1 Question
Long-term objectives include all of the following EXCEPT:
Measurable
Reasonable
Varying
Consistent
2 Question
Which of the following is NOT included in the strategic management model?
Measure and evaluate performance
Establish long-term objectives
Develop mission and vision statements
Perform internal research to identify customers
Question
Which component of a mission statement addresses the basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and
ethical priorities of the firm?
Technology
Philosophy
Customers
Self-concept
Pg#
Philosophy: What are the basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and ethical priorities of the firm?
Question
“Identifying and evaluating social, political, economic, technological and competitive trends
and events”; which of the followings best describes this statement?
Developing an effective mission statement
Conducting an internal audit
Performing an external audit
Formulating strategy
Pg#
To perform an external audit, a company first must gather competitive intelligence and information about social, cultural, demographic, environmental, economic, political, legal, governmental, and
technological trends. Individuals can be asked to monitor various sources of information such as
key magazines, trade journals, and newspa-pers
5 Question
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Pg#
The purpose of an external audit is to develop a finite list of opportunities that could benefit a firm
and threats that should be avoided.
6 Question
Rehman industries, a leading firm of the industry is analyzing the technological forces for the
firm which may provide it opportunities and threats for which stage/s of strategic
management process?
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Technological forces represent major opportunities and threats that must be considered in
formulating strategies.
7 Question
Use of the Internet and Internet technologies can be integrated into the sales of on-line as well
as off-line business and marketing portion of the value chain through which of the following?
Through software that permits customers to specify build-to-order options
Through online product catalogs containing rich product information and specifications
Via online price quotes and online announcements of special sales and promotions
All of the given options
8 Question
Which of the following best describes this statement; “A systematic and ethical process for
gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s activities and general business
trends to further a business’ own goals”?
External assessment
Industry analysis
Competitive intelligence program
Business ethics
Pg#
Competitive Intelligence Programs
Systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s
activities and general business trends to further a business’ own goals.
9 Question
Which one of the following is NOT is a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program?
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Question
Which of the following statements is correct in relation to the Five Forces framework?
The framework is a means of identifying the forces which affect the level of competition in an
industry
The framework identifies the major stakeholders of an organization
The framework assists in developing a broad perspective on the environment within which an
organization operates
It is not appropriate in public sector management and for small organizations
Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation Matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates that:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is taking no advantage of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
Question
Internal analysis involves gathering and analyzing information about all areas of a firm
EXPECT:
Research and development
Management information system
Marketing
Competitors
Question
All of the following are included in the five functions of the management process EXCEPT:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Delegating
Question
One of the top level manager of a large manufacturing plant uses to spend her day trying to
ensure that the material wastage is not more than %. She spends her day in performing
which of the following management functions?
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question
Waseem & Sons primarily want to gain control over the prices charged to consumers. What
strategy will most likely be followed by Waseem & Sons?
Market penetration
Product development
Forward integration
Concentric Diversification
Question
The IFE matrix summarizes and evaluates which factors in the functional areas of a business?
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths and threats
Opportunities and weaknesses
Question
What is meant by Focused Differentiation?
Concentrating on a particular feature of a product or service to achieve differentiation
concentrating on differentiation as the primary means of achieving competitive advantage
Providing a high perceived value product to a selected market segment which justifies a substantial price premium
Simultaneously seeking to achieve differentiation and a price lower than that of competitors
Question
Khawar Garments, a domestic firm begins to export to India, it is an example of which of the
following?
Horizontal integration
Market development
Forward integration
Concentric diversification
Question
Under which of the following conditions, Concentric Diversification would be particularly an
effective strategy to pursue?
When an organization has grown so large so quickly that major internal reorganization is needed
When sales of current products would increase intensively by adding the new related products
When revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new
unrelated products
When current products are in maturity stage of the product life cycle
Question
The company acquires or develops new products that could appeal to its current customer
groups even though those new products may be technologically unrelated to the existing
product lines. Which of the following best describes the statement?
Retrenchment
Horizontal diversification
Market development
Horizontal integration
Question
Abdullah Group of Industries is involved in the sale of its marginal business. It is most likely
to say that Abdullah Group is implementing _____________________ strategy.
Join venture
Acquisition
Liquidation
Retrenchment
Question
Mergers and acquisitions are created for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
For gaining new technology
For reduction of tax obligations
For gaining economies of scale
For increase in number of employees
Question
In which of the given phases of strategic management, strategies are put into action?
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Question
______________ is the principle of conduct that guides decision-making.
Human rights
Business ethics
The constitution
Social responsibility
Question
Which of the following should be created first and foremost by a strategist?
Strategy
Objectives
Vision
Mission
Question
Which of the following is FALSE about vision and mission statements?
Vision statement gives the overall purpose of an organization while a mission statement describes a
picture of the preferred future
A vision statement describes how the future will look if the organization achieves its mission and a mission statement explains what the organization does
Mission statement answers the questions what is our business and the vision statement answers the
question what do we want to become
Mission statement explains the current position and activities of a firm whereas vision statement
explains the future objective
Question
Which of the following is NOT a key question that can reveal internal strengths and
weaknesses of the marketing department?
Does the firm have effective sales?
Are markets segmented effectively?
Are the firm’s products and services priced appropriately?
Does the firm have good liquidity?
Question
“A desired future state that the organization attempts to realize”. Identify the term relevant to the given statement.
Goal
Strategy
Policy
Procedure
1 Question
Which of the following is an example of a narrow mission?
We sell packaged pineapples
The firm deals in beverages
Stationery is our product
Company manufactures food items
2 Question
All of the following are the examples of a broad mission EXCEPT:
The firm deals in beverages
We sell quality skimmed milk
Stationery is our product
Company manufactures food items
3 Question
The organizations that conduct business operations across national borders are known as:
Multinational corporations
Domestic firms
Strategic alliances
Franchises
4 Question
A mission statement should “ reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders”. What does it
mean?
All shareholders must be satisfied
Shareholders should be given preference over customers
Firm will devote attention to meeting claims of various stakeholders
Firm will devote its attention towards the maximization of shareholders value
5 Question
Where an organization takes into account the effect of its strategic decisions on the society, the firm is taking care of:
Corporate governance
Business policy
Business ethics
Social policy
6 Question
External assessment is performed in which of the following strategic-management phase?
Strategy formulation stage
Strategy implementation stage
Strategy evaluation stage
All of the given options
7 Question
Suppose, the value of the currency of a certain country falls, what can be the effect on
companies in Different Industries and in Different Locations in that country respectively?
Significant and equal
Marginal and equal
Significant and unequal
Insignificant and unequal
8 Question
Which of the following is one of the Political, Governmental & Legal factors?
Ethical concerns
Traffic congestion
Lobbying activities
Average level of education
9 Question
Use of the Internet and Internet technologies can be integrated into the sales of on-line as well
as off-line business and marketing portion of the value chain through which of the
following?
Through software that permits customers to specify build-to-order options
Through online product catalogs containing rich product information and specifications
Via online price quotes and online announcements of special sales and promotions
All of the given options
Question
Which of the following statement is TRUE about Internal audit?
It is done parallel to external audit
It is done before external audit
It is done after external audit
None of the given options
Question
All of the following are included in the five functions of the management process EXCEPT:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Delegating
Question
Which of the following statement is correct about distinctive competence?
Is usually tied closely to the ability of a company’s manufacturing capability and/or its proprietary
technology and know -how
Nearly always resides in the ability of the company’s assets on its balance sheet rather than in its
people
Is better suited in helping companies defend against external threats than in pursuing external
market opportunities
Is a unique thing that a firm does really well and that quality or attribute sets it aside from its
competitors
Question
Which of the following ratios is least likely to be helpful in evaluating a firm’s decision
regarding dividend?
Earnings-per-share ratio
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Dividends-per-share ratio
Price-earnings ratio
Question
Amir, a sole proprietor, uses the information system to ask the question; “What if the prices
will decrease by % in the next year?” Which of the following functions the information
system is performing for Amir?
Functional support role
Decisional support role
Managerial support role
Analytical supporting role
Question
Assigning a rate=2 in IFE matrix indicates what?
A major weakness
A minor weakness
A minor strength
A major strength
Question
Which of the following is sometimes referred as “the mystery approach to decision making,
when subordinates are left to figure out what is happening and why”?
Managing by hope
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Question
The Web sites that sell products directly to the consumers are the examples of which type of
strategy?
Backward integration
Product development
Forward integration
Horizontal integration
Question
Khawar Garments, a domestic firm begins to export to India, it is an example of which of the
following?
Horizontal integration
Market development
Forward integration
Concentric diversification
Question
Which of the following is NOT a situation when an organization should use an unrelated
diversification strategy?
When an organization’s present channels of distribution can be used to market the new products to current customers
Revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new related products
When an organization competes in a highly competitive and/or a no-growth industry
When the new products have counter-cyclical sales patterns compared to an organization’s present products
Question
Which strategy would be effective when the stockholders of a firm can minimize their losses by selling the organization’s assets?
Liquidation
Integration
Differentiation
Diversification
Question
When both divestiture and retrenchment have been pursued unsuccessfully, which of the
following strategies is effective to pursue?
Forward integration
Liquidation
Merger
Takeover
Question
Which of the following enables the firm to create superior value for its customers and
superior profits for itself in comparison to its rival firms?
Competitive advantage
Comparative advantage
Differential advantage
Suitable advantage
Question
During which of the following periods, Strategic Management was considered to be cure for all problems?
Mid 60s to mid 70s
Mid 70s to mid 80s
Mid 80s to mid 90s
Mid s to mid 60s
Question
In which of the given phases of strategic management, strategies are put into action?
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Question
Which of the following is a key merit of strategic management?
Strategic management enables an organization to be proactive
Strategic management enables an organization to avoid the threats
Strategic management enables an organization to defeat their competitors
Strategic management enables an organization to foresee into the future
Question
“If a strategist has identified that the market growth rate is 8 %, the number of sellers in industry are and the industry’s products are differentiated.” Which of the following industry’s success factor is he exploring?
Social forces
Competitive forces
Political forces
Economic forces
Question
Which of the following is the decision support role of Management Information System?
Processing marketing records into marketing plans
Allowing users to ask “What if” questions
Recording and storing such as human resource records
Processing operations records into production schedules
Question
A series of ratios that measure the extent to which a firm has been financed by debt is known
as:
Activity ratios
Leverage ratios
Profitability ratios
Liquidity ratios
Leverage ratios measure the extent to which a firm has been financed by debt.
( Marks: 3 )
Planning function is mostly carried out by managers in strategy formulation stage.
What activities are performed under this function?
Answer:
Following functions are performed under strategy formulation stage:
1-Vision and Mission Statement (target of the organization)
2-Stregnths and Weaknesses.(Internal factors.)
3-Opportunities and Threats.(External factors)
Strategy formulation is concerned with setting long term goals and objectives , generating strategies
to achieve those goals.
( Marks: 3 )
What should be the characteristics of a firm that is successfully pursuing a Cost Leadership
Strategy? Enlist any six of them.
Answer:
Six characteristics of successfully pursuing cost leadership strategy firm:
1-Limited perks.
2-High efficiency.
3- Low overhead.
4-Wide spans of control.
5-Intensive screening of budget.
6-Employees participation in cost control efforts.
( Marks: 5 )
List down and explain five steps that comprise an effective framework for conducting an IFE Matrix.
Steps involved in the development of IFE Matrix:
1-List any internal factors indentified in the internal audit . Only ten to twenty factors will be enough including strengths and weakness. Use percentage , ratios and comparative numbers.
2-Assign weights to each factor ranging from 0 to 1.The rates assigned indicate the relative
importance of each factor to being successful. Sum of all weights must be equal to 1.
3-Assign 1-4 rating to each factor to see whether the factor represents major weakness(rate=1) or
minor weakness (rate=2) , minor strength (rate =3 ) or major strength (rate=4).
4- Multiply each factor‘s weights to its ratings to determine its weighted score.
5-Sum the weighted score of each variable
( Marks: 5 )
Give at least two examples of multinational or local firms that are operating in Pakistan and
have initiated backward integration. Justify your answer?
1 Question
Internal and external environment generally set the _______________
Strategies
Goals
Both of the options given
None of the options given
2 Question
_______________are individuals who are most responsible for the success or failure of an
organization.
Managers
Internal auditors
Strategists
None of the mentioned options
3 Question
_____________includes all those factors which affect the organization and itself affected by
the organization.
Social environment
Task environment
PEST analysis
None of the mentioned options
4 Question
Objectives should not be ___________________
Measurable
Realistic
Qualitative
Understandable
5 Question
A clear ___________is needed before alternative strategies can be formulated and implemented.
Mission statement
Vision statement
Strategy
None of the mentioned options
6 Question
The process of performing an external audit must involve _______________
As many managers and employees as possible
As less as possible managers and employees
Just manger not employees
None of the mentioned options
7 Question
Compared to __________, the process of performing an _______________ provide more opportunity for participants to understand how their jobs, departments, and divisions fit into the whole organization.
External audit, internal audit
Internal audit, External audit
Organizational analysis, industrial analysis
None of the mentioned options
8 Question
Which of the following is true about organizing?
Determining who does what and who reports to whom
An essential bridge between the present and the future that increases the likelihood of achieving
desired results
9 Question
The investment decision is also called ___________________
Capital budgeting
Financing decision
Dividend decisions
None of the mentioned options
Question
What refers to a strategy of seeking ownership of or increased control over a firm’s
competitors?
Forward integration
Conglomerate diversification
Backward integration
Horizontal integration
Question
All organizations develop a systematic structure that defines and limits the behavior of their
members.
True
False
Question
In evaluation phase of strategic management annual objectives are especially important.
True
False
Annual objectives are especially important in strategy implementation not for Evolution.
Question
The decision-making model consists of four styles: directive, analytic, behavioral, and group
interaction.
True
False
The decision-making model consists of four styles: directive, analytic, behavioral, and
conceptual
Question
Staffing is the basic duty of a manager.
True
False
Question
An organization should use backward integration strategy only if it competes in a no-growth
or a slow-growth industry.
True
False
( Marks: 5 )
Given below is the mission statement of a company. You are required to evaluate the
statement based on the following criteria specified. Justify your answer.
Criteria
Self concept
Products and services
Market
Concern for public image
Mission Statement
“GEO informs and entertains while celebrating cultures and prompting dialogue in the spirit of “live and let live”.
( Marks: 5 )
Suppose according to the IFE matrix, the weighted score of a certain company is 2.. How
that company will interpret this score in terms of its internal factors.
( Marks: 5 )
State the name of Michael porter’s generic strategies and define any two of them.
( Marks: )
Define the following terms Horizontal integration Product development concentric diversification Retrenchment Joint venture
1 Question
Various job titles of a strategist may include all of the following EXCEPT:
1. Owner
2. Foreman
3. Chancellor
2 Question
According to ‘Peter Drucker’, what is the prime task of strategic management
1. To develop the vision of the business
2. Effectively evaluate the strategies
3. To think through the overall mission of a business
4. Develop alternative set of strategies
3 Question
Strategist is an individual who is involved in the strategic management process, thus may be
known as:
1. Member board of director
2. President
3. Division manager
4. All of the given options
4 Question
External opportunities and threats that can significantly benefit or harm an organization may include all of the following EXCEPT:
1. Demographics
2. Competitive trends
3. Technological changes
4. Research and development
5 Question
The S & T Organization has an established “game plan” for its business operations.His game plan reflects the company’s awareness of how and where it should compete and against whom the competition should take place. It can be stated that this organization has an
established
1. Goal
2. Formality
3. Policy
4. Strategy
6 Question
Identify the term that is known as a “mean of providing guidance to actions and procedures,
including how resources are to be allocated and how tasks assigned to the organization might be accomplished”.
1. Policies
2. Objectives
3. Aspirations
4. Goals
7 Question
All of the following statements are true about a firm’s mission statement EXCEPT:
A mission statement directly contributes positively to financial performance
A mission statement does not directly contribute positively to financial performance
A mission statement should not provide useful criteria for selecting among alternative strategies
Primary reason to develop a mission statement is not to attract the customers
8 Question
All of the following external forces directly affect an organization EXCEPT:
1. Market segmentation strategies
2. Types of products/services offered
3. Management structure of an organization
4. Choice of businesses to acquire or sell
9 Question
“If a strategist has identified that the market growth rate is 8 %, the number of sellers in
industry are and the industry’s products are differentiated.” Which of the following
industry’s success factor he is exploring
1. Social forces
2. Competitive forces
3. Social forces
4. Economic forces
Question
Suppose, the value of the currency of a certain country falls, what can be the effect on
companies in Different Industries and in Different Locations in that country respectively
1. Significant and equal
2. Marginal and equal
3. Significant and unequal
4. Insignificant and unequal
Question
Which one variable falls under the category of the Social, Cultural, Demographic, and Environmental Variable?
1. Propensity of people to spend
2. Buying habits
3. Level of disposable income
4. Income differences by region
Question
Local, state, and national elections, world oil, currency, and labor markets, number of patents, special tariffs are the examples of which one of the following
1. Economic forces
2. Political, governmental, and legal forces
3. Social, cultural and, demographic forces
4. Competitive forces
Question
Which of the following best describes this statement; “A systematic and ethical process for
gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s activities and general business
trends to further a business’ own goals”
1. External assessment
2. Industry analysis
3. Competitive intelligence program
4. Business ethics
Question
Which of the following can be considered as barriers to entering a market or industry
1. The lack of economies of scale and experience and low levels of brand loyalty
2. The presence of large number of rivals already in the industry
3. Relatively large capital requirements and industry have economies of scale
4. The absence of tariffs, trade restrictions, and/or government-mandated regulations
Question
Supplier bargaining power is not likely to pose strong competitive pressure when which of the following situation is prevailing
Buying firms are looking for suppliers with superior just-in-time supply capabilities and low prices
The suppliers furnish a critical part or component that is in relatively short supply
Buying firms collaborate closely with their key suppliers to achieve mutual benefits
The products of alternative suppliers are highly differentiated, making the cost of switching
relatively high
Question
Which of the following is a collection of firms that offers similar products or services such as
IBM, Apple, and Dell
Concentration
Industry
Corporation
Alliances
An industry describes a much more specific grouping of companies with highly similar business activities.
Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation Matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates that:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is taking no advantage of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
Question
Assigning rating ‘2’ to an internal factor in IFE matrix indicates what
Major weakness
Minor weakness
Minor strength
Major strength
Question
Which of the following are signs of weakness in a company’s competitive position
(ANS Required)
A return-on-equity is below % and earnings per share is less than Rs. 2.
