MGT503 Final Term MCQs

MGT503 final term mcqs

Here are the MCQs that occurred frequently along with their answers in the requested format:

1. Which of the following is an explicit statement that

tells a manager what he or she can or cannot do?

Answer: Rule

2. The management function that specifies goals to be

achieved and deciding in advance the appropriate actions to achieve those goals is:

Answer: Planning

3. All of the following are managerial roles identified in

Mintzberg’s Model EXCEPT:

Answer: Functional

4. Power and authority that are concentrated at the

called:

Answer: Centralization

5. Which ethical approach is guided by what will result

in the greatest good for the greatest number of people?

Answer: Utilitarian approach

6. Which of the following is one of Fayol's principles of

management?

Answer: All of the given options

7. The behaviorist Mary Parker Follett referred to

integration as a process in which:

Answer: Managers and employees work together to solve conflicts

8. The classical view of social responsibility holds that

management’s only social responsibility is to:

Answer: Maximize organizational profits for stockholders

9. Fredrick Taylor was the student of:

Answer: Henry Towne

10. Which of the following is a cultural measure of the

degree to which people will tolerate risk and unconventional behavior?

Answer: Uncertainty avoidance

Q11. Which of the following approaches to ethical decision-making focuses on the consequences of an action?

Answer: Utilitarian approach

12. Group decisions provide _____ information as compared to individual ones.

Answer: Complete

13. Role of disseminator, figurehead, negotiator, liaison, and spokesperson is most important for:

Answer: Top level managers

Q14. Which of the following is a basic definition of ethics?

Answer: Principles that define right and wrong conduct

Q15. Non-programmed decisions are typically made under a condition of which of the following?

Answer: Uncertainty

Q16. Which of the following is called an input to a system?

Answer: Materials

Q17. Which of the following scientist is most closely associated with the Hawthorne studies?

Answer: Mayo

Q18. Which of the following describe(s) a global marketplace?

Answer: All of the given options

Q19. A culture where employees show a great deal of respect for authority and where titles and ranks are important would be an example of which dimension of national culture?

Answer: Power distance

20. The time period for the construction of pyramids was:

Answer: 30 years

Q156. A business school’s statement that it “strives for productive relationships with local organizations” is an example of which of the following?

• Rule
• Policy
• Procedure
• Commitment

Answer: Commitment

158. Role of disseminator, figurehead, negotiator,

liaison and spokesperson is most important for:

• Top level managers
• Middle level managers

Answer: Middle level managers

161. Non-programmed decisions are typically made

under a condition of which of the following?

• Certainty
• Low levels of risk
• Reliability

Answer: Uncertainty

163. Power and authority that are concentrated at the

called:

• Authority

Answer: Centralization

167. The most outspoken advocate of the classical view of social responsibility is economist and Nobel prize winner:

- Carnegie Milton

- Charles Darwin

- Milton Freeman

- Milton Friedman

Answer: Milton Friedman

170. Assembling additional information and identifying both the nature and the causes of the problem comes under:

- Scanning stage

- Categorization stage

- Diagnosis stage

- Implementation stage

Answer: Diagnosis stage

175. All levels of management between the supervisory level and the top level of the organization are termed as:

• Foremen

Answer: Middle managers

176. The process of monitoring performance,

comparing it with goals and correcting any significant deviations is known as:

• Planning
• Leading

Answer: Controlling

184. How would you define the problem if all outcome

of every alternative is known?

• Bounded rationality
• Unbounded rationality
• Certainty

Answer: Certainty

186. When a firm advertises that it only uses recycled

paper products, it is called:

• Meeting its social obligation
• Meeting social responsibilities
• Being socially responsive
• Paying attention to the bottom line

Answer: Being socially responsive 191. People with which of the following decision making

situation?

- Directive

Answer: Behavioral

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Q1. Which famous management thinker was related with the development of "Theory X"?

Answer: Douglas McGregor

2. Feedback of ______ is necessary to improve the quality of the product.

- Customers

- Employees

- Investors

Answer: Customers

3. Ali is a manager in a multinational organization. He believes that the employees of the company are lazy and do not have much ambition. Ali can be classed as