MAN 3025 Final Exam Master Quiz – 150 Multiple Choice
Questions with Answers
1. What are the four basic functions of management?
A. Hiring, planning, supervising, terminating
B. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling
C. Budgeting, directing, strategizing, evaluating
D. Analyzing, deciding, motivating, tracking
Answer: B. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling
2. Who is considered the father of scientific management?
A. Peter Drucker
B. Elton Mayo
C. Henry Fayol
D. Frederick W. Taylor
Answer: D. Frederick W. Taylor
3. The Hawthorne Studies highlighted the importance of:
A. Salary structures
B. Work schedules
C. Human relations and worker attention
D. Time-motion studies
Answer: C. Human relations and worker attention
4. A manager who sets goals and determines how to achieve them
is engaging in which function?
A. Organizing
B. Planning
C. Controlling
,D. Staffing
Answer: B. Planning
5. Which level of management is responsible for long-term strategic
decisions?
A. Middle management
B. Top management
C. First-line management
D. Operational employees
Answer: B. Top management
6. What is the main focus of the behavioral management approach?
A. Efficiency and productivity
B. Motivation and leadership
C. Quality control
D. Financial performance
Answer: B. Motivation and leadership
7. Which management theory emphasizes worker participation and
teamwork?
A. Scientific management
B. Bureaucratic theory
C. Systems theory
D. Human relations theory
Answer: D. Human relations theory
8. What does SWOT stand for in strategic planning?
A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
B. Strategy, Workforce, Operations, Tactics
C. Structure, Workload, Objectives, Time
,D. Sales, Work, Organization, Targets
Answer: A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
9. A mission statement typically defines:
A. A company’s vision for the future
B. The industry benchmarks
C. Its purpose and primary objectives
D. The responsibilities of each department
Answer: C. Its purpose and primary objectives
10. Delegating tasks is part of which managerial function?
A. Planning
B. Organizing
C. Leading
D. Controlling
Answer: B. Organizing
11. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which is the highest level?
A. Esteem
B. Safety
C. Self-actualization
D. Belongingness
Answer: C. Self-actualization
12. What type of leadership style is most democratic and
participatory?
A. Autocratic
B. Laissez-faire
C. Bureaucratic
, D. Transformational
Answer: D. Transformational
13. Which of the following best defines organizational culture?
A. The company’s financial policies
B. The formal hierarchy of the company
C. Shared values, beliefs, and norms within an organization
D. Government regulations influencing the company
Answer: C. Shared values, beliefs, and norms within an organization
14. Which term refers to a manager’s ability to work well with
others?
A. Technical skill
B. Conceptual skill
C. Human skill
D. Analytical skill
Answer: C. Human skill
15. What is a key advantage of decentralization?
A. Central control
B. Faster decision-making at local levels
C. Reduced employee autonomy
D. Less accountability
Answer: B. Faster decision-making at local levels
16. Which management theory views organizations as open
systems that interact with their environment?
A. Classical theory
B. Behavioral theory
C. Systems theory
Questions with Answers
1. What are the four basic functions of management?
A. Hiring, planning, supervising, terminating
B. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling
C. Budgeting, directing, strategizing, evaluating
D. Analyzing, deciding, motivating, tracking
Answer: B. Planning, organizing, leading, controlling
2. Who is considered the father of scientific management?
A. Peter Drucker
B. Elton Mayo
C. Henry Fayol
D. Frederick W. Taylor
Answer: D. Frederick W. Taylor
3. The Hawthorne Studies highlighted the importance of:
A. Salary structures
B. Work schedules
C. Human relations and worker attention
D. Time-motion studies
Answer: C. Human relations and worker attention
4. A manager who sets goals and determines how to achieve them
is engaging in which function?
A. Organizing
B. Planning
C. Controlling
,D. Staffing
Answer: B. Planning
5. Which level of management is responsible for long-term strategic
decisions?
A. Middle management
B. Top management
C. First-line management
D. Operational employees
Answer: B. Top management
6. What is the main focus of the behavioral management approach?
A. Efficiency and productivity
B. Motivation and leadership
C. Quality control
D. Financial performance
Answer: B. Motivation and leadership
7. Which management theory emphasizes worker participation and
teamwork?
A. Scientific management
B. Bureaucratic theory
C. Systems theory
D. Human relations theory
Answer: D. Human relations theory
8. What does SWOT stand for in strategic planning?
A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
B. Strategy, Workforce, Operations, Tactics
C. Structure, Workload, Objectives, Time
,D. Sales, Work, Organization, Targets
Answer: A. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
9. A mission statement typically defines:
A. A company’s vision for the future
B. The industry benchmarks
C. Its purpose and primary objectives
D. The responsibilities of each department
Answer: C. Its purpose and primary objectives
10. Delegating tasks is part of which managerial function?
A. Planning
B. Organizing
C. Leading
D. Controlling
Answer: B. Organizing
11. In Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, which is the highest level?
A. Esteem
B. Safety
C. Self-actualization
D. Belongingness
Answer: C. Self-actualization
12. What type of leadership style is most democratic and
participatory?
A. Autocratic
B. Laissez-faire
C. Bureaucratic
, D. Transformational
Answer: D. Transformational
13. Which of the following best defines organizational culture?
A. The company’s financial policies
B. The formal hierarchy of the company
C. Shared values, beliefs, and norms within an organization
D. Government regulations influencing the company
Answer: C. Shared values, beliefs, and norms within an organization
14. Which term refers to a manager’s ability to work well with
others?
A. Technical skill
B. Conceptual skill
C. Human skill
D. Analytical skill
Answer: C. Human skill
15. What is a key advantage of decentralization?
A. Central control
B. Faster decision-making at local levels
C. Reduced employee autonomy
D. Less accountability
Answer: B. Faster decision-making at local levels
16. Which management theory views organizations as open
systems that interact with their environment?
A. Classical theory
B. Behavioral theory
C. Systems theory
