WorksheetsDECA - Business Management and Administration Exam // Practice 2
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Jon decided to promote Bill instead of Maggie to regional manager because he thinks that women aren't assertive enough in business situations. Jon is stereotyping on the basis of
A. ethnicity.
B. gender.
C. religion.
D. age.
Felipe wants to start having a more positive attitude. Which of the following is true about attitudes:
A. Attitudes are unaffected by environments.
B. Attitudes can be helped with humor.
C. Attitudes can change quickly and easily.
D. Attitudes are not controllable by people.
When Rhea realized that she included the wrong facts in a marketing report, she demonstrated integrity by
A. defending her work, even though she knows it is incorrect.
B. letting her entire team take the blame.
C. admitting that she made a mistake and apologizing.
D. ignoring the problem so no one would notice.
Eva manages a team member, Shawn, who is motivated primarily by his own satisfaction while working on challenging projects. This is an example of an __________ motivation.
A. external
B. intrinsic
C. ineffective
D. extrinsic
If you promise your boss that you will attend a professional development seminar, following through on that promise will
A. build a strong, trusting relationship.
B. help you become more organized.
C. lead you to receive a promotion.
D. ensure you will never get fired.
Every time you spend money on yourself, you expose yourself to
A. financial risk.
B. relational risk.
C. future debt.
D. poverty.
It is important to get the “whole picture” before settling on a viewpoint so that you can
A. use the information to prove you are right.
B. make a responsible and informed decision.
C. have the upper hand in arguments and debates.
D. avoid interacting with people different than you.
One reason customers who pay for products with a credit card usually want to know the interest charges is because those charges
A. increase the retail price.
B. generate the profit for the business.
C. are calculated on a yearly basis.
D. add to the cost of the purchase.
Lyla is applying for a loan to buy a house for the first time. Which of the following should she be certain to do when applying for the loan:
A. Overstate her assets
B. Inaccurately report her debts
C. Sign blank documents
D. Read all paperwork carefully
Preparing wills and setting up guardianships are types of financial services that often are provided by
A. attorneys.
B. beneficiaries.
C. courts.
D. executors.
During a weekly status meeting, Tom said, “We've worked extremely hard and have made some tremendous progress on this stage of the project, so I am taking the team out to lunch next Wednesday.” What project-management activity is Tom performing?
A. Mentoring
B. Evaluating
C. Rewarding
D. Encouraging
Marina's company needs to finance a new project. When Marina is figuring out the company's capital structure, she lists its current employees, equipment, and money as
A. return on capital.
B. debt.
C. equity.
D. dividends.
Which of the following statements regarding cash flow statements is true:
A. A cash flow statement is derived from the income statement and the balance sheet.
B. A negative cash flow indicates that a company is financially healthy and stable.
C. A positive cash flow indicates that a company is financially unhealthy.
D. The less cash available for business operations, the better for company investors.
Because the AMR Company has an effective knowledge management system in place, the company developed a line of unique products based on the input of employees and customers. In this situation, the company applied its knowledge to
A. ensure that natural resources were used responsibly.
B. prevent inventory turnover.
C. reduce its overhead expenses.
D. become more innovative and competitive.
Camilla is being promoted and is training Cecily to take over her current position. To help Cecily acclimate to her new job, Camilla gives Cecily some tips that might help her process her work more efficiently. What does this example illustrate?
A. Cecily should develop her own way of doing things because it is likely to be better than Camilla's way.
B. Cecily should be cautious about the information that Camilla is giving her because it is probably incorrect.
C. Camilla is providing too much information and is likely to confuse and frustrate Cecily.
Camilla is exhibiting ethical behavior by passing along personal knowledge to help Cecily learn how to do
her job.
What do companies often use to assign and track various business tasks?
A. Customer database
B. Surveillance system
C. Accountability matrix
D. Magnetic cards
Mara recently accepted a job with the Sweet Treat Cookie Company. Her new employer required her to sign a document stating that she will not reveal the ingredients in the company's cookie recipes to external sources. This is an example of a(n)
A. noncompete provision.
B. indictment.
C. injunction.
D. nondisclosure agreement.
The laddering technique is used to capture and change categories of
A. horizontal communication.
B. hierarchical information.
C. meaningless data.
D. redundant knowledge.
Jack is a computer programmer who is struggling to fix a glitch with his company's new computer network. During a get-together with some friends who also work in technology, Jack brings up his dilemma. His friend Janelle suggests a process that helped her solve a similar problem that she experienced a few weeks ago. Two other friends, Tim and Susan, provide some suggestions as well. In this situation, Jack and his friends are transferring knowledge by
A. conducting a formal interview.
B. forming a strategic alliance.
C. applying Groupthink strategies.
D. participating in a community of practice.
Before knowledge can be reused or shared, it must be
A. manipulated.
B. recognized.
C. embedded.
D. analyzed.
