ARE 112 EXAM #2 PRACTICE QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS
1. We see the staff functions in the supporting or secondary activities]and the line
functions in the primary activities in the: a. Conceptual supply chain b. Value chain c.
Linear management model d. The component business model - Answers -b
2. The topic from class on "decision rights" was from the topic of: a. SPC b. strategic
thinking c. information technology d. the component business model e. management
tools - Answers -e
4. I idea of "professional reliance" was discussed in class with the topic of: a. Lou's idea
of strategy b. abdication c. wisdom d. contracts e. learning - Answers -b
5. The term "Authority" has to do with a. the supply chain b. movement along the
component model c. performing the work d. directing the work e. two of the answer
provided are correc - Answers -d
6. The strategic lenses we studied in class that took an "industry view" was a. BCG
Growth-Share Matrix b. SWOT c. Porter's Five Forces d. Two of these lenses were
noted as both firm and industry views e. Four P's - Answers -c
7. From our class discussion we mention that a disciplined approach to only do what
matters is a. two of the answers are correct b. one of the leadership points from the
reading c. strategic intent d. from the reading on management e. from the systems
approach - Answers -c
8. In the IBM book the part of the balanced scorecard that was seen in "operation bear
hug" was : a. alignment b. vision c. financial d. customer e. coordination - Answers -d
10. The results of a probit analysis is to test for: a. a continuous response b. a measure
of the population variance c. success or failure d. both "success or failure" and differing
population means. e. none of the answers provided are correct - Answers -c
11. The idea of "we make what we sell" was seen in class in the: a. component
business model b. matrix model c. demand chain model d. value chain e. Lou's use of
ERP - Answers -c
12. A difference between classical conditioning and operant learning is: a. classical
condition in more tactile b. in classical conditional the response time improves c. none
of the answers are correct d. operant learning is "automatic" and classical condition in
not "automatic" e. in operant learning the response time improves - Answers -e
ANSWERS
1. We see the staff functions in the supporting or secondary activities]and the line
functions in the primary activities in the: a. Conceptual supply chain b. Value chain c.
Linear management model d. The component business model - Answers -b
2. The topic from class on "decision rights" was from the topic of: a. SPC b. strategic
thinking c. information technology d. the component business model e. management
tools - Answers -e
4. I idea of "professional reliance" was discussed in class with the topic of: a. Lou's idea
of strategy b. abdication c. wisdom d. contracts e. learning - Answers -b
5. The term "Authority" has to do with a. the supply chain b. movement along the
component model c. performing the work d. directing the work e. two of the answer
provided are correc - Answers -d
6. The strategic lenses we studied in class that took an "industry view" was a. BCG
Growth-Share Matrix b. SWOT c. Porter's Five Forces d. Two of these lenses were
noted as both firm and industry views e. Four P's - Answers -c
7. From our class discussion we mention that a disciplined approach to only do what
matters is a. two of the answers are correct b. one of the leadership points from the
reading c. strategic intent d. from the reading on management e. from the systems
approach - Answers -c
8. In the IBM book the part of the balanced scorecard that was seen in "operation bear
hug" was : a. alignment b. vision c. financial d. customer e. coordination - Answers -d
10. The results of a probit analysis is to test for: a. a continuous response b. a measure
of the population variance c. success or failure d. both "success or failure" and differing
population means. e. none of the answers provided are correct - Answers -c
11. The idea of "we make what we sell" was seen in class in the: a. component
business model b. matrix model c. demand chain model d. value chain e. Lou's use of
ERP - Answers -c
12. A difference between classical conditioning and operant learning is: a. classical
condition in more tactile b. in classical conditional the response time improves c. none
of the answers are correct d. operant learning is "automatic" and classical condition in
not "automatic" e. in operant learning the response time improves - Answers -e
