PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

MCQs from Chapter 2 & 3

DMK

Falguni Arun

Gurunath Padashetty

Mohit Mehta

Musab Kifayatulla

Reggie Dsouza

Shashi Dhumal

Shyam Trivedi
Chapter 3 - Planning - MCQs

1) Planning is a ___________ process of thinking resorted to decide a course of action which helps
achieve the pre determined objectives of the organization in future.
A) Simple
B) Complex
C) Intellectual
D) None of the above

2) F.W Taylor in his report Scientific Management has pointed out that planning is separated from
execution .
A) True
B) False

3) Who has defined Planning as an ability to visualize a future process and its results.
A) H. Fayol
B) J.P Barger
C) Kast & Rosenzweig
D) Cyril L Hudson

4) As per __________ planning is , in essence, the exercise of foresight.

A) H. Fayol
B) J.P Barger
C) Kast & Rosenzweig
D) Hamilton Church

5) As per Allen Dz A plan is a ________ laid to capture _________dz

A) Trap, Market
B) Trap, Future
C) Method, Market
D) Method, Consumer

6) Which of the following is not a characteristic of planning.

A) Saving for the future
B) Looking into the future
C) Finding the best alternative out of many alternatives
D) Being a continuous process

7) Planning is done for a specific period

A) True
B) False

8) Planning is required at ______ level of management

A) Top
B) Bottom
C) Middle
D) All

9) Planning helps bring the following changes

A) It converts uncertainty into certainty
B) Helps in archiving goals set by the organization
C) Helps in reducing competition
D) All of the above

10) By nature planning is

A) In efficient
B) Rigged
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

11) ____________ is a key trait of planning

A) Flexibility
B) Movability
C) Maneuverability
D) Predictability

12) Planning is important in

A) Managing co-ordination
B) Getting Best results in minimum cost
C) Manage Objectives of the organization
D) All of the above

13) Planning helps to convert uncertainty into _________

A) Complexities
B) Opportunities
C) Certainty
D) Milestones

14) By not planning an organization might face

A) Glory
B) Failure
C) Profit
D) Litigation

15) Planning increases red tapism

A) True
B) False

16) Which of the following as the advantages of Planning

A) Prevents hasty judgment
B) It motivates
C) All of the above
D) None of the above

17) Analysis of external and internal environment, Determination of objectives, examination of

alternative course of action are part of
A) TQM
B) Kaizen
C) Planning
D) Six Sigma

18) The term ___________ includes fixing time limit for performance , allocation of work to individual
and work schedule.
A) Follow up and evaluation
B) Action programmes
C) Sequence of activities
D) Alternate course of action

19) A course of action is not determined according to the prevailing circumstances

A) True
B) False

20) Objective plans , standing plans and master plans are

A) Types of planning
B) Objectives of planning
C) Characters of Planning
D) Methods of planning

21) Basic plans are also known as

A) Standing Plans
B) Master Plan
C) Objective plan
D) Primary plan
22) Standing plans are divided in which two categories
A) Standard and Complex
B) Repetitive and Non Repetitive
C) Coherent and non coherent
D) Impulsive and compulsive

23)______________ covers the entire course of action along with consideration of time and strategy
A) Standing Plans
B) Master Plan
C) Objective plan
D) Primary plan

24) Inflexibility, Unsuitability, time consuming are the _________________ of Planning

A) Merits
B) Traits
C) Limitations
D) Characters

25) Planning is fully based on ______________

A) The planner
B) Forecasts
C) Management
D) Situation

26) The Planning process is inexpensive and affordable

A) True
B) False

27) Capital investment, political climate, trade unions and technological changes are the
limitations of
A) SWOT analysis
B) PEST analysis
C) Planning
D) Six sigma

28) Expense is an ___________ in planning

A) Objective
B) Obstacle
C) Associate
D) Accomplice

29) Recurrence of problems, unreliability of forecasts , loss of initiative are

A) Limitation of Planning
B) Obstacles in Planning
C) Results of Planning
D) Demerits Of Planning

30) Planning is similar to Forecasting

A) True
B) False

Chapter 2 Development of Management Thought - MCQs

2:7 Peter F. Drucker

1) Peter F. Drucker wrote the following books:

a) The Practice of Management
b) The End of Economic Man
c) The Future of Industrial Man
d) All of the above
 2) The basic objective of management is ____________.
a) Authority
b) Contribution
c) Innovation
d) Co-ordination

3) Management is not an exact science or __________.

a) Art
b) Profession
c) Innovation
d) Commerce

4) The concept of management and its objective were introduced by____________.

a) Peter F. Drucker
b) Frank Bunker Gilbreth
c) Max Weber
d) None of the above

5) Drucker introduced Management by Objectives (MBO) concept in the year ______.

a) 1953
b) 1952
c) 1954
d) 1956

6) The structure is framed in such a way that it enables smooth performance.

a) Truth
b) False

2:8 Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1924)

2:9 Mrs. Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)

1) Which of the below books is written by F. B. Gilbreth?

a) Motion study for the Handicapped
b) The Effective Executive
c) Changing methods in Industry
d) All of the above

2) Who gave 16 basic elements of management called 'Therbligs'?

a) Mrs. Lillian Moller Gilbreth
b) F. W. Taylor
c) Frank B. Gilbreth
d) George Elton Mayo

3) Frank B. Gilbreth along with ___________ worked as a team & wrote several books on
Management.
a) Henry L. Gantt
b) Mrs. Lillian Moller Gilbreth
c) Henry Fayol
d) F. W. Taylor

