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Sem Ii
Sem Ii
Assignment: 1
Which basic function of management includes establishing goals and standards, developing rules
and procedures, and forecasting?
planning
organizing
motivating
leading
Which function starts right from the time an employee joins an organization and continues until he
leaves the organization.
Recruitment
Induction
Orientation
Help increase the success rate of the selection process by reducing the number of visibly
under qualified or over qualified job applicants.
Job Design
Development
Job analysis
Which of the following appraisal interviews has employee’s development as its objective?
Problem solving
Central Tendency
Which of the following terms means the tendency of a superior to rate a subordinate lower than
what his performance justifies?
Halo effect
Horns effect
Central Tendency
What was introduced by American engineer Bill Smith while working at Motorola in 1986.
Six Sigma
Job Design
Recruitment
Job analysis
8
Which corporate management tool helps managers monitor and evaluate employees' work.
360-Degree Feedback
planning
Halo effect
Performance management
Which of the following methods is most appropriate for appraising the potentials of a candidate for
promotion?
Confidential Report
Assessment Centre
360-Degree Feedback
10
Performance
Efforts
Seniority
Failure
11
12
Synergy planning
Ad hoc planning
Scenario planning
13
Factual
Imaginary
Disguised
Respect
14
The basic functions of management include all of the following except _____________
planning
organizing
motivating
leading
16
Management can ensure control of ____________ by avoiding both shortages and surpluses of
manpower through proper manpower planning.”
No cost
Labour costs
Labour turnover
17
Management
Accidents
procurement
Programme
18
The organization is perceived as being made up of powerful and divergent sub-groups - management
and trade unions in___________ perspective
Pluralist perspective
System approach
Unitary approach
19
Human resource managers generally exert _____ within the human resources department and
_____ outside the human resources department.
20
______ is a scheme of classifying a job according to the current responsibilities and duties associated
with the job.
Job evaluation
Job specifications
Job classification
Job rotation
21
___________ refers to the process of identifying and attracting job seekers so as to build a pool of
qualified job applicants.
Selection
Training
Recruitments
Induction
22
managerial function
Operative function
Technical function
Behavioural function
23
True
False
24
True
False
25
The link between performance management and the organization's strategies and goals is often
neglected.
True
False
26
Public recognition such as an award in organized function is best classified as an example of Non-
financial rewards
True
False
27
There should be strict time limits for resolving a grievance at each stage in the grievance procedure.
True
False
28
High-performance work practices are those that lead to high individual andhigh organizational
performance.
True
False
29
Supply and demand is the most important external factor governing recruitments
True
False
30
Training is not generally given in the forms of lectures, conferences, case studies, role-playing and
discussion.
True
False
Assignment: 2
2 As per the discussion which of the following is an advantage of training employee in the
organization?
It improves morale and enthusiasm of employees
It helps employees identify organisational goals
It gives only learning, growth and co – ordination
It helps to improve company market share.
Assignment: 1
Stanton
Holloway
Hancock
Philip Kotler
What organizational design is such that it focuses on customer needs, & accordingly marketing
resources are integrated to serve customer groups with similar characteristics.?
Geographical approach
Product Approach
Functional approach
Which Environment actors in companies' immediate environment that affect its ability to serve
market?
Legal Environment
Micro Environment
Technological Environment
Demographic Environment
4
How the People are exposed to countless stimuli everyday and it is impossible to respond to all of
them. ?
Selective Retention
Selecting Distortion
Selective Attention
When the star progresses to what, it has the largest market share in a market whose annual growth
rate falls to less than 10 percent.
Question Mark
cash cows
star
dogs
Explain the Areas of Marketing with Decision Focus for Price Research?
Consumer satisfaction
Promotion Mix
Advertising
Selective Competitors
Tiger Competitors
Stochastic competitor
Who developed the Forces Model provides a framework for assessing the industry structure and its
attractiveness.?
Michael Porter
Philip kotler
Adam Smith
David Ricardo
10
When the Market leader has the largest market share in the relevant product market, this refers to
which strategies?
