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MBA Operations Controlling — practice questions

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Controlling means ensuring that activities in an organisation are performed:Read the answer and worked solution →Managers at top, middle and lower levels all exercise control, so controlling is:Read the answer and worked solution →Controlling should not be seen as the last function because it:Read the answer and worked solution →Managerial control was defined as measurement of accomplishment against the standard by:Read the answer and worked solution →By bringing deviations to light and indicating corrective action, controlling helps in:Read the answer and worked solution →A good control system lets management verify whether the standards set are:Read the answer and worked solution →Controlling reduces wastage and spoilage, which means it makes efficient use of:Read the answer and worked solution →Employees know in advance the standards on which they will be appraised, which improves:Read the answer and worked solution →Keeping a close check on activities to minimise dishonest behaviour creates:Read the answer and worked solution →Employee morale and job satisfaction are hard to control because of the difficulty in setting:Read the answer and worked solution →Government policies, technological change and competition show that control has little power over:Read the answer and worked solution →Employees may object to being watched by closed circuit cameras. This limitation is:Read the answer and worked solution →A small enterprise may not install an elaborate control system because control is a:Read the answer and worked solution →Planning and controlling are described as:Read the answer and worked solution →Planning is prescriptive while controlling is:Read the answer and worked solution →It is said that planning looks ahead and controlling looks back, but in truth both are:Read the answer and worked solution →The first step in the controlling process is:Read the answer and worked solution →Cost to be incurred, revenue to be earned and units to be produced are examples of:Read the answer and worked solution →Checking a few pieces at random for quality in a large plant is called:Read the answer and worked solution →Performance should ideally be measured in the same units in which:Read the answer and worked solution →Comparing actual performance with the standard reveals the:Read the answer and worked solution →Cutting defects from 10 in every 1,000 pieces to 5 in every 1,000 by quarter end is an example of a:Read the answer and worked solution →Catch the benefits of controlRead the answer and worked solution →Pop the control stepsRead the answer and worked solution →Run the control stepsRead the answer and worked solution →Slice the control wordsRead the answer and worked solution →Planning or controllingRead the answer and worked solution →Sort benefit, limit and stepRead the answer and worked solution →Type the numberRead the answer and worked solution →Controlling bingoRead the answer and worked solution →

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Controlling means ensuring that activities in an organisation are performed:

  1. The way plans set out
  2. As fast as is possible
  3. As cheap as is possible
  4. As quiet as is possible
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Correct answer: A. The way plans set out

1. It checks resources are used well. 2. It compares work against the plans. 3. So controlling is a goal-oriented function. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 8, Controlling._

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Managers at top, middle and lower levels all exercise control, so controlling is:

  1. Temporary
  2. Pervasive
  3. Occasional
  4. Exclusive
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Correct answer: B. Pervasive

1. It is a primary function of every manager. 2. Schools, hospitals and clubs need it too. 3. So controlling is pervasive. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 8, Controlling._

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Controlling should not be seen as the last function because it:

  1. Feeds back into planning
  2. Ends the whole process
  3. Replaces the planning
  4. Cancels all the plans
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Correct answer: A. Feeds back into planning

1. It finds deviations and their causes. 2. Those findings shape the next plans. 3. So it brings the cycle back to planning. _Source: syllabus Business Studies Part I, Chapter 8, Controlling._

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