Management Practice MCQ Page 11

Multiple Choice questions for Management in the sets of 10 each on one page with questions and answers. All sets are useful in the preparation of subject tests for employment or admission.
Question: 853   Guidelines for establishing vertical layers include all but which one of the following:
  1. keep the number of levels to a minimum
  2. place decision making at the highest level it can be efficiently handled
  3. avoid duplication in the chain of command
  4. authority and responsibility should be clearly defined.
Question: 854   Traditional principles authority are limited by the fact that they are:
  1. too general to provide guidance needed in application
  2. too complex by involving the by dynamics of human behaviour
  3. too flexible in the organization that results
  4. too personal in their inclusion of motivational considerations.
Question: 855   The removal of an unpleasant stimulus is called:
  1. punishment
  2. positive reinforcement
  3. negative reinforcement
  4. the law of effect.
Question: 856   Among the following ,the term with the broadest scope is :
  1. authority
  2. influence
  3. power
  4. none of these.
Question: 857   The source of power most likely to be used by a person with charisma is :
  1. reward
  2. coercive
  3. referent
  4. expect.
Question: 858   Which regard to power and authority ,we may conclude all but which one of the following :
  1. authority is only one source of influence among many
  2. supervisor should never have to rely on coercive power to obtain results
  3. constant reliance on authority indicates a potential supervisory problem
  4. group acceptance of authority is necessary for it to become useful influence.
Question: 859   The process of delegation ideally includes all but which task ?
  1. specification of decisions to be made
  2. statement of the method of accomplishment to be used
  3. definition of assignment
  4. delincation of expected results.
Question: 860   The ratio of the number of subordinates that a manager can effectively supervise is :
  1. six to one
  2. eight to one
  3. twelve to one
  4. it depends on a number of other factors.
Question: 861   Given a fixed number of employees in an organization:
  1. a board span of management to result in a flat structure
  2. a narrow span tends to result in few levels in a hierarchy
  3. a broad span tends to result in several (more)levels in a hierarchy
  4. there is no relationship between span of management and shape of structure or number of levels.
Question: 862   Centralization is a system of:`
  1. planning
  2. organizing
  3. staffing
  4. directing.
Question: 863   An advantage of centralization is :
  1. it reduces the workload of over burdened executives
  2. it helps develop managerial talent
  3. it achieves more conformity and coordination
  4. decision can be made more quickly.
Question: 864   Line function are concerned with those activities which are connected with the discharge of ;
  1. direct responsibility for accomplishing the subsidiary objectives of the organization
  2. direct responsibility for accomplishing the main objectives of the organization
  3. direct responsibility for taking and implementing all decisions
  4. none of these.