Principles of Management MCQ Questions
1- Management is a creative and ________ process.
(A) Continuous
(B) Technical
(C) Democratic
(D) None of the above
2- The old control technique(s) which was (were) used through years is (are)
(A) unity of policies
(B) break-even analysis
(C) budgetary control
(D) All of the above
3- Which type of strategies do professional managers help organizations in chalking out?
(A) Multi-disciplinary
(B) Corporate
(C) Managerial
(D) All of the above
4- Management exists at the ___ level of the organization.
(A) Lower
(B) Middle
(C) Top
(D) All of the above
5- Limitation(s) of control is (are)
(A) external factors
(B) fixing of responsibility
(C) variation and its causes
(D) All of the above
6- Management is said to be the combination of
(A) arts, science and profession
(B) arts, science and engineering
(C) arts, commerce and science
(D) arts, commerce and engineering
7- ___ is supposed to be immutable, unchanging and eternal.
(A) Policy
(B) Vision
(C) Mission
(D) All of the above
8- The summary of important trends in retailing are
(A) market concentration
(B) global players vs. local players
(C) non store retailing
(D) all of the above
9- Costliness of the ________ is the overriding factor determining the extent of decentralization.
(A) Decision
(B) Staffing
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
10- Positive motivation makes people willing to do their work in the best way they can and improve their ________.
(A) Productivity
(B) Personality
(C) Performance
(D) All of the above
11- The objective(s) in corporate governance is (are)
(A) shareholders value maximization
(B) growth
(C) stability
(D) all of the above
12- The heart of administration is the ___ function.
(A) Directing
(B) Organizing
(C) Controlling
(D) Cooperating
13- The different A’s of the service sector are
(A) acceptability , awareness , adaptability
(B) acceptability , awareness , availability
(C) adaptability , awareness , availability
(D) acceptability , adaptability , availability
14- Fedrick Winslow Taylor’s Mechanism of Scientific Management includes
(A) Scientific task setting
(B) planning the task
(C) standardization of tools and equipment
(D) All of the above
15- Direction is a ________ function performed by all the managers at all levels of the organization.
(A) Managerial
(B) Organizational
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
16- Retailing category(ies) based on ownership arrangement would be
(A) Super Markets
(B) Consumer Durables Stores
(C) Departmental Stores
(D) All of the above
17- ___ is a tool for corporate governance.
(A) Training
(B) Recruitment
(C) Communication
(D) Consulting
18-Horizontal co-ordination takes place ___ .
(A) upwards
(B) downwards
(C) sideways
(D) any of the above
19-The internal environment factor(s) that influence management is (are)
(A) Labor
(B) Machines
(C) Place
(D) All of the above
20-What articulates the long-term goals of an enterprise?
(A) Policies
(B) Vision statement
(C) Both (A) and (B)
(D) None of the above
ANSWERS:
1-(A), 2-(D), 3-(B), 4-(D), 5-(D), 6-(A), 7-(A), 8-(D), 9-(A), 10-(C), 11-(D), 12-(A), 13-(B), 14-(D), 15-(A), 16-(D), 17-(C), 18-(C), 19-(D), 20-(B)