ARE 112 MIDTERM 1 - PRACTICE EXAM QUESTIONS
Alignment issues and solving performance gaps are terms from class related to -
Answers -Incremental Changes
In class we discussed what organizations can do to achieve a goal. These include: -
Answers -Three of the answers provided are correct
From our class discussion we saw an example in the video on the NFL labor
negotiations the idea of - Answers -focusing on the interest, not the position
From the class we saw changes in behavior come from - Answers -Facts
The McKinsey tool we discussed in class was - Answers -MECE
From The Goal, a plant in which everyone is working all the time is one that - Answers -
is inefficient
Characteristics of the modern organization as discussed in class are - Answers -all the
answers provided are correct
The example in class for the DBR was from - Answers -Intel
The Hawthorn experiments were important as they were examples of the importance of
the - Answers -behavioral school of management
At the start of The Goal, Peach - Answers -Parked his car in Alex's slot
In the dice game in The Goal, _______ players lost the bet - Answers -ending
The idea of management hierarchy from class is from - Answers -Anthony
Role ambiguities and unresolved prior conflicts are examples of - Answers -causes of
conflicts
Which one is not part of the Theory of Constraint model from class - Answers -Fixed
cost
An example of domain analysis was - Answers -STS
The historical example of organizations were primarily concerned on - Answers -What
was the driving force for the organization?
BATNA has to do with - Answers -conflict resolution
, In the 'Beer Bust' case the key phase we wanted to remember was - Answers -"the
world is not a dichotomy'
One of our approaches to the analysis process all but which of the following terms -
Answers -corrective
From "The Young Woman Case" our message was: - Answers -values and beliefs are
not the same
An organizational goal should be - Answers -two of the correct answers are correct
Which of the following, from class is not a driving force for transformational CHANGE -
Answers -Changes in regulatory standards
The theory of constraint, as discussed in class, attempts to _____ the material through
the system - Answers -pull
Which of the following is not one of the Abraham Maslow human needs: - Answers -
Financial Needs
In the theory of constraint, which is/are the terms used to describe the types of
constraints - Answers -All three of the terms are used in class
Esme, the farmers wife, saw the contest from - Answers -the television
One of the frameworks, discussed in class, used to apply the theory of constraints is -
Answers -The Five Focusing Steps
In the "Young Woman" case, she had to - Answers -cross a bridge
From our class discussions, we see that we can change beliefs by - Answers -changing
the behavior
When Jonah talked about a balanced plant, he wanted to balance - Answers -flow of
the product to the market
Which of the following, from class, is not a target for transformational change: -
Answers -Systems
Dependent events as discussed in The Goal, occur: - Answers -two of the answers are
correct
In the STS, the group that does not have its own "system" is - Answers -The managers
One of Fredrick Taylor's ideas was to - Answers -fit the person to the job
Alignment issues and solving performance gaps are terms from class related to -
Answers -Incremental Changes
In class we discussed what organizations can do to achieve a goal. These include: -
Answers -Three of the answers provided are correct
From our class discussion we saw an example in the video on the NFL labor
negotiations the idea of - Answers -focusing on the interest, not the position
From the class we saw changes in behavior come from - Answers -Facts
The McKinsey tool we discussed in class was - Answers -MECE
From The Goal, a plant in which everyone is working all the time is one that - Answers -
is inefficient
Characteristics of the modern organization as discussed in class are - Answers -all the
answers provided are correct
The example in class for the DBR was from - Answers -Intel
The Hawthorn experiments were important as they were examples of the importance of
the - Answers -behavioral school of management
At the start of The Goal, Peach - Answers -Parked his car in Alex's slot
In the dice game in The Goal, _______ players lost the bet - Answers -ending
The idea of management hierarchy from class is from - Answers -Anthony
Role ambiguities and unresolved prior conflicts are examples of - Answers -causes of
conflicts
Which one is not part of the Theory of Constraint model from class - Answers -Fixed
cost
An example of domain analysis was - Answers -STS
The historical example of organizations were primarily concerned on - Answers -What
was the driving force for the organization?
BATNA has to do with - Answers -conflict resolution
, In the 'Beer Bust' case the key phase we wanted to remember was - Answers -"the
world is not a dichotomy'
One of our approaches to the analysis process all but which of the following terms -
Answers -corrective
From "The Young Woman Case" our message was: - Answers -values and beliefs are
not the same
An organizational goal should be - Answers -two of the correct answers are correct
Which of the following, from class is not a driving force for transformational CHANGE -
Answers -Changes in regulatory standards
The theory of constraint, as discussed in class, attempts to _____ the material through
the system - Answers -pull
Which of the following is not one of the Abraham Maslow human needs: - Answers -
Financial Needs
In the theory of constraint, which is/are the terms used to describe the types of
constraints - Answers -All three of the terms are used in class
Esme, the farmers wife, saw the contest from - Answers -the television
One of the frameworks, discussed in class, used to apply the theory of constraints is -
Answers -The Five Focusing Steps
In the "Young Woman" case, she had to - Answers -cross a bridge
From our class discussions, we see that we can change beliefs by - Answers -changing
the behavior
When Jonah talked about a balanced plant, he wanted to balance - Answers -flow of
the product to the market
Which of the following, from class, is not a target for transformational change: -
Answers -Systems
Dependent events as discussed in The Goal, occur: - Answers -two of the answers are
correct
In the STS, the group that does not have its own "system" is - Answers -The managers
One of Fredrick Taylor's ideas was to - Answers -fit the person to the job
