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Fundamentals of Management | Set 2
1. According to Fayol’s 14 principles of management, division of work is necessary
A. to enjoy the benefits of specialization
B. to give orders to sub-ordinates
C. to receive orders from superior
D. to ask for obedience
Correct : A. to enjoy the benefits of specialization
2. Which one of the following is not the characteristics of Planning?
A. Planning is flexible
B. Planning is pervasive
C. Planning is goal – oriented
D. Planning is a discreet function
Correct : D. Planning is a discreet function
3. Which one of the following examples is not included in the intangible premises of Planning?
A. Public Relations
B. Employee Morale
C. Labour Hours
D. Competitive Strength
Correct : C. Labour Hours
4. Management is a
A. Discreet process
B. Continuous process
C. One-way process
D. Two-way process
Correct : B. Continuous process
5. Which one of the following is not a function of management?
A. Grouping
B. Planning
C. Staffing
D. Leading
Correct : A. Grouping
6. Controlling involves
A. determining the objectives
B. identifying the activities for the creation of department
C. directing the people towards accomplishment of common goals
D. setting standards of performance
Correct : D. setting standards of performance
7. Which one of the following is not a Technique of Control?
A. Management Audit
B. Management by Objectives
C. Management Information System
D. Break – Even Analysis
Correct : B. Management by Objectives
8. Direction is a
A. Discreet process
B. Continuous process
C. One way process
D. Circular process
Correct : B. Continuous process
9. In the case of selecting candidates in an organization, the first step is __________
A. Preliminary Interview
B. Background Investigation
C. Blank Application
D. Medical Examination
Correct : C. Blank Application
10. Which one of the following methods is included in the ‘off-the-job’ Training?
A. Coaching
B. Role Playing
C. Apprenticeship Training
D. Vestibule Training
Correct : B. Role Playing
11. The last step of ‘Staffing Process’ is
A. Training and Development
B. Placement and Induction
C. Recruitment
D. Selection
Correct : A. Training and Development
12. Leadership is the process of exerting influence on
A. Customers
B. Competitors
C. Suppliers
D. Group Members
Correct : D. Group Members
13. Coercive Power is the
A. power to grant or withhold the rewards to others
B. power to punish others for not carrying out orders
C. power to dominance over other through specialized knowledge
D. power to attracting peoples towards a person himself or herself
Correct : B. power to punish others for not carrying out orders
14. Which one of the following needs is missing in the ‘Hierarchy of Needs’ theory?
A. Psychological needs.
B. Physiological needs.
C. Safety needs.
D. Wealth needs.
Correct : D. Wealth needs.
15. ‘Grapevine’ is
A. well-defined communication systems consisting of formal memos, reports etc
B. channels of communication in an informal organization
C. social interactions which take place among different types of people
D. the telegraph wires strung over trees across the battlefield
Correct : B. channels of communication in an informal organization
16. ‘Responsibility is the duty’. It was propounded by __________
A. Elton Mayo
B. Peter Drucker
C. Chester Barnard
D. M.E. Hurtley
Correct : D. M.E. Hurtley