WGU D072 FUNDAMENTALS FOR SUCCESS
IN BUSINESS ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM PREP
◉ An organization plans to close its local factory and shift
manufacturing operations overseas. This brings opposition from
employees. Which terms describes this organizational move? Answer:
legal-ethical
◉ Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental
impacts of some industries, including the coal industry. Which benefit
did the authors' work have on society? Answer: It drew the public's
attention to the targeted issue.
◉ The accountant of a company was asked to change the current
quarterly sales results by adding sales that were set to occur next
quarter. Which stakeholder group is directly impacted by this action?
Answer: shareholders
◉ A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing
sub-standard materials. What are the implications of this manager's
actions? Answer: The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
◉ A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new
employee is being trained by other employees on the company's
,conflict resolution practices in alignment with the company's mission
and ethical standards. As part of the training, the employee identifies
how the ethical values of the company are consistent with the
employee's values. Which aspect of the company is the employee
learning? Answer: Organizational culture
◉ A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a
financial report to hide some distressing data. Which aspect of the
organization is being violated by the manager's behavior? Answer:
ethics
◉ An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective
client that the company does not work with people from a particular
ethnicity even though the company has a nondiscrimination policy.
Which element is violated by the actions of this office manager?
Answer: Employee handbook guidelines
◉ A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a
conversation with an older, married employee with siblings about the
corporate decision to enter into a lucrative contract with a firm that
legally supplies substandard medications to developing countries. The
two employees disagree as to whether the company's decision was
ethical. What is the primary demographic trait that influences the
values of these employees? Answer: age
◉ A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place. Which
employee activity models this code? Answer: Starting an office
recycling program
, ◉ A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in
all business processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has
blocked the adoption of many environmentally safe practices because
of the additional costs to the company .Which controversial business
practice is this company using? Answer: greenwashing
◉ Which organizational department is responsible for managing
receivables and payables for a company? Answer: Accounting and
finance
◉ Which function is performed by the information technology
department of an organization? Answer: Computer installation
◉ Which organizational department is responsible for maintaining
compliance with labor laws? Answer: Human resources
◉ A supervisor assigns an employee to work on a small project that is
directly related to a corporate goal, and the employee's skill set makes
them the ideal person to accomplish the task. What is this employee's
managerial designation? Answer: Individual
◉ An employee is involved in providing vision and direction for an
organization and developing broad goals designed to move the
organization towards that vision. What is this employee's management
role in the organization? Answer: top
◉ An employee is involved directly with each of the individuals
tasked with working on actionable items designed to pursue goals that
IN BUSINESS ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
VERIFIED ANSWERS EXAM PREP
◉ An organization plans to close its local factory and shift
manufacturing operations overseas. This brings opposition from
employees. Which terms describes this organizational move? Answer:
legal-ethical
◉ Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental
impacts of some industries, including the coal industry. Which benefit
did the authors' work have on society? Answer: It drew the public's
attention to the targeted issue.
◉ The accountant of a company was asked to change the current
quarterly sales results by adding sales that were set to occur next
quarter. Which stakeholder group is directly impacted by this action?
Answer: shareholders
◉ A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing
sub-standard materials. What are the implications of this manager's
actions? Answer: The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
◉ A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new
employee is being trained by other employees on the company's
,conflict resolution practices in alignment with the company's mission
and ethical standards. As part of the training, the employee identifies
how the ethical values of the company are consistent with the
employee's values. Which aspect of the company is the employee
learning? Answer: Organizational culture
◉ A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a
financial report to hide some distressing data. Which aspect of the
organization is being violated by the manager's behavior? Answer:
ethics
◉ An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective
client that the company does not work with people from a particular
ethnicity even though the company has a nondiscrimination policy.
Which element is violated by the actions of this office manager?
Answer: Employee handbook guidelines
◉ A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a
conversation with an older, married employee with siblings about the
corporate decision to enter into a lucrative contract with a firm that
legally supplies substandard medications to developing countries. The
two employees disagree as to whether the company's decision was
ethical. What is the primary demographic trait that influences the
values of these employees? Answer: age
◉ A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place. Which
employee activity models this code? Answer: Starting an office
recycling program
, ◉ A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in
all business processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has
blocked the adoption of many environmentally safe practices because
of the additional costs to the company .Which controversial business
practice is this company using? Answer: greenwashing
◉ Which organizational department is responsible for managing
receivables and payables for a company? Answer: Accounting and
finance
◉ Which function is performed by the information technology
department of an organization? Answer: Computer installation
◉ Which organizational department is responsible for maintaining
compliance with labor laws? Answer: Human resources
◉ A supervisor assigns an employee to work on a small project that is
directly related to a corporate goal, and the employee's skill set makes
them the ideal person to accomplish the task. What is this employee's
managerial designation? Answer: Individual
◉ An employee is involved in providing vision and direction for an
organization and developing broad goals designed to move the
organization towards that vision. What is this employee's management
role in the organization? Answer: top
◉ An employee is involved directly with each of the individuals
tasked with working on actionable items designed to pursue goals that
