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| 1351. |
______________ in the insurance are just like the retailers of any consumer product who help in selling and distributing the product. |
| A. | Underwriters |
| B. | Surveyors |
| C. | Agents |
| D. | Banker |
| Answer» D. Banker | |
| 1352. |
General Insurance policies are issued for a period of |
| A. | 1 year |
| B. | 2 year |
| C. | 10 year |
| D. | 4 year |
| Answer» B. 2 year | |
| 1353. |
The principle of _____________ ensures that an insured does not profit byinsuring with multiple insurers |
| A. | Subrogation |
| B. | Contribution |
| C. | Co-insurance |
| D. | Indemnity |
| Answer» C. Co-insurance | |
| 1354. |
The person responsible for evaluation and acceptance / rejection of risks and computation ofpremium in insurance is called |
| A. | Insured |
| B. | Assurer |
| C. | Agent |
| D. | Underwriter |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1355. |
Managers with good ________ are able to communicate, motivate and lead to get thebest out of their people. |
| A. | human skills |
| B. | conceptual skills |
| C. | technical skills |
| D. | visual skills |
| Answer» B. conceptual skills | |
| 1356. |
A manager resolving conflict among organizational members is performing whatfunction? |
| A. | Controlling |
| B. | Commanding |
| C. | Directing |
| D. | Leading |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1357. |
Which was the best-known example of Taylor's scientific management? |
| A. | horseshoe |
| B. | pig iron |
| C. | blue collar |
| D. | fish tank |
| Answer» C. blue collar | |
| 1358. |
Which of the following types of systems does not interact with its environment? |
| A. | fluid |
| B. | diagrammatic |
| C. | closed |
| D. | resource-driven |
| Answer» D. resource-driven | |
| 1359. |
According to Mintzberg's management roles, which roles are those that involve peopleand other duties that are ceremonial and symbolic in nature? |
| A. | Informational |
| B. | Interpersonal |
| C. | Technical |
| D. | Decisional |
| Answer» C. Technical | |
| 1360. |
Which four theorists are associated with the early organizational behaviour approach? |
| A. | Barnard, Follett, Munsterberg, and Owen |
| B. | Munsterberg, Taylor, Fayol, and Follett |
| C. | Taylor, Fayol, Weber, and Barnard |
| D. | Follett, Barnard, Munsterberg, and Weber |
| Answer» B. Munsterberg, Taylor, Fayol, and Follett | |
| 1361. |
Which of the following individuals identified the three essential managerial skills? |
| A. | Katz |
| B. | Lewisberg |
| C. | Raines |
| D. | Chambers |
| Answer» B. Lewisberg | |
| 1362. |
Effectiveness is synonymous with: |
| A. | Cost minimization |
| B. | Resource control |
| C. | Goal attainment |
| D. | Efficiency |
| Answer» D. Efficiency | |
| 1363. |
Which scientist is most closely associated with the Hawthorne Studies? |
| A. | Adams |
| B. | Mayo |
| C. | Lawler |
| D. | Barnard |
| Answer» C. Lawler | |
| 1364. |
Koontz and O’Donnel are the advocates of which approach to management? |
| A. | System approach |
| B. | Empirical approach |
| C. | Contingency approach |
| D. | Operational approach |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1365. |
Based on his scientific management principles, Taylor suggested which of the followingpay principles? |
| A. | Monthly salary |
| B. | Monthly salary with bonus |
| C. | Seniority pay |
| D. | Incentive pay |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1366. |
Who developed a categorization scheme for defining what managers do, consisting of 10different but highly interrelated roles? |
| A. | Henri Fayol |
| B. | Henry Ford |
| C. | Henry Mintzberg |
| D. | Henry Morris |
| Answer» D. Henry Morris | |
| 1367. |
Which of the following studyhelps to determine a fair days work and rest period tocomplete it |
| A. | Work study |
| B. | Time study |
| C. | Motion study |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Time study | |
| 1368. |
When an organization assigns specialists to groups according to the projects they areworking on, it’s termed as: |
| A. | Divisional structure |
