MGT603 Solved Past Mid Term Paper

MGT603 Solved Past Mid Term Paper

Total 28 MCQ.

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

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 21st 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

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

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

Various job titles of a strategist may include all of the following EXCEPT:

Owner

Foreman

      Chancellor

Chief executive officer

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

 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

 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 

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

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

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    

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

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

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

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 

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 No: 30 ( Marks: 3 ) 

Suppose according to the IFE matrix, the weighted score of a certain company is 2.85. How that company will interpret this score?

Question No: 30 ( Marks: 3 ) 

Joint ventures can build long lasting business relationship.  but some joint ventures fails. discuss common problem that cause joint venture fails. 

Question No: 31 ( Marks: 5 ) 
Critically analyze this statement, “Internal audit provides more opportunity for participants to understand how their jobs, departments, and divisions fit into the whole organization than the external audit”.

Question No: 32 ( Marks: 5 ) 
Describe any two types of integrative strategies? Give one example for each.