BA101 - Management Midterm Exam

Question 1

Which countries' laws pertaining to HRM practices closely parallel those in the United States?

Accepted Answer

Canada

Question 2

A company manager attending a meeting of academic scientist would be functioning in which role?

Accepted Answer

liaison

Question 3

A country with a high uncertainty avoidance ________.

Accepted Answer

Is structured AND depends on social institutions to cope

Question 4

Which psychological orientation would be typical of a manager who is pessimistic?

Accepted Answer

a maximin orientation

Question 5

When you start PowerPoint 2016, what displays on the right side of the window?

Accepted Answer

blank presentation and theme thumbnails

Question 6

Decision making begins with ________.

Accepted Answer

identifying a problem

Question 7

The three different types of strategies that managers implement are ________.

Accepted Answer

corporate, competitive, and functional

Question 8

In terms of change, Lewin's force field analysis might see ________ as a driving force

Accepted Answer

reward from change

Question 9

A technique that helps employees deal with change in the decision-making process is ________.

Accepted Answer

participation

Question 10

The "white-water rapids" metaphor sees change as ________.

Accepted Answer

the natural state of things

Question 11

All of the following are characteristics of a highly formalized organization EXCEPT ________.

Accepted Answer

minimum number of rules

Question 12

Which of the following is NOT part of a list level on a slide?

Accepted Answer

justification

Question 13

A salad dressing company that buys a large olive grove is practicing which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Backward vertical integration

Question 14

You can use a keyboard ________ by pressing a key to perform a task that would require a mouse.

Accepted Answer

shortcut

Question 15

A preformatted document used as a starting point in Word 2016 is known as ________.

Accepted Answer

a template

Question 16

Which is not involved with the demographic component of an organization's external environment?

Accepted Answer

values

Question 17

Together, contingency variables determine the ________.

Accepted Answer

structure of an organization

Question 18

For the most part, ________ are involved in HR decisions within their own department or unit.

Accepted Answer

all managers

Question 19

When creating a new table, Access creates the first field and names it ________

Accepted Answer

ID

Question 20

The best way to define the term career is as a ________.

Accepted Answer

series of jobs or work positions over a period of a lifetime

Question 21

An advantage of an online networking community is you can search for people by their ________.

Accepted Answer

skills, experience, and interests

Question 22

Which has been identified as a significant risk to business leaders in the next decade?

Accepted Answer

income disparity

Question 23

Which of the following controls the look of the presentation window with a set of commands?

Accepted Answer

View buttons

Question 24

All of the following are part of the process of organizational design EXCEPT ________.

Accepted Answer

determining goals for the organization

Question 25

Fields that contain numbers that are not used in calculations should be set to ________.

Accepted Answer

short text

Question 26

Many techniques in the quantitative approach to management were borrowed from ________.

Accepted Answer

the military

Question 27

When using the Bing Image Search box you can find various images that can be used under _______

Accepted Answer

Creative Commons

Question 28

Compared to the managers large organizations a small business manager is likely to be ________.

Accepted Answer

generalist

Question 29

A ________ is any disk drive, folder, or other place a user can store files and folders.

Accepted Answer

location

Question 30

In allocating weights to the decision criteria, which is most helpful to remember?

Accepted Answer

Assign the most important criteria a score against standard

Question 31

Planning gives organizations a way to deal with change that ________.

Accepted Answer

reduces uncertainty

Question 32

Which of the following is NOT a common reason that people resist change?

Accepted Answer

overconfidence

Question 33

Databases that are not related or linked to other data are called ________ databases.

Accepted Answer

flat

Question 34

______ prevents a single employee from getting conflicting orders from two different superiors.

Accepted Answer

Unity of command

Question 35

The three main models that managers use to make decisions are ________.

Accepted Answer

rational, bounded rational, and intuitive

Question 36

All levels of management up to the top level managers of the organization are termed ________.

Accepted Answer

middle managers

Question 37

In looking for possible jobs, a primary concern should be to pay attention to the ________.

Accepted Answer

industries that are expanding rather than declining

Question 38

A bottling plant in Guam is wholly owned by a local businessperson. What kind of venture is it?

Accepted Answer

a licensed plant

Question 39

Which technology development is likely to have the greatest impact on the organizations future?

Accepted Answer

wireless networks

Question 40

In the opinion of today's recent college grads what is the most important job characteristic?

Accepted Answer

benefits

Question 41

How does a fixed-point reordering system work?

Accepted Answer

The pre-established inventory system automatically re-orders

Question 42

The Percent Style button formats selected cells as a percentage with ________.

Accepted Answer

zero decimal places

Question 43

Which factors has contributed to the current view that management is more unethical today?

Accepted Answer

increased publicity

Question 44

Which of the following shortcut keys enables you to select everything in a document?

Accepted Answer

Ctrl + A

Question 45

Few people are ever selected for a job without ________.

Accepted Answer

undergoing an interview

Question 46

Which of the following is a frequently cited criticism of formal planning?

Accepted Answer

Plans lock organizations into rigid goals and timetables

Question 47

Which trend do most managers need to get used to in the coming years?

Accepted Answer

Many workers will be hired on a freelance basis.

Question 48

When is the acid test an especially important test for a company's liquidity?

Accepted Answer

when the economy is slow and inventory is not selling

Question 49

The process by which a job is examined to identify the skills to perform a job is ________.

Accepted Answer

job analysis

Question 50

General Mills expand the Cheerios line in 1976. Today, there are a dozen types is an example of

Accepted Answer

Concentration

BA101 - Management Midterm Exam

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BA101 - Management Midterm Exam

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