Which level of management makes decisions about the activities such as acquiring other?

Question

1. Which level of management makes decisions about the activities such as acquiring other
companies, investing in research and development and building new plants?
a) Top managers
b) Middle managers
c) First-line managers
d) Non-managerial employees
2. A supervisor is teaching an employee to use a piece of equipment safely. Which of the
following skills are most important for the manager?
a) Technical skills
b) Conceptual skills
c) Human skills
d) Strategic skills
3. The major contribution of the Industrial Revolution was the substitution of _______ for
human power.
a) Machine power
b) Electricity
c) Water power
d) Critical thinking
4. All of the following are characteristics of total quality management EXCEPT:
a) Concern for continual improvement
b) Improvement in quality of everything the organization does
c) Intense focus on the competition
d) Accurate measurement
5. For a company such as PIA, a bank would be an example of what kind of factor in its
specific environment?
a) Competitor
b) Special-interest group
c) Supplier
d) Government agency
6. Which of the following is NOT an example of an organization’s general environment?
a) Economic conditions
b) Political conditions
c) Social conditions
d) Organization culture
7. If a company provides job-share programs, builds a day-care facility, and only uses
recycled paper, it can be termed as:
a) Fulfilling its social obligation
b) Socially aware
c) Socially image conscious
d) Socially responsive
8. If a company is paying minimum wages, when necessary, and applying the minimum
standard to laws, such as affirmative action, it would be said to have fulfilled its:
a) Social obligation
b) Social responsibility
c) Social responsiveness
d) Social expectation
9. Which of the following describes a global marketplace?
a) The entire world is a marketplace
b) National borders are irrelevant
c) The potential for organizations to grow expands dramatically
d) All of the given options
10. Which one of the following items best reflects the dimension of different cultures that
exemplifies the extent to which individuals expect a hierarchical structure?
a) Uncertainty avoidance
b) Power distance
c) Masculinity/femininity
d) Long-term/short-term orientation
11. Attempting to understand the signs of some problem comes under which of the following
stage?
a) Scanning stage
b) Categorization stage
c) Diagnosis stage
d) Implementation stage
12. Which of the following is NOT a valid assumption about rationality?
a) The problem is clear and unambiguous
b) Preferences are constantly changing
c) A single well-defined goal is to be achieved
d) Preferences are clear
13. Lower-level managers typically confront what type of decision making?
a) Unique
b) Non-routine
c) Programmed
d) Non-programmed
14. The people at the bottom of the organization generally deal with repetitive and familiar
problems such as workers who are late or machinery that breaks down. As a result, most of
the decisions made by first line supervisors are:
a) Ill-structured decisions
b) Novel decisions
c) Programmed decisions
d) Non-programmed decisions
15. An increased commitment to a previous decision despite evidence that it may have been
wrong is referred to:
a) Economies of commitment
b) Escalation of commitment
c) Dimensional commitment
d) Expansion of commitment
16. When managers avoid the rational decision-making model and find ways to satisfice, they
are following which of the following concept?
a) Jurisprudence
b) Bounded rationality
c) Least-squared exemptions
d) Self-motivated decisions
17. Which of the following means that you achieve the best possible balance among several
goals?
a) Sacrificing
b) Optimizing
c) Satisficing
d) Minimizing
18. If a group’s desire for consensus and cohesiveness overwhelms its desire to reach the best
possible decision, it is called:
a) Groupthink
b) Group pressure
c) Group decision
d) Group dynamics
19. A form of group decision making in which a group is used to achieve a consensus of expert
opinion is called:
a) Interacting group
b) Delphi technique
c) Nominal group
d) Brainstorming
20. Which of the following is the process of developing assumptions on premises about the
future that managers can use in planning or decision making?
a) Benchmarking
b) Project management
c) Forecasting
d) Scheduling

Answer 1

hey dear, i am not sure about 5, 10, and 17th Q but here are the rest of teh answers:



1- a

2- a

3- a

4- c

5-

6- d

7- d

8- a

9- d

10-

11- b

12- b

13- c

14- c

15- b

16- b

17-

18- a

19- b

20- c

Answer 2

i don't really know some of these, but there should have been some obvious answers... i am not at all trying to be mean, just letting you know, plus, even though it is good to get help (especially from teacher) and other allowed areas, you should be doing your work on your own but here 3. The major contribution of the Industrial Revolution was the substitution of _______ for human power. a) Machine power b) Electricity c) Water power d) Critical thinking Definitely A - i am pretty sure you could figure that out on your own ;)

Answer 3

Unique

Answer 4

1-A

2-A

3-A

4-C

5-

6-D

7-D

8-A

9-B

10-

11-C

12-B

13-C but not confirmed

14-C

Answer 5

a

a

b

c

d

d

a

c

d

d

a

b

a

c

b

d

d

a

c

b

Answer 6

Please give the answer of this question?

Answer 7

when you find answer please tell me too