General Management MCQ Exam Quiz!
- 1.The process involved in recruiting, hiring, training, evaluating, compensating, and laying off people is called:
- A.
Selection
- B.
S
- C.
Leader
- D.
Liaison
- 2.Managers make rational decisions but within the limits of their mental capabilities and information available to them. This theory is known as
- A.
Limited Rationality
- B.
Bounded Rationality
- C.
Pragmatic Rationality
- D.
None of these
- 3.Who is regarded as the father of Scientific Management?
- A.
Henri Fayol
- B.
Peter Drucker
- C.
F.W. Taylor
- D.
Harold Koontz
- 4.The administration is a higher level activity while Management is a lower level function. The administration is a higher level activity while Management is a lower level function.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.Which is the second level need as per Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory?
- A.
Self Actualisation need
- B.
Belongingness need
- C.
Physiological need
- D.
Safety/security need
- 6.According to Management 2.0, leaders will no longer be seen as ( ), instead, they will need to become ( )Which one is the correct option?
- A.
Grand visionaries, social architects
- B.
Constitution writers, all-wise decision makers
- C.
Entrepreneurs of meaning, ironfisted disciplinaries
- D.
All of the above
- 7.Which of Fayol's principle states that workers should be encouraged to develop and carry out plans for improvement?
- A.
Initiative
- B.
Unity of direction
- C.
Discipline
- D.
Coordination
- 8.Which one of the following is not a disadvantage of planning?
- A.
Time Consuming
- B.
Rigidity
- C.
False sense of Security
- D.
Reduces Employee’s Morale
- 9.A person who encourages staff participation in decision-making process is which type of leader?
- A.
Participative
- B.
Situational
- C.
Charismatic
- D.
Bureaucratic
- 10.Which of the following is correct definition of management?
- A.
Management is an art or technique of getting things done
- B.
Management is a process of planning, organizing,staffing, directing and controlling.
- C.
Management is set of activities directed and effective utilization of resources in the pursuit of one or more goals
- D.
All of the above
- 11.Luther Gullick coined the word ________ to describe the functions of management.
- A.
PODSCORB
- B.
POSCORD
- C.
DOBSCORD
- D.
None of the above
- 12.”To manage is to forecast and plan, to organize, to compound, to co-ordinate and to control” This definition was given by:
- A.
Peter Drucker
- B.
Henri Fayol
- C.
Louis Allan
- D.
Terry
- 13.If a general manager asks the sales manager to recruit some salesmen on his behalf, it is an instance of:
- A.
Division of authority
- B.
Delegation of authority
- C.
Delegation of responsibility
- D.
Decentralisation of responsibility
- 14.Which of the following statements is correct?
- A.
Controlling is a substitute for planning
- B.
Controlling is a part of the planning process
- C.
A control process is meaningless without pre-set goals
- D.
Planning and controlling are essentially one and the same
- 15.Which of the following is not true in respect of planning?
- A.
Planning is forward-looking
- B.
Planning is an intellectual activity
- C.
Planning is related to objectives
- D.
Planning function is not performed by the top management
- 16.Men, Money, Material and Machines are included in:
- A.
Factors of production
- B.
Resources
- C.
Budget Preparation
- D.
Cost analysis
- 17.In Line and Staff organisation, the authority lies in:
- A.
Line
- B.
Staff
- C.
Both Line and Staff
- D.
None of the above
- 18.The extent to which power and authority are retained at the top management is called as:
- A.
Centralization
- B.
Decentralization
- C.
Responsibility
- D.
Accountability
- 19.Recruitment can be best described as:
- A.
Invitation of potential employees to an organisation
- B.
Selection of potential employees to an organisation
- C.
Scrutiny of potential employees to an organisation
- D.
Attraction of potential employees to an organisation
- 20.According to the principle of "Span of control" there is:
- A.
A limit to delegation of authority to the subordinate.
- B.
A tendency of overload supervisors with too much of work
- C.
No limit to the number of subordinates a supervisor can supervise.
- D.
A limit to the number of subordinates a supervisor can effectively supervise.
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