Management, 10ce (Robbins)
Supplement 1 Organizational Culture and the Environment
1) According to Adam Smith, division of labour lowered productivity by reducing each
worker's skill and dexterity.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Historical Background of Management Skill: Applied
2) What the Industrial Revolution did was substitute machine power for human power.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Historical Background of Management Skill: Recall
3) The Industrial Revolution began in the nineteenth century.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Historical Background of Management Skill: Recall
,4) Principles of Scientific Management was written by Frederick Winslow Taylor.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
5) One best way is the phrase most associated with scientific management.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
6) Taylor is best known for his 14 principles of management.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
7) Frank Gilbreth is probably best known for his experiments in bricklaying.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
, Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
8) The Gilbreths invented a device called a microchronometer to help determine which
assembly line jobs could be eliminated through automation.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Applied
9) The Gilbreths devised a classification scheme to label 17 basic hand motions.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
10) The Gilbreths used the term therblig to refer to the one best way.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 31
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
, 11) Henri Fayol became known as the "father" of scientific management.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 31
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
12) Max Weber was among the first researchers to use motion pictures to study hand and
body motions.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 32
Topic: General Administrative Theory Skill: Recall
13) General administrative theory focuses only on managers and administrators.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 31
Topic: General Administrative Theory Skill: Applied
14) While Taylor was concerned with first-line managers, Fayol's attention was directed
at the activities of all managers.
A) True
B) False
Supplement 1 Organizational Culture and the Environment
1) According to Adam Smith, division of labour lowered productivity by reducing each
worker's skill and dexterity.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Historical Background of Management Skill: Applied
2) What the Industrial Revolution did was substitute machine power for human power.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 1 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Historical Background of Management Skill: Recall
3) The Industrial Revolution began in the nineteenth century.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Historical Background of Management Skill: Recall
,4) Principles of Scientific Management was written by Frederick Winslow Taylor.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
5) One best way is the phrase most associated with scientific management.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 29
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
6) Taylor is best known for his 14 principles of management.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
7) Frank Gilbreth is probably best known for his experiments in bricklaying.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
, Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
8) The Gilbreths invented a device called a microchronometer to help determine which
assembly line jobs could be eliminated through automation.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 3 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Applied
9) The Gilbreths devised a classification scheme to label 17 basic hand motions.
A) True
B) False
Answer: True
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 30
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
10) The Gilbreths used the term therblig to refer to the one best way.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 31
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
, 11) Henri Fayol became known as the "father" of scientific management.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 31
Topic: Scientific Management Skill: Recall
12) Max Weber was among the first researchers to use motion pictures to study hand and
body motions.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 32
Topic: General Administrative Theory Skill: Recall
13) General administrative theory focuses only on managers and administrators.
A) True
B) False
Answer: False
Diff: 2 Type: TF Page Reference: 31
Topic: General Administrative Theory Skill: Applied
14) While Taylor was concerned with first-line managers, Fayol's attention was directed
at the activities of all managers.
A) True
B) False
