Unisa | MNG3701 Strategic Planning IIIA
MNG3701 Exam Pack 2026 – Exam-Style
Questions & Full Worked Answers (MCQ + Long
Questions)
42 original multiple-choice questions with explanations; 8 long questions (160 marks) with model
answers and marking guidance; exam tips and short topic notes
Prepared by Stephan Swart
All questions are original practice questions written in the style of the module's assessments. None of them is
copied or reworded from Unisa examination papers, tutorial letters, study guides or textbooks.
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,Contents
1. How to use this pack
2. Section A: multiple-choice questions
3. Section A: answers explained
4. Section B: long questions with model answers
5. Exam tips
Appendix: short topic notes
1. How to use this pack
What this pack is: a bank of ORIGINAL exam-style questions written to mirror the style, mark
allocations and topic spread of MNG3701 assessments, with full worked answers. Every
question was written from scratch; none is taken from Unisa exam papers.
Typical MNG3701 format (check your current tutorial letter / myUnisa): MNG3701 is
presented online. Assessments typically combine four-option multiple-choice questions with
case-study-based long questions in which you must apply strategic tools (vision/mission
evaluation, PESTEL, Porter’s five forces, resource-based analysis, SWOT and business-level
strategy) to a southern African organisation. Confirm the current format on myUnisa.
How to use it: (1) Do Section A under timed conditions. (2) Mark yourself with the
memorandum. (3) Attempt each Section B case question before reading the model answer:
application to the case is where most marks are earned. (4) Revise from the appendix.
Prescribed textbook referred to for topic coverage: Venter, P. & Botha, T. (eds) Practising
Strategy: A Southern African Context (Juta), 3rd edition. Use the edition your tutorial letter
prescribes.
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, 2. Section A: multiple-choice questions
42 questions, 1 mark each. Pick the best answer. Try them against the clock before you look at
the answers.
1. The MNG3701 module focuses mainly on which part of strategic management?
a) Payroll administration
b) Financial accounting for companies
c) Detailed operational scheduling
d) Strategic planning: strategic direction, environmental analysis and business-level strategy
formulation
2. Strategy is BEST defined as …
a) the organisation chart.
b) a detailed annual budget.
c) the set of choices and actions an organisation uses to create value and achieve a
sustainable competitive advantage in pursuit of its long-term goals.
d) a list of company rules.
3. Which sequence BEST reflects the strategic management process?
a) Budgeting → recruitment → marketing → production
b) Control → formulation → direction → analysis
c) Strategic direction → environmental analysis → strategy formulation → implementation →
control/evaluation
d) Implementation → analysis → direction → control
4. A strategy that was not planned but forms over time as the organisation responds to
unexpected events is a(n) …
a) deliberate strategy.
b) emergent strategy.
c) functional strategy.
d) corporate strategy.
5. A statement describing the desired future position of an organisation (“what we want to
become”) is the …
a) objective.
b) policy.
c) vision.
d) mission.
6. Which element is LEAST likely to appear in a well-formulated mission statement?
a) The organisation’s products/services
b) Its values and philosophy
c) The detailed monthly cleaning schedule
d) Its target customers/markets
7. Long-term objectives should typically be …
a) vague and inspirational only.
b) unrelated to performance measures.
c) specific, measurable, time-bound and aligned with the mission.
d) set only for the finance department.
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MNG3701 Exam Pack 2026 – Exam-Style
Questions & Full Worked Answers (MCQ + Long
Questions)
42 original multiple-choice questions with explanations; 8 long questions (160 marks) with model
answers and marking guidance; exam tips and short topic notes
Prepared by Stephan Swart
All questions are original practice questions written in the style of the module's assessments. None of them is
copied or reworded from Unisa examination papers, tutorial letters, study guides or textbooks.
Independent study aid – not affiliated with Unisa | Page 1
,Contents
1. How to use this pack
2. Section A: multiple-choice questions
3. Section A: answers explained
4. Section B: long questions with model answers
5. Exam tips
Appendix: short topic notes
1. How to use this pack
What this pack is: a bank of ORIGINAL exam-style questions written to mirror the style, mark
allocations and topic spread of MNG3701 assessments, with full worked answers. Every
question was written from scratch; none is taken from Unisa exam papers.
Typical MNG3701 format (check your current tutorial letter / myUnisa): MNG3701 is
presented online. Assessments typically combine four-option multiple-choice questions with
case-study-based long questions in which you must apply strategic tools (vision/mission
evaluation, PESTEL, Porter’s five forces, resource-based analysis, SWOT and business-level
strategy) to a southern African organisation. Confirm the current format on myUnisa.
How to use it: (1) Do Section A under timed conditions. (2) Mark yourself with the
memorandum. (3) Attempt each Section B case question before reading the model answer:
application to the case is where most marks are earned. (4) Revise from the appendix.
Prescribed textbook referred to for topic coverage: Venter, P. & Botha, T. (eds) Practising
Strategy: A Southern African Context (Juta), 3rd edition. Use the edition your tutorial letter
prescribes.
Independent study aid – not affiliated with Unisa | Page 2
, 2. Section A: multiple-choice questions
42 questions, 1 mark each. Pick the best answer. Try them against the clock before you look at
the answers.
1. The MNG3701 module focuses mainly on which part of strategic management?
a) Payroll administration
b) Financial accounting for companies
c) Detailed operational scheduling
d) Strategic planning: strategic direction, environmental analysis and business-level strategy
formulation
2. Strategy is BEST defined as …
a) the organisation chart.
b) a detailed annual budget.
c) the set of choices and actions an organisation uses to create value and achieve a
sustainable competitive advantage in pursuit of its long-term goals.
d) a list of company rules.
3. Which sequence BEST reflects the strategic management process?
a) Budgeting → recruitment → marketing → production
b) Control → formulation → direction → analysis
c) Strategic direction → environmental analysis → strategy formulation → implementation →
control/evaluation
d) Implementation → analysis → direction → control
4. A strategy that was not planned but forms over time as the organisation responds to
unexpected events is a(n) …
a) deliberate strategy.
b) emergent strategy.
c) functional strategy.
d) corporate strategy.
5. A statement describing the desired future position of an organisation (“what we want to
become”) is the …
a) objective.
b) policy.
c) vision.
d) mission.
6. Which element is LEAST likely to appear in a well-formulated mission statement?
a) The organisation’s products/services
b) Its values and philosophy
c) The detailed monthly cleaning schedule
d) Its target customers/markets
7. Long-term objectives should typically be …
a) vague and inspirational only.
b) unrelated to performance measures.
c) specific, measurable, time-bound and aligned with the mission.
d) set only for the finance department.
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