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MGT503 MCQs solved

1. Which famous management thinker was related with the development of "Theory X"?

Douglas McGregor

Abraham Maslow

Frederick Herzberg

Chester Barnard

2. Feed Back of ______ is necessary to improve the quality of the product.

Customers

Employees

Investors

All of the given options

3. Ali is a manager in a multinational organization. He believes that the employees of the company are lazy and do not have much ambition. Ali can be classed as _______ manager based on the perspectives of Douglas McGregor.

Select correct option:

Theory Y

Bureaucratic

Theory X

Administrative

4. Which one of the following individuals is most closely associated with scientific management?

Frederick Taylor

Mary Parker Follett

Harold Koontz

Max Weber

5. Which management theory focuses on managing the total organization?

Scientific management

Administrative management

Behavioral management

Quantitative management

6. TCS represents what factor to the Pakistan Postal Service in its specific environment?

Select correct option:

Competitor

Supplier

Customer

Government agency

7. Amir is representing his company at the local Chamber of Commerce Annual Business Recognition luncheon. He is performing which of the following managerial role?

Negotiation

Monitor

Figurehead

Liaison

8. Usman currently holds a management position within his company. His job responsibilities include maintaining a focus toward long-term issues that may impact the company as well as developing appropriate goals to guide the organization. Jim is most probably which type of manager?

First line managers

Middle level manager

Operational manager

Top Level Manager

9. What type of forecasting technique relies on the judgment and opinion of knowledgeable individuals?

Qualitative

Short-term

Confirmatory

Predictive

10. People with which of the following decision making style have a high tolerance for ambiguity and tend to focus on the people or social aspects of a work situation?

Analytical

Behavioral

Directive

Conceptual

11. Within the members of the North American Free Trade Agreement, trade has _____ since the treaty was signed.

Decreased initially, but increased steadily

Increased

Decreased

Neither increased nor decreased

12. The best way to characterize management is to say that it is:

Part of the economy

An activity or process

An overcrowded career field

One of the chief difficulties for most firms

13. Which of the following is noted for the development of time motion studies that utilized stopwatches and cameras to analyze workplace efficiencies?

Frederick Taylor

Henri Fayol

Henry Gnatt

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth

14. If a group’s desire for consensus and cohesiveness overwhelms its desire to reach the best possible decision, it is called:

Groupthink

Group pressure

Group decision

Group dynamics

15. When an organization does everything that is required of it legally but nothing more. It is called:

Social obligation

Social obstruction

Social response

Social contribution

16. Concern for employee motivation is most closely associated with which of the following management approach?

Bureaucracy

Organizational behavior

Scientific management

Systems

17. Toyota motor company will be called efficient if it produces:

High quality products at relatively low cost

Quality products at high cost

High quality products at relatively high cost

Quality products at low cost

18. Primarily managers perform which of the following tasks?

Selling

Stocking merchandise

Directing the activities of other people

Ordering merchandise

19. Which viewpoint emphasizes finding ways to manage work more efficiently?

Behavioral

Quantitative

Classical

Qualitative

20. When call center managers spend much of their time monitoring customer calls and giving employees feedback about how to improve their dialogue with customers in the future, these managers are using which of the following skills?

Technical

Conceptual

Situational

Ethical

21. CEO of Siemens presents 10000 $ scholarships to the winners of Math, Science and Technology in a high school. He is acting the role of:

Figurehead

Leader

Spokesperson

Liaison

22. Which famous management thinker developed "Theory Y"?

Douglas McGregor

Abraham Maslow

Frederick Herzberg

Chester Barnard

23. Sony Corporation’s focus on product innovation is an example of which of the following dimensions of organizational culture?

People orientation

Attention to detail

Outcome orientation

Aggressiveness

24. Lower-level managers typically confront which type of decision making?

Unique

Non-routine

Programmed

Non-programmed

25. Mr. A is a manager in XYZ Company; he has a reputation for being an open and honest person and understands how to motivate employees and customers, he is said to have good ________ skills.

Sales

Political

Interpersonal

Technical

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