2024 MGT 3013 - Final Exam Prep QUALIFIED Questions And Answers

2024 MGT 3013 -
Final Exam Prep
QUALIFIED
Questions And
Answers
Which of the following management functions deals with
monitoring employees' activities?
a.Planning
b.Controlling
c.Leading
d.Organizing - ANSWER-b.Controlling
Fuzz Inc., a well-known soft drink manufacturing company,
introduces a new drink into the market, to make up for the
company's past losses and regain its position in the market.
However, customers reportedly complain about an odd taste in
the drink. To correct this, the company invests more effort in
improving the product to suit customer needs. The new drink
with an improved taste soon becomes popular in the market,
fulfilling Fuzz's goals. This scenario demonstrates the concept
of:
a.organizational efficiency.
b.objective budgeting.
c.organizational effectiveness.
d.object-oriented analysis. - ANSWER-c.organizational
effectiveness.
_____ are increasingly important for managers to demonstrate
at all levels and in all types of organizations.
a.Human skills
b.Technical skills
c.Conceptual skills
d.Decisional skills - ANSWER-a.Human skills
After demonstrating good mastery of her technical skills, Suri
was promoted to the role of a manager. She now manages a
team of engineers that consists of her colleagues she had
initially worked with. Suri has been in her current position for a
while and would like to make further advancement. How can
she show her boss that while being technically skilled, she also
uses human skills effectively?
a.By looking over her team members' activities to ensure her
control over them
b.By allowing her team members to bring their children to work
once a week and during holidays
c.By felicitating the team members for their contributions to a
project
d.By appointing a team member as a single point of contact for
the team and top management - ANSWER-c.By felicitating the
team members for their contributions to a project
Jane is the chief operating officer (COO) at a smartphone
manufacturing company. She is responsible for setting the longterm goals for her organization and designing plans to achieve
those goals. To gain a broad view of the organizational
processes involved and improve her company's value in the
industry, Jane mainly needs to employ her:
a.conceptual skills.
b.intellectual skills.
c.human skills.
d.technical skills. - ANSWER-a.conceptual skills.
Mason works at a toy assembly plant and is responsible for the
various departments that perform different functions. He helps
people in different departments to coordinate with each other
as they work on specific tasks. Julio works at a fabric
manufacturing company and oversees the entire packaging
department. He ensures that everyone in his department has
the skills and training to work at the same level. Identify the
type of management roles Mason and Julio fulfill.
a.Mason is a general manager, while Julio is a functional
manager.
b.Mason is a functional manager, while Julio is a general
manager.
c.Mason is a top manager, while Julio is a first-line manager.
d.Mason is a first-line manager, while Julio is a top manager. -
ANSWER-a.Mason is a general manager, while Julio is a
functional manager.
Who among the following is a manager with good timemanagement skills?
a.Jim, who completes tasks mostly through his own efforts to
ensure consistency
b.Jonathan, who segregates tasks and classifies them based on
priority needs
c.Lydia, who schedules phone calls during the most productive
work hours
d.Lee, who performs at least five activities at a time to increase
productivity - ANSWER-b.Jonathan, who segregates tasks and
classifies them based on priority needs
Abebi is a manager at a catering company that is responsible
for organizing an upcoming wedding. She needs to allocate a
portion of her staff to cover this event. As Abebi begins to
analyze her staff members' availability for the event, she
observes that nearly half the staff team is occupied with
another event of an equal magnitude. She then carefully
reassigns her staff members to successfully carry out both the
events. Identify the role that best captures Abebi's
management responsibilities.
a.Disturbance handler
b.Disseminator
c.Resource allocator
d.Negotiator - ANSWER-c.Resource allocator
Two of the most important roles that small business owners
play are:
a.monitor and spokesperson.
b.resource allocator and disseminator.
c.figurehead and liaison.
d.spokesperson and entrepreneur. - ANSWER-d.spokesperson
and entrepreneur.
Managers in businesses direct their activities toward earning
money for their company and its owners, whereas managers in
nonprofits direct their efforts toward:
a.retaining existing employees.
b.supplementing other businesses with resources.
c.bridging the gap between large organizations and consumers.
d.generating some kind of social impact. - ANSWERd.generating some kind of social impact.
In which of the following ways do managers employ an
empowering leadership style?
a.By keeping tabs on every detail of an employee's project
b.By keeping the status quo in their current environment
c.By monitoring employee work and behavior on a continuous
basis
d.By recognizing and providing learning opportunities as
needed - ANSWER-d.By recognizing and providing learning
opportunities as needed
John is the chief operating officer (CEO) at an advertising
company. He conducts bi-weekly meetings with his middle
managers through which he motivates them and guides them
to achieve their targets. Additionally, John also meets new
employees once every few months for general discussions and
to brief them about the company's policies and goals. In this
case, John exhibits characteristics of the _____ function of
management to ensure organizational success.
a.planning
b.leading
c.organizing
d.controlling - ANSWER-b.leading