A price set by the firm higher than the market leader
A declining market share, poor product quality and few sales in market
Lower revenues and profit margin and narrow product line than the market leader
Question
What is the essential bridge between the present and the future that increases the likelihood of achieving desired results
Motivating
Planning
Controlling
Organizing
Planning is the:
Start of the process
Bridge between present and future
Increases likelihood of achieving desired results
Question
Sana has spent a day in a session where the future of her company was discussed. The people
involved were trying to determine what the role of their company was as the st century
approaches. Goals were then developed based upon their vision of the company’s mission.
Sana spent her day on which of the following process?
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question
Which of the following can reveal the demographic characteristics of an organization’s
Customers
Test marketing
Customer profiling
Market development
Vision statement
Question
Test marketing is commonly applied by which of the following companies
Industrial goods companies
Consumer goods companies
Public sector companies
Private sector companies
Test marketing is used more frequently by consumer goods companies than by industrial goods
companies.
Question
All of the following are the consideration for a company when conducting test marketing
EXCEPT:
What advertising channel should be used for test
How many cities to include for test
What information to collect during the test
What action to take after the test has been completed
In conducting a test market project, an organization must decide how many cities to include ,which
cities to include, how long to run the test, what information to collect during the test, and what
action to take after the test has been completed.
Question
Which of the following ratios is least likely to be helpful in evaluating a firm’s decision
Regarding dividend
Earnings-per-share ratio
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Dividends-per-share ratio
Price-earnings ratio
Three financial ratios that are helpful in evaluating a firm’s dividend decisions are the
earnings-per share Ratio, the dividends-per-share ratio, and the price-earnings ratio.
Question
Debt-to-equity ratio is one of the types of which ratios
Profitability
Leverage
Liquidity
Activity
Leverage ratios measure the extent to which a firm has been financed by debt.
Debt-to-total-assets ratio
Debt-to-equity ratio
Long-term debt-to-equity ratio
Times-interest -earned (or coverage) ratio
Question
In strategy formulation phase, what can be the problem when only financial ratios are used to measure organizational performance
(Ans required)
They need to be compared with competitors’ (0%)
They are only understandable by accountants
There are many different measures available
The measures are usually inconsistent
Question
All of the following are functional support roles of Management Information System
EXCEPT:
Recording and storing accounting records
Recording and storing inventory data
Recording and storing business intelligence data
The enhanced ability to explore “what if”
Question
——— become/s information only when it/they is/are evaluated, filtered, condensed, analyzed
and organized for a specific purpose, problem, individual, or time.
Material
Data
Competitive advantages
Competitor analysis
Data becomes information only when it is evaluated, filtered, condensed, analyzed, and organized
for a specific purpose, problem, individual, or time
Question
Which of the following is a drawback or limitation of Horizontal Integration
Synergies may be more imaginary than real
It can increase suppliers’ and buyers’ bargaining power
Economies of scale are likely to be decreased
Both the first & third options are correct
Disadvantage of Horizontal integration:
Synergies maybe more imaginary than real
Substitutes market is often very different. Challenge occurs to management during acquisition.
Reduction in competition may lead to anti-trust issues.
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Question
The business strategy decided upon by ABC Corporation is one that engages it in production
of goods that are low in cost as compared to its competitors. ABC Company is perusing which one of the following strategy
Differentiation strategy
Focus strategy
Niche strategy
Cost leadership strategy
Cost leadership emphasizes producing standardized products at very low per-unit cost for consumers who are price-sensitive
Question
Where usage rate of present customers of the company can be increased significantly and the
current markets are not saturated, which strategy would be effective for the company to
follow
Market Penetration
Product Development
Market Development
Retrenchment
Four guidelines when market penetration may be an especially effective strategy are:
Current markets not saturated
Usage rate of present customers can be increased significantly
Market shares of competitors declining while total industry sales increasing
Increased economies of scale provide major competitive advantages
Question
Which of the followings involves the substantial modification of existing products or the
creation of new but related products that can be marketed to current customers through
established channels
Innovation
Differentiation
Product development
Market development
Question
Rose Company markets new products or services that have no technological or commercial
synergies with current products, but which may appeal to new groups of customers. Which
strategy is being adopted by Rose Company
Horizontal diversification
Horizontal integration
Conglomerate diversification
Backward integration
Conglomerate diversification means Adding new, unrelated products or services for new customer.
Question
XYZ Corporation has decided to cut back on its product lines and to reduce the size of its
operations because it can support no longer commitments needed to sustain it. XYZ is going
to pursue which of the following strategy
Divestiture
Conglomerate diversification
Retrenchment
Liquidation
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Question
Ahmad Textiles and Superior Textiles have come with each other in cross- manufacturing
agreement, the firms are going for which of the following
Liquidation
Acquisition
Joint venture
Takeover
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( Marks: 1 ) – Plea se choose one
Mergers and acquisitions are created for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
For gaining new technology
For reduction of tax obligations
For gaining economies of scale
For increase in number of employees
Some of the potential advantages of mergers and acquisitions include achieving economies of scale , combining complementary resources , garnering tax advantages , and eliminating inefficiencies.
Question
Which of the following enables the firm to create superior value for its customers and
superior profits for itself in comparison to its rival firms
Competitive advantage
Comparative advantage
Differential advantage
Suitable advantage
Competitive advantage enables the firm to create superior value for its customers and superior
profits for itself
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Question
Non-financial benefits of strategic management include all of the following EXCEPT:
Enhanced awareness of threats
Reduced resistance to change
Increase in sales
Better awareness of external threats
Non-Financial benefits:
Increased employee productivity
Improved understanding of competitors’ strategies
Greater awareness of external threats
Understanding of performance reward relationships
Better problem-avoidance
Lesser resistance to change
( Marks: 5 )
A good mission statement should include “Customer orientation”, what does it mean Explain
it with the help of simple examples.
( Marks: 5 )
What are strengths and weaknesses of an organization Explain with the help of examples.
1 Question
Which of the following can be considered as a factor of internal strengths and weaknesses of
an organization?
Technological changes
Production/operations
Demographics
Competitive trends
Internal strengths and internal weaknesses are an organization’s controllable activities that are
performed especially well or poorly. They arise in the management, marketing, finance/accounting,
production/operations, research and development, and computer information systems activities of a business.
2 Question
The objectives set by a manager should have which of the following characteristics?
Should spell out how fast the company’s strategy is to be implemented
Should be challenging and congruent among organizational units
Should include long-range performance targets but not short-range targets
Should include financial performance targets but not strategic performance targets
Objectives should be quantitative, measurable, realistic, understandable, challenging, hierarchical,
obtainable, and congruent among organizational units.
3 Question
All of the following are the examples of a broad mission EXCEPT:
The firm deals in beverages
We sell quality skimmed milk
Stationery is our product
Company manufactures food items
4 Question
Which of the following business actions is NOT considered to be unethical?
Poor product or service safety
Using non-union labor in a union shop
Misleading advertising
Too expensive products
5 Question
“A Good mission statement identifies the utility of a firm’s products to its customers”; which
of the following represents this statement?
Organization’s philosophy
Customer orientation
Social policy
Declaration of attitude
A Customer Orientation
A good mission statement describes an organization’s purpose, customers, products or services,
markets, philosophy, and basic technology. According to Vern McGinnis, a mission statement
should
- Define what the organization is and what the organization aspires to be,
- De limited enough to exclude some ventures and broad enough to allow for creative growth,
- Distinguish a given organization from all others,
- Serve as a framework for evaluating both current and prospective activities, and
- Be stated in terms sufficiently clear to be widely understood throughout the organization.
A good mission statement reflects the anticipations of customers. Rather than
developing a product and then trying to find a market, the operating philosophy of organizations
should be to identify customers’ needs and then provide a product or service to fulfill those needs.
Good mission statements identify the utility of a firm’s products to its customers.
6 Question
Where an organization takes into account the effect of its strategic decisions on the society, the firm is taking care of:
Corporate governance
Business policy
Business ethics
Social policy
7 Question
External assessment is performed in which of the following strategic-management phase?
Strategy formulation stage
Strategy implementation stage
Strategy evaluation stage
All of the given options
8 Question
Suppose, the value of the currency of a certain country falls, what can be the effect on
companies in Different Industries and in Different Locations in that country respectively?
Significant and equal
Marginal and equal
Significant and unequal
Insignificant and unequal
9 Question
What will happen to the Pakistani exports in overseas markets when there is a strong value of rupee?
Pakistani exports will be less expensive
Pakistani exports will be more expensive
Pakistani exports will be more attractive
Pakistani exports will be desirable
Question
Local, state, and national elections, world oil, currency, and labor markets, number of patents, special tariffs are the examples of which one of the following?
Economic forces
Political, governmental, and legal forces
Social, cultural and, demographic forces
Competitive forces
Question
Which one of the following is NOT is a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program?
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Question
Which of the following arise when a company can take advantage of conditions in its
environment to formulate and implement strategies that enable it to become more profitable
Strengths
Opportunities
Weaknesses
Threats
Question
Assigning 1 rating to a key external factor indicates that:
Response is superior
Response is above average
Response is average
Response is poor
Question
Assigning rating ‘2’ to an internal factor in IFE matrix indicates what?
Major weakness
Minor weakness
Minor strength
Major strength
Question
Life-directing attitudes that serve as behavioral guidelines are known as:
Values
Rites
Beliefs
Sagas
Values Life-directing attitudes that serve as behavioral guidelines
Question
Which of the following is the first step in the controlling function of management?
Take corrective actions
Restrict breaks employees take
Evaluate expense reports
Establish performance standards
Controlling consists of four basic steps:
1. Establishing performance standards
2. Measuring individual and organizational performance
3. Comparing actual performance to planned performance standards
4. Taking corrective actions
Question
The steps required to perform cost/benefit analysis include all BUT:
Comparing the total costs with the total benefits
Figure out the total costs associated with a decision
Approximation of the total benefits from the decision
Adding the total cost and total benefit
Three steps are required to perform a cost/benefit analysis:
Compute the total costs associated with a decision,
Estimate the total benefits from the decision, and
Compare the total costs with the total benefits.
Question
Which of the following ratios is least likely to be helpful in evaluating a firm’s decision
regarding dividend?
Earnings-per-share ratio
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Dividends-per-share ratio
Price-earnings ratio
Question
Which of the following is the first step in developing an IFE Matrix?
Summing the weighted scores for each variable
Identifying the organization’s strengths and weaknesses
Identifying the organization’s functions of business
Determining the lead strategist
IFE Matrix can be developed in five steps:
- List key internal factors as identified in the internal-audit process. Use total of from ten to twenty
internal factors, including both strengths and weaknesses.
Question
The business strategy decided upon by ABC Corporation is one that engages it in production
of goods that are low in cost as compared to its competitors. ABC Company is perusing which one of the following strategy?
Differentiation strategy
Focus strategy
Niche strategy
Cost leadership strategy
Question
The strategy embraced by Ahmad Bros. is to address the needs of a very selected and
specialized market segment. Ahmad Bros. is most likely to engage in which one of the
following types of strategy?
Differentiation strategy
Best value strategy
Focus strategy
Low cost strategy
Question
Smoothies Tire & Rubber Co. is selling its North American tire business to Avinza International, is an example of which type of strategy?
Related diversification
Retrenchment
Divestiture
Liquidation
Divestiture Selling a division or part of an organization
Question
A joining of two companies through one company buying more than one half of the other
company’s stocks is known as:
Monopolization
A spin-off
An acquisition
A merger
Merger
A joining of two companies through one company buying more than one half of the other
company’s stocks
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Question
Which of the following environment includes all those factors which affect the organization
and is itself affected by the organization?
Task environment
Social environment
External environment
Internal environment
Question
Which of the following is a key merit of strategic management?
Strategic management enables an organization to be proactive
Strategic management enables an organization to avoid the threats
Strategic management enables an organization to defeat their competitors
Strategic management enables an organization to foresee into the future
Question
Developing vision and mission statements is important because of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
They are the basis for allocating resources
They are useful for large firms only
They establish organizational culture
They translate objectives into work structure
Question
All of the following are the circumstances when forward integration strategies are beneficial to be practiced EXCEPT:
Availability of quality distributors is limited
Existing markets for present products are saturated
Advantages of stable production are high
Present distributors have high profit margins
- Present distributors are expensive, unreliable, or incapable of meeting firm’s needs
- Availability of quality distributors is limited
- When firm competes in an industry that is expected to grow markedly
- Organization has both capital and human resources needed to manage new business of
distribution
- Advantages of stable production are high
- Present distributors have high profit margins
( Marks: 3 )
What are the two basic types of R & D that can take place in an organization?
( Marks: 3 )
Vertical integration is the degree to which the firm owns its upstream and its downstream
buyers. What can be the possible benefits if the firm goes for vertical integration?
( Marks: 5 )
Mr. Mansoor is a finance manager of a firm. He is asked to prepare a financial ratio analysis. What can be the possible limitations of his analysis?
( Marks: 5 )
Mergers or acquisitions are the methods by which two companies combine to form a larger
company. What can be the reasons for achieving mergers or acquisitions?
1 Question
Which of the following is the greatest advantage of international operations?
Reduced tariffs and taxes
Access to global business practices
Gaining new customers
Less-intense competition
2 Question
Which component of a mission statement addresses the basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and
ethical priorities of the firm?
Technology
Philosophy
Customers
Self-concept
Pg#,Philosophy: What are the basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and ethical priorities of the firm
3 Question
One of the important components of a mission statement is Technology, which of the following question is correct about technology as a mission component?
Is the firm using technology for the manufacturing its products
Is the firm technologically current
Is the firm producing technology oriented products (like electronics)
Is the firm using technology to deal with customer complaints
Technology: Is the firm technologically current
4 ( Marks: 1 ) – Plea se choose one
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
The purpose of an external audit is to develop a finite list of opportunities that could benefit a firm
and threats that should be avoided.
5 Question
What will happen to the Pakistani exports in overseas markets when there is a strong value of rupee?
Pakistani exports will be less expensive
Pakistani exports will be more expensive
Pakistani exports will be more attractive
Pakistani exports will be desirable
6 Question
Which of the following is TRUE about anti-trust legislation?
The is the law intended to protect the ozone layer in the environment
This is the law intended to regulate the tax rates in the economy
This is the law intended to promote free competition in the market
This is the law intended to regulate and register the patents
ANTITRUST LAW intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing
monopolies
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7 Question
Which of the following is one of the Political, Governmental & Legal factors?
Ethical concerns
Traffic congestion
Lobbying activities
Average level of education
8 Question
Which one of the following is NOT is a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program?
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Competitive Intelligence Programs and competitive analysis:
Systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s
activities and general business trends to further a business’ own goals.
9 Question
Which one of the statements is a good example of the competitive power of substitute products?
The competition between cellular phones and computers
The competition between Aspirin and joshanda
The competition between contact lens and eyeglasses
The competition between Amazon.com and traditional off-line bookstores
Indirect competitors sell products that can be substitutes for existing products such as contact lenses as a substitute for glasses.
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Question
In Porter’s Five Forces, the ‘threat of new entrants’ relates to which factor?
Barriers to entry
Substitutes
Switching cost
Buyer power
The threat of new entrants
- the existence of barriers to entry
- economies of product differences
- brand equity
- switching costs
- capital requirements
- access to distribution
- absolute cost advantages
- learning curve advantages
- expected retaliation
- government policies
Question
Which one of the following best describes “a substitute product or service”?
A competitor’s product or service
An alternative way of meeting the same need
A new entrant into the industry
A less attractive way of meeting the same need
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( Marks: 1 ) Please choose one
Which of the following can be the strength of an organization?
A developing market
A new international market
Loosening of regulation
Strong management team
Internal Strengths
1. Largest casino company in the United States
2. Room occupancy rates over 95% in Las Vegas
3. Increasing free cash flows
4. Owns one mile on Las Vegas Strip
5. Strong management team
6. Buffets at most facilities
7. Minimal comps provided
8. Long-range planning
9. Reputation as family-friendly
. Financial ratios
Question
What is Synergy?
An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
When a team effort is used to achieve desired results
When individuals work separately to achieve desired results
When financial expectations of the firm are decided upon
Question
Which of the following function of management is concerned with span of control and chain of command?
Planning
Organizing
Controlling
Evaluating
Organizing includes all those managerial activities that result in a structure of task and authority relationships. Specific areas include organizational design, job specialization, job descriptions, job specifications, span of the control, unity of command , coordination, job design, and job analysis.
Question
All of the following are the consideration for a company when conducting test marketing
EXCEPT:
What advertising channel should be used for test
How many cities to include for test
What information to collect during the test
What action to take after the test has been completed
In conducting a test market project, an organization must decide how many cities to include ,
which cities to include, how long to run the test, what information to collect during the test ,
and what action to take after the test has been completed .
Question
The IFE matrix summarizes and evaluates which factors in the functional areas of a business?
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Strengths and threats
Opportunities and weaknesses
Question
Which of the following is the first step in developing an IFE Matrix?
Summing the weighted scores for each variable
Identifying the organization’s strengths and weaknesses
Identifying the organization’s functions of business
Determining the lead strategist
IFE Matrix can be developed in five steps:
- List key internal factors as identified in the internal-audit process. Use total of from ten to twenty
internal factors, including both strengths and weaknesses.
Question
Which of these strategies is effective when the number of suppliers is small and the number of competitors is large?
Conglomerate diversification
Forward integration
Backward integration
Horizontal diversification
Guidelines for Backward Integration:
Six guidelines when backward integration may be an especially effective strategy are:
. When present suppliers are expensive, unreliable, or incapable of meeting needs
. Number of suppliers is small and number of competitors large
. High growth in industry sector
. Firm has both capital and human resources to manage new business
. Advantages of stable prices are important
. Present supplies have high profit margins
Question
The strategy embraced by Ahmad Bros. is to address the needs of a very selected and
specialized market segment. Ahmad Bros. is most likely to engage in which one of the
following types of strategy?
Differentiation strategy
Best value strategy
Focus strategy
Low cost strategy
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Question
Market penetration is one of the intensive strategies. Which one of the following best describes market penetration?
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s sales by improving present products or services or
developing new products
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s position in new markets through its current products
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s position in its current markets through its current
products
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s position by adding new, unrelated products for
present customers
Market Penetration
Seeking increased market share for present products or services in present markets through greater
marketing efforts
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Market Penetration
Here we market our existing products to our existing customers. This means increasing our revenue
by, for example, promoting the product, repositioning the brand, and so on. However, the product is
not altered and we do not seek any new customers
www.nishanw.org/Corporate%Strategy%all.doc
Question
Mostly large firms are initiating plans to acquire another unrelated business because it
represents the most promising investment opportunity that is available to them. This type of
strategic plan is known as:
Conglomerate diversification
Backward integration
Concentric diversification
Divestiture
Conglomerate Diversification
Adding new, unrelated products or services
Adding new, unrelated products or services is called conglomerate diversification. Some firms
pursue conglomerate diversification based in part on an expectation of profits from breaking up
acquired firms and selling divisions piecemeal.
