Business Management MCQs

Question: Maslows motivation theory is on the basis of human
a) satisfaction
b) needs
c) maintenance factors
d) rewards
Answer: b

Question: Management By Objectives was introduced by
a) Taylor
b) Elton Mayo
c) Peter Drucker
d) Maslow
Answer: c

Question: Wages, salaries, bonus, vacation pay, insurance are examples of
a) financial motivation
b) non-financial motivation
c) extrinsic motivation
d) intrinsic motivation
Answer: a

Question: In managerial grid, the style which focuses wholly on production is
a) task management
b) impoverished style
c) country club
d) team management style
Answer: a

Question: The first and foremost function of managementis
a) planning
b) organizing
c) controlling
d) co-ordination
Answer: a

Question: Authority is the right to give orders and the power to exact obedience is defined by
a) Barnard
b) Fayol
c) Strong
d) Louise Allen
Answer: b

Question: Passing of authority to make decisions to the lowest possible level in the organizational hierarchy is known as
a) accountability
b) responsibility
c) decentralization
d) authority
Answer: c

Question: Verification of financial statements is
a) external audit
b) internal audit
c) management audit
d) financial audit
Answer: b

Question: Informal communication is commonly known as
a) downward communication
b) upward communication
c) horizontal communication
d) grapevine
Answer: d

Question: The first man who advocated the view that the management should and can be taught is.
a) harold Koontz
b) Terry
c) Louis Allan
d) Hendry Fayol
Answer: d

Question: The right of a person to give instructions to his subordinates is known as
a) responsibility
b) authority
c) accountability
d) line authority
Answer: b

Question: Every subordinate should receive orders from and be accountable to only one superior is
a) Unity of direction
b) Unity of command
c) Centralization
d) Scalar chain
Answer: b

Question: Exchange of messages through spoken words is
a) oral communication
b) written communication
c) gestural communication
d) sideward communication
Answer: a

Question: A leader who serves as the head of the family and treats his followers like his family members is
a) paternalistic leader
b) intellectual leader
c) liberal leader
d) institutional leader
Answer: a

Question: Espirit de corps means
a) union is strength
b) service is our motto
c) buyer beware
d) product is our strength
Answer: a

Question: Goal or target to be achieved is known as.
a) schedule
b) Budget
c) procedures
d) objective
Answer: d

Question: Motivation available at the time of performance of work is
a) negative motivation
b) positive motivation
c) extrinsic motivation
d) intrinsic motivation
Answer: d

Question: The process of activity relating to the effective utilization of available resources for production is
a) planning
b) management
c) organization
d) decision making
Answer: b

Question: Goals, aims, purposes, missions and target is also known as
a) strategies
b) policies
c) rules
d) objectives
Answer: d

Question: Henry Fayol concentrated on
a) top management
b) lower level management
c) middle level management
d) workers
Answer: a

Question: MBO was introduced by
a) Peter F drucker
b) Henry fayol
c) Max Weber
d) Mary parker follet
Answer: a

Question: Supply of human and material resources and helps to achieve the objective of business is
a) planning
b) organisation
c) management
d) control
Answer: b

Question: A leader motivates his followers to work hard by offering them rewards is
a) positive style
b) negative style
c) autocratic style
d) democratic style
Answer: c

Question: F.W. Taylor is associated with
a) Scientific Management
b) Future management
c) Modern management
d) Principles of management
Answer: a

Question: Rules, duties and responsibilities or workers are given in writing in
a) formal organization
b) informal organization
c) business or organization
d) strategic organization
Answer: a

Question: Pioneer of Human Relations is
a) Mary Parkett
b) Lillian Gilberth
c) Henry Fayol
d) Elton Mayo
Answer: d

Question: Control exercised while the activity is in progress is
a) concurrent control
b) feed forward control
c) feedback control
d) preserving control
Answer: a

Question: The transmission of thoughts from person to another is
a) communication
b) controlling
c) consultative
d) organizing
Answer: a

Question: Plans, policies and procedures are the functions of
a) top level management
b) middle level and bottom level management
c) middle level management
d) bottom level management
Answer: a

Question: The assumptions about future derived from forecasting and used in planning are known as
a) planning premises
b) freehold premises
c) business premises
d) corporate premises
Answer: a

Question: Converting symbols, signs or pictures into meaning is known as
a) Sender
b) receiver
c) encoding
d) decoding
Answer: d

Question: Consumers are satisfied through
a) motivation
b) innovation
c) communication
d) management
Answer: b

Question: The leader makes decisions in consultation with his followers is
a) autocratic style
b) liberal leader
c) democratic leader
d) institutional leader
Answer: c

Question: Which theory is also called traditional authority theory
a) The acceptance of authority theory
b) The formal authority theory
c) The competence theory
d) The organization theory
Answer: b

