MGT504-Organization Theory & Design Final-Term Preparation Fall 2021

 

Final-Term Preparation
Quiz FALL 2020

Question No 1:

Which types of changes (Raise For Success) are compared in the dual-core approach?

• Administrative changes only
• Technical changes only
• Both A & B Correct
• None

Question No 2:

A lack of clarity (Raise For Success) about what will happen in the future is known as ______.

• Temporal
• Predisposition
• Uncertainty Correct
• Negation

Question No 3:

Which of the following factors may be very important for the implementation (Raise For Success) of TQM approach in the organization?

• Training of employees for quality enhancement
• Empowerment of employees for quality enhancement
• Trust on employees for quality enhancement
• All of the given options Correct

Question No 4:

Which of the following (Raise For Success) is not a part of process of ecology change?

• Orientation Correct
• Retention
• Selection
• Variation

Question No 5:

The best way to understand the external environment with reference to (Raise For Success) an individual organization is to understand which one of the following factors.

• Analysis of its domain within external sectors Correct
• Analyzing of its past success in its marketing effort
• Analyzing of its competitive advantage
• Analyzing of its financial returns in the recent years

Question No 6:

Which one of the (Raise For Success) following statements represents the meaning of incremental change?

• A change process that takes place slowly and step by step Correct
• A change takes that take place at once
• A change that never takes place
• None of the given options

Question No 7:

With the emergence of modern management principles, boundaries among (Raise For Success) departments and organizations are becoming:

• Flexible Correct
• Complex
• Inflexible
• Unmanageable

Question No 8:

Which one of the following is simple and stable where organizations (Raise For Success) can have few departments and mechanistic structure?

• Low-Moderate uncertainty environment
• High-Modern uncertainty environment
• Low uncertainty environment Correct
• High uncertainty environment

Question No 9:

Which one of the (Raise For Success) following is the right definition of the word “Innovation in business”?

• The use of a new idea in business in a creative manner Correct
• The use of an idea, which has been already used in the market
• The use of old ideas for reviving in the current market
• Persistence with current business ideas in the current market

Question No 10:

Which of the following (Raise For Success) is not a structural dimension?

• Centralization
• Professionalism
• Hierarchy of authority
• An organizations culture Correct

Question No 11:

Boundary spanning (Raise For Success) roles link and coordinate an organization with key elements in which one of the following:

• External Environment Correct
• Internal Environment
• Consumers
• Competitors

Question No 12:

The warning of ministry of health on a pack of cigarettes about its harmful (Raise For Success) effects is an example of which one of the following ethical issues category?

• Conflict of interest
• Business relations
• Communications Correct
• None of above 

Question No 13:

The surgeon General (Raise For Success) warning on cigarette packages about the health implications of smoking is an example of which of the following ethical issues?

• Conflict and interest
• Fairness and honesty
• Communications Correct
• Relationships with a business 

Question No 14:

In which type of (Raise For Success) the following business, the customer is most likely to have the shortest response time on his complaints.

• Service organizations Correct
• Manufacturing organizations

Question No 15:

Which studies (Raise For Success) proved a mile stone in the history modern management?

• Michigan studies
• GE studies
• Hawthorne studies Correct
• IOWA studies

Question No 16:

Who proposed scientific (Raise For Success) management?

• Adam Smith
• Jean Woodward’s
• FW Taylor Correct
• Henri Fayol

Question No 17:

At which stage of organization file cycle development, large number of (Raise For Success) employees cause problems and need for effective leadership remains high in the organization?

• Entrepreneurial stage Correct
• Collectivity stage
• Formalization stage
• None of the above 

Question No 18:

One of the most (Raise For Success) significance changes in the external environment of today’s business world is ______.

• Increase in investment
• Globalization Correct
• Bureaucratic structure
• Ethics 

Question No 19:

Which one of the (Raise For Success) following was identified as the most efficient organizing system by Max Weber?

