MGT 3200 Chapter : Questions Mat
QUESTIONS!!!
Which of the following is not true concerning the Industrial Revolution?
1. There was an enormous increase in productivity.
2. The skills of the craftsmen were transferred to the machines.
3. The increase in demand required the switch from owner/manager to professional manager.
4. Prices for goods increased as a result.
Which of the following is true concerning effectiveness and efficiency?
1. Efficiency is concerned with doing the right thing at the right time.
2. The more a company wants to be effective the easier it is for the company to be efficient.
3. Efficiency is a guarantee of effectiveness
4. Effectiveness is concerned with minimizing resource costs
5. Efficient organizations tent to be effective ones as well
Ford Motor Company in 2010 saw a 15% increase in their North American market share. For four straight
quarters, they reported a profit. This is in part due to their aggressive restructuring plan which
dramatically cuts costs.
1. Both effective and efficient
2. Effective but inefficient
3. Ineffective but efficient
4. Both ineffective and inefficient
Which of the following is not true concerning corporate downsizing?
1. It’s primarily effectiveness-oriented.
2. Management levels are eliminated.
3. Staff management jobs are outsourced to consulting firms.
4. Information systems and technologies are implemented
5. Managers who remain after downsizing are asked to do more.
Which level of management has at its primary functions, interpreting and integrating?
1. First-line management
2. Middle management
3. Top Management
4. All of the Above
In January of 2011, General Motors last week named Mary Barra, Vice President of Product
Development. This is the first time that a woman has been named to this post at GM. At what level of
management is this postion located?
1. First-line management
2. Middle management
3. Top management
Which of the following mangers is responsible for implementing plans thru operative employees?
1. First-line management
2. Middle management
3. Top management
When one refers to the management of a company, what levels of management does this reference
typically include?
1. First-line management
2. Middle management
3. Top management
4. All of the above
5. Only top and middle
The CEO of Syngenta Inc. is a?
1. Top Manager
2. General Manager.
3. Line manager.
4. All of the Above
QUESTIONS!!!
Karen is a Human Resource Manager at blue cross and blue shield. She is primarily provides advice to
managers dealing with disciplinary and termination issues. Karen is a _________ manager.
1. Functional
2. Staff
3. General
4. Line
5. Both Functional and Staff.
Injellitance most adversely affects which function of management?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading – secondarily affects this (because you have no respect)
5. Controlling
A manager is conducting an annual performance appraisal with one of her employees. This is an example
of the____________.
1. Planning function
2. Organizing function
3. Staffing function
4. Leading function
5. Controlling function
Bill is an assistand manager at Raising Cane’s. He spends most of his time as a manager communicating
with, motivating, and resolving conflicts among his subordinates. On which of the following functions of
management does Bill spend the majority of his time?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
Which function of management deals with the termination of employees?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
At what level of management are line managers located?
1. First line
2. Middle
3. Top
4. All of the above
Tiffany is a Human resource supervisor at hyundai’s assembly plant in Huntsville, Alabama. She spends
the majority of her time as a manager on activities such as recruiting, selecting, and training new
employees. On which of the following functions of management?
Which of the following pairs of management functions represents the conjoined twins of management?
1. Organizing and staffing
2. Planning and organizing
3. Staffing and leading
4. Planning and controlling
5. Leading and controlling
QUESTIONS!!!
Which function of management is concerned with concepts such as division of labor and specialization?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
Which of the following functions of management are performed by top managers?
1. planning – spend most time
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
6. All of the above
Which function of management is most important to a middle manager?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
Which function of management is said to have “primacy”?
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
Which of the following is not true concerning managerial skills?
1. As one ascends the management pyramid, conceptual skills become more important
2. Conceptual skills are the most difficult to aquire
3. Human skills are rated equally important at all levels of management
4. Technical skills are not important at top management
According to Luthan’s’ real manager study,
1. Effective managers were the ones who were promoted rapidly
2. Successful managers were the ones who had high performance teams
3. Promotions were not based on performance
4. Successful managers managed down whereas effective ones managed up
5. All of the above
Successful managers in luthans study spend the majority of their time on what activity?
1. Traditional management
2. Communication
3. Human resource management
4. Networking
Which of the following pairs of environmental components represent the organizations two major
dependencies?
1. Technology and competitors
2. Customers and competitors
3. Technology and customers
4. Customers and suppliers
5. Suppliers and competitors
