WGU C483 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT OA FINAL
EXAM LATEST 2026 TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
1.) The planning level with the shortest time horizon is known as planning.
A)operational
B)tactical
C)managerial
D)developmental
E)vertical - ANSWER--A
2.) The planning process is similar to the process in that both have a series of
steps that are typically repeated in a cycle.
A) strategy-mapping
B) tactical alignment
C)goal-setting
D)decision-making
E)environmental analysis - ANSWER--D
3.) In a SWOT analysis, the absence of reliable suppliers would be considered as
a(n):
A) weakness and a threat.
B)weakness.
C) strength.
D)opportunity.
,E)threat. - ANSWER--B
,4.) A system is a component of the strategic management process designed
to support managers in evaluating the organization's progress
with its strategy and, when discrepancies exist, taking corrective action.
A) span of control
B)strategic control
C)strategic support
D) dynamic network
E) strategic integration - ANSWER--B
5.) The strategy an organization uses to build competitive advantage by being
unique in its industry or market segment along one or more
dimensions is known as a(n) strategy.
A)integrated
B) differentiation
C)functional
D)low-cost
E)concentration - ANSWER--B
6.) Which of the following is one among the six components of the strategic
management process?
A) Skill improvement plan
B)Technology assessment
, C) Stakeholder analysis
D) SWOT analysis
E) Stockholder reporting - ANSWER--D
7.) Which of the following takes place after a firm formulates its strategy?
A)Establishment of mission, vision, and goals
B) Analysis of external opportunities and threats
C) Strategy implementation
D) Analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses
E) SWOT analysis - ANSWER--C
8.) A vertical integration strategy is a strategy:
A) used to add new businesses that produce related products or are involved in
related markets and activities.
B) that involves expanding the domain of the organization into supply channels or
to distributors.
C) employed for an organization that operates a single business and competes in a
single industry.
D) used to add new businesses that produce unrelated products or are involved in
unrelated markets and activities.
E) an organization uses to build competitive advantage by being unique in its
industry or market segment along one or more dimensions. - ANSWER--B
EXAM LATEST 2026 TEST BANK QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS)
|ALREADY GRADED A+
1.) The planning level with the shortest time horizon is known as planning.
A)operational
B)tactical
C)managerial
D)developmental
E)vertical - ANSWER--A
2.) The planning process is similar to the process in that both have a series of
steps that are typically repeated in a cycle.
A) strategy-mapping
B) tactical alignment
C)goal-setting
D)decision-making
E)environmental analysis - ANSWER--D
3.) In a SWOT analysis, the absence of reliable suppliers would be considered as
a(n):
A) weakness and a threat.
B)weakness.
C) strength.
D)opportunity.
,E)threat. - ANSWER--B
,4.) A system is a component of the strategic management process designed
to support managers in evaluating the organization's progress
with its strategy and, when discrepancies exist, taking corrective action.
A) span of control
B)strategic control
C)strategic support
D) dynamic network
E) strategic integration - ANSWER--B
5.) The strategy an organization uses to build competitive advantage by being
unique in its industry or market segment along one or more
dimensions is known as a(n) strategy.
A)integrated
B) differentiation
C)functional
D)low-cost
E)concentration - ANSWER--B
6.) Which of the following is one among the six components of the strategic
management process?
A) Skill improvement plan
B)Technology assessment
, C) Stakeholder analysis
D) SWOT analysis
E) Stockholder reporting - ANSWER--D
7.) Which of the following takes place after a firm formulates its strategy?
A)Establishment of mission, vision, and goals
B) Analysis of external opportunities and threats
C) Strategy implementation
D) Analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses
E) SWOT analysis - ANSWER--C
8.) A vertical integration strategy is a strategy:
A) used to add new businesses that produce related products or are involved in
related markets and activities.
B) that involves expanding the domain of the organization into supply channels or
to distributors.
C) employed for an organization that operates a single business and competes in a
single industry.
D) used to add new businesses that produce unrelated products or are involved in
unrelated markets and activities.
E) an organization uses to build competitive advantage by being unique in its
industry or market segment along one or more dimensions. - ANSWER--B