• Bureaucracy Correct
• Democracy
• Autocracy
• None of the above

Question No 20:

According the population Ecology view, which factor determines (Raise For Success) about the survival and failure of organizations?

• Changing environment Correct
• Stable environment
• Low uncertainly environment
• Low-moderate uncertainly environment

Question No 21:

What level of employee’s (Raise For Success) participation is required in a network-structured organization?

• Lesser employee participation
• Same as in order organization structures
• Greater employee participation Correct
• No employee participation is required

Question No 22:

Which one of the following describes that organizations should try (Raise For Success) to adapt to the changes in their external environment?

• Contingency theory Correct
• Scientific Management theory
• Theory X
• Theory Y

Question No 23:

Globalization means (Raise For Success) which one of the following.

• Reduction of international trade and communication barriers
• Increase of international trade and communication barriers
• Increase of international trade because of WTO
• Increase of international trade because of IMF Correct

Question No 24:

Which approach (Raise For Success) infuses quality values throughout every activity with in a company?

• TQM Approach Correct
• Change Management Approach
• MBO Approach
• Culture adaptation Approach

Question No 25:

What is the (Raise For Success) effectiveness criterion for creditors?

• Financial return
• Worker satisfaction
• Quality of goods and services
• Creditworthiness Correct

Question No 26:

Which one of the following requires the use of standardized (Raise For Success) methods of work processing and finding one best way for doing a job?

• Scientific Management Correct
• Time and motion studies
• Administration principles
• Hawthorne studies

Question No 27:

EDI stands (Raise For Success) for _________.

• Extreme decorticating interrogation
• External devolution integration
• Executive demolition interception
• Electronic data interchange Correct

Question No 28:

Which one of the following structures offers flexibility to the organization (Raise For Success) in terms of having structural variation and is best suited for the organization in the rapidly changing environment?

• Geographic structure
• Hybrid structure Correct
• Functional structure
• Matrix structure

Question No 29:

When a new organization is created then the emphasis at that time primarily remains on creating a new product and (Raise For Success) surviving in the market place. What is the name of this stage in the organization life cycle?

• Entrepreneurial stage Correct
• Collectivity stage
• Formalization stage
• None of the given

Question No 30:

Which one of the following is the set of values, guiding beliefs, understandings and ways of thinking that is shared by (Raise For Success) members of an organization and taught to new members as correct?

• Norms
• Culture Correct
• Organizational Behavior
• None of the above

Question No 31:

At which stage (Raise For Success) of organization life cycle development, red tape crisis becomes pertinent in the organization.

• Entrepreneurial stage
• Collectivity stage
• Formalization stage Correct
• Elaboration stage 

Question No 32:

Which of the following (Raise For Success) is not a contextual dimension?

• Organizational technology
• An organizations culture
• The organizations goals and strategy
• Personal ratios Correct

Question No 33:

Which of the (Raise For Success) following is the most common type of organizational structures in the small and medium size companies?

• Geographic structure
• Functional structure Correct
• Matric structure
• Horizontal structure

Question No 34:

Which one (Raise For Success) of the following is right for those actions, which are perceived unethical by the society?

• Always illegal
• Not necessarily illegal Correct
• Socially responsible
• None of the above 

Question No 35:

What type of organizational culture has a primary focus on the (Raise For Success) involvement and participation of the organizations members and on rapidly changing expectations from the external environment?

• The Clan Culture Correct
• The Mission Culture
• The Adaptability Culture
• The Bureaucratic Culture

Question No 36:

The responsibility of which core includes the transformation of war materials into organizational products (Raise For Success) and services and involves the environment sectors of customers and technology?

• Administrative core
• Technical core Correct
• None of the above
• Both of the above A & B

Question No 37:

An OD consultant working in a large industrial organization has found that multiple product divisions need to have (Raise For Success) flexible use of skilled human resources among different product divisions for saving overall cost. Which one of the following structural designs he should recommend for this organization?

• Geographic structure
• Matrix Structure
• Divisional Structure Correct
• Functional Structure