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WorksheetsEngineering Management Quiz
Total questions: 100
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Economic Performance is very important to a firm's stakeholder particularly its investors or owners, because this performance eventually provides with them with a return on their investment.
a)
True
b)
False
2.
When your project results do not go accordingly as planned, the project proceeds to the closing stage right away.
a)
True
b)
False
3.
There are 6 stages in the Planning Cycle
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The Planning cycle ends with the Closing Stage
a)
True
b)
False
5.
The S.W.O.T. Analysis is an example of a Forecasting Tool.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
In the S.M.A.R.T.E.R. Goals Model, the last 2 letters stands for Extending and Rewarding.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Marketing plan can only take up to a year.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
Time management is the effective use of time to save production costs.
a)
True
b)
False
9.
Focus is a benefit of strategic planning.
a)
True
b)
False
10.
Components of Strategic planning don't involve values.
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Strategic planning involves identifying the goals of the company.
a)
True
b)
False
12.
Mission, Vision, and Values statement are important for strategic planning.
a)
True
b)
False
13.
There are generally four subgroups of strategic plans.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Strategic plans are what communicate the corporate strategy, direction, and resource allocation.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
Single - use plan is a strategy for achieving an objective that can be continually used or modified.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Standing Plan is a strategy for achieving an objective that can only be used in one situation.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Leadership is allocating people and resources to achieve a target goal.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Robert J. House once said, "You don't manage people, you manage things. You lead people."
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Managers change the current situation to benefit the organization.
a)
True
b)
False
20.
Leaders emerge by having the knowledge and expertise needed to conquer a situation.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Expert power relates to the leader's willingness to share needed information, time, and materials.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The types of leaders by formality are formal leaders and emergent leaders.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Fiedler developed the Path-Goal Theory
a)
True
b)
False
24.
The Least Preferred Member score reflects a leader's disposition towards their workers.
a)
True
b)
False
25.
High LPC leaders are task oriented.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The transformational leadership approach uses a "coaching" leadership style.
a)
True
b)
False
27.
Leadership substitutes restrict a leader's efforts.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
Theory Y leaders have a highly controlling leadership style.
a)
True
b)
False
29.
The trait approach derives from the "great man theory."
a)
True
b)
False
30.
Blake and Milton proposed the Leadership Grid.
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Some of the characteristics of globalization is free trade and inexpensive labor costs.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
In a Participatory Management scenario, there is an underlying assumption that workers are willing to change when they are aware of the negative consequences of their behavior.
a)
True
b)
False
33.
One of the functions of an Engineering Manager is to establish the standards in manufacturing or services that are developed by an organization.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
Programmed decisions - decisions that managers make over activities or situations that regularly occur - entail comprehensive mental processing so that mistakes or errors are prevented.
a)
True
b)
False
35.
Rules established in an organization are applied to all employees and all levels of the organization with no consideration on employees rank or status based on Weber's ideal bureaucratic management.
a)
True
b)
False
36.
The Code of Hammurabi included setting appropriate wage for incentives.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The Hudson's Bay Company, which emerged prior to the Industrial Revolution, had already conducted global business such as fur trade with Canada.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
A classic structure of an organization shows the different forms of hierarchy, their interrelationship, and their individual roles and responsibilities.
a)
True
b)
False
39.
Engineering Mangement has several names, one of which is Business Engineering.
a)
True
b)
False
40.
An ideal bureaucratic management is Weber's response to nepotism and favoritism.
a)
True
b)
False
41.
A complex-stable environment involves only a small number of external elements, although these elements frequently change and are unpredictable.
a)
True
b)
False
42.
At some and varied degrees, all organizations have the characteristics of Max Weber's bureaucracies.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Decision-making that involves group dynamics must constitute of diverse disciplines or background so that opinions are diverse.
a)
True
b)
False
44.
