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1
__________ structures are laid-back and undefined.
Informal
Learning
Matrix
Staff
2
Which of the following is NOT an indicator of the business cycle?
Labor Costs and Productivity
Birth Rate
Wages
Labor Force
3
A company divides into eastern, southern, western and central regions. Which is the right description?
Product departmentalization
Functional departmentalization
Geographic departmentalization
Process departmentalization
4
Which of the following is NOT a business cycle indicator?
Personal incomes and consumer attitudes
Out of Date Products
National defense
Labor force
5
What is the lowest level of a recession?
Recession
Trough
Peak
Pit
6
Which of the following is NOT a disadvantage of a simple structure?
It has few policies and rules to guide operations.
It usually costs a lot of money.
It only works well in small organizations.
It allows too much power at the top level.
7
__________ is the grouping of individuals into departments.
Departmentalization
Centralization
Centralmentalization
Decentralization
8
Which type of authority allows input/suggestions from staff members, but does not assure implementation?
Employer authority
Department authority
Staff Authority
Functional authority
9
Which of the following describes the growth part of the business cycle?
Persistent increases in measurements of economic activities
two consecutive quarterly declines in GDP
lowest levels during a recession
When business activity has reached a maximum
10
A __________ structure is composed of self-contained units or divisions.
Divisional
Matrix
Simple
Learning
11
Simple structures are flexible and inexpensive, but are often only effective in small organizations
False
True
12
Which of the following types of departmentalization works well for companies with multiple product lines?
Functional departmentalization
Marketing departmentalization
Process departmentalization
Product departmentalization
13
Which of the following is NOT an example of an organization?
A private school
A group of friends
A community non-profit affiliation
An international corporation
14
A __________ organization structure combines the elements of functional and product-based departmentalization.
Simple
Matrix
Learning
Divisional
15
In which of the following categories does a recession NOT cause a decline?
Employment
Income
Total Output
Tax Rate
16
An assembly line is an example of __________.
Supervision
Span of Control
Work specialization
Chain of command
17
Which of the following is an example of a middle manager?
Salesperson in a retail store
Director of marketing
Teller at a bank
Chief executive officer
18
An organization’s products and services are the driving force in accomplishing its purpose.
False
True
19
A(n) ____________ is a systematic grouping of individuals which has been brought together to accomplish a goal.
Affiliation
Informal structure
Organization
Concord
20
Which type of authority gives a supervisor the right to direct the work of employees without others input?
Staff Authority
Line Authority
Department Authority
Functional Authority
21
__________ is the principle in which an employee should have only one supervisor to whom he or she is responsible.
Work Specialization
Chain of Command
Supervision
Span of Control
22
Which of the following is an example of an operative employee?
Head coach
Assembly line worker
Chairman of the board
Regional Manager
23
Which of the following types of organizational structures is normally found in a smaller business with fewer employees?
Informal structure
Employee-based structure
Employer-based structure
Formal Structure
24
Which type of authority can create problems of overlapping authority?
Employer
Staff
Functional
Department
25
Which types of departmentalization involves grouping into departments based on different tasks?
Functional Departmentalization
Target Market Departmentalization
Product Departmentalization
Process Departmentalization
26
Which occurs when decisions are made by the individuals who are the closest to the problem?
Supervision
Centralization
Decentralization
Authorization
27
Which types of departmentalization groups activities based on work or customer flow?
Process departmentalization
Functional departmentalization
Marketing departmentalization
Homogenous departmentalization
28
Who first identified cyclical economic patterns and made what is referred to as “the business cycle”?
Steve Jobs
Milton Friedman
Warren Buffet
Clemente Juglar
29
Which of the following is the correct order of organizational levels?
Operative employees, supervisors, middle managers, top management
Operative employees, middle managers, supervisors, top management
Middle managers, operative employees, supervisors, top management
Middle managers, supervisors, operative employees, top management
30
Which of the following requires an worker to complete a small task over and over again to contribute
Work specialization
Multitasking
Chain of command
Span of control
31
Which of the following is NOT one of the four basic organizational levels?
Middle Managers
Top Managers
Lower managers
Supervisors
32
Which of the following lists each part of the business cycle?
Peak, Recession, Pit, Explosion
Peak, Recession, Trough, Expansion
Rise, Fall, Fallout, Resolution
Peak, Downhill, Pit, Expansion