Question
Ahmad Textiles and Superior Textiles have come with each other in cross-manufacturing
agreement, the firms are going for which of the following?
Liquidation
Acquisition
Joint venture
Takeover
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Question
When ABC Corporation makes decisions that assist it in formulating and implementing plans designed to achieve its objectives, it is most likely to engage in which one of the following
Strategic Management
Strategy Utilization
Strategic Processing
Strategic Formality
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Question
Adapting to change confront an organization’s strategic management to which of the
following issue(s):
What kind of business we should be in
Are we in the right field
Should we reshape our business
All of the given options
The need to adapt to change leads organizations to key strategic management questions, such as
“ What kind of business should we become” “Are we in right field” “Should we reshape
our business ” “Are new technologies being developed that could put us out of business”
Question
Non-financial benefits of strategic management include all of the following EXCEPT:
Enhanced awareness of threats
Reduced resistance to change
Increase in sales
Better awareness of external threats
Non-Financial benefits:
- Increased employee productivity
- Improved understanding of competitors strategies
- Greater awareness of external threats
- Understanding of performance reward relationships
- Better problem-avoidance
- Lesser resistance to change
Question
______________ is the principle of conduct that guides decision-making.
Human rights
Business ethics
The constitution
Social responsibility
PG#Business Ethics and Strategic Management
Business ethics can be defined as principles of conduct within organizations that guide decision
making and behavior.
Question
Which of the following should be created first and foremost by a strategist?
Strategy
Objectives
Vision
Mission
Question
Which of the following statements describes a company’s strategic vision?
Gives a broad, aspiration image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve
Sets forth the long-range financial and strategic performance targets that organization seeks to
achieve
Indicates the boundaries of the company’s present business
Reflects how strategic objectives are to be achieved
A strategic vision is a view of an organization’s future direction and business makeup. It is a
guiding concept for what the organization is trying to do and to become. Whereas the focus of the
company’s mission tends to be on the present, the focus of a strategic vision is on a company’s
future. If the statement of mission speaks as much to the future path the organization intends to
follow as to the present organizational purpose, then the mission statement incorporates the strategic vision and there’s no separate need for a vision.)
1 Question
According to ‘Peter Drucker’what is the prime task of strategic management?
To develop the vision of the business
Effectively evaluate the strategies
To think through the overall mission of a business
Develop alternative set of strategies
Prime task:
Peter Drucker says:
“The prime task is to think through the overall mission of a business”.
2 Question
External opportunities and threats that can significantly benefit or harm an organization may include all of the following EXCEPT:
Demographics
Competitive trends
Technological changes
Research and development
As 4th is an internal factor.
3 Question
Which of the following is NOT included in the strategic management model?
Measure and evaluate performance
Establish long-term objectives
Develop mission and vision statements
Perform internal research to identify customers
4 Question
The organizations that conduct business operations across national borders are known as:
Multinational corporations
Domestic firms
Strategic alliances
Franchises
5 Question
“Identifying and evaluating social, political, economic, technological and competitive trends
and events”; which of the followings best describes this statement?
Developing an effective mission statement
Conducting an internal audit
Performing an external audit
Formulating strategy
6 Question
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
The purpose of an external audit is to develop a finite list of opportunities that could benefit a firm
and threats that should be avoided.
7 Question
According to Freund, Which one of the following should NOT be the characteristic of key
external factors?
Measurable
few in Relatively number
Applicable to all competing firms
Important to achieving long-term objectives
Freund emphasized that these key external factors should be:
- Important to achieving long-term and annual objectives,
- Measurable,
- Applicable to all competing firms, and
- Hierarchical in the sense that some will pertain to the overall company and others will be more
narrowly focused on functional or divisional areas.
8 Question
What will happen to the Pakistani exports in overseas markets when there is a strong value of rupee?
Pakistani exports will be less expensive
Pakistani exports will be more expensive
Pakistani exports will be more attractive
Pakistani exports will be desirable
9 Question
“Ethnic balance changes due to the migration of the people from different areas to different
areas. This affects the ethical behavior very much”, this is the effect of which of the following
forces?
Economic forces
Social, cultural, and demographic forces
Technological forces
Competitive forces
Ethnic balance changes due to the migration of the people from different areas to different areas.
This affects the ethical behavior very much. As the traditions and norms are very much different in
different areas of Pakistan.
Question
Which of the following can be considered as barriers to entering a market or industry?
The lack of economies of scale and experience and low levels of brand loyalty
The presence of large number of rivals already in the industry
Relatively large capital requirements and industry have economies of scale
The absence of tariffs, trade restrictions, and/or government-mandated regulations
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Question
The competitive threat posed by substitute products is weakened in which of the following
conditions?
Buyers that are currently purchasing the product are not relatively loyal
There are relatively large numbers of rival sellers that are fairly equal in size
Customers are in a strong bargaining position to win concessions from sellers
Buyers’ costs of switching to substitutes are relatively high
Question
Which of the following is a collection of firms that offers similar products or services such as
IBM, Apple, and Dell?
Concentration
Industry
Corporation
Alliances
An industry describes a much more specific grouping of companies with highly similar business
activities.
Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation Matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates that:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is taking no advantage of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
Question
Internal analysis involves gathering and analyzing information about all areas of a firm
EXCEPT:
Research and development
Management information system
Marketing
Competitors
Internal Audit is Parallels process of external audit. It gathers & assimilates information from:
o Management
o Marketing
o Finance/accounting
o Production/operations
o Research & development
o Management information systems
QuestionWhich of the following statement is correct about distinctive competence?
Is usually tied closely to the ability of a company’s manufacturing capability and/or its proprietary
technology and know -how
Nearly always resides in the ability of the company’s assets on its balance sheet rather than in its
people
Is better suited in helping companies defend against external threats than in pursuing external
market opportunities
Is a unique thing that a firm does really well and that quality or attribute sets it aside from its
competitors
Distinctive Competencies:
- A firm’s strengths that cannot be easily matched or imitated by competitors
- Building competitive advantage involves taking advantage of distinctive competencies
- Strategies designed in part to improve on a firm’s weaknesses and turn to strengths
Question
As managers move up the organization, they perform which of the management function more?
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
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Question
What is Synergy?
An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
When a team effort is used to achieve desired results
When individuals work separately to achieve desired results
When financial expectations of the firm are decided upon
Synergy is
a. synthetic energy.
b. when a team effort is used to achieve desired results.
c. when individuals work separately to achieve desired results.
d. when financial expectations of the firm are decided upon.
e. employee energy.
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Question
Which function of management includes areas such as job design, job specification, job
analysis and unity of command?
Planning
Motivating
Organizing
Leading
Question
Which of the following function of management is concerned with span of control and chain of command?
Planning
Organizing
Controlling
Evaluating
Question
Which of the following is the process of using the resources and personnel of an organization
in an orderly way to achieve the objectives and long-term goals of the organization?
Planning
Staffing
Leading
Organizing
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Q__ is the process of using the resources and personnel of an organization in an orderly way to
achieve the objectives and long-term goals of the organization.
Answer : organizing
Question
Which of the following allows an organization to test alternative marketing plans and to
forecast future sales of new products?
Marketing
Advertisement
Test marketing
Customer analysis
One of the most effective product and service planning techniques is test marketing. Test markets
allow an organization to test alternative marketing plans and to forecast future sales of new
products.
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Question
Distribution includes which of the following?
Customer analysis
Warehousing
Advertising
Test marketing
Distribution is about getting the products to the customer. Some examples of distribution decisions
include :
•Distribution channels
• Market coverage ( inclusive, selective, or exclusive distribution)
• Specific channel members
• Inventory management
• Ware housing
• Distribution centers
• Order possessing
• Transportation
• Reverse logistics
Question
A company’s ROI (Return on Investment) can be algebraically decomposed into which of the
following two major components?
Return on sales and fixed capital
Return on sales and net profit
Return on sales and Cost of goods sold
Return on sales and Total assets
Question
All of the following fall under the category of ‘Process” function of production management
EXCEPT:
Choice of technology
Quality assurance
Process flow analysis
Transportation analysis
Process decisions concern the design of the physical production system. Specific decisions include
choice of technology , facility layout, process flow analysis , facility location, line balancing,
process control, and transportation analysis .
Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that the true measure
of a really good strategist is the ability to solve problems?
Managing by objectives
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Managing by Crisis—based on the belief that the true measure of a really good strategist is the ability to solve problems.
Question
What is meant by Focused Differentiation?
Concentrating on a particular feature of a product or service to achieve differentiation
Concentrating on differentiation as the primary means of achieving competitive advantage
Providing a high perceived value product to a selected market segment which justifies a substantial price premium
Simultaneously seeking to achieve differentiation and a price lower than that of competitors
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Question
In Porter’s Generic Strategies Model, which of the following statement is correct about Focus
Strategy?
Selling a limited range of products
Selling to a narrow customer segment
Selling to one region only
Selling simple products that are cheap
Focus means producing products and services that fulfill the needs of small groups of consumers.
Question
Where usage rate of present customers of the company can be increased significantly and the
current markets are not saturated, which strategy would be effective for the company to
follow?
Market Penetration
Product Development
Market Development
Retrenchment
Market Penetration Strategies
Current markets not saturated
Usage rate of present customers can be increased significantly
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Question
Under which of the following conditions, Concentric Diversification would be particularly an
effective strategy to pursue?
When an organization has grown so large so quickly that major internal reorganization is needed
When sales of current products would increase intensively by adding the new related products
When revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new
unrelated products
When current products are in maturity stage of the product life cycle
Guidelines for Concentric Diversification
Five guidelines when concentric diversification may be an effective strategy are provided below:
Competes in no- or slow-growth industry
Adding new & related products increases sales of current products
New & related products offered at competitive prices
Question
Mostly large firms are initiating plans to acquire another unrelated business because it
represents the most promising investment opportunity that is available to them. This type of
strategic plan is known as:
Conglomerate diversification
Backward integration
Concentric diversification
Divestiture
Conglomerate Diversification
Adding new, unrelated products or services
Adding new, unrelated products or services is called conglomerate diversification. Some firms
pursue conglomerate diversification based in part on an expectation of profits from breaking up
acquired firms and selling divisions piecemeal.
Question
Which of the following is NOT a situation when an organization should use an unrelated
diversification strategy?
When an organization’s present channels of distribution can be used to market the new products to
current customers
Revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the
new related products
When an organization competes in a highly competitive and/or a no-growth industry
When the new products have counter-cyclical sales patterns compared to an
organization’s present products
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Revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new unrelated
products
Question
Abdullah Group of Industries is involved in the sale of its marginal business. It is most likely
to say that Abdullah Group is implementing _____________________ strategy.
Join venture
Acquisition
Liquidation
Retrenchment
PG#93
Retrenchment occurs when an organization regroups through cost and asset reduction to reverse
declining sales and profit s. Sometimes called a turnaround or reorganization strategy,
retrenchment is designed to fortify an organization’s basic distinctive competence. During
retrenchment, strategists work with limited resources and face pressure from shareholders,
employees, and the media. Retrenchment can entail selling off land and buildings to raise needed
cash, pruning product lines, closing marginal businesses , closing obsolete factories, automating
processes, reducing the number of employees, and instituting expense control systems.
Question
Which of the following is TRUE about Vision statement of a company?
It defines the customers
It concentrates on future
It identifies critical processes
It informs about the desired level of performance
Vision: Defines the desired or intended future state of an organization or enterprise in terms of its
fundamental objective and/or strategic direction. Vision is a long-term view, sometimes describing
how the organization would like the world to be in which it operates
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strategic_planning
http://www.diffen.com/difference/Mission_Statement_vs_Vision_Statement
Question
Which of the following environment includes all those factors which affect the organization
and is itself affected by the organization?
Task environment
Social environment
External environment
Internal environment
Task environment includes all those factors which affect the organization and itself affected by the
organization.
Question
Which of the following statements describes a company’s strategic vision?
Gives a broad, aspiration image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve
Sets forth the long-range financial and strategic performance targets that organization seeks to
achieve
Indicates the boundaries of the company’s present business
Reflects how strategic objectives are to be achieved
Question
Mr. A assigns Mr. B a project to be completed till the end of the month and then holds
periodic meetings with him to review his progress. Which of the management functions is Mr. A performing?
Planning
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Question
The MM equipment firm’s financial statements reveal that its sales are Rs.0 and its finished goods inventory is valued as Rs.0. BC Company is one of the competitors of MM equipment
with 3 times inventory turnover. You have to evaluate that which of the following statements is true about MM equipment’s inventory turnover?
Equal to BC Company
Better than BC company
None of the given options
Worst than BC Company (not sure)
Question
“Ahsan Brothers is closing one-third of its stores and is eliminating ,0 jobs in an attempt
to avoid bankruptcy”, would be an example of which of the following?
Backward integration
Liquidation
Retrenchment
Forward integration
(page 80)Retrenchment Regrouping through cost and asset reduction to reverse declining sales and profit Singer, the sewing machine maker, declared bankruptcy.
Question
Which of the following is the decision support role of Management Information System?
Processing marketing records into marketing plans
Allowing users to ask “What if” questions
Recording and storing such as human resource records
Processing operations records into production schedules
Question
___________ becomes information only when it is evaluated, filtered, condensed, analyzed and organized for a specific purpose, problem, individual, or time.
Material
Data
Competitive advantage
Competitor analysis
Ref: Data becomes information only when it is evaluated, filtered, condensed, analyzed, and organized for a specific purpose, probleme, individual, or time,P#74
1 Question
Which of the following period strategic management was considered to be cure for all
problems?
Mid s to mid 60s
Mid 60s to mid 70s
Mid 70s to mid 80s
Mid 80s to mid 90s
In 60; s and 70 it was consider to be panacea for problems. But in 80; s two important
revolutions
2 Question
Which of the following is not a pitfall an organization should avoid in strategic planning?
Select correct option:
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Involving all managers rather than delegate planning to a planner
Top managers not actively supporting the strategic planning process
Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulatory requirements
3 Question
Which of the following are the factors that concern the nature and direction of the economy in which a firm operates?
Select correct option:
Technological
Ecological
Social
Economic
4 Question
Which of the following best describes this statement; “a Systematic and ethical process for
gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s activities and general business
trends to further a business’ own goals”?
Select correct option:
External assessment
Industry analysis
Competitive intelligence program
Business ethics
Systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s
activities and general business trends to further a business’ own goals.
5 Question
According to Porter, which strategy offers products or services to a small range of customers
at the lowest price available on the market?
Select correct option:
Low cost
Best value
Cost focus
Differentiation
http://www.scribd.com/doc//Chapter-5-strategic-management (page
6 Question
Long-term objectives includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Measurable
Reasonable
Varying
Consistent
Objectives should be challenging, measurable, consistent, reasonable, and clear.P#9
7 Question
Which one of the following is NOT is a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Competitive Intelligence Programs and competitive analysis:
Systematic and ethical process for gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s
activities and general business trends to further a business’ own goals.
8 Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation Matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates that:
Fir m is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Fir m is taking no advantage of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Fir m is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
9 Question
Which of the following is often considered the first step in strategic planning?
Devising a mission statement
Developing a vision statement
Setting annual objectives
Formulating set of strategies
(page 6)Developing a vision statement is often considered the first step in strategic planning
Question
The objectives set by a manager should have which of the following characteristics?
Should spell out how fast the company’s strategy is to be implemented
Should be challenging and congruent among organizational units
Should include long-range performance targets but not short-range targets
Should include financial performance targets but not strategic performance targets
Objectives should be quantitative, measurable, realistic, understandable, challenging, hierarchical,
obtainable, and congruent among organizational units.
Question
“Ethnic balance changes due to the migration of the people from different areas to different
areas. This affects the ethical behavior very much”, this is the effect of which of the following
forces?
Economic forces
Social, cultural, and demographic forces
Technological forces
Competitive forces
Question
Which of the following is TRUE about anti-trust legislation?
The is the law intended to protect the ozone layer in the environment
This is the law intended to regulate the tax rates in the economy
This is the law intended to promote free competition in the market
This is the law intended to regulate and register the patents
http://www.audioenglish.net/dictionary/antitrust_legislation.htm
Law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/antitrust+legislation
Question
Supplier bargaining power is not likely to pose strong competitive pressure when which of the following situation is prevailing?
Buying firms are looking for suppliers with superior just-in-time supply capabilities and low prices
The suppliers furnish a critical part or component that is in relatively short supply
Buying firms collaborate closely with their key suppliers to achieve mutual benefits
The products of alternative suppliers are highly differentiated, making the cost of switching
relatively high
Question
In Porter’s Five Forces, the ‘threat of new entrants’ relates to which factor?
Barriers to entry
Substitutes
Switching cost
Buyer power
The threat of new entrants
- the existence of barriers to entry
- economies of product differences
- brand equity
- switching costs
- capital requirements
- access to distribution
- absolute cost advantages
- learning curve advantages
- expected retaliation
- government policies
Question
Which of these strategies is effective when the number of suppliers is small and the number of competitors is large?
Conglomerate diversification
Forward integration
Backward integration
Horizontal diversification
Six guidelines when backward integration may be an especially effective strategy are:
. When present suppliers are expensive, unreliable, or incapable of meeting needs
. Number of suppliers is small and number of competitors large
. High growth in industry sector
. Firm has both capital and human resources to manage new business
. Advantages of stable prices are important
. Present supplies have high profit margins
Question
A mission statement should “ reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders”. What does it
mean?
All shareholders must be satisfied
Shareholders should be given preference over customers
Firm will devote attention to meeting claims of various stakeholders
Firm will devote its attention towards the maximization of shareholders value
Second, a mission statement needs to be broad to effectively reconcile differences among and appeal to an organization’s diverse stakeholders, the individuals and groups of persons who have a special stake or claim on the company. Stakeholders include employees; managers; stockholders; boards of directors; customers; suppliers; distributors; creditors; governments (local, state, federal, and
foreign); unions; competitors; environmental groups; and the general public.
Question
Which strategy would be effective when the stockholders of a firm can minimize their losses by selling the organization’s assets?
Liquidation
Integration
Differentiation
Diversification
Three guidelines of when to use liquidation
- When an organization has pursued both a retrenchment and a divestiture strategy and neither has been successful.
b. When an organization’s only alternative is bankruptcy.
c. When the stockholders of a firm can minimize their losses by selling assets.
