PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT
(POM)
MCQS
(1) Which of the following is not a technique of control?
A. Budget
B. Policy
C. Science
D. Internal audit
(2) Which method was developed by Du Pont Co. of the USA?
A. PERT
B. CPM (Critical Path Management)
C. Decision Tree
D. Queuing Theory
(3) Legitimate power of performing certain functions is known as _________?
A. Informal authority
B. Knowledge power
C. Formal Authority
D. Mutual Cinsent
(4) Identify the correct sequence of the steps involved in the process of control.
i) Establishment of standards
ii) Comparing actual performance against standards
iii) Measurement of performance
iv) Corrective action
A. i, iii, ii, iv
B. iv, i, iii, ii
C. i, ii, iii, iv
D. ii, iii, i, iv
(5) The main difference between CPM & PERT is regarding _______________.
A. Cost estimates
B. Application of principles
C. Time estimates
D. Minimization of time & cost
(6) Which control technique assumes that duration of activities of a project is same?
A. PERT
B. Queuing theory
C. CPM
D. Game Theory
(7) The function to see, whether all the functions are done according to planning or not means _________.
A. Co-ordinating function
B. Controlling function
C. Directing function
D. Reporting Function
(8) The function to motivate employees for achieving the objective is ___________.
A. Planning
B. Directing
C. Controlling
D. Reporting
(9) The activity of having clear idea of what it wants to achieve must be there is called _______.
A. Defining objectives
B. Organizing
C. Planning
D. Staffing
(10) A hunter will always aim ahead of the bird’s flight to adjust time period between the shot and the hope for it. Is an example of which stage of control?
A. Strategic control
B. Concurrent control
C. Feed forward control
D. None
(11) Hierarchy of need is developed by ___________.
A. Mintzberg
B. Abraham Maslow
C. Herzberg
D. Peter Drucker
(12) __________ is the willingness of a person to put height level of efforts to achieve goals.
A. Attitude
B. Control
C. Motivation
D. Direction
(13) How many interviews were conducted for two factor theory?
A. 150
B. 180
C. 200
D. 250
(14) There are certain factors, which do not provide strong motivation, but their presence is necessary to prevent dissatisfaction of employees, they are ______.
A. Motivational Factor
B. Hygienic factor
C. Self-actualization factor
D. None
(15) According to Maslow, all needs exists in the mind of ___________.
A. Managers
B. Employers
C. Supervisors
D. Employees
(16) In ______ Style of leadership leader gives order to subordinators & they have to follow without making any argument & question.
A. Free-Rein
B. Participative
C. Autocratic
D. Charismatic
(17) In ______ style of leadership, leader maintains a contact with outsider to bring information & resources required by subordinates.
A. Laisses Faire
B. Participative
C. Autocratic
D. Charismatic
(18) At the end of leadership continuum there is ‘________’ leadership style.
A. Subordinate Centered
B. Boss Centered
C. Participative
D. None
(19) According to Tannenbaum & Schmidt, how many types of different actions are there in leadership continuum?
A. Three
B. Four
C. Five
D. Seven
(20) In which year, Tannenbaum & Schmidt developed another pattern of selecting leadership behavior?
A. 1973
B. 1977
C. 1980
D. 1969
(21) Abraham Maslow presented his theory in his paper “_________”.
A. Hierarchy of need
B. A Theory of Human Motivation
C. Two Factor Theory
D. None
(22) Maslow’s theory was first presented in the year of _________.
A. 1943
B. 1954
C. 1973
D. None
(23) Charismatic theory of leadership is also known as ____________.
A. Trait Leadership
B. Great man theory
C. Behavioral Theory
D. None
(24) The word communication is derived from the latin word ‘______________’.
A. Common
B. Common
C. Communis
D. None
(25) The sender organize his ideas in to symbol such as words, signs, charts, figures, fata, gestures & so on. This is known as ___________.
A. Decoding
B. Coding
C. Encoding
D. Channel
(26) From the following, which is type of semantic barrier?
A. Premature evaluation
B. Un-clarified assumptions
C. In-attention
D. Emotional
(27) Manager or executives assumes that ‘____________’.
A. Nobody is interested
B. Everybody is interested
C. Everybody knows
D. None
(28) Which of the following is not a type of personal barrier in communication process?
A. Attitude
B. Fear of challenge
C. Lack of Time
D. Faulty Translation
(29) Newstrom & Davis have emphasized on ____________ to be a good listener.
A. Put the talker on ease
B. Stop Talking
C. Hold the tamper
D. Ask questions
(30) The ______________ leaders focus on objective setting, classification of job, motivating subordinates, etc.
A. Transformational
B. Charismatic
C. Transactional
D. None
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