MNGT 301 Chapter 1 Test Questions
and Answers All Correct
Which of the following management functions deals with monitoring employees'
activities?
a. Planning
b. Controlling
c. Leading
d. Organizing - Answer-b. Controlling
Fuzz Inc., a well-known soft drink manufacturing company, introduces a new drink into
the market, to make up for the company's past losses and regain its position in the
market. However, customers reportedly complain about an odd taste in the drink. To
correct this, the company invests more effort in improving the product to suit customer
needs. The new drink with an improved taste soon becomes popular in the market,
fulfilling Fuzz's goals. This scenario demonstrates the concept of:
a. organizational efficiency.
b. objective budgeting.
c. organizational effectiveness.
d. object-oriented analysis. - Answer-c. organizational effectiveness.
_____ are increasingly important for managers to demonstrate at all levels and in all
types of organizations.
a. Human skills
b. Technical skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Decisional skills - Answer-a. Human skills
After demonstrating good mastery of her technical skills, Suri was promoted to the role
of a manager. She now manages a team of engineers that consists of her colleagues
she had initially worked with. Suri has been in her current position for a while and would
like to make further advancement. How can she show her boss that while being
technically skilled, she also uses human skills effectively?
a. By looking over her team members' activities to ensure her control over them
b. By allowing her team members to bring their children to work once a week and during
holidays
c. By felicitating the team members for their contributions to a project
, d. By appointing a team member as a single point of contact for the team and top
management - Answer-c. By felicitating the team members for their contributions to a
project
Jane is the chief operating officer (COO) at a smartphone manufacturing company. She
is responsible for setting the long-term goals for her organization and designing plans to
achieve those goals. To gain a broad view of the organizational processes involved and
improve her company's value in the industry, Jane mainly needs to employ her:
a. conceptual skills.
b. intellectual skills.
c. human skills.
d. technical skills. - Answer-a. conceptual skills.
Mason works at a toy assembly plant and is responsible for the various departments
that perform different functions. He helps people in different departments to coordinate
with each other as they work on specific tasks. Julio works at a fabric manufacturing
company and oversees the entire packaging department. He ensures that everyone in
his department has the skills and training to work at the same level. Identify the type of
management roles Mason and Julio fulfill.
a. Mason is a general manager, while Julio is a functional manager.
b. Mason is a functional manager, while Julio is a general manager.
c. Mason is a top manager, while Julio is a first-line manager.
d. Mason is a first-line manager, while Julio is a top manager - Answer-a. Mason is a
general manager, while Julio is a functional manager.
Who among the following is a manager with good time-management skills?
a. Jim, who completes tasks mostly through his own efforts to ensure consistency
b. Jonathan, who segregates tasks and classifies them based on priority needs
c. Lydia, who schedules phone calls during the most productive work hours
d. Lee, who performs at least five activities at a time to increase productivity - Answer-b.
Jonathan, who segregates tasks and classifies them based on priority needs
Abebi is a manager at a catering company that is responsible for organizing an
upcoming wedding. She needs to allocate a portion of her staff to cover this event. As
Abebi begins to analyze her staff members' availability for the event, she observes that
nearly half the staff team is occupied with another event of an equal magnitude. She
then carefully reassigns her staff members to successfully carry out both the events.
Identify the role that best captures Abebi's management responsibilities.
a. Disturbance handler
b. Disseminator
c. Resource allocator
d. Negotiator - Answer-c. Resource allocator
Which of the following statements describes an ideal manager?
and Answers All Correct
Which of the following management functions deals with monitoring employees'
activities?
a. Planning
b. Controlling
c. Leading
d. Organizing - Answer-b. Controlling
Fuzz Inc., a well-known soft drink manufacturing company, introduces a new drink into
the market, to make up for the company's past losses and regain its position in the
market. However, customers reportedly complain about an odd taste in the drink. To
correct this, the company invests more effort in improving the product to suit customer
needs. The new drink with an improved taste soon becomes popular in the market,
fulfilling Fuzz's goals. This scenario demonstrates the concept of:
a. organizational efficiency.
b. objective budgeting.
c. organizational effectiveness.
d. object-oriented analysis. - Answer-c. organizational effectiveness.
_____ are increasingly important for managers to demonstrate at all levels and in all
types of organizations.
a. Human skills
b. Technical skills
c. Conceptual skills
d. Decisional skills - Answer-a. Human skills
After demonstrating good mastery of her technical skills, Suri was promoted to the role
of a manager. She now manages a team of engineers that consists of her colleagues
she had initially worked with. Suri has been in her current position for a while and would
like to make further advancement. How can she show her boss that while being
technically skilled, she also uses human skills effectively?
a. By looking over her team members' activities to ensure her control over them
b. By allowing her team members to bring their children to work once a week and during
holidays
c. By felicitating the team members for their contributions to a project
, d. By appointing a team member as a single point of contact for the team and top
management - Answer-c. By felicitating the team members for their contributions to a
project
Jane is the chief operating officer (COO) at a smartphone manufacturing company. She
is responsible for setting the long-term goals for her organization and designing plans to
achieve those goals. To gain a broad view of the organizational processes involved and
improve her company's value in the industry, Jane mainly needs to employ her:
a. conceptual skills.
b. intellectual skills.
c. human skills.
d. technical skills. - Answer-a. conceptual skills.
Mason works at a toy assembly plant and is responsible for the various departments
that perform different functions. He helps people in different departments to coordinate
with each other as they work on specific tasks. Julio works at a fabric manufacturing
company and oversees the entire packaging department. He ensures that everyone in
his department has the skills and training to work at the same level. Identify the type of
management roles Mason and Julio fulfill.
a. Mason is a general manager, while Julio is a functional manager.
b. Mason is a functional manager, while Julio is a general manager.
c. Mason is a top manager, while Julio is a first-line manager.
d. Mason is a first-line manager, while Julio is a top manager - Answer-a. Mason is a
general manager, while Julio is a functional manager.
Who among the following is a manager with good time-management skills?
a. Jim, who completes tasks mostly through his own efforts to ensure consistency
b. Jonathan, who segregates tasks and classifies them based on priority needs
c. Lydia, who schedules phone calls during the most productive work hours
d. Lee, who performs at least five activities at a time to increase productivity - Answer-b.
Jonathan, who segregates tasks and classifies them based on priority needs
Abebi is a manager at a catering company that is responsible for organizing an
upcoming wedding. She needs to allocate a portion of her staff to cover this event. As
Abebi begins to analyze her staff members' availability for the event, she observes that
nearly half the staff team is occupied with another event of an equal magnitude. She
then carefully reassigns her staff members to successfully carry out both the events.
Identify the role that best captures Abebi's management responsibilities.
a. Disturbance handler
b. Disseminator
c. Resource allocator
d. Negotiator - Answer-c. Resource allocator
Which of the following statements describes an ideal manager?
