Questions for Test

Selections of MC questions for TEST

CHAPTER 1: Multiple-Choice Questions

For each of the following choose the answer that most completely answers the question.

A Manager’s Dilemma

1. Which of the following statements regarding managers in today’s world is accurate?

a. Their age range is limited to between 30 and 65.

b. They are found only in large corporations.

c. They can be found exclusively in for-profit organizations.

d. The single most important variable in employee productivity and loyalty is the quality of the relationship between employees and their direct supervisors.

(d; easy; p. 4)

2. According to data collected by Catalyst, a nonprofit research group, _________ percent of corporate officers in Fortune 500 companies are women.

a. 55.3

b. 15.7

c. 39.7

d. 21.9

(b; moderate; p. 4)

Who Are Managers?

3. Someone who works with and through other people by coordinating their work activities in order to accomplish organizational goals is ___________.

a. an assembly line worker

b. a laborer

c. a manager

d. a salesperson

(c; easy; p. 5)

4. In the past, nonmanagerial employees were viewed as employees who ___________.

e. reported to top executives

f. reported to middle managers

g. supervised others

h. had no others reporting to them

(d; easy; p. 4)

5. Which of the following types of managers is responsible for making organization-wide decisions and establishing the plans and goals that affect the entire organization?

i. first-line managers

j. top managers

k. production managers

l. research managers

(b; easy; p. 7)

6. All levels of management between the supervisory level and the top level of the organization are termed _____________.

m. middle managers

n. first-line managers

o. supervisors

p. foremen

(a; easy; p. 6)

7. Which of the following levels of...