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Office administration

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the advantages of effective communication?

a)

1- improve employee satisfaction

2- improve business relationship

b)

1- Increase pay

2- Have misunderstandings

c)

1- De-motivated staff

2- Creates tense environment

d)

1- Decline to work together

2- Creates distrust and confusion between coworkers

2.

Select all the correct elements of the communication process.

a)

Noise

Sender

Receiver

Low resolution

Channel

Frequency

b)

Children’s babbling

Feedback

Low resolution

Channel

Message

Receipt

c)

Sender

Receiver

Message

Channel

Feedback

Noise

d)

Sender

Frequency

Channel

Recommend

Response

Message

3.

What are the variables that affect the communication process.

a)

Relationship between sender and receiver

b)

Working in the morning

c)

Time of the day

d)

Meeting

4.

The process that involves translating the thoughts or information into words, signs or symbols is called (a)  

5.

The three types of informal communication flows are ‘UPWARD’, ‘HORIZONTAL’ and (a)  

6.

If Nabaha wants to assign a task to ashfa, what type of internal communication flow is used?

a)

Horizontal

b)

Upward

c)

Downward

d)

All of the above

7.

If Nabaha wants to report updates to Badhurunnisa , which internal communication flow is used?

a)

Horizontal

b)

Upward

c)

Downward

d)

All of the above

8.

If Ashfa wants to share work updates with her coworker shaheeba, which internal communication flow is used?

a)

Horizontal

b)

Downward

c)

Upward

d)

All of the above

9.

What is a benefit of an efficient office layout?

a)

Team work is not necessary

b)

Cannot supervise efficiently

c)

Suffocates employees

d)

Has a positive impact on clients

10.

What are the benefits of open office concept?

a)

very expensive to change layout

b)

Improves office productivity by increasing efficient workflow

c)

Eliminating permanent walls increases amount of usable floor space by as much as 15 to 20 percent

d)

High setup cost

11.

What are the advantages of functional organizational structure

a)

Avoids duplication- eg: one department manages accounts rather than several departments

b)

Makes recruitment and training easier and makes workers motivated

c)

Can share expertise with coworkers which leads to higher productivity

d)

Communication problems arise

12.

What are the disadvantages of functional structure

a)

Very cooperative

b)

Communication issues arise between people with similar skills- disagreement

c)

Cooperation and communication between department and units maybe poor

d)

Departments may focus on their own goals rather than organization goals

13.

—————— structure is often used by organizations undertaking complex projects. Results in the formation of temporary new units to accommodate the undertaking of a new project.

(a)  

14.

What is records retrieval ?

a)

Requesting a file

b)

Noting down the steps to get a random file

c)

Refers to the activities involved in locating and removing tangible records from the files.

d)

Refers to finding documents

15.

What to consider when deciding upon a particular type of storage equipment

a)

Nature of record being stored- size, quantity, weight, value etc..

b)

Close to people so they should be left in the open

c)

Amount of space allocated for storage

d)

How often the records are retrieved

16.

What are the maintenance consideration to assess when selecting office equipment.

a)

Washing the equipment regularly

b)

Selling and maintain ace of equipment

c)

Servicing and selling

d)

Servicing the equipment and equipment maintenance

17.

Select three advantages of leasing office equipments

a)

Very costly

b)

Conserves working capital that maybe needed for other purposes

c)

Tax deductible

d)

Able to obtain up to date equipment

18.

What is the difference between equipment leasing and equipment rental

a)

Leasing involves a contract that shows the length of time the lease is in effect

b)

Rental does not require that the equipment be used a specified length of time

c)

Renting an equipment is costly

d)

Leasing is not beneficial to the company