Supervisors

Multiple Choice Questions

[QUESTION]

1. A manager at the first level of management is known as a(n):

A. top executive.

B. middle manager.

C. assembly-line worker.

D. supervisor.

Answer: D

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Difficulty: Easy

[QUESTION]

2. Which act states that a supervisor is “any individual having authority, in the interest of the employer, to hire, transfer, suspend, lay off, recall, promote, discharge, assign, reward or discipline other employees, or responsibility to direct them, or to adjust their grievances, or effectively to recommend such action, if in connection with the foregoing the exercise of such authority is not of a merely routine or clerical nature, but requires the use of independent judgment”?

A. The Wagner Act

B. The Taft-Hartley Act

C. The Norris–La Guardia Act

D. The Fair Labor Standards Act

Answer: B

Page: 3

Difficulty: Medium

[QUESTION]

3. Generally, supervisors focus on:

A. day-to-day problems and goals to be achieved in one year or less.

B. trying to get the entire organization to meet its goals.

C. long-range goals extending over several years.

D. themselves only and are not concerned with organizational goals.

Answer: A

Page: 4

Difficulty: Medium

[QUESTION]

4. Because supervisors deal directly with employees and have knowledge about an organization’s customers, they emphasize a (n):

A. task orientation.

B. technique orientation.

C. people orientation.

D. outcome orientation.

Answer: C

Page: 5

Difficulty: Easy

[QUESTION]

5. According to Abraham Maslow’s hierarchical pattern of needs, the most basic needs of any human being are:

A. safety needs.

B. physiological needs.

C. needs related to love and belonging.

D. esteem needs.

Answer: B

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Difficulty: Medium

[QUESTION]

6. Which of the following includes an attitude of acceptance, a lack of racial biases, and creativity?

A. Self-actualization

B. Physiological needs

C. Needs related to love and belonging

D. Esteem needs

Answer: B

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