In the contemporary world, the contributions of Frederick Winslow Taylor are still being practices; among these contributions involved workers being paid for work done that is beyond their expected outputs, such as sales commissions.
a)
True
b)
False
45.
In a complex-unstable environment, a large number of elements are constantly changing, and its behavior is unpredictable.
a)
True
b)
False
46.
These serve as a framework of the organization's formal relationships between different positions; Among its purpose is to provide information on what everyone needs to in their work.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
During the Industrial Revolution, workers believed that the more they produce, the stakes of them losing their job increases as well.
a)
True
b)
False
48.
Weber envisioned the bureaucratic system to be subjective in nature while eliminating individual discretion.
a)
True
b)
False
49.
Engineering Management creates a bridge between a traditional engineering discipline and general management.
a)
True
b)
False
50.
Understanding external environments involves identification of uncertainties from external forces.
a)
True
b)
False
51.
The process of enabling or authorizing an individual to think, behave, take action, and control work and decision-making in autonomous ways.
a)
Management
b)
Empowerment
c)
Relationship
d)
Organization
e)
None of the above
52.
Is someone who is responsible for managing a clearly identifiable revenue-producing unit such as a store, business unit, or product line.
a)
Operations Manager
b)
Chief Operations Manager
c)
General Manger
d)
Manager
e)
None of the above
53.
Managers are responsible for the processes of getting activities completed efficiently with and through other people and setting and achieving the firm's goals through the execution of basic management functions namely.
a)
Planning
b)
Organizing
c)
Leading
d)
Controlling
e)
All of the above
54.
Concluded that, to meet the many demands of performing their functions, managers assume multiple roles.
a)
Henry Fayol
b)
Peter Drucker
c)
Henry Mitzberg
d)
Frederick Taylor
e)
None of the above
55.
Was one of the most widely known and influential thinkers of management, whose work continues to be used by managers world wide.
a)
Henry Fayol
b)
Peter Drucker
c)
Henry Mitzberg
d)
Frederick Taylor
e)
None of the above
56.
A Frenchman, is credited with the developing the management concepts of planning, organizing, coordination, command, and control, which were the precursors of today's four basic management principles of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.
a)
Henry Fayol
b)
Peter Drucker
c)
Henry Mitzberg
d)
Frederick Taylor
e)
None of the above
57.
Authored the Principles of Scientific Management
a)
Henry Fayol
b)
Peter Drucker
c)
Henry Mitzberg
d)
Frederick Taylor
e)
None of the above
58.
Published the Human Side of Enterprise where presented the two types of management, mainly the Theory X and Y.
a)
Ludwig von Bertalanffy
b)
Henry Fayol
c)
Douglas Mcgregor
d)
Peter Drucker
e)
Henry Mitzberg
59.
Defined the social and informal sources of influence that you use to inspire taken by others.
a)
Leader
b)
Leadership
c)
Management
d)
Manager
e)
None of the above
60.
You cannot manage men into battle. You manage things, you lead people. This quoted by.
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Grace Hopper
c)
Chester Bernard
d)
Warren Bennis
e)
None of the above
61.
Managers have subordinates - leaders have followers. This is quoted by.
a)
Harry S. Truman
b)
Grace Hopper
c)
Chester Bernard
d)
Warren Bennis
e)
None of the above
62.
A manager takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to. This is quoted by.
a)
Rosalyn Carter
b)
Warren Bennis
c)
Chester Bernard
d)
Grace Hopper
e)
Harry S. Truman
63.
Defined as the recognition of opportunities (needs, wants, problems, and challenges) and the use of creation of resources to implement innovate ideas for new, thoughtfully planned ventures.
a)
Leadership
b)
Business
c)
Entrepreneurship
d)
Entrepreneur
e)
None of the above
64.
The central, integrated, externally oriented concept of how an organization will achieve its objectives.
a)
Heueristic Management
b)
Agile Management
c)
Decisive Management
d)
Strategic Management
e)
None of the above
65.