Question: Crisis decision is also known as
a) group decision
b) major decision
c) minor decision
d) spot decision
Answer: d

Question: Co-ordination between the activities of various departments and individuals working within the organization is known as
a) vertical co-ordination
b) external co-ordination
c) internal co-ordination
d) horizontal co-ordination
Answer: c

Question: Contingent plan to meet environmentalpressures is
a) objective
b) strategies
c) polices
d) rules
Answer: b

Question: Esteem needs are also called as
a) social needs
b) self realization needs
c) ego needs
d) safety needs
Answer: c

Question: Leadership is the activity of influencing people to strive willingly for mutual objectives – The definition is given by
a) George R Terry
b) Koontz and ODonnel
c) Allen
d) Robert C Apple
Answer: a

Question: Herzbergs Hygeine factors
a) motivate employees
b) do not motivate employees
c) dissatisfy employees
d) satisfy employees
Answer: b

Question: Management is what a manager does.
a) Peter F Drucker
b) Terry
c) Louis Allan
d) Hendry Fayol
Answer: c

Question: A leader forces his followers to work had and penalizes them is
a) positive style
b) negative style
c) autocratic style
d) democratic style
Answer: b

Question: Motivation available only after the completion of a job is
a) negative motivation
b) positive motivation
c) extrinsic motivation
d) intrinsic motivation
Answer: c

Question: Example of Hygeine factors is
a) achievement
b) recognition
c) advancement
d) salary
Answer: d

Question: The act of making ones ideas and opinions known to others is said by
a) Meyer
b) Brown
c) Newman
d) Keith Davis
Answer: a

Question: Leadership theory which explains that a leader is strongly affected by the situation in which he works is
a) Followers theory
b) Trait theory
c) Situational theory
d) Managerial grid
Answer: c

Question: Which type of organization gives importance to terms of authority and functions
a) informal organization
b) formal organization
c) business or organization
d) strategic organization
Answer: b

Question: In managerial grid, the style of management depicts the style of a leader who is neither concerned about the people nor does he care about the task to be performed is
a) task management
b) impoverished style
c) country club
d) team management style
Answer: b

Question: Which type of organization has no place in the organization chart
a) In formal organization
b) Formal organization
c) business or organization
d) strategic organization
Answer: a

Question: MBE is a technique of management
a) Control
b) Planning
c) Organizing
d) staffing
Answer: a

Question: Strategic planning is
a) long term planning
b) medium term planning
c) short term planning
d) annual planning
Answer: a

Question: Motivation based on force of fear is called
a) negative motivation
b) positive motivation
c) extrinsic motivation
d) intrinsic motivation
Answer: a

Question: According to Follet, conflict may be removed through three ways
a) domination, compromise and integration
b) control, compromise and integration
c) direction, domination and integration
d) direction, domination and integration
Answer: a

Question: The person who sends a message is known as
a) Sender
b) Receiver
c) Messenger
d) Communicator
Answer: a

Question: Control system of an organisation has no influence over the
a) internal environment
b) external environment
c) customers
d) government
Answer: b

Question: is a force to drive a person to action
a) motivation
b) coordination
c) co-operation
d) control
Answer: a

Question: The managerial grid consist of how many possible leadership styles
a) 51
b) 61
c) 81
d) 91
Answer: c

Question: Decision taken by committee formed by the top management for specific purpose is
a) group decision
b) organisational decision
c) personal decision
d) operative decision
Answer: a

Question: Letters, circulars, memos, bulletin, manuals, reports are example of
a) oral communication
b) written communication
c) gestural communication
d) sideward communication
Answer: b

Question: The selection of best alternative from many alternatives is known as
a) selection
b) decision-making
c) organizing
d) budgeting
Answer: b

Question: Management is the art of getting things done through and with an informally organized
a) Harold Koontz
b) Terry
c) Louis Allan
d) Hendry Fayol
Answer: a

Question: Achievement of objectives of an organization is concerned with
a) organization
b) Division of work
c) management
d) planning
Answer: c

Question: Need hierarchy theory was formulated by
a) maslow
b) henry fayol
c) mc gregor
d) fw taylor
Answer: a

Question: The purchase of land and building is an example of
a) group decision
b) major decision
c) minor decision
d) spot decision
Answer: b

Question: The Era of Scientific Management is
a) 1880-1930
b) 1880-1931
c) 1880-1932
d) 1880-1933
Answer: a

Question: Elements of delegation
a) responsibility, authority, accountability
b) authority, delegation, accountability
c) responsibility, decentralization, centralization
d) controlling, responsibility, authority
Answer: a

Question: The integration of objectives and activities of an organization is
a) control
b) co-ordination
c) Planning
d) organizing
Answer: b

