PPM SCDL Assignments

SCDL Assignment on PPM

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question What criterion is that which the SBU must meet which is neither too
large nor too small?
Correct Answer Proper size
Your Answer Proper size
True/False

Question Emotional distress shrinks working memory.

Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question In addition to Place, Labor and Money which other internal

environment Factor influences Management?
Correct Answer Machines
Your Answer Machines
True/False

Question Before 1990, Global players were allowed to enter and operate in
Indian Market.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Name the department which plays a major role in developing a

learning organization
Correct Answer MIS
Your Answer MIS
Select The Blank

Question Span of control is also referred to as the span of ________.

Correct Answer Supervision
Your Answer Supervision
Select The Blank

Question Managerial function of control is the ________ and correction of

performance of various activities.
Correct Answer measurement
Your Answer measurement
True/False

Question Lower level managers need EQ most.

Correct Answer False
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question Under the role of management consultant, consultant acts as a

Correct Answer Motivator , Leader , Counselor
Your Answer Motivator , Leader , Counselor
Select The Blank

Question The concept of corporate governance has been attracting________in

India.
Correct Answer public attention
Your Answer public attention
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question A business unit must meet specific criteria, if it wants to be

called an SBU.
These are
Correct Answer Definable group of competitors
Your Answer Definable group of competitors
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question Some of the limitations of business planning are

Correct Answer Time Consuming , Expensive device , Heavy cost of planning
Your Answer Time Consuming , Grievances , Expensive device
True/False

Question The 7 S Framework first appeared in 'The Art of Japanese

management' by
Richard Pascale and Anthony Athos in 1981.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Management is
Correct Answer Multidisciplinary
Your Answer Multidisciplinary
True/False
Question Management is just a list of functions.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False
True/False

Question According to Swami Vivekananda people have intuition or sacred

power to face difficult task.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
True/False

Question Anybody can become a manager

Correct Answer True
Your Answer False
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question In the complex new liberalized economy business families face

common problems such as
Correct Answer Unproductive labour , Falling share value , Transnational
attach
Your Answer Unproductive labour , Falling share value , Transnational attach
Select The Blank

Question
High morale is likely to be associated with superior motivation and
low morale with ________, and a lack of drive.
Correct Answer frustration
Your Answer frustration
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question This is a type of motivational technique training given to the

groups of managers themselves so that they may behave with and motivate their
subordinates better.
Correct Answer Sensitivity training
Your Answer Management training
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question Advantages of SBU's are

Correct Answer Quick response to environmental changes , Increased focus on
products and market , Facilitating development of General Managers
Your Answer Quick response to environmental changes , Increased focus on
products and market , Facilitating development of General Managers
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question The experts who dealt in Behavioral Sciences are :

Correct Answer Max Weber , Vilfredo Pareto , Elton Mayo
Your Answer Vilfredo Pareto , Elton Mayo
Match The Following

Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Feature of management
Management is dynamic Management is dynamic
Fundamental functions of management
Planning, organizing, actuating and controlling
Management is an economic organ of industrial society
Characteristic of management
Management is an endeavour to achieve the pre-determined objectives
Planning, organizing, actuating and controlling
Scope of management Management is an interdisciplinary approach
Management is an endeavour to achieve the pre-determined
objectives
True/False

Question Focus on savings and high bargaining interests of the consumer is

an obstacle in retail development in India.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question EQ is born largely in the neurotransmitters if the brains limbic

system that governs
Correct Answer drives , impulses , feelings
Your Answer drives , impulses , feelings
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question David C Mc Celland identified three motives those are

Correct Answer Affiliation , Power , Achievement
Your Answer Affiliation , Power , Achievement
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Why do ethical problems result in dilemmas for managers?

Correct Answer because of the conflict between economic performance and
social performance
Your Answer because of the conflict between economic performance and social
performance
True/False

Question The essence of MBO is mutual consultation, mutual understanding and

self motivation to work as a part of the team to achieve objectives.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer False
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Span of management depends upon the ability of whom?

Correct Answer Employees
Your Answer Environment
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Name the industrial activity where 'Buying, selling and exchanging
takes place'.
Correct Answer Commercial
Your Answer Commercial
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question The characteristics of knowledge worker would be

Correct Answer egoistic , right conscious
Your Answer egoistic , right conscious
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Science is a body of which type of Knowledge?

Correct Answer Organized
Your Answer Organized
Select The Blank

Question Learning from mistakes is often more powerful than learning

from________.
Correct Answer Success
Your Answer Experience
Select The Blank

Question A set of actions that you start with and must maintain is also
called as
________.
Correct Answer Strategy
Your Answer Strategy
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question What are the common challenges faced by the retail business?
Correct Answer Special mindset to develop special strategies , Coping with
the change
Your Answer The cultural aspect , Special mindset to develop special
strategies , Coping
with the change
True/False

Question Unity of command means that employees should receive orders from
one superior only.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Select The Blank

Question To enhance emotional intelligence, ________ must refocus their

training to include the limbic system.
Correct Answer Organisations
Your Answer Organisations
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question The old control techniques which were used through years are
Correct Answer Unity of policies , break-even analysis , budgetary control
Your Answer Unity of policies , break-even analysis , budgetary control
Multiple Choice Multiple Answer

Question The names of the experts who have given recent contribution to
management are:
Correct Answer William Ouchi , W.Edward Deming , Peter F.Drucker
Your Answer William Ouchi , Elton Mayo , W.Edward Deming , Peter F.Drucker
Match The Following

Question Correct Answer Your Answer

W.Edward Deming Introduced quality control in Japan
Introduced quality control in Japan
Henry Fayol Referred to as 'The father of
modern management theory'
Referred to as 'The father of
modern management theory'
Federick W.Taylor Referred to as 'The father of
scientific management'
Referred to as 'The father of
scientific management'
Vilfredo Pareto Referred to as 'The father of
the social systems approach'
to organization and
management
Referred to as 'The father of
the social systems approach' to
organization and management
True/False

Question Professional management signifies separation of ownership and

management
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Select The Blank

Question One of the fears family owned businesses fear is the successful
planning to the get the right person after the business ________.
Correct Answer Pioneer
Your Answer Pioneer
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Which of the options best describes the employment capacity of the
retailing sector? It is the
Correct Answer second largest employer after agriculture
Your Answer second largest employer after agriculture
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question Management is the combination of Arts, Science and

Correct Answer Profession
Your Answer Profession
True/False

Question Science is a body of organized knowledge.

Correct Answer True
Your Answer True
Select The Blank

Question Costliness of the ________ is the overriding factor determining the

extent of decentralization.
Correct Answer Decision
Your Answer Decision
Multiple Choice Single Answer

Question The share of services in GDP changes with the economic cycle. A
cyclical upturn would thus result in
Correct Answer Resource allocation away from the service sector
Your Answer Resource allocation towards the manufacturing sector