MGT503 Midterm MCQs by Talha Sajid

Q1. Which of the following decision-making techniques requires a panel of experts?

1. Interacting group
2. Delphi technique
3. Nominal group
4. Brainstorming

Correct answer: Delphi technique

Q2. Which of the following statements regarding managers in today’s world is accurate?

1. Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65.
2. The are found only in large corporations.
3. They can be found exclusively in for profit organizations.
4. The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors.

Correct answer: The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors.

Q3. Someone who works with and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals is ___________.

1. a very intelligent individual
2. a supervisor of production work
3. a manager
4. an operations supervisor

Correct answer: a manager

Q4. Executive vice president, president, managing director, chief operating officer, chief executive officer, or chairman of the board are positions associated with which of the following levels of management?

1. team leaders
2. middle managers
3. first-line managers
4. top managers

Correct answer: top managers

Q5. Agency head or plant manager is most likely associated with which of the following?

1. team leaders
2. middle managers
3. first-line managers
4. top managers

Correct answer: middle managers

Q6. The lowest level of management is ______________.

1. a nonmanagerial employee
2. a department of research manager
3. a vice president
4. a first-line manager

Correct answer: a first-line manager

Q7. Managers with titles such as department head, project leader, plant manager, or division manager are _______________.

1. first-line managers
2. top managers
3. production managers
4. middle managers

Correct answer: middle managers

Q8. _____________ is the process of getting activities completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people.

1. Leading
2. Management
3. Supervision
4. Controlling

Correct answer: Management

Q9. Which of the following is an advantage of group decision-making?

1. The group process takes less time
2. Groupthink may occur
3. More decision alternatives are generated
4. One person can dominate the group

Correct answer: More decision alternatives are generated

Q10. Fifth Step in the rational decision making process is:

1. Implementation of the alternative
2. Analyzing alternatives
3. Developing alternatives
4. Allocating weights to the criteria

Correct answer: Analyzing alternatives

Q11. All of the following are the assumptions of rational decision making EXCEPT:

1. Alternatives are known
2. Possible outcomes known
3. Optimal decision is possible
4. Information is unknown

Correct answer: Information is unknown