BUS 150 CORRECT EXAMS ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The process in which employees deliberately work at a pace slower than their
capabilities is known as _____.
a. storming
b. norming
c. efficiency
d. soldiering - ✔✔D: Soldiering
✔✔Which of the following types of control is aimed at ensuring that an organization is
maintaining an effective alignment with its environment and moving toward achieving its
strategic goals?
a. Strategic control
b. Structural control
c. Operations control
d. Decentralized control - ✔✔a. Strategic Control
✔✔A university reward system that encourages faculty members to publish large
numbers of articles but fails to consider the quality of the work is guilty of:
a. inappropriate focus.
b. rewarding inefficiency.
c. demanding excessive accountability.
d. overcontrol. - ✔✔a. Inappropriate Focus
✔✔Which of the following should a manager do to overcome employees' resistance to
control?
a. Focus extensively on quantifiable variables.
b. Steer clear of establishing control systems that are integrated with organizational
planning.
c. Encourage employee participation in decision-making processes.
d. Micromanage employees to ensure that they follow rules and regulations. - ✔✔c.
Encourage employee participation in decision-making process
, ✔✔Samir works at a factory that manufactures watches. He works in a team that is
responsible for testing that all new watches are in perfect working order before dispatch.
This is an example of _____ control.
a. operations
b. strategic
c. structural
d. financial - ✔✔a. operations
✔✔In ____________ control, participation is limited and formal.
a. decentralized
b. operations
c. bureaucratic
d. strategic - ✔✔c. Bureaucratic
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a nonmonetary budget?
a. Expense budget
b. Space budget
c. Profit budget
d. Balance sheet budget - ✔✔b. Space budget
✔✔Which of the following lists the assets and liabilities of an organization at a specific
point in time?
a. Liquidity ratio
b. External audit
c. Balance sheet
d. Income statement - ✔✔c. Balance Sheet
✔✔Patel Technologies have headquarters in London. Top managers often travel from
this office to foreign branches of the firm in order to observe firsthand how the units are
functioning. This is an example of _____ strategic control.
a. preliminary
b. financial
c. centralized
d. operations - ✔✔C. Centralized
✔✔Which of the following is a factor that can cause resistance to control?
a. Objectivity
b. Excessive accountability
c. Integration with planning
d. Accuracy - ✔✔b. Excessive accountability
✔✔An organization with bureaucratic control:
a. favors widespread employee participation.
QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔The process in which employees deliberately work at a pace slower than their
capabilities is known as _____.
a. storming
b. norming
c. efficiency
d. soldiering - ✔✔D: Soldiering
✔✔Which of the following types of control is aimed at ensuring that an organization is
maintaining an effective alignment with its environment and moving toward achieving its
strategic goals?
a. Strategic control
b. Structural control
c. Operations control
d. Decentralized control - ✔✔a. Strategic Control
✔✔A university reward system that encourages faculty members to publish large
numbers of articles but fails to consider the quality of the work is guilty of:
a. inappropriate focus.
b. rewarding inefficiency.
c. demanding excessive accountability.
d. overcontrol. - ✔✔a. Inappropriate Focus
✔✔Which of the following should a manager do to overcome employees' resistance to
control?
a. Focus extensively on quantifiable variables.
b. Steer clear of establishing control systems that are integrated with organizational
planning.
c. Encourage employee participation in decision-making processes.
d. Micromanage employees to ensure that they follow rules and regulations. - ✔✔c.
Encourage employee participation in decision-making process
, ✔✔Samir works at a factory that manufactures watches. He works in a team that is
responsible for testing that all new watches are in perfect working order before dispatch.
This is an example of _____ control.
a. operations
b. strategic
c. structural
d. financial - ✔✔a. operations
✔✔In ____________ control, participation is limited and formal.
a. decentralized
b. operations
c. bureaucratic
d. strategic - ✔✔c. Bureaucratic
✔✔Which of the following is an example of a nonmonetary budget?
a. Expense budget
b. Space budget
c. Profit budget
d. Balance sheet budget - ✔✔b. Space budget
✔✔Which of the following lists the assets and liabilities of an organization at a specific
point in time?
a. Liquidity ratio
b. External audit
c. Balance sheet
d. Income statement - ✔✔c. Balance Sheet
✔✔Patel Technologies have headquarters in London. Top managers often travel from
this office to foreign branches of the firm in order to observe firsthand how the units are
functioning. This is an example of _____ strategic control.
a. preliminary
b. financial
c. centralized
d. operations - ✔✔C. Centralized
✔✔Which of the following is a factor that can cause resistance to control?
a. Objectivity
b. Excessive accountability
c. Integration with planning
d. Accuracy - ✔✔b. Excessive accountability
✔✔An organization with bureaucratic control:
a. favors widespread employee participation.