Question
As managers move up the organization, they perform which of the management function more?
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
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Question
All of the following statements are true about a firm’s mission statement EXCEPT:
A mission statement directly contributes positively to financial performance
A mission statement does not directly contribute positively to financial performance
A mission statement should not provide useful criteria for selecting among alternative strategies
Primary reason to develop a mission statement is not to attract the customers
Question
Which one variable falls under the category of the Social, Cultural, Demographic, and
Environmental Variable?
Propensity of people to spend
Buying habits
Level of disposable income
Income differences by region
Key Social, Cultural, Demographic, and Environmental Variables
- Attitudes toward government
- Attitudes toward work
- Buying habits
- Ethical concerns
- Attitudes toward saving
Question
Which of the following is a collection of firms that offers similar products or services such as
IBM, Apple, and Dell?
Concentration
Industry
Corporation
Alliances
An industry describes a much more specific grouping of companies with highly similar business
activities.
Question
The business strategy decided upon by ABC Corporation is one that engages it in production
of goods that are low in cost as compared to its competitors. ABC Company is perusing which
one of the following strategy?
Differentiation strategy
Focus strategy
Niche strategy
Cost leadership strategy
Question
Which of the following can be considered as a factor of internal strengths and weaknesses of
an organization?
Technological changes
Production/operations
Demographics
Competitive trends
Internal Strengths and Weaknesses/Internal assessments
They arise in the management, marketing, finance/accounting, production/operations, research and
development, and computer information systems activities of a business.
Question
Smoothies Tire & Rubber Co. is selling its North American tire business to Avinza
International, is an example of which type of strategy?
Related diversification
Retrenchment
Divestiture
Liquidation
Page 94: Divestiture
Selling a division or part of an organization is called divestiture. Divestiture often is used to raise
capital for further strategic acquisitions or investment s
Question
Which of the following are developed in strategy implementation phase of strategic
management?
Vision and mission
Annual objectives
Strengths and weaknesses
Opportunities and threats
(page 4)Strategy implementation requires a firm to establish annual objectives, devise policies,
motivating employees and allocate resources so that formulated strategies can be executed
1 Question
Various job titles of a strategist may include all of the following EXCEPT:
Owner
Foreman
Chancellor
Chief executive officer
Various job titles, such as chief executive officer, president, and owner, chair of the board, executive director, chancellor, dean, or entrepreneur
2 Question
Long-term objectives include all of the following EXCEPT:
Measurable
Reasonable
Varying
Consistent
Objectives should be challenging, measurable, consistent, reasonable, and clear. In a multidimensional firm, objectives should be established for the overall company and for each division
3 Question
All of these are pitfalls of an organization in strategic planning EXCEPT:
failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
Using plans as a standard for measuring performance
being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled
All of these are pitfalls an organization should avoid in strategic planning except when
a. using plans as a standard for measuring performance.
b. using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources.
c. failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning.
d. too hastily moving from mission development to strategy formulation.
Ans: a Page:
4 Question
The organizations that conduct business operations across national borders are known as:
Multinational corporations
Domestic firms
Strategic alliances
Franchises
Organizations that conduct business operations across national borders are called international firms
or multinational corporations. http:// www.scribd.com/doc/76/Strategic-management
5 Question
A mission statement should “ reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders”. What does it
mean?
All shareholders must be satisfied
Shareholders should be given preference over customers
Firm will devote attention to meeting claims of various stakeholders
Firm will devote its attention towards the maximization of shareholders value
6 Question
Which component of a mission statement addresses the basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and
ethical priorities of the firm?
Technology
Philosophy
Customers
Self-concept
Philosophy: What are t he basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and ethical priorities of the firm
7 Question
“Identifying and evaluating social, political, economic, technological and competitive trends
and events”; which of the followings best describes this statement?
developing an effective mission statement
conducting an internal audit
performing an external audit
Formulating strategy
8 Question
Suppose, the value of the currency of a certain country falls, what can be the effect on
companies in Different Industries and in Different Locations in that country respectively?
Significant and equal
Marginal and equal
Significant and unequal
Insignificant and unequal
9 Question
What will happen to the Pakistani exports in overseas markets when there is a strong value of rupee?
Pakistani exports will be less expensive
Pakistani exports will be more expensive
Pakistani exports will be more attractive
Pakistani exports will be desirable
Question
Use of the Internet and Internet technologies can be integrated into the sales of on-line as well
as off-line business and marketing portion of the value chain through which of the following?
through software that permits customers to specify build-to-order options
through online product catalogs containing rich product information and specifications
via online price quotes and online announcements of special sales and promotions
All of the given options
Question
Assigning rating ‘2’ to an internal factor in IFE matrix indicates what?
Major weakness
Minor weakness
Minor strength
Major strength
Question
As managers move up the organization, they perform which of the management function more?
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
Question
Sana has spent a day in a session where the future of her company was discussed. The people
involved were trying to determine what the role of their company was as the st century
approaches. Goals were then developed based upon their vision of the company’s mission.
Sana spent her day on which of the following process?
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
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Question
One of the top level manager of a large manufacturing plant uses to spend her day trying to
ensure that the material wastage is not more than %. She spends her day in performing
which of the following management functions?
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question
Which of the following allows an organization to test alternative marketing plans and to
forecast future sales of new products?
Marketing
Advertisement
Test marketing
Customer analysis
One of the most effective product and service planning techniques is test marketing. Test markets
allow an organization to test alternative marketing plans and to forecast future sales of new
products.
http://www.zainbooks.com/books/management/strategic-management__functions -of-management-1.html
Question
Which of the following has/have been successful in determining R&D budget allocations?
Financing as many project proposals as possible
Budgeting for R&D about what competitors spend
Deciding how many successful new products are needed
All of the given options
The four approaches to determining commonly used R&D budget allocations are:
(1) financing as many project proposals as possible,
(2) using a percentage-of-sales method,
(3) budgeting about the same amount competitors spend for R&D, and
(4) deciding how many successful new products are needed and working backward to estimate the
required R&D investment
_____________ has been successful in determining R&D budget allocations.
a) Financing as many project proposals as possible
b) Using the percentage of sales method
c) Budgeting for R&D about what competitors spend
d) All of the above have been used
Ans: d Page: 6
Question
Which of the following is a draw back or limitation of Horizontal Integration?
Synergies may be more imaginary than real
It can increase suppliers’ and buyers’ bargaining power
Economies of scale are likely to be decreased
Both the first & third options are correct
http://www.manage.com/methods_horizontal_integration.html
Disadvantage of Horizontal integration:
- Synergies maybe more imaginary than real
- Substitutes market is often very different.
- Challenge occurs to management during acquisition.
- Reduction in competition may lead to anti-trust issues.
Question
In which situation would horizontal integration be an especially effective strategy?
When an organization can gain monopolistic characteristics without being challenged by the federal
government
When decreased economies of scale provide major competitive advantages
When an organization has neither the capital nor human talent needed to successfully manage an
expanded organization
When competitors are succeeding due to managerial expertise or having particular resources
Guidelines for Horizontal Integration:
Four guidelines when horizontal integration may be an especially effective strategy are:
- Firm can gain monopolistic characteristics without being challenged by federal government
- Competes in growing industry
- Increased economies of scale provide major competitive advantages
- Faltering due to lack of managerial expertise or need for particular resources
Question
Defensive strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:
Retrenchment
Acquisition
Divestiture
Liquidation
retrenchment, divestiture, or liquidation.
Question
Which strategy should be implemented when a division is responsible for an organization’s
overall poor performance?
Divestiture
Forward integration
Cost leadership
Related diversification
Divestiture can be part of an overall retrenchment strategy to rid an organization of businesses that
are unprofitable, that require too much capital, or that do not fit well with the firm’s other activities
Question
Which of the following is NOT the reason to go for divestiture?
When firm has pursued retrenchment but failed to attain needed improvements
When the availability of quality distributors is too limited
When a division needs more resources than the firm can provide
When a division is responsible for the firm’s overall poor performance
Five guidelines when divestiture may be an especially effective strategy to pursue are listed
below:
- When firm has pursued retrenchment but failed to attain needed improvements
- When a division needs more resources than the firm can provide
- When a division is responsible for the firm’s overall poor performance
- When a division is a misfit with the organization
- When a large amount of cash is needed and cannot be obtained from other sources.
Question
A joining of two companies through one company buying more than one half of the other company’s stocks is known as:
Monopolization
A spin-off
An acquisition
A merger
Merger:
A joining of two companies through one company buying more than one half of the other
company’s stocks
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Question
Which of the following statements is TRUE about company’s strategies?
Company strategies concern how to grow the business, how to out-compete rivals, how to satisfy
customers
Company strategies concern when to change the company’s strategic vision and business model
Company strategies concern whether to focus on achieving short-run performance targets or on
long-range
Company strategies concern performance targets and how much organizational stretch to build in
Question
Which of the following is a key merit of strategic management?
Strategic management enables an organization to be proactive
Strategic management enables an organization to avoid the threats
Strategic management enables an organization to defeat their competitors
Strategic management enables an organization to foresee into the future
Question
Which of the following statements describes a company’s strategic vision?
Gives a broad, aspiration image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve
Sets forth the long-range financial and strategic performance targets that organization seeks to
achieve
Indicates the boundaries of the company’s present business
Reflects how strategic objectives are to be achieved
Question
Which of the following is NOT a key question that can reveal internal strengths and
weaknesses of the marketing department?
Does the firm have effective sales
Are markets segmented effectively
Are the firm’s products and services priced appropriately
Does the firm have good liquidity
PG#63
Marketing Audit Checklist of Questions
Similarly as provided earlier for management, the following questions about marketing are pertinent
1. Are markets segmented effectively
2. Is the organization positioned well among competitors
3. Has the firm’s market share been increasing
4. Are present channels of distribution reliable and cost-effective
5 . Does the firm have an effective sales organization
6. Does the firm conduct market research
7. Are product quality and customer service good
8. Are the firm’s products and services priced appropriately
9. Does the firm have an effective promotion, advertising, and publicity strategy
. Are marketing planning and budgeting effective
. Do the firm’s marketing managers have adequate experience and training
Question
The corporate social policy should be reaffirmed or changed during which phase of strategic management?
Strategy control
Strategy implementation
Strategy formulation
Strategy evaluation
Corporate social policy should be designed and articulated during strategy formulation, set and
administered during strategy implementation, and reaffirmed or changed during strategy evaluation
Question
All of the following are the circumstances when forward integration strategies are beneficial to be practiced EXCEPT:
Availability of quality distributors is limited
Existing markets for present products are saturated
Advantages of stable production are high
Present distributors have high profit margins
- Present distributors are expensive, unreliable, or incapable of meeting firm’s needs
- Availability of quality distributors is limited
- When firm competes in an industry that is expected to grow markedly
- Organization has both capital and human resources needed to manage new business of
distribution
- Advantages of stable production are high
- Present distributors have high profit margins
1 Question
According to ‘Peter Drucker’, what is the prime task of strategic management?
To develop the vision of the business
Effectively evaluate the strategies
To think through the overall mission of a business
Develop alternative set of strategies
2 Question
Intuition is useful for decision making in all the following situations EXCEPT:
Conditions of great uncertainty
Highly independent variables available
Conditions with little precedent
Several plausible alternatives to choose from
Intuitions help in decision making where:
o Uncertainty prevails
o Little or no precedence exists
o Highly interrelated variables exist
o A choice from various possible alternatives is needed
o Intuition and analytical judgment requires inputs from all managerial levels
o Analytical thinking and intuitive thinking complement one another
3 __ Question
Which of the following is often considered the first step in strategic planning?
Devising a mission statement
Developing a vision statement
Setting annual objectives
Formulating set of strategies
Developing a vision statement is often considered the first step in strategic planning,
4 __ Question
Long term objectives includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Measurable
Reasonable
Varying
Consistent
Objectives should be challenging, measurable, consistent, reasonable, and clear.P#9
5 Question
Which of the following business actions is NOT considered to be unethical?
Poor product or service safety
Using non-union labor in a union shop
Misleading advertising
Too expensive products
6 __ Question
Where an organization takes into account the effect of its strategic decisions on the Society, the firm is taking care of:
Corporate governance
Business policy
Business ethics
Social policy
7 __ Question
The corporate social policy should be reaffirmed or changed during which phase of strategy
management?
Strategy control
Strategy implementation
Strategy formulation
Strategy evaluation
(Q# 6 and ) http://wps.prenhall.com/bp_david_sm_/87/9/4.cw/content/index.html Corporate social policy should be designed and articulated during strategy formulation, set and
administered during strategy implementation, and reaffirmed or changed during strategy evaluation.
8 Question
One of the important components of a mission statement is Technology, which of the following question is correct about technology as a mission component?
Is the firm using technology for the manufacturing its products?
Is the firm technologically current?
Is the firm producing technology oriented products (like electronics)?
Is the firm using technology to deal with customer complaints?
9 Question
Suppose, the value of the currency of a certain country falls, what can be the effect on companies in Different Industries and in Different Locations in that country respectively?
Significant and equal
Marginal and equal
Significant and unequal
Insignificant and unequal
__ Question
Which type of trend can be exemplified by the increase in average level of education in a
society?
Cultural
Technological
Economic
Social
Question
Political variables have a significant effect on which one of the following?
Formulation and implementation of strategy
Formulation and evaluation of a strategy
Implementation and evaluation of a strategy
Formulation, implementation and evaluation of a strategy
Impact of political variables:
Formulation of Strategies
Implementation of Strategies
__ Question
Rehman industries, a leading firm of the industry is analyzing the technological forces for the
firm which may provide it opportunities and threats for which stage/s of strategic management process?
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
__ Question
Which one of the statements is a good example of the competitive power of substitute products?
The competition between cellular phones and computers
The competition between Aspirin and joshanda
The competition between contact lens and eyeglasses
The competition between Amazon.com and traditional off-line bookstores
Indirect competitors sell products that can be substitutes for existing products such as contact lenses
as a substitute for glasses.
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__ Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation Matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates that:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is taking no advantage of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
___Question
What is the difference between CPM and EFE?
CPM includes both internal and external issues
The weight and total weighted score mean opposite
CPM ratings range from 1 to
CPM is performed only for the large businesses
One difference between CPM and EFE is that
a. CPM includes both internal and external issues.
b. the weight and total weighted score mean opposite.
c. CPM ratings range from 1 to .
d. CPM is performed only for the company, whereas EFE is performed for both the company and the competitors.
Ans: a Page: 2
Question
Assigning rating ‘2’ to an internal factor in IFE matrix indicates what?
Major weakness
Minor weakness
Minor strength
Major strength
___Question
What is Synergy?
An act of formulating a program for a definite course of action
When a team effort is used to achieve desired results
When individuals work separately to achieve desired results
When financial expectations of the firm are decided upon
___Question
Which of the following allows an organization to test alternative marketing plans and to
forecast future sales of new products?
Marketing
Advertisement
Test marketing
Customer analysis
___ Question
All of the following are the consideration for a company when conducting test marketing
EXCEPT:
What advertising channel should be used for test
How many cities to include for test
What information to collect during the test
What action to take after the test has been completed
__ Question
Waseem & Sons primarily want to gain control over the prices charged to consumers. What
strategy will most likely be followed by Waseem & Sons?
Market penetration
Product development
Forward integration
Concentric Diversification
Question
Which of these is the allocation and reallocation of capital and resources to projects, products, assets and divisions of an organization
Investment decision
Financing decisions
Restructuring decisions
Strategic decision
Which of these is the allocation and reallocation of capital and resources to projects, products,
assets and divisions of an organization
a. Investment decision
b. Dividend decisions
c. Financing decisions
d. Restructuring decisions
Ans: a Page: 8
Question
Which of the following ratios is least likely to be helpful in evaluating a firm’s decision
regarding dividend?
Earnings-per-share ratio
Long-Term Debt-to-Equity Ratio
Dividends-per-share ratio
Price-earnings ratio
__ Question
Exclusive access to high grade natural resources is an example of which of the following?
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
__ Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that the true measure of a really good strategist is the ability to solve problems?
Managing by objectives
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
__ Question
Which of the following is sometimes referred as “the mystery approach to decision making,
when subordinates are left to figure out what is happening and why”?
Managing by hope
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Question
Which of the following term describes “the merging of two or more businesses at the same level of production in some formal, legal relationship”?
Backward integration
Horizontal integration
Market penetration
Market development
Question
“Ghulam Nabi, a farmer sells his crops at the local market rather than to a distribution center ”. This action of Ghulam Nabi comes under which of the following?
Backward integration
Product development
Forward integration
Horizontal integration
A good example of forward integration is when a farmer sells his/her crops at the local market
rather than to a distribution center.
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___Question
Which of these strategies is effective when the number of suppliers is small and the number of competitors is large?
Conglomerate diversification
Forward integration
Backward integration
Horizontal diversification
Question
If Farhan Bakers buys wheat farm in order to reduce the risk associated with the dependency on flour. Farhan Bakers is looking for which of the following strategy?
Conglomerate diversification
Forward integration
Backward integration
Horizontal diversification
A good example would be if a bakery business bought a wheat farm in order to reduce the risk
associated with the dependency on flour
http://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/backwardintegration.asp
Question
Which of the following is a drawback or limitation of Horizontal Integration?
Synergies may be more imaginary than real
It can increase suppliers’ and buyers’ bargaining power
Economies of scale are likely to be decreased
Both the first & third options are correct
__ Question
In Porter’s Generic Strategies Model, which of the following statement is correct about Focus Strategy?
Selling a limited range of products
Selling to a narrow customer segment
Selling to one region only
Selling simple products that are cheap
__ Question
Market penetration is one of the intensive strategies. Which one of the following best describes market penetration?
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s sales by improving present products or services or
developing new products
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s position in new markets through its current products
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s position in its current markets through its current
products
Protecting and strengthening the organization’s position by adding new, unrelated products for
present customers
__ Question
“Substantial changes to the range of offerings or the markets served or both” is referred as:
Differentiation
Diversification
Relocation
Brand extension
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__ Question
Under which of the following conditions, Concentric Diversification would be particularly an
effective strategy to pursue?
When an organization has grown so large so quickly that major internal reorganization is needed
When sales of current products would increase intensively by adding the new related products
When revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new
unrelated products
When current products are in maturity stage of the product life cycle
Question
Rose Company markets new products or services that have no technological or commercial
synergies with current products, but which may appeal to new groups of customers. Which
strategy is being adopted by Rose Company?
