Modern Management, 11e (Certo / Certo)
Chapter 1 Modern Management: A Digital Focus
1) Management positions have actually decreased since the 1950s.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
2) Some people feel that managers actually receive too much in the way of salary and
benefits.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
3) Of the ten highest paid executives in the U.S., two are women.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
4) Men and women make up roughly the same proportion of the workforce, but men hold
a disproportionate number of higher-paying jobs.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
5) The role of managers is to guide organizations toward goal accomplishment.
,Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 7
Topic: The Role of Management
6) Management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and
through people and other resources.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 7
Topic: Defining Management
7) Influencing can be thought of as assigning the tasks developed under the planning
function to various individuals or groups within the organization.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 8
Topic: The Management Process: Management Functions
8) The management process of controlling is also referred to as motivating, leadership,
and directing.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 8
Topic: The Management Process: Management Functions
,9) Planning involves choosing tasks that must be performed to attain organizational
goals, outlining how the tasks must be performed, and indicating when they should be
performed.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 8
Topic: The Management Process: Management Functions
10) Planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling need to be separated and
investigated individually.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 9
Topic: Management Process and Goal Attainment
11) Organizational resources include monetary, human, raw materials, and capital.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 9
Topic: Management and Organizational Resources
12) To be effective, a manager must simply understand how the four management
functions are defined and related.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3 PageRef: 9
Topic: Managerial Effectiveness
13) A manager who wastes resources to achieve organizational goals may be effective
but inefficient.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 10
, Topic: Managerial Efficiency
14) Managerial effectiveness is defined as the degree to which organizational resources
contribute to productivity.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 10
Topic: Managerial Efficiency
15) Managerial effectiveness is measured by the extent to which the manager achieves
organizational goals.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 10
Topic: Management Effectiveness
16) If a manager is not reaching goals and is not wasting resources, he or she would most
likely be considered efficient and ineffective.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 PageRef: 11
Topic: Various Combinations of Managerial Effectiveness and Efficiency
Chapter 1 Modern Management: A Digital Focus
1) Management positions have actually decreased since the 1950s.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
2) Some people feel that managers actually receive too much in the way of salary and
benefits.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
3) Of the ten highest paid executives in the U.S., two are women.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
4) Men and women make up roughly the same proportion of the workforce, but men hold
a disproportionate number of higher-paying jobs.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 4
Topic: The Management Task
5) The role of managers is to guide organizations toward goal accomplishment.
,Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 7
Topic: The Role of Management
6) Management is the process of reaching organizational goals by working with and
through people and other resources.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 1 PageRef: 7
Topic: Defining Management
7) Influencing can be thought of as assigning the tasks developed under the planning
function to various individuals or groups within the organization.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 8
Topic: The Management Process: Management Functions
8) The management process of controlling is also referred to as motivating, leadership,
and directing.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 8
Topic: The Management Process: Management Functions
,9) Planning involves choosing tasks that must be performed to attain organizational
goals, outlining how the tasks must be performed, and indicating when they should be
performed.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 8
Topic: The Management Process: Management Functions
10) Planning, organizing, influencing, and controlling need to be separated and
investigated individually.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 9
Topic: Management Process and Goal Attainment
11) Organizational resources include monetary, human, raw materials, and capital.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 9
Topic: Management and Organizational Resources
12) To be effective, a manager must simply understand how the four management
functions are defined and related.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 3 PageRef: 9
Topic: Managerial Effectiveness
13) A manager who wastes resources to achieve organizational goals may be effective
but inefficient.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 10
, Topic: Managerial Efficiency
14) Managerial effectiveness is defined as the degree to which organizational resources
contribute to productivity.
Answer: FALSE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 10
Topic: Managerial Efficiency
15) Managerial effectiveness is measured by the extent to which the manager achieves
organizational goals.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 2 PageRef: 10
Topic: Management Effectiveness
16) If a manager is not reaching goals and is not wasting resources, he or she would most
likely be considered efficient and ineffective.
Answer: TRUE
Diff: 3 PageRef: 11
Topic: Various Combinations of Managerial Effectiveness and Efficiency
