Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

Behavioural and Allied Sciences MCQ

351. Which type of conflict occurs when two or more people perceive goals, attitudes, values, and behavior differently?

1. Intrapersonal.
2. Interorganizational.
3. Intragroup.
4. Interpersonal.

352. A person’s ability to impose an unpleasant action on another refers to which type of power?

1. Decision-making power.
2. Network power.
3. Coercive power.
4. Referent power.

353. Which of the following strategic contingencies refers to the extent to which you perform a function that is vital to the organization?

1. Non substitutability.
2. A high degree of centrality.
3. The ability to cope with uncertainty.
4. None of the above.

354. Which of the following techniques uses variables such as price and promotional expenditures, which are related to product demand, to predict demand?

1. associative models.
2. exponential smoothing.
3. weighted moving average.
4. simple moving average.

355. Forecasts are usually classified by time horizon into three categories

1. short-range, medium-range, and long-range.
2. finance/accounting, marketing, and operations.
3. strategic, tactical, and operational.
4. exponential smoothing, regression, and time series.

356. An organization seeking to reduce a projected labor surplus must select from a number of possible options aimed at obtaining that objective. This occurs at what step in the human resource planning process?

1. Goal setting and strategic planning.
2. Program evaluation.
3. Forecasting.
4. Program implementation.

357. Forecasts used for new product planning, capital expenditures, facility location or expansion, and R&D typically utilize a

1. short-range time horizon.
2. medium-range time horizon.
3. long-range time horizon.
4. naive method, because there is no data history.

358. Which of the following is not a type of qualitative forecasting?

1. executive opinions.
2. sales force composites.
3. consumer surveys.
4. moving average.

359. What is a phased-retirement program?

1. Laying off older employees in small batches.
2. Giving lucrative incentives to a large number of older employees so that they voluntarily retire.
3. Reducing the number of hours the older employees work.
4. Giving older employees a certain time limit to voluntarily retire.

360. The first step in the human resource planning process is:

1. forecasting.
2. goal setting. .
3. program implementation.
4. program evaluation.