Horizontal diversification
Horizontal integration
Conglomerate diversification
Backward integration
Question
Smoothies Tire & Rubber Co. is selling its North American tire business to Avinza
International, is an example of which type of strategy?
Related diversification
Retrenchment
Divestiture
Liquidation
Question
Mergers and acquisitions are created for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
For gaining new technology
For reduction of tax obligations
For gaining economies of scale
For increase in number of employees
David Chapter 5 Mergers and acquisitions, including the following:
a. To provide improved capacity utilization.
b. To make better use of an existing sales force.
c. To reduce managerial staff.
d. To gain economies of scale.
e. To smooth out seasonal trends in sales.
f. To gain access to new suppliers, distributors, customers, products, and creditors.
g. To gain new technology.
h. To reduce tax obligations
Question
Which of the following is defined as the art and science of formulating, implementing and
evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives?
Strategy formulation
Strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation
Strategic management
Strategic Management can be defined as “the art and science of formulating, implementing and
evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objective
Question
Which of the following stages of strategic management helps the management to know when
particular strategies are not working well?
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Strategy evaluation is the final stage in the strategic management process. Management desperately needs to know when particular strategies are not working well ;
Question
Developing vision and mission statements is important because of the following reasons EXCEPT:
They are the basis for allocating resources
They are useful for large firms only
They establish organizational culture
They translate objectives into work structure
1 Question
Various job titles of a strategist may include all of the following EXCEPT:
Owner
Foreman
Chancellor
Chief executive officer
Page6 various job titles, such as chief executive officer, president, and owner, chair of the board,
executive director, chancellor, dean, or entrepreneur.
2 Question
Which of the following is often considered the first step in strategic planning?
Devising a mission statement
Developing a vision statement
Setting annual objectives
Formulating set of strategies
(page 6)Developing a vision statement is often considered the first step in strategic planning
3 Question
Which of the following can be considered as a factor of internal strengths and weaknesses of
an organization?
Technological changes
Production/operations
Demographics
Competitive trends
P#8Internal Strengths and Weaknesses/Internal assessments They arise in the management,
marketing, finance/accounting, production/operations, research and development, and computer
information systems activities of a business
4 Question
All of these are pitfalls of an organization in strategic planning EXCEPT:
Failing t o involve key employees in all phases of planning
Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
Using plans as a standard for measuring performance
Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled
(page )
1. Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
2. 9. Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
3. . Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled.
5 Question
Which of the following is the greatest advantage of international operations?
Reduced tariffs and taxes
Access t o global business practices
Gaining new customers
Less-intense competition
6 Question
Which component of a mission statement addresses the basic beliefs, values, aspirations, and
ethical priorities of the firm?
Technology
Philosophy
Customers
Self-concept
7 Question
What will happen to the Pakistani exports in overseas markets when there is a strong value of rupee?
Pakistani exports will be less expensive
Pakistani exports will be more expensive
Pakistani exports will be more attractive
Pakistani exports will be desirable
8 Question
Which of the following can be considered as barriers to entering a market or industry?
The lack of economies of scale and experience and low levels of brand loyalty
The presence of large number of rivals already in the industry
Relatively large capital requirements and industry have economies of scale
The absence of tariffs, trade restrictions, and/or government -mandated regulations
9 Question
Which of the following are the five forces that affect the level of competition in an industry?
Threat of recession; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of management failure; competitive
rivalry
Threat of entry; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; government action
Threat of entrants; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; competitive rivalry
Threat of buyers; power of entry; power of substitutes; threat of suppliers; threat of recession
Question
Keeping strategies secret from employees and stakeholders can do all of the following
EXCEPT:
Provide competitive advantage to competitors
Hinder employee and stakeholder communication
Reduces employee and stakeholder understanding
Minimize employee and stakeholder commitment
http://www.usheproduction.com/design/ 80/downloads/.pdf
Keeping strategies secret from employees and stakeholders at large could severely inhibit employee
and stakeholder communication, understanding, and commitment and also forgo valuable input that
these persons could have regarding formulation and/or implementation of that strategy
Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation Matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates that:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is taking no advantage of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
Question
Which of the following can be the strength of an organization?
A developing market
A new international market
Loosening of regulation
Strong management team
Question
Assigning rating ‘2’ to an internal factor in IFE matrix indicates what?
Major weakness
Minor weakness
Minor strength
Major strength
Question
Which of the following are signs of strength in a company’s competitive position?
A debt-to-asset ratio below 0. and a positive net cash flow
A website with extensive information about the company and its product line
R&D and advertising expenditures greater than $ million annually
A strongly differentiated product and a strong or rising market share
(Q#3)
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Question
As managers move up the organization, they perform which of the management function more?
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
Question
What is the essential bridge between the present and the future that increases the likelihood of achieving desired results?
Motivating
Planning
Controlling
Organizing
(page ) Planning is the: Start of the process Bridge between present and future, Increases
likelihood of achieving desired results
Question
Which of the following is the process of using the resources and personnel of an organization
in an orderly way to achieve the objectives and long-term goals of the organization?
Planning
Staffing
Leading
Organizing
Question
Waseem & Sons primarily want to gain control over the prices charged to consumers. What
strategy will most likely be followed by Waseem & Sons?
Market penetration
Product development
Forward integration
Concentric Diversification
Question
Distribution includes which of the following?
Customer analysis
Warehousing
Advertising
Test marketing
Question
Which of the following is NOT the decisions regarding “Capacity” function of production
management?
Scheduling
Capacity planning
Process flow analysis
Queuing analysis
Capacity decisions concern determination of optimal output levels for the organization—not too
much and not too little. Specific decisions include forecasting, facilities planning, aggregate
planning, scheduling, capacity planning, and queuing analysis
Question
All of the following are functional support roles of Management Information System EXCEPT
Recording and storing accounting records
Recording and storing inventory data
Recording and storing business intelligence data
The enhanced ability to explore “what if”
Question
The Web sites that sell products directly to the consumers are the examples of which type of
strategy?
Backward integration
Product development
Forward integration
Horizontal integration
Question
Which of the followings best describes the Horizontal Integration?
A firm takes over a supplier
A firm takes over a distributor
A firm takes over a competitor
A firm takes over a manufacturer
(page 80 and 84) Horizontal integration refers to a strategy of seeking ownership of or increased
control over a firm’s competitors.
Question
One of the strategies adopted by MM Corporation is: “Increasing market share through
charging lower prices, while still making a reasonable profit on each sale because of reduced
costs”. MM Corporation is following which of the following strategy?
Best-value
Cost leadership
Best-value focus
Differentiation
Question
In Porter’s Generic Strategies Model, which of the following statement is correct about Focus Strategy?
Selling a limited range of products
Selling to a narrow customer segment
Selling t o one region only
Selling simple products that are cheap
Question
The extent to which a business concentrates on a narrowly defined market is best referred to
as:
Niche strategy
Cost leadership strategy
Differentiation strategy
Segmentation
In this strategy the firm concentrates on a select few target markets. It is also called a focus strategy or niche strategy. It is hoped that by focusing your marketing efforts on one or two narrow market
segment s and tailoring your marketing mix to these specialized markets, you can better meet the
needs of that target market.
Question
Which strategy seeks to increase market share of present products or services in present
markets through greater marketing efforts?
Market penetration
Market development
Backward integration
Product development
A market-penetration strategy seeks to increase market share for present products or services in
present markets through greater marketing efforts.
Question
Product development involves going in the direction of which one of the following?
Present products to present markets
Present products to new markets
New products to present markets
New products to new markets
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Question
Under which of the following conditions, Concentric Diversification would be particularly an
effective strategy to pursue?
When an organization has grown so large so quickly that major internal reorganization is needed
When sales of current products would increase intensively by adding the new related products
When revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new
unrelated products
When current product s are in maturity stage of the product life cycle
Question
Mostly large firms are initiating plans to acquire another unrelated business because it represents the most promising investment opportunity that is available to them. This type of
strategic plan is known as:
Conglomerate diversification
Backward integration
Concentric diversification
Divestiture
Conglomerate Diversification
Adding new, unrelated products or services
Adding new, unrelated products or services is called conglomerate diversification. Some firms
pursue conglomerate diversification based in part on an expectation of profits from breaking up
acquired firms and selling divisions piecemeal.
Question Which of the following is NOT a situation when an organization should use an unrelated
diversification strategy?
When an organization’s present channels of distribution can be used to market the new products to
current customers
Revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new related
products
When an organization competes in a highly competitive and/or a no-growth industry
When the new products have counter-cyclical sales patterns compared to an organization’s present
products
Ref: http://www.slideshare.net/mukeshkumar84/growth-strategy-presentation
Revenues from current products/services would increase significantly by adding the new unrelated
products
Question
The company acquires or develops new products that could appeal to its current customer
groups even though those new products may be technologically unrelated to the existing
product lines. Which of the following best describes the statement?
Retrenchment
Horizontal diversification
Market development
Horizontal integration
Horizontal Diversification:
Adding new, unrelated products or services for present customers
Question
Mergers and acquisitions are created for all of t he following reasons EXCEPT:
For gaining new technology
For reduction of tax obligations
For gaining economies of scale
For increase in number of employees
Question
A joining of two companies through one company buying more than one half of the other
company’s stocks is known as:
Monopolization
A spin-off
An acquisition
A merger
Question
Which of the following is defined as the art and science of formulating, implementing and
evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives?
Strategy formulation
Strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation
Strategic management
Question
Which of the following statements describes a company’s strategic vision?
Gives a broad, aspiration image of the future that an organization is aiming to achieve
Sets fort h the long-range financial and strategic performance targets that organization seeks to
achieve
Indicates the boundaries of the company’s present business
Reflects how strategic objectives are to be achieved
Question
Which of the following is FALSE about vision and mission statements?
Vision statement gives the overall purpose of an organization while a mission statement describes a
picture of the preferred future
A vision statement describes how the future will look if the organization achieves its mission and a
mission statement explains what the organization does
Mission statement answers the questions what is our business and the vision statement answers the
question what do we want to become
Mission statement explains the current position and activities of a firm whereas vision statement
explains the future objective
Question
Developing vision and mission statements is important because of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
They are the basis for allocating resources
They are useful for large firms only
They establish organizational culture
They translate objectives into work structure
Question
A series of ratios that measure the extent to which a firm has been financed by debt is known as:
Activity ratios
Leverage ratios
Profitability ratios
Liquidity ratios
1 Question
Vision and mission statements can often found
At the back of annual report
In the front of annual reports
In executive summary
In annexure
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2 Question
Carefully prepared statements of vision and mission are widely recognized as
The last step of strategic management
Middle level steps in strategic management
The first step in strategic management
None of the mentioned options
. Carefully prepared statements of vision and mission are widely recognized as the first step in
strategic management
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3 Question
Environmental changes
Should change a mission statement
Should not change a mission statement
Should not have any effect on organization
None of the mentioned options
Environmental changes should not change a mission statement.
http://baehrisch.com/mediapool/85/85/data/Spring_StratMgt/QuestionsCh2.pdf
4 Question
Industry analysis is also referred to as
Internal strategic management audit
External strategic management audit
Strengths and weakness analysis
None of the mentioned options
(page ) In this lecture we will examine the tools and concepts needed to conduct an external
strategic-management audit (sometimes called environmental scanning or industry analysis).
(page 7) The process of conducting research and gathering and assimilating external information is
sometimes called environmental scanning or industry analysis.
5 Question
______________can be the most important part of an external audit for firms that depend
heavily on government contracts.
Environmental forecasts
Demographic forecasts
Technological forecasts
Political forecasts
forecasts can be the most important part of an external audit. Changes in patent laws, antitrust
legislation, tax rates, and lobbying activities can affect firms significantly.
CHAPTER 3
Political forecasts can be the most important part of an external audit for firms that depend heavily
on government contracts.
Ans: T Page: 89
6 Question
Forward integration is used by firms to gain control or ownership of:
Customers
Suppliers
Distributors
None of the mentioned options
(page 80) Gaining ownership or increased control over distributors or retailers
7 Question
____________________can be the most important force impacting competitive advantage.
The bargaining power of consumers
The bargaining power of suppliers
The bargaining power of distributors
None of the mentioned options
When customers are concentrated or large, or buy in volume, their bargaining power represents a
major force affecting intensity of competition in an industry
http://mgmt.iisc.ernet.in/~piyer/MB%2%Strategic%Management%Syllabus%–.pdf
8 Question
Forecasts are educated assumptions about
Customers
Political issues
Future trends and events
None of the mentioned options
Planning is more than extrapolating from the past and present into the future. It also includes developing a mission, forecasting future events and trends , establishing objectives, and choosing strategies to pursue.
Forecasts are educated assumptions about future trends and events
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9 Question
Quantitative forecasts become __________as historical relationships become less stable.
Less accurate
More accurate
More constant
None of the mentioned options
CHAPTER 3
Quantitative forecast s become less accurate as historical relationships become less stable.
Ans: T Page: 1
Question
Globalization is a process of worldwide integration of_____ activities
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the above mentioned options
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Question
The critical success factors in a Competitive Profile Matrix are often ________as those in an
EFE Matrix.
Different
Same
Identical
None of the mentioned options
(page )There are some important differences between the EFE and CPM.
Question
Intensity of competition _______ in lower-return industries.
Is lowest
Is non-existent
Is highest
Is not important
Intensity of competition is _______ in lower-return industries.
lowest
non-existent
highest
not important
Ans: c Page: 98
Question
A _________ is a standardized, detailed set of techniques and behaviors that manage anxieties but seldom produce intended, technical consequences of practical importance.
Ritual
Rite
Metaphor
None of the mentioned options
Ritual: A standardized, detailed set of techniques and behaviors that manage anxieties, but
seldom produce intended, technical consequences of practical importance
Question
The only certain thing about the future of any organization is ________.
Customer
Change
Culture
Stakeholder
The only certain thing about the future of any organization is change.
Ans: T Page: 8
Question
_________ is the management function that is most important for the _______stage of the
strategic management process.
Controlling, implementation
Evaluation, formulation
Controlling, evaluation
None of the mentioned options
Quizzes File
Question # 8 of Question
Which of these strategies is effective when the number of suppliers is small and the number of competitors is large?
Select correct option:
Conglomerate diversification
Forward integration
Backward integration
Horizontal diversification
Question
Which of the following is not a key question that can reveal internal strengths and weaknesses of the marketing department?
Select correct option:
Does the firm have an effective sales organization?
Are markets segmented effectively?
Are the firm’s products and services priced appropriately?
Does the firm have good liquidity?
Question
Strategy formulation stage includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Vision and mission
Strength and weakness
Opportunities and threats
Annual objectives
Question
All of the following would represent possible threats to the ABC Company EXCEPT which
one of the following?
Select correct option:
Entrance of new competitors
Improved buyer or supplier relationships
New or revised regulations
Slow industry/market growth
Question
Exclusive access to high grade natural resources is an example of which of the following?
Select correct option:
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
Question # of Question
Which of the following environment includes all those factors which affect the organization
and itself affected by the organization?
Select correct option:
External environment
Social environment
Task environment
Internal environment
Question
Which of the followings deals with the management of inputs, transformations and outputs
that vary across industries and markets?
Select correct option:
Marketing
Finance
Operations
Distribution
Question # 7 of Question
Intuition is based on all of the following factors EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Past experiences
Judgments
Uncertainties
Feelings
Question # 8 of Question
In adapting to change an organization must monitor which of the following?
Select correct option:
Ongoing processes
Internal and external events
Timely changes
All of the given options
Question
All of the following statements are true about a firm’s mission statement EXPECT:
Select correct option:
A mission statement does not directly contribute positively to financial performance.
A mission statement directly contributes positively to financial performance. A mission statement should not provide useful criteria for selecting among alternative strategies.
Primary reason to develop a mission statement is not to attract the customers
Question
Which of the following is an example of a narrow mission?
Select correct option:
We sell packaged pineapples
The firm deals in beverages
Stationery is our product
Company manufactures food items
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following statement is TRUE about a Vision statement of a company?
Select correct option:
It concentrates on future
It defines the customers
It identify critical processes
It informs about the desired level of performance
Question
Which of the following is best identified as a statement that presents “a firm’s big picture
statement, describing a desired end-state, general in scope, and not restrictive”?
Select correct option:
Corporate philosophy statement
Company creed
Vision statement
Mission statement
Question # 5 of Question
All of the following fall under Pricing decisions EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Discounts
Credit terms
Markups
Dealer relations
Question # 5 of Question
Financial ratios are helpful in analyzing the relationship among which of the following?
Select correct option:
All assets and liabilities
Profits and costs
All functional areas of business
Sales and profitability
Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that “the true measure
of a really good strategist is the ability to solve problems”?
Select correct option:
Managing by objectives
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Question
A system of several rites connected with a single occasion or event is known as:
Select correct option:
Myth
Ceremonial
Saga
Legend
Question
Which category of ratios measures a firm’s ability to meet maturing short-term obligations?
Select correct option:
Profitability
Leverage
Liquidity
Activity
Question # 1 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following directs at developing new products before competitors do at improving product quality or at improving manufacturing processes to reduce costs?
Select correct option:
Marketing
Opportunity analysis
Research and development
Management
Question # 2 of ( :: AM )
All of the following are the outputs of a system EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Tables
Charts
Data
Graphs
Question # 3 of ( :: AM )
Defensive strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Retrenchment
Acquisition
Divestiture
Liquidation
Question # 5 of ( :: AM )
The XYZ Organization has a statement that describes the needs for which the organization
was created to fill and answers the basic question of why the organization exists. XYZ is most
likely to have any one of the following?
Select correct option:
Strategy
Vision statement
Mission statement
Functional tactics
Question # 6 of ( :: AM )
Which group would be classified as a stakeholder?
Select correct option:
Communities
Banks
Suppliers
All of the given options
Question # 7 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following statements is NOT correct about a mission statement?
Select correct option:
It contains the definition of the company’s business
It is called the picture of a company’s future.
It is a statement containing the company’s major goals
It is known as statement of the corporate philosophy
Question # 8 of ( :: AM )
Opportunity analysis is one of the basic functions of which one of the following?
Select correct option:
Computer information systems
Marketing
Production/operations
Research and development
Question # 9 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following identified that “strategic management encourages forward thinking,
favorable attitudes towards change and discipline to the management of business”
Select correct option:
Greeley
Greenly
Greenley
Greenwich
Question # of ( :: AM )
Financial benefits of strategic management includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Progression in profitability
Improvement in employee productivity
Expansion in the sales of business
Enhancement in productivity
( :: AM )
The organizations that conduct business operations across national borders are known as
which of the following?
