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Management MCQs with Answers and Explanations
Management MCQs with answers and detailed explanations for MBA, BBA, NTS, PPSC and job tests. Covers planning, organising, leading and controlling. Take a scored quiz instead →
In project schedule management, the maximum time an activity can be delayed without delaying the early start of any immediate successor is:
AFree Float
BTotal Float
CIndependent Float
DInterfering Float
In corporate governance, Agency Theory primarily addresses potential conflicts of interest between:
AShareholders (Principals) and Managers (Agents)
BEmployees and Direct Supervisors
CSuppliers and Customers
DGovernment Regulators and Board Members
Chester Barnard postulated the ‘Zone of Indifference’, which refers to a range within which subordinates will:
AReject managerial authority completely
BAccept directives without conscious questioning or challenge
CDemotivate themselves due to lack of monetary incentives
DResist structural organizational change
The systematic evaluation process of comparing an organization’s operational metrics and best practices against industry leaders is called:
AReengineering
BBenchmarking
COutsourcing
DDownsizing
Which classic principle of management, formulated by Henri Fayol, establishes that authority must flow vertically in a clear, continuous line from top management to frontline workers?
AUnity of Command
BScalar Chain
CSpan of Control
DDivision of Labor
B.F. Skinner’s Operant Conditioning Theory (Reinforcement Theory) asserts that human behavior is primarily governed by:
AInternal subconscious drives
BExternal environmental consequences
CHierarchical need satisfaction
DCognitive goal evaluation
David McClelland’s Acquired-Needs Theory proposes that human behavior is motivated by which trio of learned needs?
APhysiological, Safety, and Esteem
BNeed for Achievement (nAch), Need for Affiliation (nAff), and Need for Power (nPow)
CExistence, Relatedness, and Growth
DExpectancy, Instrumentality, and Valence
In inventory and operations management, JIT stands for:
AJust In Time
BJoint Industrial Trade
CJob Integration Tool
DJournal Inventory Tracking
In operations and project management, PERT network analysis requires three time estimates for each activity. Which calculation yields the expected time ($T_e$)?
ATe = (o + m + p) / 3
BTe = (o + 4m + p) / 6
CTe = (o + 2m + 2p) / 5
DTe = (4o + m + p) / 6
Which environmental dimension of a PESTEL analysis examines government stability, trade regulations, and tax policies?
AEconomic
BPolitical
CSocial
DTechnological