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Higher Business Management - People & Finance Revision

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the purpose of workforce planning?

a)

To ensure the organisation has all vacancies within the organisation full

b)

To ensure the organisation has the correct employees in place at the right time to meet the organisations needs

c)

To ensure the organisation manages and repairs poor working relationships

d)

To ensure people with new ideas are brought in to help enhance the effectiveness of the organisation

2.

What is internal recruitment?

a)

Recruiting using interviews only

b)

Recruiting from outwith the organisation

c)

Recruiting using online applications only

d)

Recruiting from within the organisation

3.

Which of the following tests can be used within the selection process?

a)

Intelligence test

b)

Medical test

c)

Attainment test

d)

Communication test

4.

An advantage of a VLE is...

a)

People may prefer face-to-face contact rather than virtual learning

b)

It can be accessed at any time of the day in any location

c)

A recognised qualification can be gained

5.

Different methods of motivating staff include...

a)

Providing fair play for the work that employees do

b)

Offering incentives for achieving targets

c)

Making decisions without notifying staff

d)

Expecting staff to complete work in their own time

6.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs states that...

a)

If something is not satisfied then they can still move onto the next level

b)

You must start at the top of the pyramid and work your way down

c)

Each level must be satisfied before someone can progress to the next level

d)

If you do not feel satisfied with your self esteem there is no way of progressing

7.

Adam's equity theory states that...

a)

When inputs and outputs are the same, employees will feel dissatisfied

b)

What people put into their work should be matched equally to what they get out of it

c)

People are demotivated when they are getting more out of their work than what they are putting in

8.

How would you compare a Theory X manager and a Theory Y manager?

a)

The Theory X manager believes that employees love their work whereas the Theory Y manager believes that employees try to avoid their work

b)

The Theory X manager will delegate responsibility to their employees however the Theory Y manager makes all the decisions

c)

The Theory X manager believes that employees have no drive or ambition and are not interested in being given responsibility whereas the Theory Y manager believes that employees work hard to achieving goals for the organisaiton

9.

What are the 3 different types of leaders according to Lewin, Lippit and White?

a)

Autocratic, Democratic and Laissez-faire

b)

Autocratic, Leadership and Motivation

c)

Democratic, Laissez-faire and Achievement

10.

The role of finance is to...

a)

Provide information for decision making

b)

Forecast what might happen in the future

c)

To motivate staff

d)

To find out the stage of each product within its life cycle

11.

An advantage of using a venture capitalist is...

a)

Shareholders benefit from limited liability

b)

Saves on having to purchase expensive equipment outright

c)

Organisations who have a poor credit rating might be able to get finance

12.

A cash budget is used to...

a)

Identify the profit which has been made from the overall year

b)

Forecast the amount of money expected to be received or paid out over a period of time

c)

Calculate the gross and net profit

13.

Define a 'debtor'

a)

People who the organisation owe money to

b)

People who owe the organisation money

14.

Define a 'creditor'

a)

People who owe the organisation money

b)

People whom the organisation owes money

15.

Define 'working capital'

a)

How easily an organisation can pay its short term debts

b)

Payment to shareholders for having shares in a company

c)

Selling shares on the stock market

16.

2 examples of an expense are...

a)

Rent

b)

Sales

c)

Wages

17.

A profitability ratio...

a)

Measures how able the organisation is to pay its short-term debts

b)

Measures how well the capital invested into the company is being utilised

c)

Measures how profitable the organisation is

18.

A Liquidity ratio...

a)

Measures how profitable the organisation is

b)

Measures how able the organisation is to pay its short-term debts

c)

Measures how well the capital invested into the company is being utilised

19.

An efficiency ratio...

a)

Measures how profitable the organisation is

b)

Measures how able to organisation is to pay of its short-term debts

c)

Measures how well the capital invested into the company is being utilised