Test Prep - WGU - Principles of
Management - C483 Exam Questions
and Answers 100% Solved
A value chain is the sequence of activities that begins with raw materials.
What result does a value chain end with?
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Supply and demand
Operations and logistics
Outsourcing or insourcing
Delivery of products or services - ✔✔Delivery of products or services
What happens when an effective value chain is created?
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Profit margins are increased.
A mission statement is developed.
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Customized products are standardized.
Total quality management is not required. - ✔✔Profit margins are
increased.
Industry and market analysis, competitor analysis, and social analysis are
examples of which step in the strategic planning process?
Analysis of mission, vision, and goals
Analysis of management implementation
Analysis of external opportunities and threats
Analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses - ✔✔Analysis of external
opportunities and threats
Skilled management, positive cash flow, and well-known brands are
examples of which component of the SWOT analysis?
Threats
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities - ✔✔Strengths
What denotes skills or expertise in an activity that constitutes the roots of
competitiveness in an organization?
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Strategic values
Core competencies
Products and services
Opportunities and threats - ✔✔Core competencies
According to Michael Porter's competitive environment model, how can
suppliers influence strategic planning?
Suppliers can reduce the threat from substitute products.
Suppliers can reduce the numbers of new entrants in the market.
Suppliers can reduce manufacturing time and increase product quality.
Suppliers can reduce technological, demographic, and legal threats in the
environment. - ✔✔Suppliers can reduce manufacturing time and increase
product quality.
A company offers unique products in its industry to create a competitive
advantage.
Which type of strategy is the company using?
Valorization
Differentiation
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Customization
Standardization - ✔✔Differentiation
Happy Inc. is a leading provider of family entertainment and BCD is a
broadcasting company with news, cable, and entertainment networks.
Happy Inc. recently acquired BCD in hopes of boosting its primary business
of family entertainment.
Which type of corporate strategy is represented by Happy Inc.'s purchase
of their distribution network?
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Vertical integration
Strategic alliances
Networking
Horizontal benchmarking - ✔✔Vertical integration
A local business has provided services to its customers for 40 years. The
business's mission is "To give our customers the best service in town." The
owner of the business has had a long-standing dream to franchise the
business and become the best provider of its service in the United States.