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1. What is the final step of the strategic management process?

A. Implementing strategies         B. Doing an internal analysis

C. Formulating strategies              D. Evaluation results

 

2. Who is the father of managerial theory?

A. E. Dale                             B. H. Fayol

C. F.W. Taylor                       D.  Hower

 

3. The three recognized levels of management are

A. Top, middle, operational             B. Apex, middle, low

C.  High, medium, low                    D. Top, middle, low

 

4. The concept of management by objectives was propounded by

 A. Babbage                  B. Herzberg

C. Maslow                    D. Drucker

 

5. MBO is a good example of participative in

A. Staffing                                       B. Organization

C. Management                               D. Planning

6. The principle Esprit-de-Corps emphasizes which work?

A. Library work                      B. Collective work

C. Additional work            D. Team work

7. Scientific management focuses attention on

A. Duties of Librarian                     

B. Organization structure

C. Production, efficiency & wastage prevention

D. Staff motivation

 

8. Who classified management theories in relation to library management?

A. E.G. Evans                       B. Henry Kissinger

C. T. Elgin                             D. R. Gullicks

 

9. Which is the power to give positive benefits?

A. Cooperation                                 B. Coercive

C. Reward                                         D. Legitimate

 

10. The main influence on the behavioral science theories were

A. Sociology and General Science

B. Psychology and Sociology

C. Bureaucracy and Autocracy

D. Sociology and bureaucracy

 

11. What are the two parts of the annual report of the library?

A.  Primary and Secondary                           B. Analytical and Systematic

C. Descriptive and Systematic                     D. Descriptive and Statistical

 

12. Which year PERT was developed?

A. 1957                 B.  1958                 C.  1955                 D. 1948

 

13. Herzberg's theory deals with

A.  Directing                         B. Techniques                  

C.  Motivation                      D.  Planning

 

 14. Division of labor is one of the principles of

A. Scientific management                B. Supervision

C. System School                              D. Coordination

 

15. Deciding in advance what to do, how to do it, when to do it is known as

A. Forecasting                         B. Goal setting

C. Planning                              D. Organizing

 

16. What is the final step of the strategic management process?

A. Implementing strategies           B. Doing an internal analysis

C. Formulating strategies              D. Evaluation results

 

17.  What is the first layer of management?

A. Management control                    B. Operational control

C. Strategic planning                       D. Operation planning

 

18. Who gave the fourteen principles of management?

A. H. Fayol                           B. R. Gullicks

C. F.W. Taylor                      D. P.F. Drucker

 

19. Edward Evans divided the development of management theory into how many periods?

A. Two periods                  B. Five periods

C. Three periods               D. Four periods

 

20. The principle of management is meant by

A. Controlling, Objective, feedback, and result

B. Practical, relevant, consistent, and flexible

C. Practical, rules, coordination, and Staffing

D. Objective, policy, communication, and result

 

21. What skills refer to the manager's ability to prioritize work to work efficiently and delegate appropriately?

A. Decision-making                B. Conceptual

C. Time management              D. Technical

 

22. Which skill depends on the manager's ability to think in the abstract?

A. Conceptual                                     B. Decision-making

C. Interpersonal                                  D. Time management

 

23. What skills is setting the organization's goals and then deciding how to achieve them?

A. Organizing                                                 B. Budgeting

c. Planning and decision making                    D. Controlling

 

24. Before you can solve a problem you must be

A. Decide to use group or individual decision           B.  Define the problem

C.  Design the Objectives                                           D. Review need for decision

 

25. Autocratic leadership style may be useful when

A. High skill levels will perform the task

B. Non-emergency conditions exist

C. Hazardous working conditions exist

D. Leader does not have expertise required to do the task

26. Administration is an activity at

A. lower level                                    B. Middle level

C. Higher level                                   D. All the above

 

