Emerging Trends In Management Set 8

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)

Practice Mode Previous
On This Page

This set of Emerging Trends in Management Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Emerging Trends In Management Set 8

Q1 | The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 10-hourshifts. What is the productivity of the plant?
  • 25 boxes/hr
  • 50 boxes/hr
  • 5000 boxes/hr
  • none of the above
Answer: 25 boxes/hr
Q2 | The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 8-hour shifts. The use of new technology has enabled them to increase productivity by30%. Productivity is now approximately
  • 32.5 boxes/hr
  • 40.6 boxes/hr
  • 62.5 boxes/hr
  • 81.25 boxes/hr
Answer: 40.6 boxes/hr
Q3 | The Dulac Box plant produces 500 cypress packing boxes in two 10-hour shifts. Due to higher demand,they have decided to operate three 8-hour shifts instead. They are now able to produce 600 boxes per day. What has happenedto production?
  • it has increased by 50 sets/shift
  • it has increased by 37.5 sets/hr
  • it has increased by 20%
  • it has decreased by 8.3%
Answer: it has increased by 20%
Q4 | Productivity measurement is complicated by
  • the competition's output
  • the fact that precise units of measure are often unavailable
  • stable quality
  • the workforce size
Answer: the fact that precise units of measure are often unavailable
Q5 | The total of all outputs produced by the transformation process dividedby the total of the inputs is
  • utilization
  • greater in manufacturing than in services
  • defined only for manufacturing firms
  • multi-factor productivity
Answer: multi-factor productivity
Q6 | Which of the following inputs has the greatest potential to increaseproductivity?
  • labor
  • globalization
  • management
  • capital
Answer: management
Q7 | Productivity can be improved by
  • increasing inputs while holding outputs steady
  • decreasing outputs while holding inputs steady
  • increasing inputs and outputs in the same proportion
  • decreasing inputs while holding outputs steady
Answer: decreasing inputs while holding outputs steady
Q8 | The largest contributor to productivity increases is ________, estimated tobe responsible for _____ of the annual increase.
  • management; one-half
  • mr. deming; one-half
  • labor; two-thirds
  • capital; 90%
Answer: management; one-half
Q9 | Three commonly used productivity variables are
  • quality, external elements, and precise units of measure
  • labor, capital, and management
  • technology, raw materials, and labor
  • education, diet, and social overhead
Answer: labor, capital, and management
Q10 | The service sector has lower productivity improvements than themanufacturing sector because
  • the service sector uses less skilled labor than manufacturing
  • the quality of output is lower in services than manufacturing
  • services usually are labor intensive
  • service sector productivity is hard to measure
Answer: services usually are labor intensive
Q11 | ………..is a predictable degree of uniformity and dependability,at low costand suited to the market.
  • quantity
  • quality
  • system
  • process
Answer: quality
Q12 | The 5 pillars of TQM includes product,process,system,people and………..
  • communication
  • motivation
  • leadership
  • resource
Answer: leadership
Q13 | ………….is a short declaration of what an organisation aspires to be tomorrow.It is the ideal state that might never reached but which youcontinuously strive to achieve.
  • mission
  • vision
  • strategy
  • operation
Answer: vision
Previous