A Quick Quiz On Business Studies
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Here we present you A Quick Quiz on Business Studies. With the midterms around the corner, a good practice test can be the difference between that good grade and the lesser one. If you are studying for a midterm in business studies, the practice quiz below is perfect for you. Give it a shot and see if you need more studying hours.
- 1.The following are considered informational roles which managers may perform EXCEPT:
- A.
Monitor
- B.
Disseminator
- C.
Liaison
- D.
Spokesperson
- 2.The following are considered decisional roles managers may play in their organizations EXCEPT:
- A.
Entrepreneur
- B.
Figurehead
- C.
Negotiator
- D.
Disturbance handler
- 3.Someone who works at Procter & Gamble who is responsible for the production, marketing, and profitability of the Tide detergent product line is called a:
- A.
General manager
- B.
Line manager
- C.
Team manager
- D.
Supervisory manager
- 4.A general manager is someone who is responsible for managing:
- A.
An identifiable revenue-producing unit
- B.
A sub-group of a particular function or team comprised of members from different parts of the organization.
- C.
A function that creates indirect inputs, such as finance and accounting.
- D.
An area such as accounting and marketing.
- 5.The process of enabling individuals to work in autonomous ways is called:
- A.
Empowerment
- B.
Management
- C.
Leadership
- D.
Strategic management
- 6.The decisional managerial roles include all of the following EXCEPT:
- A.
Entrepreneur
- B.
Negotiator
- C.
Disseminator
- D.
Resource allocator
- 7.Managers are responsible for getting activities completed efficiently and achieving the firm’s goals by utilizing:
- A.
Human, financial, and material resources.
- B.
Information, human, and service resources.
- C.
Human resources, organizational competitiveness, and organizational goals.
- D.
Financial resources, top management, and organizational goals.
- 8.A difference between management and leadership can be defined in the following way:
- A.
management is human capital, and leadership is directing staff;
- B.
Management is getting things done, and leadership is deciding what needs to be done;
- C.
management is getting things done, and leadership is inspiring action taken by others,
- D.
Management is a position of authority or power, and leadership is inspiring action taken by others.
- 9.Leadership, entrepreneurship and strategy are:
- A.
Critical characteristics of an organization.
- B.
Inspiration for valuable principles of management.
- C.
Guidelines for daily action of managers.
- D.
Answers to making the right choices in management decisions.
- 10.Strategy is the concept of how an organization will achieve its objectives; therefore strategic management is:
- A.
Knowledge to help in the development and implementation of strategies.
- B.
Definitions to help in the development and implementation of good strategies.
- C.
Processes to help the organization in the development of strategies.
- D.
The purpose of developing strategies in an organization.
- 11.The principles of management are drawn from a number of academic fields, principally the fields of:
- A.
Leadership, management and communication.
- B.
Leadership, management and strategy.
- C.
Leadership, psychology, and management.
- D.
management, psychology and strategy.
- 12.Three different types of planning used in the function of management are:
- A.
Strategic, tactical, and operational,
- B.
Leadership, management and strategy.
- C.
Leadership, psychology, and management.
- D.
Management, psychology and strategy.
- 13.
- A.
The structure of an organization
- B.
The strategies of an organization.
- C.
The environment of an organization
- D.
The various roles in an organization.
- 14.
- A.
Goals and objectives and specifies ways to achieve them.
- B.
A mission statement of the organization and specifies ways to develop the goals and objectives for the strategies.
- C.
A strategic plan.
- D.
A tactical plan and specifies ways to achieve the goals.
- 15.Tactical planning is designed to develop:
- A.
Specific action steps that support the strategic plan
- B.
Specific action steps to develop the strategic plan.
- C.
Specific action steps to implement the strategic plan.
- D.
The organization’s mission and objectives for the strategic plan.
- 16.Environmental scanning is the act of analyzing the critical external contingencies facing an organization in terms of:
- A.
Economic conditions, employees capabilities, and stakeholders.
- B.
Economic conditions, competitors, and customers.
- C.
Competitors, and economic and financial capabilities.
- D.
Stakeholders, community conditions and customers.
- 17.The managerial function of controlling should not be confused with:
- A.
Control in behavior of the employees.
- B.
Control the accomplishment of organizational goals.
- C.
Control the accomplishment of departmental objects.
- D.
Control the actions of employees to ensure success.
- 18.Effective controlling requires the existence of plans,
- A.
Since planning provides the necessary performance standards or objectives.
- B.
Since understanding the mission of the organization requires strategic plan.
- C.
Since control techniques are budget and performance audits.
- D.
Since managers must show compliance with company policies.
- 19.
- A.
In the job design.
- B.
In the chain of command.
- C.
In the operational plan.
- D.
In the tactical plan.
- 20.
- The difference between group and team is:
- A.
A collection of people is not a team
- B.
Complementary skills are found in a group but not a team
- C.
The aim and purpose of a group is to perform in the workplace
- D.
Groups are defined by their relatively small size.
- 21.
- A.
The compatibility between individual and group performance
- B.
Incentives need to be aligned between individuals and groups
- C.
Match organizational goals with group goals
- D.
Ensure a reward structure for individual and group performance
- 22.
- The purpose of assembling a team is:
- A.
To work on agendas in the context of a group
- B.
To accomplish bigger goals than any that would be possible for the individual working alone
- C.
To increase mutual cooperation between competing factions
- D.
Gather together a group of individuals and mold them into an effective team
- 23.
- A.
Goals and objectives
- B.
Goals and incentives
- C.
Objectives and strategy
- D.
Incentives and strategy
- 24.1. Helping behavior as an organizational citizenship behavior includes all EXCEPT the following:
- A.
Altruism
- B.
Peacemaking
- C.
Obedience
- D.
Cheerleading
- 25.
- A.
Organizational loyalty
- B.
Organizational compliance
- C.
Individual initiative
- D.
Sportsmanship
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