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This section includes 657 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Testing Subject knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Fedrick Winslow Taylor’s Mechanism of Scientific Management includes |
| A. | Scientific task setting |
| B. | Planning the task |
| C. | Standardization of tools and equipments |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 2. |
Name one of the factors that govern the span of management. |
| A. | Profession |
| B. | Type of work |
| C. | Employees |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Employees | |
| 3. |
Which of the following principles of management was not given by Fayol ? |
| A. | Unity of Direction |
| B. | Subordination of individual interest to common interest |
| C. | Stability of Tenure |
| D. | Standardisation |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
State the stage at which the preventive control takes place. |
| A. | Input |
| B. | Output |
| C. | Process |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Output | |
| 5. |
Management Principles increase managerial efficiency as manager leave routine decision making to his subordinates and deal with expectional situations which require his expertise by following the Principles of delegation. Which Does the above case signify about management? |
| A. | Meeting changing environment requirements |
| B. | Providing mangers with useful insights into reality |
| C. | Fulfilling social responsibility |
| D. | Management training, education and research |
| Answer» C. Fulfilling social responsibility | |
| 6. |
Which one of the following does not follow scalar chain? |
| A. | Informal organisation |
| B. | Functional structure |
| C. | Formal organisation |
| D. | Divisional structure |
| Answer» B. Functional structure | |
| 7. |
Activities that cannot be started until one or more of the other activities are completed, but immediately succeed them are called ……activities |
| A. | Predecessor |
| B. | Successor |
| C. | Dummy |
| D. | End |
| Answer» C. Dummy | |
| 8. |
Directing flows in ____________ direction. |
| A. | Upward |
| B. | Downward |
| C. | Diagonal |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» C. Diagonal | |
| 9. |
Which of the following is called output of a system? |
| A. | Services |
| B. | Material |
| C. | Human |
| D. | Information resource |
| Answer» C. Human | |
| 10. |
Boom Limited gives due weightage to the perquisites and prestige of job so that the designation helps to satisfy the psychological, social and esteem needs of an individual. Identify the type of incentive being described in the above lines. |
| A. | Employee empowerment |
| B. | Job security |
| C. | Status |
| D. | Perquisites |
| Answer» D. Perquisites | |
| 11. |
One of the following is an advantage of functional structure: |
| A. | Responsibility for end results |
| B. | Flexibility |
| C. | Personalised attention |
| D. | Easier employee learning |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
The communication process begins with …………….. who transmits the message. |
| A. | Information |
| B. | Sender |
| C. | Attitudes |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Attitudes | |
| 13. |
India is the preferred destination for BPO because of ____________. |
| A. | Tax Free Zone for BPOs |
| B. | Cheap People |
| C. | Cheap Manpower |
| D. | Poor conditions |
| Answer» D. Poor conditions | |
| 14. |
Scientific analysis of work under scientific management requires...... |
| A. | time study |
| B. | motion study |
| C. | Both a & b |
| D. | work study |
| Answer» D. work study | |
| 15. |
Which term best describes the process of obtaining, deploying, and utilizing a variety of essentialresources to contribute to an organization’s success? |
| A. | planning |
| B. | organizing |
| C. | staffing |
| D. | management |
| Answer» E. | |
| 16. |
When objectives are not written down or rarely verbalized, and the planning is general and lacks continuity, which of the following types of planning is used? |
| A. | Environmental planning |
| B. | Economic planning |
| C. | Informal planning |
| D. | Formal planning |
| Answer» D. Formal planning | |
| 17. |
LG and Sony electronics agreed to cooperate on developing new technologies Representatives from each firm meet regularly to coordinate this new venture Which of the following roles these mangers are playing? |
| A. | Liaison |
| B. | Leader |
| C. | Disseminator |
| D. | Spokesperson |
| Answer» B. Leader | |
| 18. |
Communication is the art of transmitting ……………………. |
| A. | Information |
| B. | Ideas |
| C. | Attitudes |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
When Usman decides to deploy employees to another department that is lagging behind in production, he is acting in which of the following roles? |
| A. | Spokesperson |
| B. | Negotiator |
| C. | Leader |
| D. | Resource allocator |
| Answer» E. | |
| 20. |
It consists of the message from superior to subordinate |
| A. | Vertical communication |
| B. | Downward communication |
| C. | Diagonal communication |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Diagonal communication | |
| 21. |
Which of the following statements justifies the Principle Cooperation not Individualism. |
| A. | Management and workers should transform their thinking towards each other Coordination |
| B. | There should be equal division of work between Management and workers |
| C. | Industrial efficiency depends to a large extent on personnel competencies |
| D. | There is only one best method to maximize efficiency |
| Answer» C. Industrial efficiency depends to a large extent on personnel competencies | |
| 22. |
For decision making under uncertainty, identify the decision rule that is appropriate for the optimist. |
| A. | Laplace |
| B. | Maximax |
| C. | Minimax regret |
| D. | Maxmin |
| Answer» C. Minimax regret | |
| 23. |
A strategic plan is also called ___________ |
| A. | Long term plan |
| B. | Short term plan |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of above |
| Answer» B. Short term plan | |
| 24. |