27. Management should find the One best way  to perform a task. Which technique of scientific management is defined as?

A. Time study                                    B.  Method study

C.  Fatigue study                               D.  Motion study  

 

28. Which among these is the heart of management?

 A. Planning                                        B. Organization

 C. Coordinating                                D. Controlling

 

29. Direction has the following functions

 A. Supervision                                   B. Communication

 C. Motivation                                    D. All the above

 

30. Functional authority ensures

 A. Better division of labor                  B. Co-Ordination

 C. Control                                           D. Division of work

 31. Telling people what to do is

 A.  Directing                                       B.  Motivating

 C.  Staffing                                         D.  Directing

 

32. BEP is a function of

 A.  Sales volume                                  B.  Loss

 C. Profit                                               D. Sales volume cost and profit

 

33. Shifting a trainee from one job to another is known as

 A. Job rotation                                                 B. Job playing

 C. Programmed learning                                  D. Job Analysis

 

34. Organizational decisions are made by whom

 A. Directors                                       B. Managers

 C. Managing directors                       D. Union Leader

 

35. Lower level management is concerned with the tactical administrative plans are

A. Long range plans                         B. Medium range plans

C. Short range plans                        D. High range plans

36.  What is Customization?

A. Tailor-made products for each customer

B.  Customers selling goods

C.  Tailor-made products for each staff

D.  None of these

37. What is Market information?

A. Knowledge of industries                   B.  Knowledge of households

C.  Knowledge of peers                         D.  Knowledge of customer’s Interest

38. Short term planning focuses on

A. Specific goals                                  B. Functional Plans

C. Both A and B                                   D.  None of these

39. Good public relations indicate?

A. Improved Marketing Skills             B. Improved Brand Image

C. Improved Customer Service            D. All of the above

40. A device named task force is an effective horizontal linkage for

A. Temporary issues                    B. Permanent issues

C. Complex issues                        D. Simpler issues

41. Which one of the following statements is not correct?

A. Management is a continuous process.               B. Management is a rigid process.

C. Management is a dynamic process.                     D. Management is a goal-oriented process.

42.  Top management is concerned with the formulation of ------------

A.  Long-term plans.                        B. Guidelines for supervisors.

C.  Short-term plans.                       D. None of these.

43. Organizing as a function of management involves deciding

A.  What activities and resources are required             B. Those who will do a particular task

C. Where will it be done                                                D. All of the above

44. Which among the following is not an objective of management?

A. Earning profits                                             B. Policy making

C. Growth of the organization                     D. Providing employment

45. Which of the following is true about Principles of Management?

A. The principles of management are in a continuous process of evolution

B. The principles of management have not evolved

C. The principles of management have evolved

D. None of the above

46. An organization designed for efficiency, emphasizes on

A. Centralization                                 B.  Decentralization

B. Horizontal communication              D. Vertical communication

 47. What is Benchmark

 A. Benches for user to sit                        B.  Reserved Benches to sit

C.  New Arrivals displayed on a bench     D. Set Standards

48. PR stands for

A. Indian Press Registration        B. Intellectual Property Right

C. International Property Right    D. Indian Property Regulations

49. According to Organisational Culture Inventory (OCI), an organisation in which members are encouraged to work together in ways that meet higher order human needs is classified as having a --------- culture.

A. Constructive                                   B. Motivational                                

C. Passive                                          D. High achievement

  

Answers:

S. N	Ans.	S.N	Ans.	S. N	Ans.	S.N	Ans.
1	B	2	B	3	A	4	D
5	C	6	D	7	B	8	A
9	C	10	B	11	D	12	B
13	C	14	A	15	C	16	B
17	B	18	A	19	D	20	B
21	C	22	B	23	C	24	B
25	C	26	C	27	B	28	C
29	D	30	A	31	A	32	D
33	A	34	B	35	C	36	A
37	D	38	C	39	D	40	A
41	B	42	A	43	D	44	B
45	A	46	D	47	D	48	B
49	A