11
What refers to marketing strategy which involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of
consumers, businesses or countries that have or are perceived to have, common needs, interests,
and priorities and then designing and implementing strategies to target them?
Market segmentation
Marker targeting
Market positioning
Market laddering
12
Which term deals with the measurement and evaluation of actual sales vis- à -vis the sales target.
Sales-variance analysis
Sales Analysis
13
Marketing deals with satisfying human and social needs, wants and what.
Wants
Needs
Demands
Values
14
Marketing has evolved through 3 distinct eras like Production Era, Sales Era & select the correct Era
Human Resource
Marketing
Finance
Operations
15
Select the groups various marketing activities into areas of specialization, such as advertising, sales,
and marketing research
Product
Functional
Customer Group
Geographical
16
Value chain can be defined as a tool for identifying ways to create more what?
Customer Ethics
Customer Delight
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Value
17
Which term are also known as Macro-Environment, which comprise of competitive forces,
demographic environment, and economic environment, and natural environment, technological &
political environment.
Uncontrollable forces
Controllable forces
18
Attitudes
Perception
lifestyle
motivation
19
Every marketer needs to develop a marketing plan for its product line, brands for achieving
___________
profit
marginal growth
comtemporary approach
marketing goals.
20
Production Suitable functions are adopted to meet the market demand meaned to _____.
finance
Production
manpower
dedication
21
Wants
Needs
Demands
Values
22
Marketing has evolved through 3 distinct eras like Production Era,Sales Era & _______Era
Human Resource
Marketing
Finance
Marketing
23
______groups various marketing activities into areas of specialization, such as advertising, sales, and
marketing research
Product
Functional
Customer Group
Geographical
24
Value chain can be defined as a tool for identifying ways to create more ________
Customer Ethics
Customer Delight
Customer Satisfaction
Customer Value
25
Competitive advantage can be suitably analyzed by considering two broad parameters of the
structure of an industry and the market attractiveness.
True
False
26
One of the strategies adapted by global companies is to lower the cost for sustaining competition
and for which shift the manufacturing base in lower cost countries and bringing cheaper goods to
the market.
True
False
27
Marketing covers needs, wants ad demands of individual customers and corporate or business
organization, which might be manufacturing firms or non-manufacturing firms.
True
False
28
Marketing is not encompasses exchange activities conducted by individuals and organization for the
purposes of satisfying human wants .
True
False
29
True
False
30
True
False
Assignment: 2
2 Which focal point is considered for the new Smartphone used in the above case?
Low-end phones
Undercut rival products
Mismatch Specification
Discount offers
4 Select the core strength of the One-Plus which is obsessive focus on?
Disengagement of Customer
Product Design and Quality
Rural Marketing
Co-branding
6 Choose the challenges faced by the Smartphone market despites being so successful?
Limp Competition
Scaling Online
Quality Sensitive Indian consumers
Low penetration
OMBC203_FM Assignment
Assignment: 1
The __________ decision involves determining the appropriate make-up of the right-hand side of
the balance sheet.
asset management
financing
investment
capital budgeting
Profit maximization
Stakeholder maximization
EPS maximization
True
False
5
Stocks
Bank loan
Bond
Raw material
specific risk
security risk
market risk
beta
Average Sales
Total Purchases
Total Assets
Common size statements and financial ratios are the two tools employed in vertical analysis.
True
False
10
A unit of money obtained today is worth more than a unit of money obtained in future
A unit of money obtained today is worth less than a unit of money obtained in future
11
A dollar today is worth more than a dollar to be received in the future because
12
The future value is the same concept as the way money grows in a bank account.
True
False
13
14
debenture
preference share
retained earning
15
Equity shares
Loans
Bonds
Preference shares
16
The three major sources of long-term funds are surplus, internal cash funds, debit capital, and equity
capital.
True
False
17
18
Ka
Kw
Ko
Ke
19
minimizes taxes.
20
A firm's business risk is largely determined by the financial characteristics of its industry, especially
by the amount of debt the average firm in the industry uses.
True
False
21
debt-equity ratio is such that the cost of debt exceeds the cost of equity
Debt-equity ratio results in the lowest possible weighted average cost of capital.
