MCQ Bank
Which one of the following helps users make sense of the data by searching for patterns that can help solve organizational problems or take advantage of new opportunities?
- A) Data warehousing
- B) Data collection
- C) Data mining
- D) Data source
Which stage of organization life cycle development is identified by departmentalization along with hierarchy of authority, job assignments and beginning of division of labour?
- A) Formalization stage
- B) Elaboration stage
- C) Entrepreneurial stage
- D) Collectivity stage
Which of the following is NOT an artifact of culture?
- A) Stories
- B) Rites and Ceremonies
- C) Symbols
- D) Collective belief
Which one of the following stages is NOT a stage of organizational life cycle?
- A) Formalization Stage
- B) Entrepreneurial Stage
- C) Anal Stage
- D) Collectivity Stage
Which of the following means the usage of huge databases which allows users to access the data directly, creating reports and obtaining response to what - if questions?
- A) Data processing
- B) Data cleaning
- C) Data warehousing
- D) Data structuring
Which one of the following is right for a socially responsible practice?
- A) It is only for legal requirements
- B) It is only a marketing strategy
- C) It can be used as a long term company’s investment
- D) It only increases business cost
The sum of information, experience, understanding, relationships, processes, innovation, and discoveries of a company is known as:
- A) Initial capital
- B) Service capital
- C) Financial capital
- D) Intellectual capital
Which one of the following stages is the third stage in the development of the organization?
- A) Elaboration Stage
- B) Formalization Stage
- C) Entrepreneurial Stage
- D) Collectivity Stage
Which one of the following types of culture is characterized by emphasis on a clear vision of the organization’s purpose and on the achievement of goals such as sales growth, profitability or market share to help achieve the purpose?
- A) The Bureaucratic Culture
- B) The Clan Culture
- C) The Adaptability Culture
- D) The Mission Culture
The set of values, guiding beliefs, understandings, and ways of thinking that is shared by members of an organization is termed as:
- A) Tradition
- B) Custom
- C) Norms
- D) Culture
Johnson & Johnson is actually a group of how many separate companies?
- A) 140
- B) 120
- C) 150
- D) 180
Which of the following is characterized by emphasis on a clear vision of the organization’s purpose and on the achievement of goals, such as sales growth, profitability, or market share, to help achieve the purpose?
- A) Clan culture
- B) Bureaucratic culture
- C) Entrepreneurial culture
- D) Mission culture
If in an organization smoking is not allowed, the check put on such issue will come under:
- A) Bureaucratic control
- B) Clan control
- C) Feed forward control
- D) Market control
Which of the following best describe the random change?
- A) None of the given options
- B) A change that never takes place
- C) A change that takes place at once
- D) A change process that takes place slow and step by step
Which one of the following is right for those actions which are perceived unethical by the society?
- A) None of the above
- B) Socially responsible
- C) Always illegal
- D) Not necessarily illegal
What is the level of centralization in an organization with a bureaucratic approach?
- A) Remains high
- B) Remains low
- C) Remains high and low both
- D) Remains unchanged
Which of the following is the force that calls for major organizational change and innovations in the modern era?
- A) A shift to capitalism
- B) All of the given options
- C) International economic integration
- D) Advancing technology
Which one of the following is an observable part of a culture?
- A) Behaviour
- B) Values
- C) Feelings
- D) All of the given options
At which stage of organization life cycle development, need for delegation of power remains very high in the organization?
- A) Collectivity stage
- B) Formalization stage
- C) Elaboration stage
- D) Entrepreneurial stage
Which one of the following will improve with the proper application of human resource management?
- A) Production
- B) Productivity
- C) Power
- D) Profits