Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

311. Organizations are systems of interacting components, which are people,

1. tasks.
2. technology.
3. structure.
4. All of these.

312. The basis of this model is economic resources with a managerial orientation of money.

1. Autocratic.
2. Custodial.
3. Supportive.
4. None of these.

313. Information must be collected, routed, and evaluated quickly if action is to be taken in time to produce improvements.

1. Accurate.
2. Timely.
3. Objective and Comprehensible.
4. None of these.

314. In the Walton and Dutton model, what is the least likely single explanation for any given instance of interpersonal conflict in an organization?

1. Individual differences.
2. Common resources.
3. Communication obstacles.
4. Goal incompatibility.

315. Which of the following products is likely to be assembled on a repetitive process line?

1. automobiles.
2. dishwashers.
3. television sets.
4. all of these.

316. Market control assumes ______________

1. prices and competition.
2. the existence of a legitimate hierarchy of authority.
3. norms and values to which organizational members conform.
4. Prices and competition, the existence of a legitimate hierarchy of authority, and norms and values to which organizational members conform.

317. An organization’s process strategy

1. will have long-run impact on efficiency and production.
2. is the same as its transformation strategy.
3. must meet various constraints, including cost.
4. all of these.

318. For an organization to effectively exercise clan control it must have:

1. prices and competition.
2. rules and hierarchy of authority.
3. norms and values to which organizational members conform.
4. Prices and competition, rules and hierarchy of authority, and norms and values to which organizational members conform.

319. Three types of process strategies are ______________

1. goods, services, and hybrids.
2. manual, automated, and service.
3. process focus, repetitive focus, and product focus.
4. modular, continuous, and technological.

320. Controls must have flexibility built into them so that the organizations can react quickly to overcome adverse changes or to take advantage of new opportunities.

1. Accurate.
2. Timely.
3. Flexible.
4. None of these.