Select correct option:
Domestic firms
Multinational corporations
Parent companies
Franchises
( :: AM )
Lack of access to key distribution channel indicates which of the following?
Select correct option:
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
( :: AM )
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of well-constructed goals?
Select correct option:
Address important issues
Easy to remember
Precise and measurable
Challenging but realistic
( :: AM )
Principles of conduct that guide decision-making are known as:
Select correct option:
Human rights
Business ethics
The constitution
Social responsibility
( :: AM )
Which of the following decisions determine the amount of funds that are retained in a firm
compared to the amount paid out to stockholders?
Select correct option:
Financing
Investment
Capital
Dividend
( :: AM )
What is the systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about problems relating to the marketing of goods and services?
Select correct option:
Management
Planning
Marketing Research
Market segmentation
( :: AM )
Where an organization takes into account the effect of its strategic decisions on the society, the firm is taking care of which of these?
Select correct option:
Corporate governance
Business policy
Business ethics
Social policy
( :: AM )
Which of the following term represents the enduring statement of purpose that distinguish one business from other similar firms?
Select correct option:
Vision
Strategy
Mission
Tactics
( :: AM )
Which of the following are the factors that concern the nature and direction of the economy in which a firm operates?
Select correct option:
Technological
Ecological
Social
Economic
( :: AM )
Local, state, and national elections, world oil, currency, and labor markets, number of patents, special tariffs are the examples of which one of the following?
Select correct option:
Economic forces
Social, cultural and, demographic forces
Political, governmental, and legal forces
Competitive forces
Question # 1 of ( :: AM )
All of the following are the basic functions of marketing EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Selling products/services
Product and service planning
Marketing research
Arranging for finance
Question # 2 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following is the benefit of strategic management?
Select correct option:
Fewer complexes
More complex
Less static
More profitable
Question # 3 of ( :: AM )
The analysis of industry’s major competitors’ strengths may give an insight of which one of
these?
Select correct option:
Key threats for the firm
Key opportunities for the firm
Both opportunities and strengths for the firm
None of the given options
Question # 4 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following is the process of influencing people to accomplish specific objectives?
Select correct option:
Staffing
Motivating
Controlling
Organizing
Question # 5 of ( :: AM )
“A Good mission statement identifies the utility of a firm’s products to its customers”; which
of the following represents this statement?
Select correct option:
Organization’s philosophy
Customer orientation
Social policy
Declaration of attitude
Question # 6 of ( :: AM )
Which category of ratios measures “how effectively a firm can maintain its economic position
in the growth of the economy and industry”?
Select correct option:
Liquidity
Leverage
Activity
Growth
Question # 7 of ( :: AM )
Of the following, which one would NOT be considered one of the components of a mission
statement?
Select correct option:
The target market for XYZ is oil and gas producers as well as producers of chemicals
XYZ shall hire only those individuals who have with sufficient educational levels so as to be of
benefit to our customers
The customers of XYZ shall include global and local consumers of gas and oil products and
domestic users of nontoxic chemicals
The technologies utilized by XYZ shall focus upon development of alternative sources of gas and
oil so as to remain competitive within the industry
Question # 8 of ( :: AM )
When the Chief Executive of a chain of pharmacies decided to sell off or close some of the
locations that were not profitable, he was performing which of the management function?
Select correct option:
Leading
Planning
Controlling
Organizing
Question # 9 of ( :: AM )
Establishing and implementing ways of making things work is known as:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
( :: AM )
Buyers can exercise high bargaining power over their suppliers under which one of the
following conditions?
Select correct option:
When there are many good substitutes of raw material
There are few buyers in the market
They have few suppliers to choose from
There is a high concentration of suppliers
( :: AM )
Which of the following period strategic management was considered to be cure for all
problems?
Select correct option:
Mid s to mid 60s
Mid 60s to mid 70s
Mid 70s to mid 80s
Mid 80s to mid 90s
( :: AM )
Which of the following is NOT a component of external environment analysis?
Select correct option:
Customer satisfaction feedback
Global impacts
Legal issues within the industry
Competitive position of rival companies
( :: AM )
Investment decisions are also known as:
Select correct option:
Business finance
Capital structure
Capital budgeting
Dividend policy
( :: AM )
Effective mission statements don’t have one of the following features:
Select correct option:
Generate range of feasible strategic alternatives
Reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders
What does the firm want to become
Provide criteria for selecting strategies
( :: AM )
Ethnic balance is affected due to which of the following?
Select correct option:
Change in ethnic values
Awareness of ethnic norms
Migration of the people towards different areas
Introduction of new laws relating to ethnicity
( :: AM )
Principles of conduct that guide decision -making are known as:
Select correct option:
Human rights
Business ethics
The constitution
Social responsibility
Question # of ( :: AM )
Which of the following can be considered one of the factors of external opportunities and
threats of an organization?
Select correct option:
Production/ operations
Research & development
Competitive trends
Management information system
( :: AM )
Which of the following ties all business functions together and provides the basis for all
managerial decisions?
Select correct option:
Marketing
Information
Technology
Workforce
( :: AM )
To whom a planning horizon of two to five years applies?
Select correct option:
Top management
Middle management
Lower management
All levels
( :: AM )
When an industry relies heavily on government contracts, which of the following is important for the firm to foresee as a part of its external audit?
Select correct option:
Economic forces
Political forces
Technological forces
Competitive forces
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following can reveal the demographic characteristics of an organization’s
customers?
Select correct option:
Customer profiling
Test marketing
Market development
The vision statement
Question # 2 of Question
Which of the following is the greatest advantage of international operations?
Select correct option:
Reduced tariffs and taxes
Access to global business practices
Gaining new customers
Less-intense competition
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following can be considered one of the factors of external opportunities and
threats of an organization?
Select correct option:
Production/ operations
Research & development
Competitive trends
Management information system
Question # 4 of Question
In the process of developing a mission statement, which of the following is CORRECT?
Select correct option:
To involve as few managers as possible
To involve as many managers as possible
To involve upper-level management only
To involve the board of directors only
Question # 5 of Question
What is the range for a firm’s total weighted score in an External Factor Evaluation Matrix?
Select correct option:
0 to 5
0 to 4
1 to 5
1 to 4
Question # 6 of Question
When the Chief Executive of a chain of pharmacies decided to sell off or close some of the
locations that were not profitable, he was performing which of the management function
Select correct option:
Leading
Planning
Controlling
Organizing
Question # 7 of Question
In which of the following phase of strategic management, annual objectives are especially
important?
Select correct option:
Formulation
Evaluation
Implementation
Management
Question # 8 of Question
Choose the economic variable from the list.
Select correct option:
Attitudes toward business
Attitudes toward product quality
Population changes by race
Stock market trends
Question # 9 of Question
Which component of a mission statement addresses the firm’s distinctive competence or major competitive advantage?
Select correct option:
Technology
Philosophy
Customers
Self-concept
Question
HTML stands for which of the following?
Select correct option:
Hybrid text markup language
Hypertext Markup Language
Hyper text manufacture language
Highly technical markup language
Question
In Competitive Profile Matrix, the rating 4 indicates what?
Select correct option:
Major weakness
Major strength
Minor strength
Minor weakness
Question
Effective mission statements don’t have one of the following features:
Select correct option:
Generate range of feasible strategic alternatives
Reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders
What does the firm want to become?
Provide criteria for selecting strategies
Question
Corporate social policy should be designed and articulated during which phase of strategic
management?
Select correct option:
Implementation
Formulation
Evaluation
Management
Question
“A desired future state that the organization attempts to realize”. Identify the term relevant to the given statement.?
Select correct option:
Goal
Strategy
Policy
Procedure
Question
Identify the stages of strategic management process in a precise sequence.
Select correct option:
Strategy evaluation, strategy formulation & strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation, strategy implementation & strategy formulation
Strategy formulation, strategy implementation & strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation, strategy evaluation & strategy formulation
Question
Of the following, which one would NOT be considered one of the components of a mission
statement?
Select correct option:
The target market for XYZ is oil and gas producers as well as producers of chemicals
XYZ shall hire only those individuals who have with sufficient educational levels so as to be of
benefit to our customers
The customers of XYZ shall include global and local consumers of gas and oil products and
domestic users of nontoxic chemicals
The technologies utilized by XYZ shall focus upon development of alternative sources of gas and
oil so as to remain competitive within the industry
Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates what?
Select correct option:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
Question
All of the following are the key opportunities or threats in external environment because of
Political, Govt. & Legal force EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Tax rates
Trust in government
Pak-India relationships
Patent laws
Question
Identify the term that is known as a “mean of providing guidance to actions and procedures,
including how resources are to be allocated and how tasks assigned to the organization might be accomplished”.
Select correct option:
Aspirations
Objectives
Policies
Goals
Question
Opportunity analysis is one of the basic functions of which one of the following?
Select correct option:
Computer information systems
Marketing
Production/operations
Research and development
Question # 1 of Question
Total weighted scores of IFE matrix below 2.5 characterizes an organizations as:
Select correct option:
Organization is externally weak
Organization is internally weak
Organization is internally strong
Organization is externally strong
Question # 2 of Question
What happens to the demand for discretionary goods when interest rates rise?
Select correct option:
Rises
Declines
Remains the same
First rises then declines
Question # 3 of Question
The mission statement answers which of the following question?
Select correct option:
What is our business
How can we improve ourselves
What do we want to become
Who are our stakeholders
Question # 4 of Question
Identify the stages of strategic management process in a precise sequence.
Select correct option:
Strategy evaluation, strategy formulation & strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation, strategy implementation & strategy formulation
Strategy formulation, strategy implementation & strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation, strategy evaluation & strategy formulation
Question # 5 of Question
All of the following are the key questions that can reveal internal strengths and weaknesses in the management department EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Is the organization’s structure appropriate?
Are reward and control mechanisms effective?
Are the organization’s products positioned well?
Does the firm use strategic management concepts?
Question # 6 of Question
Integration strategies allow a firm to gain control over all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Distributors
Investors
Suppliers
Competitors
Question # 7 of Question
What is the first step in the comprehensive strategic-management model?
Select correct option:
Performing external audits
Developing vision and mission statements
Performing internal audits
Measuring and evaluating performance
Question # 8 of Question
Lack of access to key distribution channel indicates which of the following?
Select correct option:
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following refers to determining the best capital structure for the company?
Select correct option:
Restructuring decisions
Financing decisions
Strategic decision
Investment decision
Question
All of the following are functional support roles of Management Information System EXCEPT
Select correct option:
Recording and storing accounting records
Recording and storing inventory data
Recording and storing business intelligence data
The enhanced ability to explore “what if”
Question
Which one of the following area can be the weakness of a firm?
Select correct option:
Changing lifestyle
High oil prices
Ineffective Marketing
Increasing pollution
Question
All of the following are the types of Profitability ratios EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Net profit margin
Inventory turnover
Return on total assets
Earnings per share
Question
Which of the following can be best described as short-term in nature?
Select correct option:
Mission statements
Annual objectives
Strategies
Vision statement
Question
The analysis of industry’s major competitors’ strengths may give an insight of which one of
these?
Select correct option:
Key threats for the firm
Key opportunities for the firm
Both opportunities and strengths for the firm
None of the given options
Question
Which of the following are the factors that concern the nature and direction of the economy in which a firm operates?
Select correct option:
Technological
Ecological
Social
Economic
Question
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Select correct option:
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Question
HTML stands for which of the following?
Select correct option:
Hybrid text markup language
Hypertext Markup Language
Hyper text manufacture language
Highly technical markup language
Question
Which of the following is NOT a component of external environment analysis?
Select correct option:
Customer satisfaction feedback
Global impacts
Legal issues within the industry
Competitive position of rival companies
Question
Internal strengths and weaknesses that can significantly benefit or harm an organization may include all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Production/ operations
Research & development
E-commerce
Management information system
Question
Assigning a rate=2 in IFE matrix indicates what?
Select correct option:
A major weakness
A minor weakness
A minor strength
A major strength
Question # 1 of ( 0 7:: PM )
All of the following are the key opportunities or threats in external environment because of
Political, Govt. & Legal force EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Tax rates
Trust in government
Pak-India relationships
Patent laws
Question # 2 of Question
Which statement is CORRECT about strategic-management process?
Select correct option:
It occurs once a year
It is a continuous process
It applies mostly to large business
It applies mostly to small businesses
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following is the first step in the controlling function of management?
Select correct option:
Take corrective actions
Restrict breaks employees take
Evaluate expense reports
Establish performance standards
Question # 4 of Question
What happens to the demand for discretionary goods when interest rates rise?
Select correct option:
Rises
Declines
Remains the same
First rises then declines
Question # 5 of Question
Which component of a mission statement addresses the firm’s distinctive competence or major competitive advantage?
Select correct option:
Technology
Philosophy
Customers
Self-concept
Question # 6 of Question
In which of the following phase of strategic management, annual objectives are especially
important?
Select correct option:
Formulation
Evaluation
Implementation
Management
Question # 7 of Question
While preparing an External Factor Evaluation matrix, a total score of 0.8 indicates what?
Select correct option:
Firm is taking advantages of strengths and avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is avoiding threats
Firm is not taking advantages of opportunities and is not avoiding threats
Firm is taking advantage of opportunities and is avoiding the threats
Question # 8 of Question
Which of the following is one of the Political, Governmental & legal factors?
Select correct option:
Ethical concerns
Traffic congestion
Lobbying activities
Average level of education
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following statements is NOT correct about a mission statement?
Select correct option:
It contains the definition of the company’s business
It is called the picture of a company’s future.
It is a statement containing the company’s major goals
It is known as statement of the corporate philosophy
Question
Which of the following identified that “strategic management encourages forward thinking,
favorable attitudes towards change and discipline to the management of business”?
Select correct option:
Greeley
Greenly
Greenley
Greenwich
Question
Which group would be classified as a stakeholder?
Select correct option:
Communities
Banks
Suppliers
All of the given options
Question
Integration strategies are sometimes collectively referred to as which of these strategies?
Select correct option:
Horizontal integration
Forward integration
Hierarchical integration
Vertical integration
Question
All of the specified approaches could be used to determine R&D budget allocation EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Financing as many projects as possible
Using percentage-of-sales method
Budgeting irrelative to competitors
Deciding how many successful new products are needed
Question
What is the first step in the comprehensive strategic-management model?
Select correct option:
Performing external audits
Developing vision and mission statements
Performing internal audits
Measuring and evaluating performance
Question
Which of the following period strategic management was considered to be cure for all
problems?
Select correct option:
Mid s to mid 60s
Mid 60s to mid 70s
Mid 70s to mid 80s
Mid 80s to mid 90s
Question
Which of the following can be the weakness of an organization?
Select correct option:
Price war
Poor location of business
Increased trade barriers
Innovative substitute product
Question
In the process of developing a mission statement, which of the following is CORRECT?
Select correct option:
To involve as few managers as possible
To involve as many managers as possible
To involve upper-level management only
To involve the board of directors only
Question
When an industry relies heavily on government contracts, which of the following is important for the firm to foresee as a part of its external audit?
Select correct option:
Economic forces
Political forces
Technological forces
Competitive forces
Question
Test marketing is commonly applied by which of the following companies?
Select correct option:
Industrial goods companies
Consumer goods companies
Public sector companies
Private sector companies
Question
Technological advancements can create which of the following advantage besides many other
existing powerful advantages for the businesses?
Select correct option:
Economic
Competitive
Social
Environmental
Question # 1 of Question
HTML stands for which of the following?
Select correct option:
Hybrid text markup language
Hypertext Markup Language
Hyper text manufacture language
Highly technical markup language
Question # 2 of Question
Which category of ratios measures “how effectively a firm can maintain its economic position
in the growth of the economy and industry”?
Select correct option:
Liquidity
Leverage
Activity
Growth
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following marketing entity is NOT an intermediary?
Select correct option:
Brokers
Agents
Producer
Vendors
Question # 4 of Question
Which of the following is the best example for achieving long-term objectives?
Select correct option:
Strengths
Strategies
Policies
Opportunities
Question # 5 of Question
Developing a vision and a mission statement is important because of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
They are useful for large firms only
They establish organizational culture
They are the basis for allocating resources
They translate objectives into work structure
Question # 6 of Question
All of the specified approaches could be used to determine R&D budget allocation EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Financing as many projects as possible
Using percentage-of-sales method
Budgeting irrelative to competitors
Deciding how many successful new products are needed
Question # 7 of Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that “the future is laden with great uncertainty and that if we try and do not succeed, then we hope our second (or
third) attempt will succeed”
Select correct option:
Managing by hope
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Question # 8 of Question
Which of the following can be the weakness of an organization?
Select correct option:
Price war
Poor location of business
Increased trade barriers
Innovative substitute product
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following step in the strategic development process involves mobilizing
employees and managers to put strategies into action?
Select correct option:
Formulating strategy
Strategy evaluation
Implementing strategy
Strategy planning
Question
Of the following, which one would NOT be considered one of the components of a mission
statement?
Select correct option:
The target market for XYZ is oil and gas producers as well as producers of chemicals
XYZ shall hire only those individuals who have with sufficient educational levels so as to be of
benefit to our customers
The customers of XYZ shall include global and local consumers of gas and oil products and
domestic users of nontoxic chemicals
The technologies utilized by XYZ shall focus upon development of alternative sources of gas and
oil so as to remain competitive within the industry
Question
The social factors that affect a firm involve all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Attitudes of people in the external environment
Lifestyles of people
Per capita income
Values and beliefs of persons outside the firm
Question
Which of the following is the decision support role of management information system?
Select correct option:
Processing marketing records into marketing plans
Allowing users to ask “What if” questions
Recording and storing such human resource records
Processing operations records into production schedules
Question
Which of the following can be considered one of the factors of external opportunities and
threats of an organization?
Select correct option:
Production/ operations
Research & development
Competitive trends
Management information system
Question
All of the following are the types of Profitability ratios EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Net profit margin
Inventory turnover
Return on total assets
Earnings per share
Question
External assessment is performed in which of the strategic management phase?
Select correct option:
Strategy formulation stage
Strategy implementation stage
Strategy evaluation stage
All of the given options
Question
Strategist is an individual who is involved in the strategic management process, thus may be
known as:
Select correct option:
Member board of director
President
Division manager
All of the given options
Question
The XYZ Organization has a statement that describes the needs for which the organization
was created to fill and answers the basic question of why the organization exists. XYZ is most
likely to have any one of the following?
Select correct option:
Strategy
Vision statement
Mission statement
Functional tactics
Question
Technological advancements can create which of the following advantage besides many other
existing powerful advantages for the businesses?
Select correct option:
Economic
Competitive
Social
Environmental
Question
Which of the following is not a strategy-implementation activity?
