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Keep Learning! 1 / 48 1) Low cost, Differentiation and Focus are examples of Corporate strategies Operational strategies Business strategies Functional strategies 2 / 48 2) The BCG matrix is based on Industry attractiveness and Business strength Industry Growth rate and Business strength Industry Attractiveness and Relative Market share Industry growth rate and relative market share 3 / 48 3) A company offers unique products that are widely valued by customers, it is likely to follow a: Differentiation strategy Combination strategy Focus strategy Cost-leadership strategy 4 / 48 4) All of the following are key opportunities and threats in external environment because of political, government and legal forces except: Tax rate Social security program Cross boarder relationship Patent law 5 / 48 5) How many cells are in a SWOT matrix? 7 4 9 3 6 / 48 6) Which would be classified as a stakeholder? Communities Banks Suppliers Communities Banks Suppliers 7 / 48 7) Which of the following statements is not true reg corporate strategies? They are concerned with the broad and more long-term issues of the organization They are concerned with how the organization is going to compete in a specific business or industry are concerned with the direction the organization is headed They are concerned with the business(es) that the organization is in and the businesses they want to be in 8 / 48 8) Internal audit is done: Before external audit After external audit Parallel to external audit Vertical to external audit 9 / 48 9) Which strategies aim at improving internal weakness by taking advantage of external opportunities? SO WO SW ST 10 / 48 10) One of the top level manager of a large manufacturing plant uses to spend her day trying to ensure that the material waste is not more than 10% , she spends her day performing the management process of: Planning Organizing Leading Controlling 11 / 48 11) Bargaining power of customers is high if: Differentiation of competitors product is low Switching costs are low for substitute products The buyer has little information about the market The buyer requires a high quality product for own production 12 / 48 12) Which type of trend can be exemplified by the increasing numbers of two income households in a society? Solid Economic Cultural Technological 13 / 48 13) What are the guides to decision making? Rules Procedures Goals Policies 14 / 48 14) Abdullah group of industries is involved in the sale of its marginal business. It is most likely to say that Abdullah group is implementing which one of the following strategies? Retrenchment Liquidation Acquisition Join venture 15 / 48 15) Which environment can create new market and new business segments? Political environment Economic environment Socio cultural environment Technological environment 16 / 48 16) an organisation increases its sales through greater marketing efforts, and expands its workforce and production capacity to cope with the increase in demand for its product, it is following a growth strategy in which growth is achieved through: Unrelated diversification Acquisition Merger Direct expansion 17 / 48 17) Which of the following is not one of Porters five competitive forces? Bargaining power of suppliers Threats of new entrants and barriers to entry Threats of technological advances Threats of substitutes 18 / 48 18) Analysing the ext environment and the organisations resources are part of the: Functional level planning process Determining the mission of the business Financial planning process Strategic planning process 19 / 48 19) Corporate level strategy deals with: objectives of specific functions objective of Single strategic Business Unit objectives of the corporate objectives of specific operations 20 / 48 20) the sketch of the BCG matrix, what is the label of the horizontal axis? Industry growth rate Market share Market growth rate Business strength 21 / 48 21) According to the BCG matrixSBU comprising products in an attractive industry but representing little market share would be referred to as: A cash cow A star A dog A question mark 22 / 48 22) Industry/sector benchmarking compares: Organisational performance between firms/public sector organisations in different industries or sectors Organisational performance between firms/public sector organisations in the same industry or sector Organisational performance between firms/public sector organisations in different countries Organisational performance between different divisions of the firm 23 / 48 23) Technological advancements can create which of the following advantage besides many other existing powerful advantages for the businesses? Economic Social Environmental Competitive 24 / 48 24) In strategic thinking, how long is the long term, approximately? 1 month to 1 year 2 to 3 years 3 to 5 years More than 5 years 25 / 48 25) Marketing strategy is a ___________ type of strategy business level Growth strategy corporate strategy functional strategy 26 / 48 26) Strategy is developed by the visionary chief executive in ___________ mode of strategic management planning mode adaptive mode strategic mode entrepreneurial mode 27 / 48 27) The magnitude and changes that may affect an organization is survival owing to all of the following except: Merger-mania Demographics E-commerce Dubious firms 28 / 48 28) Buying another company by one company means: Joint venture Acquisition Amalgamation Merger 29 / 48 29) Stability strategy is a ____________ strategy corporate level business level functional level strategic level 30 / 48 30) A possible and desirable future state of an organization is called: Mission Vision Strategy implementation Strategy formulation 31 / 48 31) From the following activity which does not comes under the primary activities of value Chain analysis: Operations Technology development Marketing and sales Services 32 / 48 32) Which of the following requires a firm to establish annual objectives, devise, policies, motivates employees and allocate resources for the execution of strategies? Strategy formulation Strategy evaluation Strategy implementation Strategy estimation 33 / 48 33) the following are considered grand strategies, except for: A retrenchment strategy Strategic business units A growth strategy Related diversification 34 / 48 34) When an industry relies heavily on government contracts, which forecasts can be the most important part of an external audit Economic Competitive Political Multinational 35 / 48 35) Strategic business units Are found in one-business organisations Carry out strategies assigned by the CEO Develop their own unique way of competing Implement the marketing function's strategic planning and management decisions 36 / 48 36) The primary benefit brought from restructuring is: employee involvement cost reduction increased morale increased number and organizational hierarchy 37 / 48 37) Selling all of a companys assets in parts for their tangible worth is called: Divestiture Concentric Diversification Liquidation Unrelated integration 38 / 48 38) Which of the following can be identified as a best statement that represents a firms big picture statements, describing a desired end state, general in scope and not restrictive? Corporate philosophy statement Company creed Vision statement Mission statement 39 / 48 39) Strategic Management handles: external issues management issues internal issues administrational issues 40 / 48 40) The Reasons for diversification is: to reduce competition to increase organizational capabilities to get tax advantage to get quick entry into a business 41 / 48 41) What is the starting point of strategic intent? Objectives Goals Mission Vision 42 / 48 42) Buyers market exist when: few suppliers in the market buyers purchases in small volume buyers purchases in large volume product of suppliers are unique and differentiated 43 / 48 43) What is the purpose of an activity map? A system to facilitate better time-planning It is used in business process reengineering to show how the different activities of an organisation are linked together It is used to identify and understand strategic capability by mapping how the different activities of an organisation are linked together A list of activities undertaken by an organisation 44 / 48 44) The word tactics is most likely to be associated with Business strategy Corporate strategy Operational strategy All of these 45 / 48 45) What are the means by which long term objectives will be achieved? Strategies Policies Strength Opportunities 46 / 48 46) the sketch of the BCG matrix, what is the label of the vertical axis? Market growth rate Business strength Market share Industry growth rate 47 / 48 47) What do Cash Cows symbolize in BCG matrix? Remain Diversified Invest Stable Liquidate 48 / 48 48) What does Question mark symbolize in BCG matrix? 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