Is the body of knowledge that answers questions about the development and implementation of good strategies.
a)
Heuristic Management
b)
Agile Management
c)
Decisive Management
d)
Strategic Management
e)
None of the above
66.
Is the function of management that involves setting objective sand determining a course of action for achieving those objectives.
a)
Planning
b)
Organizing
c)
Leading
d)
Controlling
e)
Objective Planning
67.
Planning is a process consisting of several steps. The process begins with _ which simply means that planners must be aware of the critical contingencies facing their organization in terms of economic conditions, their competitors, and their customers.
a)
Scanning
b)
Environmental Scanning
c)
Decisive Planning
d)
All of the above
e)
None of the above
68.
_ is intermediate-range (one to three years) planning that is designed to develop relatively concrete and specific means to implement the strategic plan
a)
Strategic Planning
b)
Tactical Planning
c)
Operational Planning
d)
Organizational Design
e)
None of the above
69.
Decisions made about the structure of an organization are generally referred to as _ decisions.
a)
Research Design
b)
Organizational Design
c)
Job Design
d)
Team Work
e)
Cost Leadership Strategy
70.
_ was based on principles of division of labor and specialization, which assumed that the more narrow the job content, the more proficient the individual performing the job could become.
a)
Job Design
b)
Organizational Design
c)
Labor Design
d)
Alliance Strategy
e)
Cost Leadership Strategy
71.
_ involves the social and informal sources of influence that you use to inspire action taken by others.
a)
Planning
b)
Leading
c)
Organizing
d)
Controlling
e)
None of the above
72.
_ involves the social and informal sources of influence that you use to inspire action taken by others.
a)
Planning
b)
Leading
c)
Organizing
d)
Controlling
e)
None of the above
73.
Are typically characterized as problems in search for solutions.
a)
Strengths
b)
Opportunities
c)
Threats
d)
Weaknesses
e)
None of the above
74.
Responsible for leading the lower-level managers.
a)
Upper Level Mangement
b)
Middle-Level Management
c)
High-Level Management
d)
Executive Management
e)
None of the above
75.
Responsible to look at the organization as a while and derive broad strategic plans.
a)
Manager
b)
Middle-Level Manager
c)
Corporate Manager
d)
Top-Level Manger
e)
Team leaders
76.
Acting as a teacher or guide; providing advice and direction for one less experience.
a)
Coaching
b)
Delayering
c)
Mentoring
d)
Leading
e)
Outsourcing
77.
A planned reduction in the number of layers of a management hierarchy.
a)
Coaching
b)
Delayering
c)
Mentoring
d)
Leading
e)
Outsourcing
78.
Known as the official leader of the group and being appointed by the organization.
a)
Formal Leader
b)
Informal Leader
c)
Designated leader
d)
Emergent Leader
e)
Leader
79.
A member that is acknowledged as a leader.
a)
Formal Leader
b)
Informal Leader
c)
Designated LEader
d)
Emergent Leader
e)
Leader
80.
The power a person has because people believe that they can bestow rewards or outcome, such as money, or recognition that others desire.
a)
Reward Power
b)
Coercive Power
c)
Referent Power
d)
Expert Power
e)
Legitimate Power
81.
The power a person has because others want to associate with or be accepted by him.
a)
Reward Power
b)
Coercive Power
c)
Referent Power
d)
Expert Power
e)
Legitimate Power
82.
The power as a person has because people believe that the person can punish them by inflicting pain or by withholding or taking away something that they value.
a)
Reward Power
b)
Coercive Power
c)
Referent Power
d)
Expert Power
e)
Legitimate Power
83.
The power a person has because others believe that the person possess the right to influence them and that they ought to obey.
a)
Reward Power
b)
Coercive Power
c)
Referent Power
d)
Expert Power
e)
Legitimate Power
84.