Select correct option:
Long term goals and objectives
Developing strategy supportive culture
Redirecting marketing efforts
Developing and utilizing information system
Question
Which type of trend can be exemplified by the increase in average level of education in a
society?
Select correct option:
Social
Economic
Cultural
Technological
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following can be considered one of the factors of external opportunities and
threats of an organization?
Select correct option:
Production/ operations
Research & development
Competitive trends
Management information system
Question # 2 of Question
Backward integration is effective in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
When an organization competes in an industry that is growing rapidly
When an organization needs to acquire a needed resource quickly
When the advantage of stable prices are not important
When present suppliers have high profit margins
Question # 3 of Question
Developing a vision and a mission statement is important because of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
They are useful for large firms only
They establish organizational culture
They are the basis for allocating resources
They translate objectives into work structure
Question # 4 of Question
The XYZ Organization has a statement that describes the needs for which the organization
was created to fill and answers the basic question of why the organization exists. XYZ is most
likely to have any one of the following?
Select correct option:
Strategy
Vision statement
Mission statement
Functional tactics
Question # 5 of Question
Which one of the following is NOT a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program?
Select correct option:
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Question # 6 of Question
Which of the following can be the weakness of an organization?
Select correct option:
Price war
Poor location of business
Increased trade barriers
Innovative substitute product
Question # 7 of Question
Strategic management is the art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating
cross-functional decisions which is usually done by all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Chairman of the company
Board of directors
Chief executive officer
Marketing officer
Question # 8 of Question
Which of the following is the first step in the controlling function of management?
Select correct option:
Take corrective actions
Restrict breaks employees take
Evaluate expense reports
Establish performance standards
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following is the greatest advantage of international operations?
Select correct option:
Reduced tariffs and taxes
Access to global business practices
Gaining new customers
Less-intense competition
Question
Which of the following groups represents the stakeholders of a company?
Select correct option:
The owners of the company
The people who purchases the shares of the company
The people who have a special stake or claim on the company
Are the people who are in the management a company
Question
For the past four years the ABC Corporation has been planning to expand its operations in
order to reach out to the world market. Essentially, the ABC Corporation desires to do what?
Select correct option:
Become an online business
Become a brick-n-mortar business
Embrace globalization
Become a click-n-mortar business
Question
Which of the following are the five forces that affect the level of competition in an industry?
Select correct option:
Threat of entrants; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; competitive rivalry
Threat of buyers; power of entry; power of substitutes; threat of suppliers; threat of recession
Threat of recession; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of management failure; competitive
rivalry
Threat of entry; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; government action
Question
Reasons due to which some firms do “No Strategic Planning” incorporate all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Wastage of time
Fire-fighting
Content with success
Privileged reward structures
Question
The total weighted score of IFE matrix developed for XYZ corporation is 3.5. Which of the
following statement is TRUE about XYZ Corporation in the light of IFE matrix total weightedscore?
Select correct option:
Corporation has strong external position
Corporation has weak internal position
Corporation has strong internal position
Corporation has weak external position
Question
What is the systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about problems relating to the marketing of goods and services?
Select correct option:
Management
Planning
Marketing Research
Market segmentation
Question
All of the following are included in the five functions of the management process EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Delegating
Question
Which of the following categories of ratios includes return on total assets and return on
stockholders’ equity as its types?
Select correct option:
Profitability
Leverage
Growth
Liquidity
Question
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of well-constructed goals?
Select correct option:
Address important issues
Easy to remember
Precise and measurable
Challenging but realistic
Question
Which of the following is the highest possible weighted score for the organization in IFE
matrix?
Select correct option:
1.0
1.5
2.5
4.0
Question
All of these are pitfalls an organization should avoid in strategic planning EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Using plans as a standard for measuring performance.
Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following is the greatest advantage of international operations?
Select correct option:
Reduced tariffs and taxes
Access to global business practices
Gaining new customers
Less-intense competition
Question # 2 of Question
Non-financial benefits of strategic management includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Better awareness of external threats
Enhanced awareness of threats
Reduced resistance to change
Increase in sales
Question # 3 of Question
Which one variable falls under the category of the Social, Cultural, Demographic, and
Environmental Variable?
Select correct option:
Propensity of people to spend
Buying habits
Level of disposable income
Income differences by region
Question # 4 of Question
All of these are pitfalls an organization should avoid in strategic planning EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Using plans as a standard for measuring performance.
Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled
Question # 5 of Question
What are historical narratives describing the unique accomplishments of a group and its
leaders, usually in heroic terms?
Select correct option:
Rites
Sagas
Stories
Myths
Question # 6 of Question
Which of the following directs at developing new products before competitors do at improving product quality or at improving manufacturing processes to reduce costs?
Select correct option:
Marketing
Opportunity analysis
Research and development
Management
Question # 7 of Question
What is the systematic gathering, recording, and analyzing of data about problems relating to the marketing of goods and services?
Select correct option:
Management
Planning
Marketing Research
Market segmentation
Question # 8 of Question
All of the following are the types of Profitability ratios EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Net profit margin
Inventory turnover
Return on total assets
Earnings per share
Question # 9 of Question
Lack of access to key distribution channel indicates which of the following?
Select correct option:
Strength
Weakness
Opportunity
Threat
Question
All of the following are included in the five functions of the management process EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Delegating
Question
All of the following are the outputs of a system EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Tables
Charts
Data
Graphs
Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that “the future is laden with great uncertainty and that if we try and do not succeed, then we hope our second (or
third) attempt will succeed”?
Select correct option:
Managing by hope
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Question
Din Mohammad, a farmer sells his crops at the local market rather than to a distribution
center. This action of Din Mohammad comes under which of the following?
Select correct option:
Backward integration
Product development
Forward integration
Horizontal integration
Question
Which of the following best describes this statement; “a Systematic and ethical process for
gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s activities and general business
trends to further a business’ own goals”?
Select correct option:
External assessment
Industry analysis
Competitive intelligence program
Business ethics
Question
Which of the following are the five forces that affect the level of competition in an industry?
Select correct option:
Threat of entrants; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; competitive rivalry
Threat of buyers; power of entry; power of substitutes; threat of suppliers; threat of recession
Threat of recession; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of management failure; competitive
rivalry
Threat of entry; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; government action
Question
Which of the following refers to a functional support role of an information system?
Select correct option:
What if…?” questions
What is the capacity of plant?
What do we do?
What if tax rate increases by %?
\
Question
Which of the following is the decision support role of management information system?
Select correct option:
Processing marketing records into marketing plans
Allowing users to ask “What if” questions
Recording and storing such human resource records
Processing operations records into production schedules
Question
During which stage of strategic management, firm’s specific internal strengths and weaknesses are determined?
Select correct option:
Formulation
Implementation
Evaluation
Feedback
Question
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Select correct option:
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Question
Selling includes all of the following marketing activities EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Advertising
Pricing
Sales promotion
Customer relations
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following is NOT included in the strategic management model
Select correct option:
Measure and evaluate performance.
Perform internal research to identify customers.
Establish long-term objectives.
Develop mission and vision statements.
Question # 2 of Question
Which of the following are the factors that concern the nature and direction of the economy in which a firm operates?
Select correct option:
Technological
Ecological
Social
Economic
Question # 3 of Question
All of the following are the basic functions of marketing EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Selling products/services
Product and service planning
Marketing research
Arranging for finance
Question # 4 of Question
Which one variable falls under the category of the Social, Cultural, Demographic, and
Environmental Variable?
Select correct option:
Propensity of people to spend
Buying habits
Level of disposable income
Income differences by region
Question # 5 of Question
Which of the following are the five forces that affect the level of competition in an industry?
Select correct option:
Threat of entrants; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; competitive rivalry
Threat of buyers; power of entry; power of substitutes; threat of suppliers; threat of recession
Threat of recession; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of management failure; competitive
rivalry
Threat of entry; power of buyers; power of suppliers; threat of substitutes; government action
Question # 6 of Question
Which of the following refers to a functional support role of an information system?
Select correct option:
What if…?” questions
What is the capacity of plant?
What do we do?
What if tax rate increases by %?
Question # 7 of Question
The general conditions for competition that influence business firms, which provide similar
products and services is known:
Select correct option:
Remote environment
International environment
External environment
Industry environment
Question # 8 of Question
Which of the following is the process of influencing people to accomplish specific objectives?
Select correct option:
Staffing
Motivating
Controlling
Organizing
Question # 9 of Question
Which management function includes breaking tasks into jobs, combining jobs to form
departments and delegating authority?
Select correct option:
Motivating
Staffing
Organizing
Planning
Question
For the past four years the ABC Corporation has been planning to expand its operations in
order to reach out to the world market. Essentially, the ABC Corporation desires to do what?
Select correct option:
Become an online business
Become a brick-n-mortar business
Embrace globalization
Become a click-n-mortar business
Question
Which of the following is the benefit of strategic management?
Select correct option:
Fewer complexes
More complex
Less static
More profitable
Question
Assessment of competitive rivalry does NOT include an understanding of which of the
following?
Select correct option:
Mergers and acquisition in industry
Market growth rates
Exit barriers and operational efficiency of competitor
The management structure of an organization
Question
Integration strategies allow a firm to gain control over all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Distributors
Investors
Suppliers
Competitors
Question
Opportunity analysis is one of the basic functions of which one of the following?
Select correct option:
Computer information systems
Marketing
Production/operations
Research and development
Question
Which of the following groups represents the stakeholders of a company?
Select correct option:
The owners of the company
The people who purchases the shares of the company
The people who have a special stake or claim on the company
Are the people who are in the management a company
Question
According to Freund, Which one of the following should NOT be the characteristics of key
external factors?
Select correct option:
Measurable
Relatively few in number
Applicable to all competing firms
Important to achieve long-term objectives
Question
Buyers can exercise high bargaining power over their suppliers under which one of the
following conditions?
Select correct option:
When there are many good substitutes of raw material
There are few buyers in the market
They have few suppliers to choose from
There is a high concentration of suppliers
Question
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Select correct option:
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Question
The XYZ Organization has a statement that describes the needs for which the organization
was created to fill and answers the basic question of why the organization exists. XYZ is most
likely to have any one of the following?
Select correct option:
Strategy
Vision statement
Mission statement
Functional tactics
Question
Which category of ratios measures “how effectively a firm can maintain its economic position
in the growth of the economy and industry”?
Select correct option:
Liquidity
Leverage
Activity
Growth
Question
Which of the following is a standardized, detailed set of techniques and behaviors that manage anxieties, but seldom produce intended, technical consequences of practical results?
Select correct option:
Folktales
Rites
Rituals
Values
Question
As managers move up the organization, they perform which of the management function more
?
Select correct option:
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that “there is no general plan for which way to go and what to do”?
Select correct option:
Managing by crisis
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by hope
Managing by subjectives
Question # 2 of Question
In Competitive Profile Matrix, the rating 4 indicates what?
Select correct option:
Major weakness
Major strength
Minor strength
Minor weakness
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following refers to determining the best capital structure for the company?
Select correct option:
Restructuring decisions
Financing decisions
Strategic decision
Investment decision
Question # 4 of Question
Which one of the following is NOT a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program?
Select correct option:
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Question # 5 of Question
Which of these basic questions a vision statement answers?
Select correct option:
What is our business?
Who are our employees?
What do we want to become?
Who are our competitors?
Question # 6 of Question
Which of the following period strategic management was considered to be cure for all
problems?
Select correct option:
Mid s to mid 60s
Mid 60s to mid 70s
Mid 70s to mid 80s
Mid 80s to mid 90s
Question # 7 of Question
Rehman industries is analyzing the technological forces for the firm which may provide it
opportunities and threats for which of the following stage/s of strategic management process?
Select correct option:
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Question # 8 of Question
Which of the following statements is NOT correct about a mission statement?
Select correct option:
It contains the definition of the company’s business
It is called the picture of a company’s future.
It is a statement containing the company’s major goals
It is known as statement of the corporate philosophy
Question # 9 of Question
The general conditions for competition that influence business firms, which provide similar
products and services is known:
Select correct option:
Remote environment
International environment
External environment
Industry environment
Question
Assigning rating 3 to an internal factor in IFE matrix indicates what?
Select correct option:
Major weakness
Minor weakness
Minor strength
Major strength
Question
The process of monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and correcting any
significant deviations is known as:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question
Which of the following categories of ratios includes return on total assets and return on
stockholders’ equity as its types?
Select correct option:
Profitability
Leverage
Growth
Liquidity
Question
Buyers can exercise high bargaining power over their suppliers under which one of the
following conditions?
Select correct option:
When there are many good substitutes of raw material
There are few buyers in the market
They have few suppliers to choose from
There is a high concentration of suppliers
Question
Financial benefits of strategic management includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Progression in profitability
Improvement in employee productivity
Expansion in the sales of business
Enhancement in productivity
Question
Which of the following is not a pitfall an organization should avoid in strategic planning?
Select correct option:
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Involving all managers rather than delegating planning to a planner
Top managers not actively supporting the strategic planning process
Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulatory requirements
Question
All of the following are the basic functions of marketing EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Selling products/services
Product and service planning
Marketing research
Arranging for finance
Question
HTML stands for which of the following?
Select correct option:
Hybrid text markup language
Hypertext Markup Language
Hyper text manufacture language
Highly technical markup language
Question
Which type of trend can be exemplified by the increase in average level of education in a
society?
Select correct option:
Social
Economic
Cultural
Technological
Question
Departmentalization can be done on the basis of many factors EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Functions
Number of employees
Strategic business units
Divisions
Question
When an industry relies heavily on government contracts, which of the following is important for the firm to foresee as a part of its external audit?
Select correct option:
Economic forces
Political forces
Technological forces
Competitive forces
Question # 1 of ( :: AM )
Which of the follwoing term represents the enduring statement of purpose that distinguish one business from other similar firms?
Select correct option:
Vision
Strategy
Mission
Tactics
Question # 2 of ( :: AM )
Selling includes all of the following marketing activities EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Advertising
Pricing
Sales promotion
Customer relations
Question # 3 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following is the best example for achieving long-term objectives?
Select correct option:
Strengths
Strategies
Policies
Opportunities
Question # 4 of ( :: AM )
Which of the following step in the strategic development process involves mobilizing
employees and managers to put strategies into action?
Select correct option:
Formulating strategy
Strategy evaluation
Implementing strategy
Strategy planning
Question # 5 of ( :: AM )
Backward integration is effective in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
When an organization competes in an industry that is growing rapidly
When an organization needs to acquire a needed resource quickly
When the advantage of stable prices are not important
When present suppliers have high profit margins
Question # 6 of ( :: AM )
What is the first step in the comprehensive strategic-management model?
Select correct option:
Performing external audits
Developing vision and mission statements
Performing internal audits
Measuring and evaluating performance
Question # 7 of ( :: AM )
Strategist is an individual who is involved in the strategic management process, thus may be
known as:
Select correct option:
Member board of director
President
Division manager
All of the given options
Question # 8 of ( :: AM )
All of the following are functional support roles of Management Information System EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Recording and storing accounting records
Recording and storing inventory data
Recording and storing business intelligence data
The enhanced ability to explore “what if”
Question # 9 of ( :: AM )
Principles of conduct that guide decision -making are known as:
Select correct option:
Human rights
Business ethics
The constitution
Social responsibility
( :: AM )
According to Freund, Which one of the following should NOT be the characteristics of key
external factors?
Select correct option:
Measurable
Relatively few in number
Applicable to all competing firms
Important to achieve long-term objectives
( :: AM )
Identify the stages of strategic management process in a precise sequence.
Select correct option:
Strategy evaluation, strategy formulation & strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation, strategy implementation & strategy formulation
Strategy formulation, strategy implementation & strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation, strategy evaluation & strategy formulation
( :: AM )
Which category of ratios measures “how effectively a firm can maintain its economic position
in the growth of the economy and industry”?
Select correct option:
Liquidity
Leverage
Activity
Growth
( :: AM )
Establishing and implementing ways of making things work is known as:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
( :: AM )
Which one of the following area can be the weakness of a firm?
Select correct option:
Changing lifestyle
High oil prices
Ineffective Marketing
Increasing pollution
( :: AM )
All of the following are the types of Profitability ratios EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Net profit margin
Inventory turnover
Return on total assets
Earnings per share
( :: AM )
Which of the following can be best described as short-term in nature?
Select correct option:
Mission statements
Annual objectives
Strategies
Vision statement
( :: AM )
The analysis of industry’s major competitors’ strengths may give an insight of which one of
these?
Select correct option:
Key threats for the firm
Key opportunities for the firm
Both opportunities and strengths for the firm
None of the given options
( :: AM )
Different types of consumers are created due to new trends, which in turn require which type of products?
Select correct option:
Different products
Different services
Different strategies
All of the given options
( :: AM )
Which one of the following is NOT a key external force?
Select correct option:
Social responsibility
Ozone reduction
Company management
Energy conservation
( :: AM )
Following are the examples of the sectors that are more technologically oriented EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Textile
Pharmaceutical
Telecommunications
Beverages
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following refers to a functional support role of an information system?
Select correct option:
What if…?” questions
What is the capacity of plant?
What do we do?
What if tax rate increases by %?
Question # 2 of Question
Which of the following statements is NOT correct about a mission statement?
Select correct option:
It contains the definition of the company’s business
It is called the picture of a company’s future.
It is a statement containing the company’s major goals
It is known as statement of the corporate philosophy
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following can reveal the demographic characteristics of an organization’s
customers?
Select correct option:
Customer profiling
Test marketing
Market development
The vision statement
Question # 4 of Question
Establishing and implementing ways of making things work is known as:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question # 5 of Question
Identify the stages of strategic management process in a precise sequence.
Select correct option:
Strategy evaluation, strategy formulation & strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation, strategy implementation & strategy formulation
Strategy formulation, strategy implementation & strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation, strategy evaluation & strategy formulation
Question # 6 of Question
“A desired future state that the organization attempts to realize”. Identify the term relevant to the given statement.
Select correct option:
Goal
Strategy
Policy
Procedure
Question # 7 of Question
Long-term objectives are needed at which level(s) of the organization?
Select correct option:
Corporate level
Divisional level
Functional level
All of the given options
Question # 8 of Question
The analysis of industry’s major competitors’ strengths may give an insight of which one of
these?
Select correct option:
Key threats for the firm
Key opportunities for the firm
Both opportunities and strengths for the firm
None of the given options
Question # 9 of Question
Internal analysis involves gathering and analyzing the information about all areas of a firm
EXPECT:
Select correct option:
Research and development
Management information system
Marketing
Competitors
Question
Which of the following are the guidelines of decision making?