| B. | Functional structure |
| C. | Product structure |
| D. | Matrix structure |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1369. |
The process of searching for prospective employees and stimulating them to apply for theJob is called: |
| A. | Selection |
| B. | Training |
| C. | Recruitment |
| D. | Induction |
| Answer» D. Induction | |
| 1370. |
Wasting resources is considered to be an example of: |
| A. | Efficiency |
| B. | Effectiveness |
| C. | Inefficiency |
| D. | Ineffectiveness |
| Answer» D. Ineffectiveness | |
| 1371. |
Which school of thought had been developed on the idea that there is no single bestmethod to find solutions to Managerial problems |
| A. | System approach |
| B. | Empirical approach |
| C. | Contingency approach |
| D. | Operational approach |
| Answer» D. Operational approach | |
| 1372. |
The French industrialist who first identified the basic management functions is: |
| A. | Weber |
| B. | Taylor |
| C. | Herzberg |
| D. | Fayol |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1373. |
Who were two of the pioneers in the area of Total Quality Management? |
| A. | Fayol; Weber |
| B. | Taylor; Gilbreth |
| C. | Owen; Munsterberg |
| D. | Deming; Juran |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1374. |
A matrix structure violates which key element of organizational design? |
| A. | Unity of command |
| B. | Chain of command |
| C. | Span of management |
| D. | Decentralization |
| Answer» B. Chain of command | |
| 1375. |
All levels of management between the supervisory level and the top level of theorganization are termed as: |
| A. | Middle managers |
| B. | First-line managers |
| C. | Supervisors |
| D. | Foremen |
| Answer» B. First-line managers | |
| 1376. |
Which of the following is considered as a negative function of traditional management? |
| A. | Selection |
| B. | Recruitment |
| C. | Training |
| D. | Placement |
| Answer» B. Recruitment | |
| 1377. |
In the Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith described the breakdown of jobs into narrow andrepetitive tasks and called this as: |
| A. | assembly lines |
| B. | work denomination |
| C. | division of labor |
| D. | greatest common factor of work |
| Answer» D. greatest common factor of work | |
| 1378. |
Without question, the most important contribution to the developing field oforganizational behaviour came out of : |
| A. | Taylor Studies |
| B. | Porter Studies |
| C. | Parker Studies |
| D. | Hawthorne Studies |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1379. |
The concept of Job enrichment is a contribution by: |
| A. | Frederick Herzberg |
| B. | F.W.Taylor |
| C. | C.K. Prahlad |
| D. | Peter F. Drucker |
| Answer» B. F.W.Taylor | |
| 1380. |
The Hawthorne Studies were initially devised to study: |
| A. | Productivity levels of groups versus individuals |
| B. | The effect of noise on employee productivity |
| C. | The effect of illumination levels on employee productivity |
| D. | Impact of cooperative versus competitive organisational environments on productivity |
| Answer» D. Impact of cooperative versus competitive organisational environments on productivity | |
| 1381. |
Who developed the concept of Management by Objectives? |
| A. | Maslow |
| B. | Herbert Simon |
| C. | Herzberg |
| D. | Peter F. Drucker |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1382. |
The management tool undertaken to find out the one best way of doing the thing istermed as: |
| A. | Job Analysis |
| B. | Merit Rating |
| C. | Job Enrichment |
| D. | Job Evaluation |
| Answer» B. Merit Rating | |
| 1383. |
Which of the following early advocates of organizational behavior created the field ofindustrial psychology, the scientific study of people at work? |
| A. | Robert Owens |
| B. | Hugo Munsterberg |
| C. | Mary Parker Follett |
| D. | Chester Barnard |
| Answer» C. Mary Parker Follett | |
| 1384. |
Efficiency refers to: |
| A. | The relationship between inputs and outputs |
| B. | The additive relationship between costs and benefits |
| C. | The exponential nature of costs and outputs |