The power a person has because people believe that the person has and is willing to share expert knowledge that they need.
a)
Reward Power
b)
Coercive Power
c)
Referent Power
d)
Expert Power
e)
Legitimate Power
85.
Motivated employees become creative, with the decision being unilateral.
a)
Directive Autocrat
b)
Permissive Autocrat
c)
Directive Democrat
d)
Permissive Democrat
e)
None of the above
86.
Involves employee in the discussion and decision making.
a)
Directive Autocrat
b)
Permissive Autocrat
c)
Directive Democrat
d)
Permissive Democrat
e)
None of the above
87.
Appropriate when members are new and unqualified.
a)
Directive Autocrat
b)
Permissive Autocrat
c)
Directive Democrat
d)
Permissive Democrat
e)
None of the above
88.
Employees can be part of the planning, with the decision being unilateral but involves the plan of the employees.
a)
Directive Autocrat
b)
Permissive Autocrat
c)
Directive Democrat
d)
Permissive Democrat
e)
None of the above
89.
The pioneer of modern research on leadership
a)
Ralph Stogdill
b)
Henry Fayol
c)
Grace Hopper
d)
Douglas Mcgregor
e)
Fred E. Fiedler
90.
Founded the most contentious situation-contingent leadership theory.
a)
Fred E. Fiedler
b)
Henry Fayol
c)
Grace Hopper
d)
Douglas Mcgregor
e)
Ralph Stogdill
91.
Employees should be selected based upon.
a)
Social status and rank
b)
Technical qualifications
c)
Bloodline and connections
d)
Political views and beliefs
e)
None of the choices given
92.
Mechanistic organizations are characterized by the following, except:
a)
Policies are explicitly defined
b)
Decision-making follows a top-down approach
c)
Span of Control is wide
d)
Tasks are specially designed
e)
None of the choices given
93.
One of the knowledge roles of the Engineering Management discipline that involves generating knowledge that can benefit various domains.
a)
Research
b)
Education
c)
Training
d)
Technical Assistance
e)
None of the choices given
94.
One of the elements of a bureaucratic model that refers to limiting the number of authorized people to make major decisions for the organization, such as the utilization of resources.
a)
Command-and-Control
b)
Centralization
c)
Formalization
d)
Specialization
e)
None of the above
95.
In the following statement, identify the phrase that may make it invalid: Organizations regularly undergo changes, including its structure. Some of these changes involve the behavior of the people. Identified as structural change, the changes can also be observed in people's beliefs and mindsets.
a)
"also be observed in people's beliefs and mindset."
b)
"these changes involve the behavior of the people"
c)
"Identified as structural change"
d)
"Organizations regularly undergo changes"
e)
The entire statement is valid.
96.
As organizations grow, it evolves and undergoes several phases. At this specific phase, relationship between employees is highly informal, and the structure of the organization is organic.
a)
Entrepreneurship Phase
b)
Survival and Early Success Phase
c)
Maturity Phase
d)
Renewal or Decline Phase
e)
None of the above
97.
One of the knowledge roles of the Engineering Management discipline that involves close coordination with an organization in order to solve problems that are unique to them.
a)
Education
b)
Training
c)
Technical Assistance
d)
Research
e)
None of the above
98.
Among the barriers to effective decision-making is when managers make a final decision from several alternatives but are concerned that other options might be better instead.
a)
Uncertainty
b)
Escalation of Commitment
c)
Conflict
d)
Bounded Rationality
e)
None of the above
99.
They were mostly known for developing standardized units and corporations.
a)
Chinese
b)
Egyptians
c)
Romans
d)
Italians
e)
Chaldeans
100.
The statements below were the benefits brought about by the introduction of management during the Industrial Revolution, except for one.
a)
Due to standardization productivity also improved
b)
Improvements in productivity leveraged workers to the upper class
c)
As more outputs were produced, the prices of goods decreased.
d)
Workers were provided with better compensation for work done.
e)
None of the above
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