Direction is a ________ function performed by all the managers at all levels of theorganization. |
| A. | Managerial |
| B. | Organizational |
| C. | Both (A) and (B) |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Organizational | |
| 25. |
Which level of management is responsible for implementing programs that are intended to carry out thebroader objectives of an organization set by executives? |
| A. | supervisory managers |
| B. | middle managers |
| C. | first level managers |
| D. | chief financial managers |
| Answer» C. first level managers | |
| 26. |
Which one of the following is a step of planning? |
| A. | Analysis of organisation structure |
| B. | Analysis of environment |
| C. | Analysis of employee behaviour |
| D. | Analysis of employee morale |
| Answer» C. Analysis of employee behaviour | |
| 27. |
__________ are relevant to recurring activities. |
| A. | Single-use plans |
| B. | Standing plans |
| C. | Objectives |
| D. | Programmes |
| Answer» C. Objectives | |
| 28. |
Appointing someone on a post that is at same wages/rank refers to |
| A. | Internal recruiters |
| B. | Employee referral |
| C. | Lateral hiring |
| D. | Sourcing |
| Answer» D. Sourcing | |
| 29. |
Which of the following scientist is most closely associated with theHawthornestudies? |
| A. | Adams |
| B. | Mayo |
| C. | Lawler |
| D. | Barnard |
| Answer» C. Lawler | |
| 30. |
Which of the following is not a designation related to middle level management? |
| A. | Operations Head |
| B. | Sales Manager |
| C. | Chief Operating Officer |
| D. | Divisional Manager |
| Answer» D. Divisional Manager | |
| 31. |
Who developed the functional organization? |
| A. | Michael E. Porter |
| B. | Charles Babbage |
| C. | Taylor |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» D. All of these | |
| 32. |
Discipline principle of management leads to development of team spirit. |
| A. | True |
| B. | False |
| C. | all |
| D. | none |
| Answer» C. all | |
| 33. |
___transactions have business firms at one end and its customers on the other end. |
| A. | C2B Commerce |
| B. | B2C Commerce |
| C. | B2B Commerce |
| D. | C2C Commerce |
| Answer» C. B2B Commerce | |
| 34. |
Standing plan ( Repeated plan) means |
| A. | Objectives |
| B. | Policies & Proceedures |
| C. | Strategy and methods |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 35. |
___ is a systematised body of knowledge that explains certain general truths or operation of generallaws. |
| A. | Science |
| B. | Art |
| C. | Profession |
| D. | Art and Profession both |
| Answer» B. Art | |
| 36. |
____________ refers to contracting out some of its activities to a third party which were earlierperformed by the organisation. |
| A. | BPO |
| B. | E-Commerce |
| C. | Outsourcing |
| D. | E-Banking |
| Answer» D. E-Banking | |
| 37. |
Which of the following is part of the principles of managementidentified by Henri Fayol? |
| A. | Scalar chain |
| B. | Innovation |
| C. | Efficiency |
| D. | Motivation |
| Answer» B. Innovation | |
| 38. |
If all criteria in the decision making are equal, weighting the criteria ______________. |
| A. | improves decision making when large numbers of criteria are involved |
| B. | is not needed |
| C. | produces excellent decisions |
| D. | improves the criteria |
| Answer» C. produces excellent decisions | |
| 39. |
Frederick Winslow Taylor is best known for the introduction of which approach to job design? |
| A. | Behavioural approach |
| B. | Ergonomics |
| C. | Scientific management |
| D. | Division of labour |
| Answer» D. Division of labour | |
| 40. |
Management by Objectives concept was developed by -------. |
| A. | Peter.F.Drucker |
| B. | Fayol |
| C. | Chester Bernard |
| D. | None |
| Answer» B. Fayol | |
| 41. |
Each subordinate should report to one and only one superior iscalled: |
| A. | Authority |
| B. | Unity of command |
| C. | Unity of direction |
| D. | Order |
| Answer» C. Unity of direction | |
| 42. |
Which of the following statement best described the principle of ‘Division of work’? |
| A. | work should be divided into small tasks |
| B. | labour should be divided |
| C. | resource should be divided among jobs |
| D. | it leads to specialisation |
| Answer» C. resource should be divided among jobs | |
| 43. |
Activities such as taking visitors to dinner and attending ribbon cutting ceremonies come under which of the following management role? |
| A. | Leader |
| B. | Liaison |
| C. | Figurehead |
| D. | Negotiator |
| Answer» C. Figurehead | |
| 44. |
What are the movements which play an important role in conveying meaning withoutwords? |
| A. | Body |
| B. | Gestures |
| C. | Attitudes |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. Attitudes | |
| 45. |
Decision-making is the case of __________. |
| A. | Planning |
| B. | Organising |
| C. | Staffing |
| D. | Directing |
| Answer» B. Organising | |
| 46. |
Which among the following involves in planning process? |
| A. | Selection of objective |
| B. | Determine the way to achieve objective |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» D. None of the above | |
| 47. |
The decision making step, which consists of organization goals, predicting alternativesand communicating goals is called __________ |
| A. | Organization |
| B. | Alternation |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Valuing |
| Answer» D. Valuing | |
| 48. |
Controlling is ________. |
| A. | Forward looking |
| B. | Backward looking |
| C. | Continous process |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» E. | |
| 49. |
Assertion: Budgets are better expresses in quantities than monetary hours. Reason: Money cannot measure the resources used and the result obtained. |
| A. | Assertion is True and Reason is False |
| B. | Assertion is False and Reason is False |
| C. | Assertion is False but Reason is Acceptable |
| D. | Assertion is True and Reason is True |
| Answer» E. | |
| 50. |
Among the following businesses, which business offers full control over foreign markets? |
| A. | Exporting |
| B. | FDI |
| C. | Licensing |
| D. | Franchising |
| Answer» C. Licensing | |