MGT503 2000 Solved MCQs

MGT503 SOLVED MCQS MORE THAN 2000 · By · MULTIPLE-CHOICE QUESTIONS

For each of the following choose the answer that most completely answers the question.

INTRODUCTION

31. Which of the following statements regarding managers in today’s world is accurate? a. Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65. b. The are found only in large corporations. c. They can be found exclusively in for profit organizations. d. The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors.

(d; easy; p. 4)

32. According to data collected by Catalyst, a nonprofit research group, _________ percent of corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies are women. a. 55.3 b. 15.7 c. 39.7 d. 21.9

WHO ARE MANAGERS?

33. Someone who works with and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals is ___________. a. a very intelligent individual b. a supervisor of production work c. a manager d. an operations supervisor

(c; easy; p. 5)

34. Managers who are responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization are _____________. a. b. c. d. research managers

(b; easy; p. 5)

35.

a. b. c. supervisors d. foremen

(a; easy; p. 6)

36. 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? a. b. c. d.

(d; easy; p. 6)

37. Agency head or plant manager is most likely associated with which of the following? a. b. c. d.

38. The lowest level of management is ______________. a. a nonmanagerial employee b. a department of research manager c. a vice president d. a first-line manager

(d; easy; p. 5)

Supervisor is another name for whom?

a. b. c. d.

40. Managers with titles such as department head, project leader, plant manager, or division manager are _______________. a. b. c. d.

41.

a. b. c. supervisors d. foremen

(a; easy; p. 6)

42. Division manager is associated with which of the following levels of management? a. b. c. d.

WHAT IS MANAGEMENT?

43. _____________ is the process of getting activities completed efficiently and effectively with and through other people. a. Leading b. Management c. Supervision d.

(b; easy; p. 7)

44. The distinction between a managerial position and a nonmanagerial position is

a. planning the work of others b. coordinating the work of others c. controlling the work of others d. organizing the work of others

45. _____________ distinguishes a managerial position from a nonmanagerial one. a. Manipulating others b. Concern for the law c. Increasing efficiency d. Coordinating and integrating others’ work

46. An automobile manufacturer that increased the total number of cars produced at the same cost, but with many defects, would be _____________. a. efficient and effective b. increasing efficiency c. increasing effectiveness d. concerned with inputs

47. Effectiveness is synonymous with _____________. a. cost minimization b. resource control c. goal attainment d. efficiency

48. 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