications.

A.   Spoofing

B.   Phishing

C.   Sniffing

D.   Pretexting

86: A _____ refers to an overall orderly arrangement of all the format elements of an ad.

A.   Layout

B.   Straight-sell

C.   Straight announcement

87: In ________, the organization gains control of its outputs by becoming its own distributor.

A.   Backward horizontal integration

B.   Forward horizontal integration

C.   Backward vertical integration

D.   Forward vertical integration

88: E-hubs are more ________ than private industrial networks.

A.   Transaction-oriented

B.   Collaborative

C.   Independent

D.   Supply-chain oriented

89: Affirmative action programs seek to make sure that employers ________ minority groups.

A.   Pay equal wages to

B.   Enhance employment opportunities for

C.   Provide unemployment benefits for

D.   Establish training programs for

90: Feedback is more likely to be destructive than constructive when it is ____.

A.   Immediate

B.   Judgmental

C.   Influenced by situational contexts

91: Arab negotiators will most likely make concessions because of their interest in ________.

A.   Saving valuable time

B.   Preventing embarrassment

C.   Forming long-term relationships

D.   Creating a good first impression

92: In a process design, a__________is a specific unit of work required to create an output.

A.   Portfolio

B.   Matrix

C.   Task

D.   Value chain

93: Managers are assumed to use ________ if they make logical and consistent choices to maximize value.

A.   Rational decision-making

B.   Intuitive decision making

C.   Bounded rationality

D.   Evidence-based management

94: Managers can motivate employees to increase their efforts by ____

A.   Underreward and overreward

B.   Asking employees what their needs are then matching rewards to those needs

C.   Referents

D.   Higher-order needs will generally not motivate people as long as lower-order needs remain unsatisfied

95: Managers can use behavioral addition and behavioral substitution to ____

A.   Create benchmarks

B.   Assess the threats and opportunities in the internal environment

C.   Develop new products

D.   Locate new markets for existing products

E.   Modify corporate culture

96: Managers can use overt integrity tests to _____.

A.   Select and hire ethical employees

B.   Assess the ethical intensity of an issue

C.   Differentiate between the ethics of primary and secondary stakeholders

D.   Reinforce the ethical principle of individual rights

97: Users in motion, wireless connectivity, and a cloud-based resource are the elements in a ________.

A.   Mobile system

B.   Nonmobile system

C.   Client operating system

D.   Native application

98: A successful tqm program incorporates all of the following except __________.

A.   Continuous improvement

B.   Employment involvement

C.   Benchmarking

D.   Centralized decision making authority

99: ___ is the overall goal of mbo.

A.   Motivating employees

B.   Controlling subordinates

C.   Controlling costs

D.   Increasing market share

E.   Terminating

100: ____ connects customers with marketers as well as other customers.

A.   Accessibility

B.   Addressability

C.   Interactivity

D.   Connectivity

E.   Control