Quiz: Business Fundamentals MCQ
- 1.Management is the process of achieving _______through people and other resources.
- A.
Profits
- B.
Status
- C.
Organizational objectives
- D.
Societal objectives
- 2.Lupe is considered a ______. She spends most of her time in day-to-day decisions about assigning non-managerial employees to specific jobs.
- A.
Staff manager
- B.
Supervisory manager
- C.
Mid-level manager
- D.
Technical manager
- 3.All of the following positions are considered to be part of top management EXCEPT ________.
- A.
Staff manager
- B.
Chief executive officer (CEO)
- C.
Chief financial officer (CFO)
- D.
Executive vice president
- 4.Which level of management has the greatest need to see the organization as a unified whole and understand how each part interacts with other parts?
- A.
Staff management
- B.
Top management
- C.
Middle management
- D.
Supervisory management
- 5.Human relations skills involve all of the following EXCEPT ___________.
- A.
Understanding the techniques used in a specific discipline
- B.
Communicating
- C.
Leading
- D.
Motivating
- 6.First-line managers interact continuously with members of the work team. Therefore, they must posses effective _________.
- A.
Conceptual skills
- B.
Spelling skills
- C.
Mathematical skills
- D.
Human relations skills
- 7.As someone moves up the managerial hierarchy, which skills become relatively less important?
- A.
Technical skills
- B.
Human skills
- C.
Conceptual skills
- D.
Supervisory skills
- 8.Human relations skills involve ____________.
- A.
Directing and controlling operations
- B.
Understanding knowledge and tools of a specific discipline
- C.
Leading and motivating workers
- D.
Seeing the organization as a unified whole
- 9.Which of the four functions of management lays the groundwork?
- A.
Organizing
- B.
Directing
- C.
Controlling
- D.
Planning
- 10.Marcus is responsible for building and motivating about 10 other employees to accomplish various organizational objectives. Marcus is involved in the ________function.
- A.
Planning
- B.
Organizing
- C.
Directing
- D.
Controlling
- 11.A manager is currently involved in classifying and dividing work into manageable units by determining the specific tasks necessary to introduce a new product. This manager is involved in the __________function.
- A.
Planning
- B.
Organizing
- C.
Directing
- D.
Controlling
- 12._________ planning is the most general and far-reaching type of planning.
- A.
Tactical
- B.
Strategic
- C.
Contingency
- D.
Operational
- 13.___________planning attempts to implement activities and resource allocations.
- A.
Tactical
- B.
Strategic
- C.
Contingency
- D.
Operational
- 14.____________planning helps to prepare for emergencies.
- A.
Tactical
- B.
Strategic
- C.
Operational
- D.
Contingency
- 15._______is the act of directing or inspiring others to perform activities designed to achieve specific objectives.
- A.
Controlling
- B.
Communicating
- C.
Organizing
- D.
Leadership
- 16.Leadership is most often associated with the ability to ______.
- A.
Communicate well with large groups of people
- B.
Arrange activities that have to be performed in a systematic way
- C.
Determine the most effective course of action
- D.
Inspire others toward high levels of achievement
- 17.Autocratic leaders’ _____.
- A.
Make decisions on their own, often without consulting others
- B.
Believe in minimal supervision
- C.
Are open-minded leaders
- D.
Involve subordinates in making decisions
- 18.Autocratic leaders have all the following characteristics EXCEPT _________.
- A.
Concentration of power with the manager
- B.
Two-way communication
- C.
Most decisions are made by the manager
- D.
Employees are closely supervised
- 19.Democratic leaders _________.
- A.
Involve their subordinates in making decisions
- B.
Let people know only what they need to know to do their jobs
- C.
Are always the most effective leaders
- D.
Leave all decisions to their subordinates
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