MGT-503 NO 23

1. The decision-making model consists of four styles: directive, analytic, behavioral and _______.

Conceptual

Intuitive

Group interaction

Laggard

2. Which of the following BEST describes creativity?

Uncovering what is already there

Creating something new

Organizing already discovered items

Criticizing the discovered items

3. Tax revenues and government grants for a city are called its:

Human resources

Financial resources

Physical resources

Informational resources

4. Environment reacts to the output of organization and provides:

Feed forward

Input

Output

Feedback

5. According to Adam Smith, the division of labor results in:

Increased worker's motivation

Decreased worker's specialization

Increased worker's productivity

Decreased worker's motivation

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

Human behavior

Social behavior

Moral behavior

Ethical behavior

7. Controlling contingent situation comes under which of the following roles?

Spokesperson

Monitor

Leader

Disturbance handler

8. European Union was established in:

February 1992

January 1994

July 1992

November 1993

9. 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

10. When an alternative is chosen because the manager believes it is "good enough," to solve his or her problem. It is called:

Optimizing

Satisficing

Incomplete

Maximizing

11. A plan developed to carry out a course of action that is not likely to be repeated in the future is called:

Single-use plan

Specific plan

Reaction plan

Directional plan

12. Employees are also known as:

Internal customers

Stock holders

Investors

Shareholders

13. Mega environment is also called:

Open environment

Close environment

Flexible environment

General environment

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

Proper Communication

Departmentalization

Division of Labor

Centralization

15. Ali is a Branch Manager at Mutual Saving Bank. If he is an average middle manager, which of the following management activities is he likely to spend the greatest amount of time?

Planning

Controlling

Leading

Organizing

16. "No smoking allowed" is an example of which of the following?

Rule

Procedure

Policy

Plan

17. Dr. Edward Deming has described his Philosophy about quality in:

14 Points

6 Points

8 Points

20 Points

18. Manager has a right to make decisions through the principle of:

Order

Scalar Chain

Discipline

Authority

19. Low level management has a complete authority to make decisions in case of:

Centralization

Decentralization

Scalar Chain

Order

20. Which of the following is the step in the decision-making process that follows identifying a problem and decision criteria?

Allocating weights to the criteria

Analyzing the alternatives

Selecting the best alternative

Implementing the alternative

21. The degree to which decision makers and others, who will be affected by the implementation of the alternative, are willing to support is called:

Acceptability

Sustainability

Morality

Accountability

22. Akbar has just been given the assignment of developing the marketing strategy for the company's new product to be introduced at Eid. Akbar will require which of the following type of decision making?

Ill-structured

Programmed

Non-Programmed

Well-structured

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

Role

Obligation

Responsibility

Function

24. The quantitative approach has contributed directly in the areas of:

Planning and control

Controlling and leading

Organizing and controlling

Planning and leading

25. All of the following are titles of middle level managers EXCEPT:

Operator

District manager

Dean

Division manager

26. Two major characteristics of open system are :

Negative entropy and synergy

Positive entropy and synergy

Entropy and synergy

Anthropology and synergy

27. Asim assigned Khalid a project to be completed by the end of the month and then hold periodic meetings with him to review his progress. Which management function Asim is performing?

Planning

Leading

Controlling

Organizing

28. Rules, procedures and policies are most suitable for which of the following problems?

Well-structured

Ill-structured

Programmed

Non-programmed

29. Mr. Kamran is a manager at virtual university of Pakistan. His responsibilities include developing a organization-wide marketing strategy that plays on the synergies between institute’s offered Programs in order to drive increased no. of students. Kamran is a:

Middle manager

First-line manager

Top manager

Non-managerial

30. Which of the following terms is sometimes used to describe picking a course of action that is satisfactory under the circumstances?

