CBSE Class 12 (Commerce) Controlling — practice questions
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Practice CBSE Class 12 (Commerce) Controlling in the app →Which statement best defines controlling in management?Controlling is goal-oriented because it helps to achieve what?Why is controlling called a pervasive function of management?Controlling brings the management cycle back to which function?The controlling function finds out how far actual performance does what?Koontz and O'Donnell say control measures accomplishment against what?According to Koontz and O'Donnell, controlling also involves correcting what?Checking that standards are accurate and objective is which benefit?Control cuts wastage when activities follow set norms. Which benefit?Employees knowing in advance the standards on which they will be appraised mainly improves what?Close checks on employees' activities help to minimise which behaviour?Which benefit of control means all departments follow matched standards?Employee morale and job satisfaction are hard to control because they resist what?Which factor is outside an enterprise's control, as a limitation of controlling?Employees objecting to constant CCTV watching shows which limitation of controlling?Why can a small enterprise often not afford an expensive control system?What should managers ensure about the cost of a control system?Planning and controlling are described as what kind of pair?Which contrast of planning and controlling is correct?Without planning, what happens to controlling?Planning is a prerequisite for controlling because planning supplies what?Controlling is backward-looking because it works like a what?What is the first step in the controlling process?Standards in controlling serve as what?Which of these is a quantitative standard?Improving goodwill is an example of which kind of standard?Why should standards be flexible enough to be modified?Which is a technique for measuring actual performance?Why should performance be measured in the same units as the standards?In large organisations, checking only certain pieces at random for quality is called what?Which ratio is used to measure a company's performance at periodic intervals?Comparison of actual performance with standards is easiest when standards are set in what terms?Why must the manager determine an acceptable range of deviations?Focusing control on key result areas critical to success is called what?In a factory, which is likely more troublesome by the critical point idea?Trying to control everything ends in controlling nothing. Which principle?A plan allows a 2 per cent labour cost rise. What is reported?Which is an advantage of management by exception?How does management by exception help delegation of authority?Which is a cause of deviations from standards?When is no corrective action required in the controlling process?If a production target is missed, what corrective action might a manager take?If deviation cannot be corrected by managerial action, what may have to be done?Which is a traditional technique of managerial control?In Henri Fayol's 1916 definition, what is the objective of control?Who stated that management is the profession of control?A control system has four basic elements. Which is NOT one of them?The comparator in a control system does which job?Which element of a control system takes the corrective action?A street light switched on by a timer, regardless of darkness, is an example of what?A home thermostat is a standard example of which kind of control system?Which feature is an essential part of any closed-loop system?Operational control regulates what aspect of an organisation?The concept of organizational control is implicit in whose bureaucratic theory?