Functional areas of a business Quiz #4

Which of the following functional areas of a business is most likely to be responsible for recruiting new staff?

• Business support services

• Finance

• Personnel/Human resources

• Production

Which of the following functional areas is most likely to be responsible for sourcing raw materials?

• Finance

• Operations management

• Production

• Sales

Which of the following functional areas of a business is most likely to be responsible for producing a radio advertisement to raise awareness of its new product?

• Customer service

• Marketing

• Operations

• Sales

Which of the following functional areas is responsible for converting inputs into outputs?

• Finance

• Production

• Research and Development

• Sales

Which one of the following is a task which is most likely to be carried out by an employee working in the research and development department of a chocolate bar manufacturer?

• Create new recipes

• Design an advertising campaign

• Find cheaper suppliers of ingredients

• Redesign the packaging label

The human resources function of a large organisation is most likely to support the finance function by:

• purchasing a new accounts package

• recruiting an additional employee

• updating its supplier database

• using social media to encourage more sales

Which functional area handles many functions of your business; provides labor law compliance, hiring and training, compensation, relational assistance and help with handling specific performance issues?

• customer service

• Personnel

• logistics

• research and development team

What is the main function of the finance department?

• Deals with people working in a business
• Deals with all aspects of making a product
• Deals with all aspects of money in a business
• Deals with what customers want

The ________________ involves planning for, obtaining, and managing a company’s funds.

• finance functional area

• administration functional area

• human resource functional area

• R&D functional area

_____ is led by the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and is staffed with scientists, thought-leaders, subject-matter experts and industry analysts striving to provide the organization with knowledge and ideas to keep up and ahead of the competition.

• Administration functional area

• Human resource functional area

• R&D functional area

• Production functional area