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This section includes 564 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 251. |
_________ is known as the founder of Human Relation School. |
| A. | Henry Fayol |
| B. | Elton Mayo |
| C. | Peter Drucker |
| D. | F.W. Taylor |
| Answer» C. Peter Drucker | |
| 252. |
360° appraisal means? |
| A. | A process that provides an employee opportunity in decision making |
| B. | A process that provides an officer opportunity of feedback about own performance |
| C. | Both A and B |
| D. | A process that provides an employee with feedback about his / her workplace performance |
| Answer» E. | |
| 253. |
It is very difficult to detect the source of such communication. |
| A. | Upward communication |
| B. | Vertical communication |
| C. | Lateral communication |
| D. | Informal communication |
| Answer» E. | |
| 254. |
Economic Productivity= -------------------- |
| A. | Output/input |
| B. | Value/Cost |
| C. | Input/Output |
| D. | Cost/Value |
| Answer» C. Input/Output | |
| 255. |
Inspiring people to be high performer is called: |
| A. | Controlling |
| B. | Leading |
| C. | Planning |
| D. | Organizing |
| Answer» C. Planning | |
| 256. |
The top management works on |
| A. | Strategic Plan |
| B. | Corporate Plan |
| C. | Budgeting |
| D. | Both A and B |
| Answer» B. Corporate Plan | |
| 257. |
What is the planning horizon? |
| A. | The time ahead for which there is no information. |
| B. | The time between making a plan and putting it into effect. |
| C. | The maximum time for which managers can make plans. |
| D. | The time period within which uncertainty is very low. |
| Answer» C. The maximum time for which managers can make plans. | |
| 258. |
Unity of command implies |
| A. | A subordinate should receive orders from all the superiors |
| B. | individuals must sacrifice in the larger interest |
| C. | be accountable to one and only one superior |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 259. |
__________ is the “On the Job Training” method used to train electricians. |
| A. | Web publishing |
| B. | Job rotation |
| C. | Coaching |
| D. | Apprenticeship |
| Answer» E. | |
| 260. |
Choose option that is not a feature of formal organisation? |
| A. | It specifies the relationships among various job positions |
| B. | The standards of behaviour of employees are evolved from group norms |
| C. | It is deliberately designed by the top management |
| D. | It places less emphasis on interpersonal relationships among the employees |
| Answer» C. It is deliberately designed by the top management | |
| 261. |
When total supply is equal to total demand in a transportation problem , the problem is said to be |
| A. | Balanced |
| B. | Unbalanced |
| C. | Degenerate |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Unbalanced | |
| 262. |
It is a function of management which refers to the process of integrating the activities ofdifferent units of organization to achieve the organization goals. This is called |
| A. | Actuating |
| B. | Controlling |
| C. | Co-ordination |
| D. | Planning |
| Answer» D. Planning | |
| 263. |
The basic role of strategy is to provide |
| A. | setting procedures. |
| B. | direction for action. |
| C. | direction for motivation. |
| D. | direction for control. |
| Answer» C. direction for motivation. | |
| 264. |
Forecasting techniques fall into which of the following twocategories? |
| A. | Fixed asset and human capital |
| B. | Predictive and confirmatory |
| C. | Quantitative and qualitative |
| D. | Empirical and conceptual |
| Answer» D. Empirical and conceptual | |
| 265. |
Effective motivation in the organisation does not contribute towards |
| A. | Developing performance levels of employees |
| B. | Helping to reduce employee turnover |
| C. | Resistance to changes in the organisation |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» D. All of the above | |
| 266. |
According to the textbook, because managers can’t possibly analyze all information on all alternatives, managers ______________, rather than ______________. |
| A. | maximize; satisfice |
| B. | maximize; minimize |
| C. | satisfice; minimize |
| D. | satisfice; maximize |
| Answer» E. | |
| 267. |
Out of e-commerce and e-business, which is a broader term? |
| A. | None of these |
| B. | both e-business and e-commerce are same thing |
| C. | e-commerce |
| D. | e-business |
| Answer» E. | |
| 268. |
State the basic principle behind Pareto diagrams. |
| A. | 80/20 rule |
| B. | Scientific Method of tracking |
| C. | Visualization of Process |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Scientific Method of tracking | |
| 269. |
In traditional goal setting, the goals are set at the top level of management and after that they: |
| A. | Become the responsibility of first-line management |
| B. | Are broken down into sub goals for each level of the organization |
| C. | All the efforts to achieve the goals are directed by top management |
| D. | Are delegated to the next lower level to be achieved |
| Answer» C. All the efforts to achieve the goals are directed by top management | |
| 270. |
Henry Fayol was a |
| A. | Social scientists |
| B. | Mining engineer |
| C. | Accountant |
| D. | Production engineer |
| Answer» C. Accountant | |
| 271. |
Management principles differ from pure science principles because management principles are |
| A. | vague. |
| B. | situation-bound. |
| C. | rig |
| Answer» C. rig | |
| 272. |
Manpower planning is |
| A. | Estimating the turnover likely to happen in near future |
| B. | Identifying the skills / filling up the requirements |
| C. | Determining the jobs to be done / identifying the skills / estimating the exists likely / filling up the requirements |
| D. | Determining the jobs to be done |
| Answer» D. Determining the jobs to be done | |
| 273. |
Control function of management cannot be performed without: |
| A. | planning |
