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Principles of Management

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What term refers to people that are responsible for running a business?
a)
Stockholders
b)
Officers
c)
Management
2.
How many functions of management do most managers carry out?
a)
Two
b)
Three
c)
Four
d)
One
3.
Planning, organizing, leading, and controlling are the four __________ of management.
a)
Characteristics
b)
Functions
c)
Objectives
4.
Which function of management involves reviewing the performance of employees?
a)
Organizing
b)
Planning
c)
Leading
d)
Controlling
5.
How would you classify a manager that's in charge of a department?
a)
Top-Level Manager
b)
Operational Manager
c)
Middle Manager
d)
Low-Level Manager
6.
Which function of management involves creating goals, objectives, and ways to achieve them?
a)
Organizing
b)
Planning
c)
Controlling
d)
Leading
7.
Name the function of management that involves monitoring how the business is performing.
a)
Leading
b)
Controlling
c)
Planning
d)
Organizing
8.
Who makes the decisions that middle managers carry out?
a)
Operational Managers
b)
Top-Level Managers
9.
Which function of management requires leaders to provide a direction and vision for a business?
a)
Leading
b)
Planning
c)
Organizing
d)
Controlling
10.
What management function involves monitoring customer satisfaction?
a)
Planning
b)
Leading
c)
Organizing
d)
Controlling
11.

Decide whether to open a branch.

a)

Planning

b)

Organizing

c)

Leading

d)

Controlling

12.

Assign job duties.

a)

Planning

b)

Organizing

c)

Leading

d)

Controlling

13.

Consider the use of technology to save costs.

a)

Planning

b)

Organizing

c)

Leading

d)

Controlling

14.

Decide what new menu items to offer.

a)

Planning

b)

Organizing

c)

Leading

d)

Controlling

15.

Explain the work plan with staff and the expectations on them.

a)

Planning

b)

Organizing

c)

Leading

d)

Controlling

16.

Which of the following statements is true with reference to principles of management?

a)

The principles of management have evolved

b)

The principles of management are yet to be evolved

c)

The principles of management are in the continuous process of evolution

d)

None of the above

17.

The principles of management enhance the understanding of relationship between human and material resources for the achievement of organisational goals. Identify the feature of the principles of management being described in the given statement

a)

Cause and effect relationships

b)

Optimum utilisation of resources and effective administration

c)

Formed by practice and experimentation

d)

Mainly behavioural

18.

The application of this principle of management leads to higher production and better work for the same effort. Identify the related principle of general management.

a)

Discipline

b)

Equity

c)

Division of work

d)

Order

19.

Name the principle of management suggested by Henri Fayol, which advocates that, "there should be good superiors at all levels, clear and fair agreement and judicious application of penalties."

a)

Authority and responsibility

b)

Esprit De Corps

c)

Unity of command

d)

Order

20.

According to Henri Fayol, if this principle of general management is violated, "authority is undermined, discipline is in jeopardy, order disturbed and stability threatened." Identify the principle.

a)

Authority and responsibility

b)

Discipline

c)

Unity of command

d)

Equity

21.

Principles of management are not:

a)

universal

b)

flexible

c)

absolute

d)

behavioural

22.

The principles of management are intended to be applied to all types and sizes of organisations. This statement reflects that the principles of management are

a)

General guidelines

b)

Flexible

c)

Universally applicable

d)

Mainly behavioural

23.

Management principles provide

a)

Readymade solution to managerial problems

b)

Guidelines for managerial action

c)

Guarantee for success of an organisation

d)

All of the above

24.

Organisation interest supersede employees interest is indicated in

a)

Principle of subordination of individual interest to general interest

b)

Principle of Esprit de corps

c)

Principle of initiative

d)

Principle of discipline

25.

Principle of Responsibility and authority insists on

a)

Responsibility> Authority

b)

Authority> Responsibility

c)

Authority= Responsibility

d)

All of the above

26.

Unity of command insists on

a)

One boss one employee

b)

Orders from a single superior

c)

Match between orders of different bosses

d)

All of the above

27.

