Principles & Practice of Management
Examination Paper
Principles and Practice of Management
Section A: Objective Type (30 marks)
Part one:
Multiple Choices:
1. A plan is a trap laid to capture the ________.
Ans.: A) Future
2. It is the function of employing suitable person for the enterprise
Ans.: B) Staffing
3. ___________ means “ group of activities & employees into departments”
Ans.: D) Departmentation
4. This theory states that authority is the power that is accepted by others
Ans.: A) Acceptance theory
5. It means dispersal of decision-making power to the lower levels of the organization
Ans.: A) Decentralization
6. This chart is the basic document of the organizational structure
Ans.: C) Master Chart
7. Communication which flow from the superiors to subordinates with the help of scalar chain is known as
Ans.: B) Downward communication
8. Needs for belongingness, friendship, love, affection, attention & social acceptance are
Ans.: D) Social Needs
9. A management function which ensures “jobs to be filled with the right people, with the right knowledge, skill & attitude”
Ans.: A) staffing defined
10. It is a process that enables a person to sort out issues and reach to a decisions affecting their life
Ans.: D) Counseling
Part Two:
1. Differentiate between ‘Administration’ and ‘Management’.
Ans.: According to Oliver Sheldon, Administration is the function in industry concerned with the determination of the corporate policy, the co-ordination of finance, production and distribution. Whereas management is the function concerned with the execution of policy within the limits setup by administration. Thus, administration is formulation of policies and is a determinative function while management is execution of policies and is an executive function. Florance and Tead also support this, in their view, Administration involves the overall setting of major objectives determination of policies, identifying of general purposes laying
Principles and Practice of Management
Section A: Objective Type (30 marks)
Part one:
Multiple Choices:
1. A plan is a trap laid to capture the ________.
Ans.: A) Future
2. It is the function of employing suitable person for the enterprise
Ans.: B) Staffing
3. ___________ means “ group of activities & employees into departments”
Ans.: D) Departmentation
4. This theory states that authority is the power that is accepted by others
Ans.: A) Acceptance theory
5. It means dispersal of decision-making power to the lower levels of the organization
Ans.: A) Decentralization
6. This chart is the basic document of the organizational structure
Ans.: C) Master Chart
7. Communication which flow from the superiors to subordinates with the help of scalar chain is known as
Ans.: B) Downward communication
8. Needs for belongingness, friendship, love, affection, attention & social acceptance are
Ans.: D) Social Needs
9. A management function which ensures “jobs to be filled with the right people, with the right knowledge, skill & attitude”
Ans.: A) staffing defined
10. It is a process that enables a person to sort out issues and reach to a decisions affecting their life
Ans.: D) Counseling
Part Two:
1. Differentiate between ‘Administration’ and ‘Management’.
Ans.: According to Oliver Sheldon, Administration is the function in industry concerned with the determination of the corporate policy, the co-ordination of finance, production and distribution. Whereas management is the function concerned with the execution of policy within the limits setup by administration. Thus, administration is formulation of policies and is a determinative function while management is execution of policies and is an executive function. Florance and Tead also support this, in their view, Administration involves the overall setting of major objectives determination of policies, identifying of general purposes laying