Escalation of commitment

Satisficing

Risk

Bounded rationality

31. How many employees were employed in the construction procedure of the Egyptian Pyramid?

150000

165000

130000

100000

32. Sara has a new job and is learning to perform the tasks assigned to her. Different situations demand different decision-making processes. As she learns the general guidelines of the job, Sara is given more decision-making authority. The guidelines establish parameters for decision making and are referred as:

Rule

Policy

Broad guideline

Procedure

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

Planning

Communication

Rapid decision making

Goal setting

34. Which of the following theory refers to a situation in which the individual is concerned with respecting and protecting individual liberties and privileges.

Utilitarian theory

Theory of justice

Theory of freedom

Theory based on rights

35. People who make fast decisions and focus on short run prefer which of the following decision making styles?

Behavioral style

Analytic style

Conceptual style

Directive style

36. Which of the following plans are concerned more with actually getting things done than with deciding what to do?

Strategic

Tactical

Long-term

Operational

37. 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

38. The belief that a firm's obligation goes beyond that required by law and economics, and includes a pursuit of long-term goals that are good for society is known as:

Ethical responsibility

Social responsibility

Social obligation

Social responsiveness

39. “Decision making under risk” means:

The decision maker has no data on which to base his or her decision

The decision maker is used to dealing with high-risk situations

The decision maker knows all of the risks involved in the situation

The decision maker can estimate the risk involved in making a decision

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

Analytic

Conceptual

Directive

Behavioral

MGT-503 No 23

1. The decision-making model consists of four styles: directive, analytic, behavioral and _______.

2.

What first name or nickname would you like us to use?

2. Which of the following BEST describes creativity?

3. Tax revenues and government grants for a city are called its:

4. Environment reacts to the output of organization and provides:

5. According to Adam Smith, the division of labor results in:

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

7. Controlling contingent situation comes under which of the following roles?

8. European Union was established in:

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

10. When an alternative is chosen because the manager believes it is "good enough," to solve his or her problem. It is called:

11. A plan developed to carry out a course of action that is not likely to be repeated in the future is called:

12. Employees are also known as:

13. Mega environment is also called:

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

15. Ali is a Branch Manager at Mutual Saving Bank. If he is an average middle manager, which of the following management activities is he likely to spend the greatest amount of time?

16. "No smoking allowed" is an example of which of the following?

17. Dr. Edward Deming has described his Philosophy about quality in:

18. Manager has a right to make decisions through the principle of:

19. Low level management has a complete authority to make decisions in case of:

20. Which of the following is the step in the decision-making process that follows identifying a problem and decision criteria?

21. The degree to which decision makers and others, who will be affected by the implementation of the alternative, are willing to support is called:

22. Akbar has just been given the assignment of developing the marketing strategy for the company's new product to be introduced at Eid. Akbar will require which of the following type of decision making?

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

24. The quantitative approach has contributed directly in the areas of:

25. All of the following are titles of middle level managers EXCEPT:

26. Two major characteristics of open system are :

27. Asim assigned Khalid a project to be completed by the end of the month and then hold periodic meetings with him to review his progress. Which management function Asim is performing?

28. Rules, procedures and policies are most suitable for which of the following problems?

29. Mr. Kamran is a manager at virtual university of Pakistan. His responsibilities include developing a organization-wide marketing strategy that plays on the synergies between institute’s offered Programs in order to drive increased no. of students. Kamran is a:

30. Which of the following terms is sometimes used to describe picking a course of action that is satisfactory under the circumstances?

31. How many employees were employed in the construction procedure of the Egyptian Pyramid?

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

34. Which of the following theory refers to a situation in which the individual is concerned with respecting and protecting individual liberties and privileges.

35. People who make fast decisions and focus on short run prefer which of the following decision making styles?

36. Which of the following plans are concerned more with actually getting things done than with deciding what to do?

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

38. The belief that a firm's obligation goes beyond that required by law and economics, and includes a pursuit of long-term goals that are good for society is known as:

39. “Decision making under risk” means:

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