22
23
True
False
24
Net income
Operating profit.
25
More efficient management of working capital assets will lessen the firm’s needs for financing.
True
False
26
The size of the accounts payable is affected by the level of the firm’s cost of goods sold and the
average payment period.
Cash float
Accounts receivable
Credit sales
27
current assets.
28
the future value of a project’s cash flows plus its initial cost
the present value of a project’s cash flows plus its initial cost
the future value of a project’s cash flows minus its initial cost
the present value of a project’s cash flows minus its initial cost
29
The NPV measures the ______ change in shareholder wealth that arises from undertaking a project.
consistent
dollor
annual
semi-annual
30
In capital budgeting, the financial manager tries to identify investment opportunities that are worth
more to the firm than they cost to acquire.
True
False
Assignment: 2
2 Which of the following concept of Financial Management as advised by Mr. Ghosh in the above
situation?
Capital Budgeting
Capital Structure
Dividend Decision
Working Capital Decision
3 In the above case Mr. Ghosh suggested to raise more fund from debt. So Higher debt-equity ratio
results in:
Lower financial risk
Higher degree of operating risk
Higher degree of financial risk
Higher Earning of profit.
4 The proportion of debMr. T. Ghosh who advised him about the judicious mix of equity (40%) and
Debt (60%)” The proportion of debt in the overall capital is called___________.
Working Capital
Financial Leverage
Total Assets
None of these
5 Applying more of cheaper debt may enhance the EPS. Such practice is called:
Equity Trading
Financial Leverage
Investment Decision
Trading on Equity
6 The financing decisions are affected by various factors. Which one of the following factor is
discussed in the above case? Choose the correct option.
Cash Flow Position of the Company
Cost
Amount of Earnings
Taxation Policy
OMBC204_OM
Assignment: 1
Production
Marketing
Process
Inputs
What is those ongoing recurring (cyclic) activities involved in the running of a business for the
purpose of producing value for the stakeholders.
Manufacturing
Business Operation
Process
Production
Which are the two reasons that capacity and location problems are interrelated are (choose the best
answer)
The need for producers to locate near customers and the growth of the network firm
cost analysis
What is the Compute required cycle time for a process that operates 8 hours daily with a required
output of 300 units per day
.625 minutes
1.6 minutes
37.5 minutes
.027 minutes
what is the phenomenon of both management and employees striving to meet common objectives
is called
mutual commitment.
unconstrained strategy.
mutual trust
labor planning
Which techniques of work measurement to establish time for a qualified worker to carry out a
specified task under specified conditions and at the defined level of performance.
Time
Time Study
Work
Sampling
10
which are those incentives which do not offer any monetary benefit
Non-financial-incentives
financial-incentives
Incentive
Money
11
what is the amount of production capacity that can be made available in the short-term.
Capacity
Linked Capacity
Immediate Capacity
Planning
12
Which materials management is a coordinating function responsible for planning and controlling
materials flow.
Location
Capacity
Function
13
Which Inventory not only makes up a portion of the cost of goods sold but has to be purchased at
the beginning of production to be processed into finished goods. This type of inventory is called
work-in-process
finished goods
raw materials
System
14
Which responsibility giving workers for quality improvements and authority to make changes is
known as
continuous improvement
benchmarking
employee empowerment
15
Periodic maintenance
Calendar maintenance
Maintenance
Work
16
……………………..is a unique set of activities aimed towards achieving an objective within given time
and estimated cost.
Project
Proposal
Plan
Property
17
18
Organizational leadership
Continuous improvement
Customer focus.
19
Tangibility
Perishability
Simultaneity
20
22
Postal Service
Manufacturing
System
Lock
23
True
False
24
productivity is normally written as follows Total productivity = Output quantity / Input quantity
True
False
25
True
False
26
True
False
27
True
False
28
Acrograph technique is used to record path of motions of the members of the body during method
study
True
False
29
True
False
30
True
False
Assignment: 2
3 Which of the following explain the need for facility location selection?
When the existing business unit has outgrown its original facilities and expansion is not
possible.
When a business is newly started.
When the lease expires, and the landlord does not renew the lease.