4) Frank B. Gilbreth gave importance to ___________ & ___________ Study

a) Scientific selection & Training
b Functional foremanship & Work study
c) Time & Motion
d) Methods & Fatigue study

5) What are the 16 Basic elements of motion study by F. B. Gilbreth?

a) Concrete System
b) Bricklaying System
c) Symposium
d) Therbligs

6) Lillian Moller was awarded the degree of ___________________.

a) The Psychologist of Management
b) The Doctor of Management
c) The First Ambassador of Management
d) The Father of Scientific Management

7) What is Frank B. Gilbreths most important contribution in Management?

a) Fatigue Study
b) Bricklaying System
c) Bureaucracy
d) Bonus Plan

2:10 Max Weber (1864-1920)

1) Max Weber was a ______ social scientist.

a) German
b) Indian
c) Italian
d) Canadian

2) Select which of the following is the advantage of bureaucracy.

a) Specialization
b) Mechanical treatment
c) Rigidity
d) Redtapism

3) Select which of the following is the disadvantage of bureaucracy.

a) Rigidity
b) Specialization
c) No conflict
d) Democracy

4) Specialization is achieved by assigning a specific task to each and every person.

a) True
b) False

5) Under bureaucracy, no employee enjoys any Privilege.

a) True
b) False

2:12 Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919)

1) As per Gantt what were important elements in industrial revolution?

a) Justice
b) Bias Nature
c) Human behaviour
d) A & C

2) Gantt is popularly known for.

a) The new Machine
b) Henry L chart
c) Gantt chart
d) Progress chart

3) Which of the following is true?

a) Gantt chart is regarded as best tool for distribution control.
b) Gantt chart is regarded as best tool for stock control.
c) Gantt chart is regarded as best tool for Production control.
d) None of the above

4) Gantt chart is also known as?

a) Daily progress chart
b) Daily P & L chart
c) Daily balance sheet chart
d) A & C

5) In which year Gantt was appointed as service adviser at Remington Rand Typewriters Company?
a) 1920
b) 1901
c) 1810
d) 1910

6) When did Gantt write a book A Graphical Daily Balance of manufacture?

a) 1903
b) 1916
c) 1902
d) 1930

7) Henry L Gantt was born in Calbert country on ____________?

a) 1868 in Boston, USA
b) 1868, in Fairfield, Maine
c) 1861, in Merrilan, USA

8) Gantt Wrote several books

a) Wages and profits (1910)
b) Industrail Leadership (1916)
c) Organising for work
d) All of the above

9) Gantt was the founder of new movements known as the new machine.
a) True
b) False

10) Henry L. Gantt joined as an engineer at __________________ Company.

a) Western Electric
b) Midvale Steel
c) Brick Laying
d) Remington Rand Typewriters

11) Henry L Gantt introduced

a) Gantt task
b) Bonus Plan
c) Gantt Chart
d) All of the above

12) Gantt Chart is also known as _________________ chart.

a) Scientific selection and training
b) Daily balance sheet
c) Bonus Plan
d) Therbligs
13) Henry L. Gant published papers
a) A bonus system of Rewarding Labor (1902)
b) The relations between production and cost (1913)
c) All of the above

2:13 George Elton Mayo (1880-1949)

1) The human civilization had entered the machine age after ___________ .
a) Industrial revolution
b) World war II
c) World War I
d) 18th century
e) None of the above

2) The productivity is affected by the __________ of the workers

a) Desires
b) Attitudes
c) Feelings
d) All off the above

3) Who conducted Hawthorne experiments?

a) Henry L. Gantt
b) Mary Parker Follet
c) George Elton Mayo
d) None of the above.

4) ______________ are an important landmark in the history of Human Relation Movement

a) Economic growth
b) Management by Objectives
c) Hawthorne Experiments
d) All of the above

5) George Elton Mayo was a professor of Industrial Research at Harvard University

a) True
b) False

6) ______________ is the founder and father of modern sociological psychological industrial

research.
a) MRS. Lillian Moller Gilbreth
b) Fredrick Winslow Taylor
c) George Elton Mayo
d) None of the above

Answers:

Chapter 3 - Planning
1) Intellectual
2) True
3) J.P Barger
4) Hamilton Church
5) Trap, Future
6) Saving for the future
7) True
8) All
9) All of the above
10) None of the above
11) Flexibility
12) All of the above
13) Certainty
14) Failure
15) False
16) All of the above
17) Planning
18) Action programmes
19) False
20) Methods of planning
21) Objective plan
22) Repetitive and Non Repetitive
23) Master Plan
24) Limitations
25) Forecasts
26) False
27) Planning
28) Obstacle
29) Obstacles in Planning
30) False

Chapter 2 Development of Management Thought

2:7 Peter F. Drucker

1) D
2) C
3) B
4) A
5) C
6) A

2:8 Frank Bunker Gilbreth (1868-1924)

2:9 Mrs. Lillian Moller Gilbreth (1878-1972)
1) a
2) b
3) b
4) c
5) d
6) c
7) b

2:10 Max Weber (1864-1920)

1) a
2) a
3) a
4) a
5) a

2:12 Henry L. Gantt (1861-1919)

1) d
2) c
3) c
4) c
5) d
6) a
7) c
8) d
9) a
10) b
11) d
12) b
13) c

2:13 George Elton Mayo (1880-1949)

1) A
2) D
3) C
4) C
5) True
6) C