Management - BUS125 - Mid Term
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Management (BUS125) Mid Term Exam for National College
- 1.__________ is the process of deciding the best way to use an organization's resources to produce goods or provide services.
- A.
Management
- B.
Human resources
- C.
Accounting
- D.
Marketing
- 2.Which of the following best describes management?
- A.
It is easy to do well
- B.
Management always occurs in a stable environment
- C.
An organization can be quite successful even without good management
- D.
Managers must make good decisions and communicate well with people
- 3.The highest level of management is known as __________ management.
- A.
Senior
- B.
Supervisory
- C.
Middle
- D.
Basic
- 4.__________ managers make sure that the day-to-day operations of the organization run smoothly.
- A.
Senior
- B.
Supervisory
- C.
Middle
- D.
Basic
- 5.Which of the following is a task of management?
- A.
Organizing
- B.
Staffing
- C.
Leading
- D.
All of the above are tasks of management
- 6.__________ requires a manager to analyze accounting records and to make changes if financial standards are not being met.
- A.
Organizing
- B.
Staffing
- C.
Controlling
- D.
Leading
- 7.As a manager, which of the following activities should you do?
- A.
Hang out with your employees as "one of the gang"
- B.
Put yourself before your employees
- C.
Treat your employees fairly – don't play favorites
- D.
Ask others to do something that you wouldn't do
- 8.The application of standards of moral behavior to business situations is referred to as ____________.
- A.
Moral opportunism
- B.
Altruism
- C.
Moral idealism
- D.
Business ethics
- 9.Taylor referred to the tendency to restrict output on the part of many workers as ________.
- A.
Collaboration
- B.
Soldiering
- C.
Featherbedding
- D.
Stonewalling
- 10.The first lady of management was ___________.
- A.
Antoinette Fayol
- B.
Mary Follett
- C.
Lillian Gilbreth
- D.
Rose Taylor
- 11.__________ suggests that managers are likely authoritative and controlling.
- A.
Theory A
- B.
Theory B
- C.
Theory Y
- D.
Theory X
- 12.__________ suggests that managers are likely democratic and participative.
- A.
Theory A
- B.
Theory B
- C.
Theory Y
- D.
Theory X
- 13.__________ is the act of exchanging information.
- A.
Communication
- B.
Rehabilitiation
- C.
Demonstration
- D.
Formulation
- 14.__________ deals with the mental and sensory processes an individual uses in interpreting information she or he receives.
- A.
Perception
- B.
Communication
- C.
Realization
- D.
Anticipation
- 15.In order to communicate managers must _________.
- A.
Identify the audience
- B.
Develop good listening skills
- C.
Understand the importance of nonverbal communication
- D.
Do all of the above
- 16.Managers spend as much as __________ of their time communicating.
- A.
One fifth
- B.
One half
- C.
Minimal
- D.
Three-quarters
- 17.The decision process includes ____________.
- A.
Intelligence
- B.
Persuasion
- C.
Communication
- D.
Assimilation
- 18.The __________ stage of the decision process involves inventing, developing, and analyzing possible courses of action.
- A.
Intelligence
- B.
Design
- C.
Choice
- D.
Persuasion
- 19.Which of the following is a major phase of the strategic management process?
- A.
Evaluation phase
- B.
Conceptual phase
- C.
Risk-averting phase
- D.
Collaborative phase
- 20.Planning is the process of deciding which objective to pursue during a future time period and how to achieve those objectives.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 21.The three primary levels of strategy are corporate, business, and __________.
- A.
Functional
- B.
Grand
- C.
Growth
- D.
Retentional
- 22.Growth strategies are used when the organization is satisfied with its present course.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 23.SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 24.As a manager you are expected to be the boss and do whatever you want.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 25.Theory Q combines the American emphasis on individual responsibility with the Japanese emphasis on collective decision-making, slow evaluation and promotion, and holistic concern for employees.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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