Question: The chain of command from the highest authority to the lowest level in the organization is
a) Unity of direction
b) Unity of command
c) Centralization
d) Scalar chain
Answer: d

Question: The person who receives the message is called
a) sender
b) receiver
c) encoding
d) decoding
Answer: b

Question: The decisions which are frequent and repetitive in nature are called as
a) non programmed decisions
b) programmed decisions
c) major decisions
d) operative decisions
Answer: b

Question: A system of co-operative activities of two or more persons is called
a) department
b) co-ordination
c) organization
d) control
Answer: c

Question: The theory focused on a persons act rather than his trait or behaviour is.
a) Trait theory
b) Behavioural theory
c) Followers theory
d) System theory
Answer: d

Question: Medium term planning is
a) 6 months
b) 1 year
c) 2 to 5 years
d) 5 to 15 years
Answer: c

Question: Study of the movements of both the workers and the machine to eliminate wasteful movement is
a) fatigue study
b) time study
c) motion study
d) work study
Answer: c

Question: Communication of policies, procedures and programmes is example of
a) downward communication
b) upward communication
c) horizontal communication
d) informal communication
Answer: a

Question: The most popular management think of modern times is.
a) Mary Parkett
b) Lillian Gilberth
c) Peter Drucker
d) Elton Mayo
Answer: a

Question: Contingent plan to meet environmental pressure is
a) objective
b) strategies
c) policies
d) rules
Answer: b

Question: Self-confidence, independence, achievements, knowledge, status, recognition and appreciation examples of
a) safety needs
b) social needs
c) ego needs
d) self-actualisation needs
Answer: c

Question: Under which control system only extra ordinary or exceptional deviations are reported to management for remedial action
a) MBE
b) MBO
c) MBS
d) MBP
Answer: a

Question: Management is the art and science of decision making and leadership
a) Harold Koontz
b) Donald J Clough
c) Louis Allan
d) Terry
Answer: b

Question: The control takes place before the actual activity is known as
a) concurrent control
b) feed forward control
c) feedback control
d) preserving control
Answer: b

Question: The employees train themselves and they are self-motivated under
a) free-rein style
b) negative style
c) autocratic style
d) democratic style
Answer: a

Question: is the harmonising or synchronising of individual efforts with the purpose of achieving group goals..
a) coordination
b) control
c) decision making
d) delegation
Answer: a

Question: Leadership behaviour is influenced by certain qualities of a person is
a) Followers theory
b) Trait theory
c) Situational theory
d) Managerial grid
Answer: b

Question: A structure of relationship is called as
a) organization
b) functions
c) team
d) group effort
Answer: a

Question: Operational planning is
a) Short term planning
b) medium term planning
c) Long term planning
d) annual planning
Answer: a

Question: Theory of work-motivation was propounded by
a) mc gregor
b) herzberg
c) maslow
d) fw taylor
Answer: b

Question: According to Maslow, the satisfied needs
a) motivate the workers
b) do not motivate the workers
c) highly motivate the workers
d) satisfy the workers
Answer: b

Question: Span of control means
a) chain of command
b) the number of people working
c) leadership quality
d) the number of people managed
Answer: d

Question: The process of dividing the large monolithic functional organization into small and flexible administrative units is called
a) staffing
b) delegation
c) departmentation
d) control
Answer: c

Question: Growth and prosperity of any organization depends upon
a) competition
b) planning
c) division of work
d) organizing
Answer: b

Question: The leader acts as a liaison officer between the employees and the outside world is
a) positive style
b) free-rein style
c) autocratic style
d) democratic style
Answer: b

Question: Banks, insurance companies and distribution agencies are examples of
a) departmentation by function
b) departmentation by products
c) departmentation by territory
d) departmentation by customers
Answer: c

Question: Selecting a best course of action among the alternatives is called as
a) decision making
b) planning
c) organizing
d) controlling
Answer: a

Question: The oldest type of organization
a) functional organization
b) line organization
c) matrix organization
d) committee organization
Answer: b

Question: Expectancy motivation theory is given by
a) Vroom
b) Maslow
c) Herzberg
d) Mc Gregor
Answer: a

Question: Programmed decision is also known as
a) routine decisions
b) structured decisions
c) strategic decisions
d) operative decisions
Answer: d

Question: The leadership style considers subordinates do not have ability and immature is.
a) autocratic style
b) liberal leader
c) democratic leader
d) institutional leader
Answer: d

Question: Inter-depoartmental committee meeting is an example of
a) downward communication
b) upward communication
c) horizontal communication
d) informal communication
Answer: c

Question: Men, Money Material and Machines are included in
a) factors of production
b) resources
c) budget preparation
d) cost analysis
Answer: b