Management Science Mid - I, September - 2014

1.Who said this – “To manage is to forecast and plant, to command, to coordinate and control”.
  • W.F.G. Glueck
  • E.L.F. Brech
  • Henri Fayol
  • Peters. T
Answer: C
2.What do you call the right or power to give orders?
  • Responsibility
  • Division of work
  • Unity of Command
  • Authority
Answer: D
3.Who gave the Two Factory theory of Motivation?
  • Vroom
  • Herzberg
  • Fayol
  • Maslow
Answer: B
4.The obligation on the part of the subordinate to complete the given job is called
  • Authority
  • Power
  • Loyalty
  • Responsibility
Answer: D
5.What refers to drawing the managerial attention only to exceptional problems?
  • Manage via exception
  • Manage via perception
  • Manage via supervision
  • None
Answer: A
6.Which of the following is not a factor affecting plant location?
  • Fuel & power
  • Transport
  • Diseconomies of scale
  • Government influence
Answer: C
7.What is the type of production where in the design varies from product to product?
  • Job Production
  • Mass production
  • Batch production
  • flow production
Answer: A
8.What is the systematic recording and critical examination of the existing and proposed ways of doing work?
  • Method Study
  • Time Study
  • Work Study
  • Sample Study
Answer: A
9.What is the process of assigning numbers or symbols or a combination of both?
  • Duplication
  • Classification
  • Codification
  • Computerization
Answer: C
10.What refers to the ways and means of reaching the customer through the intermediaries?
  • Marketing strategies
  • Selling
  • Promoting
  • Channels of distribution
Answer: D
11.The framework of an establishment is called ____________
Answer: Organization
12.Theory X and Theory Y was contributed by _____________
Answer: Douglas McGregor
13.According to Vroom’s Expectancy theory of motivation, Force = ____________ x ___________
Answer: Valence x Expectancy
14.Write any two most common organizational objectives.__________________
Answer: Making profit, improving profit or increasing market share, being the market leader or organizational growth and diversification etc.
15.The principle of ‘one subordinate - one superior’ is called _______________
Answer: Unity of command
16.Where the production facilities remain unchanged, that layout is called _____________
Answer: Fixed layout
17._________________ and ________________ are the tools of work study.
Answer: Method Study and Time Study
18.The control chard for sample mean is called _______________.
Answer: Mean chart
19.In ABC Analysis, ‘A’ category goods are of ________________
Answer: High value and low volume
20.Marketing starts with understanding consumer needs and ends with _________________
Answer: Customer satisfaction