| D. | Increasing outputs regardless of cost |
| Answer» B. The additive relationship between costs and benefits | |
| 1385. |
Which of the following thinkers believed that leaders are not born but also developedthrough proper training in human behaviour? |
| A. | Mary Parker Follet |
| B. | F.W.Taylor |
| C. | C.K. Prahlad |
| D. | Peter F. Drucker |
| Answer» B. F.W.Taylor | |
| 1386. |
Which of the following phrases is most associated with scientific management? |
| A. | Management relations |
| B. | One best way |
| C. | Supply and demand |
| D. | Quality control |
| Answer» C. Supply and demand | |
| 1387. |
Which is the process of getting activities completed efficiently and effectively with andthrough other people? |
| A. | Leading |
| B. | Management |
| C. | Supervision |
| D. | Controlling |
| Answer» C. Supervision | |
| 1388. |
Who was one of the first to recognize that organizations could be viewed from theperspective of individual and group behaviour? |
| A. | Robert Owens |
| B. | Hugo Munsterberg |
| C. | Mary Parker Follett |
| D. | Chester Barnard |
| Answer» D. Chester Barnard | |
| 1389. |
A system can best be defined as a(n): |
| A. | grouping of separate and independent parts |
| B. | set of interrelated and interdependent parts |
| C. | ordering of distinct and unrelated parts |
| D. | set of connected but non-functional parts |
| Answer» C. ordering of distinct and unrelated parts | |
| 1390. |
A statement showing the minimum acceptable qualities of the persons to be placed on aJob is termed as: |
| A. | Job analysis |
| B. | Job description |
| C. | Job specifications |
| D. | Staffing |
| Answer» D. Staffing | |
| 1391. |
According to which approach, management is a logical process and it can be expressed interms of mathematical symbols and relationships? |
| A. | Empirical approach |
| B. | Management Science approach |
| C. | Contingency approach |
| D. | Operational approach |
| Answer» C. Contingency approach | |
| 1392. |
Who authored the famous book “General and Industrial Management”? |
| A. | Henry Fayol |
| B. | F.W. Taylor |
| C. | Henry Gantt |
| D. | Peter Drucker |
| Answer» B. F.W. Taylor | |
| 1393. |
Which of the following management functions from the mid-1950s is no longer includedin the basic functions of management? |
| A. | Planning |
| B. | Staffing |
| C. | Leading |
| D. | Controlling |
| Answer» C. Leading | |
| 1394. |
According to Weber's ideal bureaucracy, what occurs when employees are placed in jobsbased on technical qualifications? |
| A. | Career orientation |
| B. | Authority hierarchy |
| C. | Impersonality |
| D. | Formal selection |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1395. |
The quantitative approach to management has also been referred to by which of thefollowing names? |
| A. | Sales optimization |
| B. | Management science |
| C. | Managerial theory |
| D. | Statistical reformulation |
| Answer» C. Managerial theory | |
| 1396. |
All of the following are examples of informational roles according to Mintzberg except: |
| A. | Liaison |
| B. | Monitor |
| C. | Disseminator |
| D. | Spokesperson |
| Answer» B. Monitor | |
| 1397. |
Organizing includes: |
| A. | Defining organizational goals |
| B. | Hiring organizational members |
| C. | Motivating organizational members |
| D. | Determining who does what tasks |
| Answer» E. | |
| 1398. |
Quality management is driven by a focus on: |
| A. | workplace diversity |
| B. | workplace spirituality |
| C. | continual improvement |
| D. | knowledge management |
| Answer» D. knowledge management | |
| 1399. |
The three essential managerial skills include: |
| A. | technical, human, and empirical |
| B. | human, empirical, and conceptual |
| C. | technical, interpersonal, and controlling |
| D. | technical, human, and conceptual |
| Answer» C. technical, interpersonal, and controlling | |
| 1400. |
Which of the following study is aimed to determine and eliminate unnecessary andwasteful movements |
| A. | Work study |
| B. | Time study |
| C. | Motion study |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |