BSNS 105 | Questions and Answers | 2025/2026
____ skill is the cognitive ability a) Conceptual
to view the organisation
holistically and understand
the relationships that exist
between its parts.
a) Conceptual
b) Organising
c) Human
d) Technical
e) Strategic
Each of the following is a b)
characteristic of Theory X, - Theory X is the theory that people don't like to work,
except: they're unmotivated and will want to do the bare
a) The average human being minimum
has intense dislike of work
and will avoid it if possible
b)The average human learns,
under proper conditions, not
only to accept but also to
seek responsibility
c) Workers must be coerced,
controlled, directed or
threatened with punishment
to get them to work to the
required level
d) Workers prefer to be
directed and wish to avoid
responsibility
An organisation's task d)
environment includes all the
following, except:
a) Competitors
b) Customers
c) Labour Market
d) Employers
e) Suppliers
,Which of the following e) Organisational culture - Symbols, Stories, Heros, Logos
would be considered a visual
representation of a
company's corporate
culture?
a) All department heads have
an executive office
b) Each department has an
award plaque for employee
of the month
c) All employees are
dressed in
professional
business attire
d) Top level executives drive
company- owned sports
cars
e) All of these choices
A corporate-level strategy is a) What business are we in - This is overall strategy, whereas
concerned with which the others are specific strategies
question?
a) What business are we in?
b) How do we compete?
c) How do we support
our chosen strategy?
d) Where do we market our
products?
e) Should we promote from within
Non-programmed decisions d) Programmed decisions have habitual structure. Non-
are made in response to programmed decision is one that is made on the back of
situations that are: something, it is a unique decision - not prepared for
a) unique
b) unstructured
c) important to the organisation
d) all of these choices
e) A and C
Vincent, a product manager, d) Uncertainty
wants to increase the market
share of his product. He is
unsure about how to go
about it, not knowing for
sure how costs, price, the
competition, and the quality
, of his product will interact to
influence market share.
Vincent is operating under a
condition of
a) Risk
b)Ambiguity
c) Certainty
d) Uncertainty
e) Brainstorming
Ben and Bill work at Auckland a) Assembly lines tend to have a manager but not managers
Corporation. Although they
both work on the assembly
line, they have the authority to
make many decisions about
their job. Auckland
Corporation can be said to
have:
a) A high degree of
decentralisation
b)A wide span of management
c) A high degree of
centralisation
d) A narrow span of management
e) no management
____ skill is the cognitive ability a) Conceptual
to view the organisation
holistically and understand
the relationships that exist
between its parts.
a) Conceptual
b) Organising
c) Human
d) Technical
e) Strategic
Each of the following is a b)
characteristic of Theory X, - Theory X is the theory that people don't like to work,
except: they're unmotivated and will want to do the bare
a) The average human being minimum
has intense dislike of work
and will avoid it if possible
b)The average human learns,
under proper conditions, not
only to accept but also to
seek responsibility
c) Workers must be coerced,
controlled, directed or
threatened with punishment
to get them to work to the
required level
d) Workers prefer to be
directed and wish to avoid
responsibility
An organisation's task d)
environment includes all the
following, except:
a) Competitors
b) Customers
c) Labour Market
d) Employers
e) Suppliers
,Which of the following e) Organisational culture - Symbols, Stories, Heros, Logos
would be considered a visual
representation of a
company's corporate
culture?
a) All department heads have
an executive office
b) Each department has an
award plaque for employee
of the month
c) All employees are
dressed in
professional
business attire
d) Top level executives drive
company- owned sports
cars
e) All of these choices
A corporate-level strategy is a) What business are we in - This is overall strategy, whereas
concerned with which the others are specific strategies
question?
a) What business are we in?
b) How do we compete?
c) How do we support
our chosen strategy?
d) Where do we market our
products?
e) Should we promote from within
Non-programmed decisions d) Programmed decisions have habitual structure. Non-
are made in response to programmed decision is one that is made on the back of
situations that are: something, it is a unique decision - not prepared for
a) unique
b) unstructured
c) important to the organisation
d) all of these choices
e) A and C
Vincent, a product manager, d) Uncertainty
wants to increase the market
share of his product. He is
unsure about how to go
about it, not knowing for
sure how costs, price, the
competition, and the quality
, of his product will interact to
influence market share.
Vincent is operating under a
condition of
a) Risk
b)Ambiguity
c) Certainty
d) Uncertainty
e) Brainstorming
Ben and Bill work at Auckland a) Assembly lines tend to have a manager but not managers
Corporation. Although they
both work on the assembly
line, they have the authority to
make many decisions about
their job. Auckland
Corporation can be said to
have:
a) A high degree of
decentralisation
b)A wide span of management
c) A high degree of
centralisation
d) A narrow span of management
e) no management
