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Topic 1 BM

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 1hrs 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Your friend, Jack has been promoted as a manager recently. However, due to lack of experience, he was unclear about the responsibilities of a manager. Which one of the following that his job should focus on?

a)

personal goals and achievements

b)

performing clerical duties

c)

assisting others to accomplish their work goals

d)

supervising large groups than individual employees

2.

Vice president is an example of ________________.

a)

front-line manager

b)

non managerial staff

c)

middle level manager

d)

top manager

3.

Supervisors are ________________.

a)

top managers

b)

first-line managers

c)

middle managers

d)

non managerial employees

4.

Planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling are the four functions of management.

a)

True

b)

False.

5.

Assume that you are overseeing the work of the project managers who supervise others who perform manual work and you reports to the vice president. You are probably a ___________.

a)

first-line manager

b)

middle manager

c)

top manager

d)

non managerial employee

6.

In order to be considered as a manager, an individual must direct or oversee the work of others.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Deciding who will be assigned to which job is a part of the leading function of management.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

8.

Supervisors and team leaders may both be considered first-line managers.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

9.

In Mintzberg’s view, the roles of figurehead, leader and liaison are all interpersonal roles.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Efficiency is described as "doing things right."

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

11.

Disturbance handler is one of Mintzberg's interpersonal roles.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

12.

Technical skills become less important as a manager moves into higher levels of management.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

13.

Coaching and budgeting are skills closely related to the management function of leading.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

14.

Non managerial employees direct the activities of other people in the organization.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

15.

They monitor and manage the performance of the sub-units and individual managers who report to them.

a)

Top Managers

b)

Middle Managers

c)

First-line Managers

d)

Team Leaders

16.

They teach entry-level employees how to do their jobs.

a)

Top Managers

b)

Middle Managers

c)

First-line Managers

17.

The managerial roles involve processing information.

a)

Interpersonal

b)

Informational

c)

Decisional

18.

As a manager, you create and control change within the organization. This means solving problems, generating new ideas, and implementing them.

a)

Entrepreneur

b)

Negotiator

19.

Which of the following tend to be least important to the success of lower level management?

a)

Decision skills

b)

Human skills

c)

Conceptual skills

d)

Technical skills

20.

James, who is the football coach, must meet with the media and answer questions about team performance after every game. Which one of Mintzberg's managerial roles is James fulfilling?

a)

Speaker

b)

Disseminator

c)

Spokesperson

d)

Monitor

21.

Rita is the regional manager for a clothing retailer. She attends a ribbon cutting ceremony every time a new store opens for business.


Which one of Mintzberg's managerial roles is she fulfilling?

a)

Liaison

b)

Figurehead

c)

Leader

d)

Communicator

22.

Which of the following is NOT a basic skills of managers?

a)

Technical skills

b)

Financial skills

c)

Conceptual skills

d)

Human skills

23.

_________ can rapidly make us obsolete or create the need for immediate change.

a)

Social media

b)

Disruptive innovation

c)

Customers

d)

Political uncertainty