Nothing
Assignment: 1
Internal
External
Superficial
Information
Systems
Planning
Intranet
Extranet
Internet
PC
4
operational management
Line managers
Top-level managers
System users
8
Preliminary investigation
Systems analysis
Systems design
Systems development
10
Interpret the phase of the SDLC, where new or alternative information systems are designed.
preliminary investigation
Systems analysis
Systems design
Systems development
11
Classify the phase of the SDLC, in which new information systems are installed and adapted to the
new system, and people are trained to use them.
preliminary implementation
Systems analysis
Systems design
Systems development
12
propose changes
analyze data
gather data
13
Which of the following shows levels of management and formal lines of authority?
organization chart
decision table
pyramid diagram
grid chart
14
organization chart
interview guideline
grid table
Checklist
15
Which of the following system provides a manager with the information needed to make decisions
regarding, the firm's operational activities.
ElS
ES
MIS
EDI
16
EIS
ES
DSS
TPS
17
Marketing
supply chain
Finance
Warehouse
18
Marketplaces
Metamarkets
Electronic Markets
Electronic Network
19
True
False
20
Deciding where to locate new production facilities is an example of a manufacturing and production
information system operating at the Operational level.
True
False
21
Plan must include the future systems concept for implementation of the new Information system.
True
False
22
Tracking employee training, skills, and performance appraisal is an example of a human resource
information system operating at the Operational level.
True
False
23
True
False
24
Assembling a product, identifying customers and hiring employees are Business Functions.
True
False
25
Supplementary
Volatile
Extended
Complimentary
26
Information helps decision making by minimizing the element of ________ and uncertainty.
Confusion
Risk
Surprise
Misunderstanding
27
Office automation
Transaction processing
Knowledge work
Executive support
28
Operational
Strategic
Processing
Statistical
29
The _____ system which is closest to the stress will change the most.
super
probabilistic
sub
stable
30
The final element of feedback is essential for system operation and for ____.
self-regulation
correct errors
testing
debugging
Assignment: 2
Assignment: 1
Choose the appropriate term for the statement of the role by which an organization intends to serve
its stakeholders.
Objectives
Vision
Mission
Goals
Technology
Title
Tactics
Task
Choose from the options Which is not an area identified by researchers for setting objectives?
Productivity
Profit
Marketing
Investment
4
Infer what may be expressed in terms of product development, product diversification, branding etc.
Product Objective
Productivity Objective
Marketing Objective
Choose from the option who has propounded the competitive forces model
Mc Kinsey
Michael Porter
Robinson Watt
Identify the strategy that capitalizes on a situation in which old and obsolete product or technology
is being replaced by a new one.
Endgame strategy
Harvesting strategy
Holding Strategy
Infer in which of the following types risk sharing is the primary bonding tool
Enterprise
New market
Company
Partnership
8
Retrenchment strategies call for two primary actions one is restructuring and identify the other
Stability
Expansion
Cost cutting
Integration
Choose the type of authority when decision making is dispersed throughout the different levels in an
organization.
Span of Management
Decentralization
Scalar Chain
Centralization
10
Cannot determine
Moderate
Low
High
11
Identify what refers to the degree to which a company specifies how decisions are to be made so
that employees' behavior becomes predictable.
Output Control
Personal Control
Standardisation
Profit Control
12
Joint Venture
Licensing
Franchising
13
Identify the third of the three generic strategies Porter has enunciated: Overall Cost Leadership,
Focus and
Profit
Partnership
Differentiation
Wealth Maximisation
14
Choose the term used for Businesses that have high growth rate and high market share
Cash Cow
Stars
Dog
Question Mark
15
True
False
16
True
False
17
Strategic management helps organizations to be more proactive instead of reactive in shaping its
future.
True
False
18
True
False
19
True
False
20
Strategy deals with long term developments rather than routine operations.
True
False
21
True
False
22
Personal control is the desire to shape and influence the behavior of a person in a face-to-face
interaction
True
False
23
Time consuming
Dynamic
Flexible
Useless
24
The structure that organizations most commonly adopt to solve the control problems that result
from producing many different kinds of products for many different market segments is the _______
structure.