Principle of initiative:

a)

Boost up the morale of employees

b)

Brings down the morale of employees

c)

Does not effect on morale of employees

d)

None of these

28.

Management is:

a)

Tangible

b)

Intangible

c)

Both

d)

None of these

29.

Which principle of management leads to specialisation?

a)

Division of work

b)

Unity of command

c)

Unity of direction

d)

Scalar chain

30.

Principles of management do not helps in taking :

a)

Timely decisions

b)

Realistic decisions

c)

Thoughtful decisions

d)

None of these

31.
the father of Scientific Management.
a)
Frederick Winslow Taylor
b)
Henry Fayol
c)
Rico Ramos Jr.
32.
Taylor’s scientific management was based on four main ideas
a)
True
b)
False
33.
a psychologist who developed a theory of motivation. 
a)
Abraham H. Maslow
b)
Frederick Taylor
c)
Henry Fayol
34.
Maslow was a psychologist who developed a theory of motivation
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Basic needs also include the physical conditions in which a person works, such as heating, lighting, and noise.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
refers to work environments in which colleagues interact by providing opportunities for co-workers to socialize with one another by providing lunch rooms or allowing employees to attend company retreats.
a)
social needs
b)
status needs
c)
fulfillment
37.
assumes that people are basically lazy and will avoid working if they can. 
a)
Theory X
b)
Theory Y
c)
Theory Z
38.
assumes that people find satisfaction in their work
a)
Theory Y
b)
Theory X
c)
Theory Z
39.
Theory Y managers believe that people are creative and will come up with good ideas if encouraged to do so.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
It is a business management theory that integrates Japanese and American business practices. 
a)
Theory Z
b)
Theory X
c)
Theory Y
41.
The Japanese business emphasis is on collective decision making, whereas the American emphasis is on individual responsibility.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
nIntrinsic—natural, real—factors are related to job satisfaction &
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Extrinsic factors are related to job dissatisfaction. 
a)
True
b)
False
44.
Working conditions and Salary—when these factors are adequate, people will not be dissatisfied, but neither will they be satisfied
a)
True
b)
False
45.
Intrinsic factors such as achievement, recognition, and responsibility were related to job satisfaction
a)
True
b)
False
46.
McClelland found that some people have a compelling drive to succeed for personal achievement rather than for the rewards of success.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
High achievers perform best when they perceive that they have a 50-50 chance of success.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
nAdam’s theory that employees perceive what they get from a job (outcomes) in relation to what they put into it (inputs) and then compare their input-outcome ratio with the input-outcome ratios of relevant others.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
a group of individuals who are cooperating willingly and effectively with a common goal
a)
organization
b)
forms
c)
business
50.
is the simplest business form under which one can operate a business.
a)
single proprietorship
b)
partnership
c)
corporation
51.
a collections of person working together with the-same objectives
a)
organization
b)
firm
c)
forms
52.
It is an arrangement in which two or more individuals share the profits and liabilities of a business venture.
a)
Partnership
b)
Proprietorship
c)
corporation
53.
involving mutual assistance in working toward a common goal.
a)
cooperative
b)
corporation
c)
partnership
54.
division of activities into defined functions and responsibilities
a)
organizational structure
b)
management
c)
systems
55.
It is the administration of an organization, whether it be a business, a not-for-profit organization, or government body.
a)
management
b)
resources
c)
team
56.
the process of dealing with or controlling things or people.
a)
management
b)
people
c)
leader
57.
consists of the interlocking functions of creating corporate policy and organizing, planning, controlling, and directing an organization's resources in order to achieve the objectives
a)
management
b)
business
c)
organization
58.
Formal decision making authority is held by a few people, usually at the top
a)
centralization
b)
decentralization
c)
organization
59.
Decision making authority is
dispersed throughout the organization
a)
decentralization 
b)
centralization
c)
organization
60.
The degree to which organizations standardize behavior through rules, procedures, formal training, and related mechanisms.
a)
formalization
b)
centralization
c)
decentralization