WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
WGU C483 - Principles of Management EXAM 2026/2027|
Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Exams of Nursing
A style of dealing with conflict involving cooperation on behalf of the other party but not being assertive
about one's own interests
Accommodation
The expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report
upward on the status and quality of their performance
Accountability
Procedures used to verify accounting reports and statements
Accounting audits
One firm buying another
Acquisition
A method of cost accounting designed to identify streams of activity and then to allocate costs across
particular business processes according to the amount of time employees devote to particular activities
Activity-based costing (ABC)
Companies that take the current industry structure and its evolution as givens, and choose where to
2/5/2026
compete
Adapters
1
, WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected
group
Adverse impact
Charging fees to advertise on a site
Advertising support model
Emotional disagreement directed toward other people
Affective conflict
Charging fees to direct site visitors to other companies' sites
Affiliate model
Special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated against in
the past
Affirmative action
A frank and open-minded discussion of four basic questions aimed at continuous improvement
After-action review
2/5/2026
2
, WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A human needs theory postulating that people have three basic sets of needs that can operate
simultaneously (Existence, Relatedness and Growth)
Alderfer's ERG theory
The use of a neutral third party to resolve a labor dispute
Arbitration
A managerial performance test in which candidates participate in a variety of exercises and situations
Assessment center
The values of the various items the corporation owns
Assets
A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while leading
Authentic leadership
The legitimate right to make decisions and to tell other people what to do
Authority
A form of leadership in which the leader makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those
decisions to the group
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Autocratic leadership
3
, WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Groups that control decisions about and execution of a complete range of tasks
Autonomous work groups
A reaction to conflict that involves ignoring the problem by doing nothing at all or deemphasizing the
disagreement
Avoidance
Control system combining four sets of performance measures: financial, customer, business process,
and learning and growth
Balanced scorecard
A report that shows the financial picture of a company at a given time and itemizes assets, liabilities, and
stockholders' equity
Balance sheet
Conditions that prevent new companies from entering an industry
Barriers to entry
A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what good leaders do—that is, what behaviors they
exhibit
Behavioral approach
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4
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
WGU C483 - Principles of Management EXAM 2026/2027|
Questions and Correct Answers (Verified, Exams of Nursing
A style of dealing with conflict involving cooperation on behalf of the other party but not being assertive
about one's own interests
Accommodation
The expectation that employees will perform a job, take corrective action when necessary, and report
upward on the status and quality of their performance
Accountability
Procedures used to verify accounting reports and statements
Accounting audits
One firm buying another
Acquisition
A method of cost accounting designed to identify streams of activity and then to allocate costs across
particular business processes according to the amount of time employees devote to particular activities
Activity-based costing (ABC)
Companies that take the current industry structure and its evolution as givens, and choose where to
2/5/2026
compete
Adapters
1
, WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
When a seemingly neutral employment practice has a disproportionately negative effect on a protected
group
Adverse impact
Charging fees to advertise on a site
Advertising support model
Emotional disagreement directed toward other people
Affective conflict
Charging fees to direct site visitors to other companies' sites
Affiliate model
Special efforts to recruit and hire qualified members of groups that have been discriminated against in
the past
Affirmative action
A frank and open-minded discussion of four basic questions aimed at continuous improvement
After-action review
2/5/2026
2
, WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
A human needs theory postulating that people have three basic sets of needs that can operate
simultaneously (Existence, Relatedness and Growth)
Alderfer's ERG theory
The use of a neutral third party to resolve a labor dispute
Arbitration
A managerial performance test in which candidates participate in a variety of exercises and situations
Assessment center
The values of the various items the corporation owns
Assets
A style in which the leader is true to himself or herself while leading
Authentic leadership
The legitimate right to make decisions and to tell other people what to do
Authority
A form of leadership in which the leader makes decisions on his or her own and then announces those
decisions to the group
2/5/2026
Autocratic leadership
3
, WGU C483 - PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT EXAM
02/05/2026
2026/2027| QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Groups that control decisions about and execution of a complete range of tasks
Autonomous work groups
A reaction to conflict that involves ignoring the problem by doing nothing at all or deemphasizing the
disagreement
Avoidance
Control system combining four sets of performance measures: financial, customer, business process,
and learning and growth
Balanced scorecard
A report that shows the financial picture of a company at a given time and itemizes assets, liabilities, and
stockholders' equity
Balance sheet
Conditions that prevent new companies from entering an industry
Barriers to entry
A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what good leaders do—that is, what behaviors they
exhibit
Behavioral approach
2/5/2026
4