Product
Matrix
Functional
Network
25
Peter F. Drucker
Mc Kinsey
Albert Grahmbell
Elton Mayo
26
To implement cost leadership, a company chooses a combination of structure, _____, and culture
Initiative
Control
Partnership
Team Spirit
27
_________ is a graphical network depicting the different segments of work that must be completed
within a given span of time to complete a project or task.
Mc Kinseys 7s
PIMS
MBO
PERT
28
Human Nature
Environment
Organisation
Customers
29
Boston
General Electric
Mc Kinsey's 7s framework
30
Capitalisation
Expansion
Retrenchment
Downsizing
Assignment: 2
4 Which of the following seems a political factor but is also attributed to some other factor in PESTLE
ANALYSIS?
Government’s decision to change tax rates
Instability of Government
Easing licensing terms to new business
Governmental guidelines for diet and health
Assignment: 1
Development
Modelling
Innovation
Creative flexibility
Organization
Planning
Management
Decision-Making
4
Heuristics
Forced relationship
Scientific method
Value analysis
Which of these characteristics has not been associated with entrepreneur's success?
Leadership
Motivation to fail
It is all about rules governing the way in which we determine what is 'right' or 'wrong', 'good' or
'bad'
Ethics
Rules
Responsibilities
Regulations
Initiating
planning
Integration function
8
Small-to-Management Enterprise
Small-to-Medium Enterprise
Small-to-Mandatory Enterprise
10
Recruitment in India
11
"To write the perfect plan, you must know your company, your product, your competition and the
market intimately.” Name the step of business plan.
Research
13
It refers to the flow of goods through a distribution channel not authorized or intended by the
manufacturer.
Grey market
Wholeseller market
Retail Market
Black market
14
He is one of the most influential social thinkers to have studied bureaucracy in detail.
Peter Drucker
Henry Fayol
Hawthorne
Max Weber
15
It is taking of as not only a way of doing business but as a movement, it is also attracting growing
amounts of talent and even venture capital attention.
Leadership
Social entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship
motivation
16
17
18
----------------- is a set of systems and practices to ensure that the affairs of the business are being
managed in a way which ensures accountability, transparency, fairness in all its transactions in the
widest sense and meet its stakeholders aspirations and societal expectations.
business process
Corporate Governance
operations management
business ethics
20
_____________ remains complex, because of the difficulties in establishing legal ownership and a
'clean' holding for purchase.
Electricity
Construction permits
Land acquisition
Infrastructure
21
Share holders
Marketers
Educational Societies
The basic purpose of ____ is to generate more employment opportunities for rural people.
23
Small businesses are _____ and can respond to changing economic conditions by refocusing their
efforts on personal service.
Self-assessment
Sluggish
Toll
Unique
24
________ communicate effectively not only to their teams but also to external “stakeholders”.
Labours
Entrepreneurs
Wholesellers
Retailers
25
NIESBUD plays a supportive role in developing the efficiency of organisations which aredirectly or
indirectly engaged in promoting entrepreneurship.
True
False
26
“Devising and maintaining a workable scheme to accomplish the business need” is not a planning
process.
True
False
27
The focus of an entrepreneur lies in starting the business and later expanding the business.
True
False
28
True
False
29
The entrepreneur is more than a manager. He or (she) is an innovator and promoter as well. Forrest
H. Frantz said it
True
False
30
True
False
Assignment: 2
5 After reading about Sabeer Bhatia what is your opinion about whether entrepreneurs are made or
born?
Born
Made
Only Born
Born and Made
1 What are the characteristics of a good entrepreneur Bhavik and Ratul are missing because of which
it is taking time for them to come to conclusion about the venture?
Self-confidence
Work with Vision and Mission
Initiative and Enterprising personality
Avioding Risk
2 Ritvik and Ratul business ideas are the best example of which type of entrepreneurship
Market reseach based
Classic business
Start-up
Creative idea based
5 Which institute existing in India can help Ritvik and Ratul to materialise their business ideas?
DIC
Incubation centers
EDII
Chamber of Commerce