Select correct option:
Laws
Rules
Policies
Goals
Question
Which of the following groups represents the stakeholders of a company?
Select correct option:
The owners of the company
The people who purchases the shares of the company
The people who have a special stake or claim on the company
Are the people who are in the management a company
Question
Which one of the following dimensions is NOT a recommended component of a mission
statement?
Select correct option:
Self-concept
Markets
Strategies
Customers
Question # of Question
Which of the following are developed in strategy implementation phase of strategic
management?
Select correct option:
Vision and mission
Annual objectives
Strengths and weaknesses
Opportunities and threats
Question
Political variables have a significant effect on which one of the following?
Select correct option:
Formulation and implementation of strategy
Formulation and Evaluation of a strategy
Implementation and evaluation of a strategy
Formulation, implementation and evaluation of a strategy
Question
Integration strategies are sometimes collectively referred to as which of these strategies?
Select correct option:
Horizontal integration
Forward integration
Hierarchical integration
Vertical integration
Question
Which of the following best describes this statement; “a Systematic and ethical process for
gathering and analyzing information about the competition’s activities and general business
trends to further a business’ own goals”?
Select correct option:
External assessment
Industry analysis
Competitive intelligence program
Business ethics
Question
Which of the following arise when a company can take advantage of conditions in its
environment to formulate and implement strategies that enable it to become more profitable?
Select correct option:
Strengths
Opportunities
Weaknesses
Threats
Question
The mission statement answers which of the following question?
Select correct option:
What is our business?
How can we improve ourselves?
What do we want to become?
Who are our stakeholders?
Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that “there is no general plan for which way to go and what to do”?
Select correct option:
Managing by crisis
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by hope
Managing by subjectives
Question
Which of these basic questions a vision statement answers
Select correct option:
What is our business?
Who are our employees?
What do we want to become?
Who are our competitors?
Question # 1 of Question
Strategic management integrates all of the following areas EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Management
Marketing
Research and development
Human resource management
Question # 2 of Question
Developing a vision and a mission statement is important because of the following reasons
EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
They are useful for large firms only
They establish organizational culture
They are the basis for allocating resources
They translate objectives into work structure
Question # 3 of Question
Backward integration is effective in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
When an organization competes in an industry that is growing rapidly
When an organization needs to acquire a needed resource quickly
When the advantage of stable prices are not important
When present suppliers have high profit margins
Question # 4 of Question
Technological advancements can create which of the following advantage besides many other
existing powerful advantages for the businesses?
Select correct option:
Economic
Competitive
Social
Environmental
Question # 5 of Question
Which of the following can be best described as short-term in nature?
Select correct option:
Mission statements
Annual objectives
Strategies
Vision statement
Question # 6 of Question
Which of the following directs at developing new products before competitors do at improving product quality or at improving manufacturing processes to reduce costs?
Select correct option:
Marketing
Opportunity analysis
Research and development
Management
Question # 7 of Question
Corporate social policy should be designed and articulated during which phase of strategic
management?
Select correct option:
Implementation
Formulation
Evaluation
Management
Question # 8 of Question
Following are the examples of the sectors that are more technologically oriented EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Textile
Pharmaceutical
Telecommunications
Beverages
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following is the benefit of strategic management?
Select correct option:
Fewer complexes
More complex
Less static
More profitable
Question
Rehman industries is analyzing the technological forces for the firm which may provide it
opportunities and threats for which of the following stage/s of strategic management process?
Select correct option:
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Question
“A desired future state that the organization attempts to realize”. Identify the term relevant to the given statement.
Select correct option:
Goal
Strategy
Policy
Procedure
Question
Which of the following refers to the belief related to objectives setting that “the future is laden with great uncertainty and that if we try and do not succeed, then we hope our second (or
third) attempt will succeed”?
Select correct option:
Managing by hope
Managing by extrapolation
Managing by crisis
Managing by subjectives
Question
Which of the following is not a pitfall an organization should avoid in strategic planning?
Select correct option:
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Involving all managers rather than delegating planning to a planner
Top managers not actively supporting the strategic planning process
Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulator y requirements
Question
Reasons due to which some firms do “No Strategic Planning” incorporate all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Wastage of time
Fire-fighting
Content with success
Privileged reward structures
Question
Which of the following ties all business functions together and provides the basis for all
managerial decisions?
Select correct option:
Marketing
Information
Technology
Workforce
Question
Which of the following categories of ratios includes return on total assets and return on
stockholders’ equity as its types?
Select correct option:
Profitability
Leverage
Growth
Liquidity
Question
Non-financial benefits of strategic management includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Better awareness of external threats
Enhanced awareness of threats
Reduced resistance to change
Increase in sales
Question
Financial benefits of strategic management includes all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Progression in profitability
Improvement in employee productivity
Expansion in the sales of business
Enhancement in productivity
Question
“A Good mission statement identifies the utility of a firm’s products to its customers”; which
of the following represents this statement?
Select correct option:
Organization’s philosophy
Customer orientation
Social policy
Declaration of attitude
Question
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of well-constructed goals?
Select correct option:
Address important issues
Easy to remember
Precise and measurable
Challenging but realistic
Question # 1 of Question
The purpose of an external audit is to prepare a list of which of the following?
Select correct option:
Opportunities and weaknesses
Threats and strengths
Opportunities and threats
Strengths and weaknesses
Question # 2 of Question
Integration strategies are sometimes collectively referred to as which of these strategies?
Select correct option:
Horizontal integration
Forward integration
Hierarchical integration
Vertical integration
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following is NOT a component of external environment analysis?
Select correct option:
Customer satisfaction feedback
Global impacts
Legal issues within the industry
Competitive position of rival companies
Question # 4 of Question
As managers move up the organization, they perform which of the management function more?
Select correct option:
Leading
Controlling
Organizing
Planning
Question # 5 of Question
Which one of the following is NOT a basic mission of a competitive intelligence program
Select correct option:
To provide a general understanding of an industry
To provide a general understanding of a company’s competitors
To identify industry executives who could be hired by the firm
To identify potential moves a competitor might make that would endanger a firm
Question # 6 of Question
HTML stands for which of the following?
Select correct option:
Hybrid text markup language
Hypertext Markup Language
Hyper text manufacture language
Highly technical markup language
Question # 7 of Question
Which of the following statements is NOT correct about a mission statement?
Select correct option:
It contains the definition of the company’s business
It is called the picture of a company’s future.
It is a statement containing the company’s major goals
It is known as statement of the corporate philosophy
Question # 8 of Question
The process of monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and correcting any
significant deviations is known as:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question # 9 of Question
Following are the examples of the sectors that are more technologically oriented EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Textile
Pharmaceutical
Telecommunications
Beverages
Question
External forces directly affects all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Market segmentation strategies
Types of products/services offered
Management structure of organization
Choice of businesses to acquire or sell
Question
All of these are pitfalls an organization should avoid in strategic planning EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Using plans as a standard for measuring performance.
Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled
Question
Which one of the following dimensions is NOT a recommended component of a mission
statement?
Select correct option:
Self-concept
Markets
Strategies
Customers
Question
A system of several rites connected with a single occasion or event is known as:
Select correct option:
Myth
Ceremonial
Saga
Legend
Question
The total weighted score of IFE matrix developed for XYZ corporation is 3.5. Which of the
following statement is TRUE about XYZ Corporation in the light of IFE matrix total weightedscore?
Select correct option:
Corporation has strong external position
Corporation has weak internal position
Corporation has strong internal position
Corporation has weak external position
Question
Which of the following is not a pitfall an organization should avoid in strategic planning?
Select correct option:
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Involving all managers rather than delegating planning to a planner
Top managers not actively supporting the strategic planning process
Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulator y requirements
Question
In the process of developing a mission statement, which of the following is CORRECT?
Select correct option:
To involve as few managers as possible
To involve as many managers as possible
To involve upper-level management only
To involve the board of directors only
Question
For the past four years the ABC Corporation has been planning to expand its operations in
order to reach out to the world market. Essentially, the ABC Corporation desires to do what?
Select correct option:
Become an online business
Become a brick-n-mortar business
Embrace globalization
Become a click-n-mortar business
Question
Political variables have a significant effect on which one of the following?
Select correct option:
Formulation and implementation of strategy
Formulation and Evaluation of a strategy
Implementation and evaluation of a strategy
Formulation, implementation and evaluation of a strategy
Question
Assigning a rate=2 in IFE matrix indicates what?
Select correct option:
A major weakness
A minor weakness
A minor strength
A major strength
Question
Which marketing function includes test marketing?
Select correct option:
Selling products/services
Customer analysis
Product/service planning
Distributing
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following can be considered one of the factors of external opportunities and
threats of an organization?
Select correct option:
Production/ operations
Research & development
Competitive trends
Management information system
Question # 2 of Question
Which of the following arise when a company can take advantage of conditions in its
environment to formulate and implement strategies that enable it to become more profitable?
Select correct option:
Strengths
Opportunities
Weaknesses
Threats
Question # 3 of Question
Rehman industries is analyzing the technological forces for the firm which may provide it
opportunities and threats for which of the following stage/s of strategic management process?
Select correct option:
Strategy formulation
Strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation
All of the given options
Question # 4 of Question
The XYZ Organization has a statement that describes the needs for which the organization
was created to fill and answers the basic question of why the organization exists. XYZ is most
likely to have any one of the following?
Select correct option:
Strategy
Vision statement
Mission statement
Functional tactics
Question # 5 of Question
In the process of developing a mission statement, which of the following is CORRECT?
Select correct option:
To involve as few managers as possible
To involve as many managers as possible
To involve upper-level management only
To involve the board of directors only
Question # 6 of Question
The process of monitoring performance, comparing it with goals, and correcting any
significant deviations is known as:
Select correct option:
Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question # 7 of Question
A planned activity aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope of developing new or
improved products and services and translation of its findings into a plan or design of new or
improved products and services is known as:
Select correct option:
Marketing
Research and development
Production
Management information system
Question # 8 of Question
Investment decisions are also known as:
Select correct option:
Business finance
Capital structure
Capital budgeting
Dividend policy
Question # 9 of Question
Which one variable falls under the category of the Social, Cultural, Demographic, and
Environmental Variable?
Select correct option:
Propensity of people to spend
Buying habits
Level of disposable income
Income differences by region
Question
Which one of the followings best describes this statement; “The conditions that a company
must satisfy in order to be able to enter an industry”
Select correct option:
Economies of scale
Barriers to entry
Differentiation
Competitive environment
Question
Which of the following term represents the enduring statement of purpose that distinguish one business from other similar firms?
Select correct option:
Vision
Strategy
Mission
Tactics
Question
In which of the following phase of strategic management, annual objectives are especially
important?
Select correct option:
Formulation
Evaluation
Implementation
Management
Question
Which of the following refers to determining the best capital structure for the company?
Select correct option:
Restructuring decisions
Financing decisions
Strategic decision
Investment decision
Question
Following are the examples of the sectors that are more technologically oriented EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Textile
Pharmaceutical
Telecommunications
Beverages
Question
Ethnic balance is affected due to which of the following?
Select correct option:
Change in ethnic values
Awareness of ethnic norms
Migration of the people towards different areas
Introduction of new laws relating to ethnicity
Question
Which of the following statement applies to Vision Statement?
Select correct option:
Describes the purpose of existence of an organization
Identify the customers of the organization
The key measure or measures of the organization’s success
Depict the values of an organization
Question
All of the following fall under the category of “Process” function of production management
EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Choice of technology
Quality assurance
Process flow analysis
Transportation analysis
Question
Which of the following categories of ratios includes return on total assets and return on
stockholders’ equity as its types?
Select correct option:
Profitability
Leverage
Growth
Liquidity
Question
Total weighted scores of IFE matrix below 2.5 characterizes an organizations as:
Select correct option:
Organization is externally weak
Organization is internally weak
Organization is internally strong
Organization is externally strong
Question
All of these are pitfalls an organization should avoid in strategic planning EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Using plans as a standard for measuring performance
Using strategic planning to gain control over decisions and resources
Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Being so formal in planning that flexibility and creativity are stifled
Question # 1 of Question
Principles of conduct that guide decision -making are known as:
Select correct option:
Human rights
Business ethics
The constitution
Social responsibility
Question # 2 of Question
Choose the economic variable from the list.
Select correct option:
Attitudes toward business
Attitudes toward product quality
Population changes by race
Stock market trends
Question # 3 of Question
Which of the following period strategic management was considered to be cure for all
problems?
Select correct option:
Mid s to mid 60s
Mid 60s to mid 70s
Mid 70s to mid 80s
Mid 80s to mid 90s
Question # 4 of Question
Defensive strategies include all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Retrenchment
Acquisition
Divestiture
Liquidation
Question # 5 of Question
Strategist is an individual who is involved in the strategic management process, thus may be
known as:
Select correct option:
Member board of director
President
Division manager
All of the given options
Question # 6 of Question
Reasons due to which some firms do “No Strategic Planning” incorporate all of the following EXCEPT:
Select correct option:
Wastage of time
Fire-fighting
Content with success
Privileged reward structures
Question # 7 of Question
According to Freund, Which one of the following should NOT be the characteristics of key
external factors?
Select correct option:
Measurable
Relatively few in number
Applicable to all competing firms
Important to achieve long-term objectives
Question # 8 of Question
Which of the following statement applies to Vision Statement?
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Describes the purpose of existence of an organization
Identify the customers of the organization
The key measure or measures of the organization’s success
Depict the values of an organization
Question # 9 of Question
Which of the following statement is referred to ‘Price fluctuation’?
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Decrease in prices
Increase in prices
Fluctuation in the prices of a particular commodity
Fluctuation in general price level
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All of the following are the key questions that can reveal internal strengths and weaknesses in
the management department EXCEPT:
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Is the organization’s structure appropriate?
Are reward and control mechanisms effective?
Are the organization’s products positioned well?
Does the firm use strategic management concepts?
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Which of these is the allocation and reallocation of capital and resources to projects, products, assets and divisions of an organization?
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Investment decision
Financing decisions
Restructuring decisions
Strategic decision
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Which of the following groups represents the stakeholders of a company?
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The owners of the company
The people who purchases the shares of the company
The people who have a special stake or claim on the company
Are the people who are in the management a company
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Strategic management integrates all of the following areas EXCEPT:
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Management
Marketing
Research and development
Human resource management
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In Competitive Profile Matrix, the rating 4 indicates what
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Major weakness
Major strength
Minor strength
Minor weakness
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Corporate social policy should be designed and articulated during which phase of strategic
management?
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Implementation
Formulation
Evaluation
Management
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Which of the following ties all business functions together and provides the basis for all
managerial decisions?
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Marketing
Information
Technology
Workforce
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Which category of ratios measures “how effectively a firm can maintain its economic position
in the growth of the economy and industry”?
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Liquidity
Leverage
Activity
Growth
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Identify the stages of strategic management process in a precise sequence.
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Strategy evaluation, strategy formulation & strategy implementation
Strategy evaluation, strategy implementation & strategy formulation
Strategy formulation, strategy implementation & strategy evaluation
Strategy implementation, strategy evaluation & strategy formulation
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Which one of the following area can be the weakness of a firm?
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Changing lifestyle
High oil prices
Ineffective Marketing
Increasing pollution
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Effective mission statements don’t have one of the following features:
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Generate range of feasible strategic alternatives
Reconcile interests among diverse stakeholders
What does the firm want to become?
Provide criteria for selecting strategies
Question # 1 of Question
Which of the following is the benefit of strategic management?
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Fewer complexes
More complex
Less static
More profitable
Question # 2 of Question
Establishing and implementing ways of making things work is known as:
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Planning
Organizing
Leading
Controlling
Question # 3 of Question
Various job titles of a strategist may includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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Owner
Foreman
Chancellor
Chief executive officer
Question # 4 of Question
What is the first step in the comprehensive strategic-management model?
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Performing external audits
Developing vision and mission statements
Performing internal audits
Measuring and evaluating performance
Question # 5 of Question
Where an organization takes into account the effect of its strategic decisions on the society, the firm is taking care of which of these?
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Corporate governance
Business policy
Business ethics
Social policy
Question # 6 of Question
Which of the following is not a strategy-implementation activity?
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Long term goals and objectives
Developing strategy supportive culture
Redirecting marketing efforts
Developing and utilizing information system
Question # 7 of Question
In the process of developing a mission statement, which of the following is CORRECT?
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To involve as few managers as possible
To involve as many managers as possible
To involve upper-level management only
To involve the board of directors only
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Which of the following is not a pitfall an organization should avoid in strategic planning?
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Failing to involve key employees in all phases of planning
Involving all managers rather than delegating planning to a planner
Top managers not actively supporting the strategic planning process
Doing strategic planning only to satisfy accreditation or regulatory requirements
Question # 9 of Question
The general conditions for competition that influence business firms, which provide similar
products and services is known:
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Remote environment
International environment
External environment
Industry environment
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Which of the following refers to a functional support role of an information system
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What if…?” questions
What is the capacity of plant?
What do we do?
What if tax rate increases by %?
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Backward integration is effective in all of the following situations EXCEPT:
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When an organization competes in an industry that is growing rapidly
When an organization needs to acquire a needed resource quickly
When the advantage of stable prices are not important
When present suppliers have high profit margins
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When the Chief Executive of a chain of pharmacies decided to sell off or close some of the
locations that were not profitable, he was performing which of the management function?
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Leading
Planning
Controlling
Organizing
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Which of the following statement is referred to ‘Price fluctuation’?
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Decrease in prices
Increase in prices
Fluctuation in the prices of a particular commodity
Fluctuation in general price level
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A planned activity aimed at discovery of new knowledge with the hope of developing new or
improved products and services and translation of its findings into a plan or design of new or
improved products and services is known as:
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Marketing
Research and development
Production
Management information system
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The social factors that affect a firm involve all of the following EXCEPT:
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Attitudes of people in the external environment
Lifestyles of people
Per capita income
Values and beliefs of persons outside the firm
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Financial benefits of strategic management includes all of the following EXCEPT:
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Progression in profitability
Improvement in employee productivity
Expansion in the sales of business
Enhancement in productivity
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Which category of ratios measures a firm’s ability to meet maturing short-term obligations?
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Profitability
Leverage
Liquidity
Activity
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Internal analysis involves gathering and analyzing the information about all areas of a firm
EXPECT:
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Research and development
Management information system
Marketing
Competitors
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Which of the following is one of the Political, Governmental & legal factors?
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Ethical concerns
Traffic congestion
Lobbying activities
Average level of education
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Which of these basic questions a vision statement answers?
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What is our business?
Who are our employees?
What do we want to become?
Who are our competitors?