Question: Name and describe 2 challenges face my managers that are discussed in your book.
Answer: One challenge is to deal with competitive advantage. Another challenge is to deal with managing for technological advances and trying to keep up. Correct Answer: One component that makes for a good vision statement is having clarity in what you are saying. Another good component is showing what you are wanting to achieve long term in you or your company. Question 896 (Quiz 1 – Chapter 2 and History of Management Notes) Question: Which scientific management pioneer coined a term, that referred to 1 of 17 basic motions workers can perform, using their own name? Answer Options: (A) Frank Gilbreth. (B) Joan Gilbreth. (C) Lillian Gilbreth. (D) Frederick Taylor. Correct Answer: (A) Frank Gilbreth.
Question: Administrative management is concerned with managing the total organization. Which of the following was not a pioneer in this area?
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Answer: (A) Michael Porter.
Question: Who is seen as responsible for developing the Theory X and Theory Y?
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Answer: (A) Douglas McGregor.
Question: Which system of management is also known as the quantitative perspective?
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Answer: (B) Operations management.
Question: Which scientific management pioneer focused on worker productivity through time and motion studies?
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Answer: (A) Frederick Taylor.
Question: Which approach to management considers both the classical and behavioral perspectives?
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Answer: (A) Systems approach.
Question: Inputs, transformational processes, outputs, and feedback are all considered part of which of the following?
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Answer: (A) A system.
Question: According to Fayol’s 14 principles of management, what is another name for scalar chain?
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Answer: (A) Chain of Command.
Question: If you were interested in learning more about your competitors, what model may you use?
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Answer: (A) Porter’s Five Forces Model. Question 905 (Quiz 3 – Chapter 11) Question: Jamal feels flushed and his heart starts to beat faster when he hears his coworkers describe customers as ignorant. This response is his emotional ______. Answer Options: (A) Trigger. (B) Regulation. (C) Underscoring. (D) Intelligence. Correct Answer: (A) Trigger.
Question: Your supervisor says the company needs you to stay late to meet an important deadline, but your family expects you to be present for your child’s birthday party. You are experiencing role _______.
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Answer: (A) Conflict.
Question: Employees with a(n) ______ locus of control will probably resist close managerial supervision and should probably be placed in jobs requiring high initiative and lower compliance.
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Answer: (A) Internal.
Question: The von Neumann report identified the parts of a computer as:
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Answer: Central arithmetic part, Central control part, Memory, Input, Output
Question: System calls can be invoked by
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Answer: The operating system and end user applications
Question: Memory is
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Answer: Storehouse of computer data that can be accessed directly by the CPU and I/O devices
Question: Operating system security principles include all the following except
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Answer: Domain separation
Question: The performance of warehouse scale computers is assessed in terms of all the following metrics except
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Answer: Variety of operating systems running
Question: The von Neumann report is important to the IT industry because it defined
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Answer: The components of a modern computer
Question: Automated infrastructure is
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Answer: Configuring the IT infrastructure using definition files