BCOR 370 EXAMS SCRIPT 2025/2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔One goal of the sustaining approach to management is - ✔✔to create, build, and
continuously nurture trust among customers, employees, and communities.
✔✔Mid-size organizations have fewer than 100 employees. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which of the following is a newly formed organization with limited or no operational
history? - ✔✔Start-up company
✔✔Which of the following are required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to
reinvest all profits back into the organization, as opposed to distributing that money to
investors or employees? - ✔✔Nonprofit organizations
✔✔______ direct daily activities for producing goods and services. - ✔✔first line
managers
✔✔Values, mission, and vision are the philosophical statements and beliefs that
managers use to allocate resources, provide consistent feedback to employees, make
decisions, and foster organizational culture. - ✔✔true
✔✔Which of the following are beliefs that shape employee and organizational behaviors
and are intended to be timeless? - ✔✔Values
✔✔Which of the following is an organization's central purpose which lasts for the life of
the leader? - ✔✔mission
✔✔______ reflects a description of an optimal future 1-10 years from now. - ✔✔Vision
✔✔Effectiveness means using the smallest amount of resources to achieve the greatest
output. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which of the following refers to the level to which people or organizations achieve
agreed-upon goals? - ✔✔Effectiveness
✔✔Which of the following describe the ability to think through complex systems and
problems? - ✔✔Conceptual skills
✔✔______ are the ability to perform job-specific tasks. - ✔✔Technical skills
✔✔In 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, which argued that _____
could increase production by having workers specialize on a task. - ✔✔division of labor
, ✔✔Which of the following is a legal entity formed and structured to achieve goals with
special protections for owners? - ✔✔A corporation
✔✔Which of the following is a form of organization marked by division of labor,
managerial hierarchy, rules and regulations, and impersonality? - ✔✔A bureaucracy
✔✔Which of the following is not one of Max Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy? -
✔✔Personal relationships with employees
✔✔All of the following are included in Fayol's Principles except - ✔✔profit maximization.
✔✔_____ soldiering occurred when workers were simply "taking it easy", while _____
soldiering occurred when workers consciously and deliberately underworked. -
✔✔Natural; systemic
✔✔A combination of setting performance standards, selecting the best worker for the
job, and building good relations between managers and employees is called - ✔✔a
task-management system.
✔✔Frank Gilbreth used a motion-picture camera to capture the step-by-step
movements that were taken to complete a task. This approach was referred to as -
✔✔motion studies.
✔✔Lillian Gilbreth studied the perceptions, emotions, and thoughts of managers and
how these affected work and employees. This work made her a pioneer in the field of -
✔✔human resource management.
✔✔A _____ breaks down tasks by planned time to perform and actual time to perform,
which provides managers with immediate visual feedback as to when a project is behind
schedule and requires corrective attention. - ✔✔Gantt Progress Chart
✔✔ne of the primary philosophies of the quality movement is the ongoing effort to
improve a process, method, service, or product. This is called - ✔✔continuous
improvement.
✔✔As a result of the Hawthorn Studies, management theory gave managers
permission for the first time to treat workers as _______ and to approach groups
informally. - ✔✔people
✔✔Which of the following states of conflict resolution was ideal according to Mary
Parker Follett? - ✔✔Integration
ANSWERS RATED A+
✔✔One goal of the sustaining approach to management is - ✔✔to create, build, and
continuously nurture trust among customers, employees, and communities.
✔✔Mid-size organizations have fewer than 100 employees. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which of the following is a newly formed organization with limited or no operational
history? - ✔✔Start-up company
✔✔Which of the following are required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to
reinvest all profits back into the organization, as opposed to distributing that money to
investors or employees? - ✔✔Nonprofit organizations
✔✔______ direct daily activities for producing goods and services. - ✔✔first line
managers
✔✔Values, mission, and vision are the philosophical statements and beliefs that
managers use to allocate resources, provide consistent feedback to employees, make
decisions, and foster organizational culture. - ✔✔true
✔✔Which of the following are beliefs that shape employee and organizational behaviors
and are intended to be timeless? - ✔✔Values
✔✔Which of the following is an organization's central purpose which lasts for the life of
the leader? - ✔✔mission
✔✔______ reflects a description of an optimal future 1-10 years from now. - ✔✔Vision
✔✔Effectiveness means using the smallest amount of resources to achieve the greatest
output. - ✔✔false
✔✔Which of the following refers to the level to which people or organizations achieve
agreed-upon goals? - ✔✔Effectiveness
✔✔Which of the following describe the ability to think through complex systems and
problems? - ✔✔Conceptual skills
✔✔______ are the ability to perform job-specific tasks. - ✔✔Technical skills
✔✔In 1776, Adam Smith published The Wealth of Nations, which argued that _____
could increase production by having workers specialize on a task. - ✔✔division of labor
, ✔✔Which of the following is a legal entity formed and structured to achieve goals with
special protections for owners? - ✔✔A corporation
✔✔Which of the following is a form of organization marked by division of labor,
managerial hierarchy, rules and regulations, and impersonality? - ✔✔A bureaucracy
✔✔Which of the following is not one of Max Weber's characteristics of bureaucracy? -
✔✔Personal relationships with employees
✔✔All of the following are included in Fayol's Principles except - ✔✔profit maximization.
✔✔_____ soldiering occurred when workers were simply "taking it easy", while _____
soldiering occurred when workers consciously and deliberately underworked. -
✔✔Natural; systemic
✔✔A combination of setting performance standards, selecting the best worker for the
job, and building good relations between managers and employees is called - ✔✔a
task-management system.
✔✔Frank Gilbreth used a motion-picture camera to capture the step-by-step
movements that were taken to complete a task. This approach was referred to as -
✔✔motion studies.
✔✔Lillian Gilbreth studied the perceptions, emotions, and thoughts of managers and
how these affected work and employees. This work made her a pioneer in the field of -
✔✔human resource management.
✔✔A _____ breaks down tasks by planned time to perform and actual time to perform,
which provides managers with immediate visual feedback as to when a project is behind
schedule and requires corrective attention. - ✔✔Gantt Progress Chart
✔✔ne of the primary philosophies of the quality movement is the ongoing effort to
improve a process, method, service, or product. This is called - ✔✔continuous
improvement.
✔✔As a result of the Hawthorn Studies, management theory gave managers
permission for the first time to treat workers as _______ and to approach groups
informally. - ✔✔people
✔✔Which of the following states of conflict resolution was ideal according to Mary
Parker Follett? - ✔✔Integration
