CLEP - Principles of Management
Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
PERT system (Program Evaluation and Review Technique - ANSWER✔✔-is a model
for project management designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in
completing a given project.
PERT is a method to analyze the involved tasks in completing a given project, especially
the time needed to complete each task, and identifying the minimum time needed to
complete the total project.
telecommuting - ANSWER✔✔-using computers and telecommunications equipment to
perform work from home or another remote location
span of control - ANSWER✔✔-The number of subordinates who report directly to a
manager
Frederick Taylor - ANSWER✔✔-American mechanical engineer, who wanted to
improve industrial efficiency. He is known as the father of scientific management, and
was one of the first management consultants
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, operating plan - ANSWER✔✔-provides managment with detailed implementation
guidance based on stratgy to help with objectives
leadership grids - ANSWER✔✔-provides a means for evaluating leadership styles and
then training managers to move towards an ideal style of behavior
maslow - ANSWER✔✔-hierarchy of needs
hierarchy of needs - ANSWER✔✔-Maslow's idea of a pyramid of human needs;
physiological needs (ex. hunger) must first be satisfied, then safety needs (ex. security),
then belonging needs (ex. love), then esteem needs (ex. respect), and last is self-
actualization needs (ex. achieving big goals); some motives are more compelling than
others
authoritarianism - ANSWER✔✔-A form of social control characterized by strict
obedience to the authority of a state or organization, often maintaining and enforcing
control through use of oppressive force. "The Ends Justify the Means"
Cohesive Groups - ANSWER✔✔-groups in which the members are attached to each
other and act as one unit
transactional leadership - ANSWER✔✔-leadership based on an exchange process, in
which followers are rewarded for good performance and punished for poor
performance
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Exam 2025 Questions and Answers
PERT system (Program Evaluation and Review Technique - ANSWER✔✔-is a model
for project management designed to analyze and represent the tasks involved in
completing a given project.
PERT is a method to analyze the involved tasks in completing a given project, especially
the time needed to complete each task, and identifying the minimum time needed to
complete the total project.
telecommuting - ANSWER✔✔-using computers and telecommunications equipment to
perform work from home or another remote location
span of control - ANSWER✔✔-The number of subordinates who report directly to a
manager
Frederick Taylor - ANSWER✔✔-American mechanical engineer, who wanted to
improve industrial efficiency. He is known as the father of scientific management, and
was one of the first management consultants
COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, operating plan - ANSWER✔✔-provides managment with detailed implementation
guidance based on stratgy to help with objectives
leadership grids - ANSWER✔✔-provides a means for evaluating leadership styles and
then training managers to move towards an ideal style of behavior
maslow - ANSWER✔✔-hierarchy of needs
hierarchy of needs - ANSWER✔✔-Maslow's idea of a pyramid of human needs;
physiological needs (ex. hunger) must first be satisfied, then safety needs (ex. security),
then belonging needs (ex. love), then esteem needs (ex. respect), and last is self-
actualization needs (ex. achieving big goals); some motives are more compelling than
others
authoritarianism - ANSWER✔✔-A form of social control characterized by strict
obedience to the authority of a state or organization, often maintaining and enforcing
control through use of oppressive force. "The Ends Justify the Means"
Cohesive Groups - ANSWER✔✔-groups in which the members are attached to each
other and act as one unit
transactional leadership - ANSWER✔✔-leadership based on an exchange process, in
which followers are rewarded for good performance and punished for poor
performance
COPYRIGHT © 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