| B. | organizing |
| C. | staffing |
| D. | motivation |
| Answer» B. organizing | |
| 274. |
_________ is the right to command. |
| A. | Authority |
| B. | Responsibility |
| C. | Accountability |
| D. | Both a and b |
| Answer» B. Responsibility | |
| 275. |
Who is credited for the theory of motivation based on the hierarchyof needs? |
| A. | Abraham Maslow |
| B. | Douglas McGregor |
| C. | Henri Fayol |
| D. | Mary Parker Follett |
| Answer» B. Douglas McGregor | |
| 276. |
What is essential for the management to get things done in the organization? |
| A. | Monetary incentives |
| B. | Delegation |
| C. | MBO Techniques |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. MBO Techniques | |
| 277. |
In terms of the sequential relationship, the first function requiring managerial attention is: |
| A. | planning |
| B. | coordinates |
| C. | directing |
| D. | controlling |
| Answer» B. coordinates | |
| 278. |
As we go higher up in the management hierarchy the scope of authority |
| A. | Increases |
| B. | Decreases |
| C. | Remains same |
| D. | None of the above |
| Answer» B. Decreases | |
| 279. |
The three types of plans usually prepared by companies include annual plans, strategicplans and ___________ plans. |
| A. | Hourly |
| B. | Long-range |
| C. | Model |
| D. | Psychological |
| Answer» C. Model | |
| 280. |
Hawthorne studies were a series of early experiments that focused on: |
| A. | Behavior in the workplace |
| B. | Ethics in the workplace |
| C. | Group norms |
| D. | Interpersonal dynamics |
| Answer» B. Ethics in the workplace | |
| 281. |
The principals of management are significant because of |
| A. | increase in efficiency |
| B. | Initiative |
| C. | optimum utilisation of resources |
| D. | Adaptation of changing technology |
| Answer» E. | |
| 282. |
The greater the risk involves in making a decision, the greater the: |
| A. | Outcomes |
| B. | Information available |
| C. | Rewards |
| D. | Uncertainty |
| Answer» D. Uncertainty | |
| 283. |
Observe the following management principles and pick the odd one out. Justify your answer. |
| A. | unity of command |
| B. | unity of direction |
| C. | maximum output |
| D. | equity |
| Answer» D. equity | |
| 284. |
Factors affecting organizational behavior is/are |
| A. | People |
| B. | Enviournment |
| C. | Technology |
| D. | All the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 285. |
Which ethical approach is guided by what will result in the greatestgood for the greatest number of people? |
| A. | Moral-Rights approach |
| B. | Individual approach |
| C. | Utilitarian approach |
| D. | Justice approach |
| Answer» E. | |
| 286. |
Henry Fayol, F.W.Taylor belongs to which of the following school of management? |
| A. | Neoclassical School |
| B. | Modern School |
| C. | Classical School |
| D. | Early Perspective |
| Answer» D. Early Perspective | |
| 287. |
The normative intervention specifies a particular way to manage an organization is known as__________. |
| A. | Inter-group relations |
| B. | Large group |
| C. | Small group |
| D. | Grid organization development |
| Answer» E. | |
| 288. |
The following is (are) the machine down time. |
| A. | Waste |
| B. | No material |
| C. | Breakdown |
| D. | All of the above |
| Answer» E. | |
| 289. |
__________ is the technique in which each worker is supervised by eight supervisors. |
| A. | Functional foremanship |
| B. | Unity of action |
| C. | Centralisation |
| D. | Simplification of work |
| Answer» B. Unity of action | |
| 290. |
__________ is a feature of planning also referred to as primacy of planning. |
| A. | Pervasive |
| B. | Primary function of management |
| C. | Continuous |
| D. | Integrating |
| Answer» C. Continuous | |
| 291. |
Which one of the following sources is most relevant to recruiting managerial personnel? |
| A. | Direct recruitment |
| B. | Employment exchange |
| C. | Advertisement |
| D. | Casual callers |
| Answer» D. Casual callers | |
| 292. |
Which need includes the basic human needs of food, clothing and shelter? |
| A. | Physiological needs |
| B. | Self – Actualisation |
| C. | Both A & B |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Self – Actualisation | |
| 293. |
Operational planning is undertaken at................. |
| A. | Top level |
| B. | lower level |
| C. | middle level |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» C. middle level | |
| 294. |
Grouping ideas or details that are stored and recalled together as a unit is an example of which of thefollowing? |
| A. | Inferencing |
| B. | Compilation |
| C. | Chunking |
| D. | Expertise |
| Answer» D. Expertise | |
| 295. |
Information on the human attributes in terms of education, skills, aptitudes, and experiencenecessary to perform a job effectively is |
| A. | Job evaluation |
| B. | Job specification |
| C. | Job description |
| D. | Job analysis |
| Answer» C. Job description | |
| 296. |
____________ is an inevitable factor for achieving economic growth. |
| A. | Stress |
| B. | TQM |
| C. | Change |
| D. | None of these |
| Answer» D. None of these | |
| 297. |
Management principles are flexible whereas ______________ principles are rigid. |
| A. | Pure Science |
| B. | Employment |
| C. | Scientific Management |
| D. | Art |
| Answer» B. Employment | |
| 298. |
Decision making is (simplistically) typically described as which ofthe following? |
| A. | deciding what is correct |
| B. | putting preferences on paper |
| C. | choosing among alternatives |
| D. | processing information to completion |
| Answer» D. processing information to completion | |
| 299. |
Which one of the following is not a financial incentive? |
| A. | Bonus |
| B. | Provident Fund |
| C. | Co-partnership |
| D. | Challenging job |
| Answer» E. | |
| 300. |
The keyword “ POSDC” was given by : |
| A. | Koontz & O’Donnell |
| B. | Fredrick Herzberg |
| C. | Chesner Barnard |
| D. | All of these |
| Answer» B. Fredrick Herzberg | |