Sample Questions for Financial Management of SMU MBA

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These are the some sample questions for Financial Management of SMU MBA. You can get assignment for Wealth Maximization & Function of Finance from Financial Management of MB0029 also.

1. While evaluating two or more projects, project giving a ———–
IRR would be preferred.

A) Lower
B) higher
C) Equal
D) less than equal

2. Present value method always provides for correct ranking of mutually exclusive investment projects, whereas———— methods sometimes does not.

A) Profitability index
B) IRR
C) Payback period
D) Net present value

3. Which concepts represent excess of current assets over current liabilities?

A) Working capital
B) Gross working capital
C) Net working capital
D) Going concern concept

4. ———- working capital represents current assets required on a continuous basis over the entire year.

A) Gross
B) Permanent
C) Variable
D) Net

5. Tandon committee has referred which of the following working capital as core current assets.

A) Regular
B) Net
C) Temporary
D) Gross

6. When current liabilities exceed current assets——- working capital emerges.

A) Positive
B) Cash
C) Negative
D) Balance sheet

7. Which of the following is the process of life cycle of working capital of trading firm?

A) Conversion of cash into raw materials
B) Conversion of debtors into cash
C) Cash into inventories
D) Conversion of work in progress

8. Which of the following is not the internal factor of determining working capital?

A) Profit margin & dividend policy
B) Access to money market
C) Firm’s credit policy
D) Technological developments

9. Where production &distribution activities are——– pressure on working capital will be———.

A) minimized, co-ordination
B) co-ordination, minimized
C) maximized, co-ordination
D) co-ordination, maximized

10. Business expands during the period of ——— & declines during the period of———–

A) inflation, depression
B) prosperity, depression
C) depression, prosperity
D deflation, inflation

11. Just in time approach is developed in————–

A) China
B) India
C) Japan
D) Australia

12. Throughput time= Processing time = ——– + Conveyance time waiting time.

A) Factory time
B) Perfect time
C) Inspection time
D) Lead time

13. The major sources of spontaneous financing are—— & ———-

A) trade credit, outstanding expenses
B) short term bank loans, commercial papers
C) trade credit, commercial papers
D) debentures, trade credits

14. LIFO stands for

A) Leave in first out
C) Lead in first out
B) Last in first out
D) Last in first operation

15. Which of the following is a not determinant of inventory of finished goods?

A) Change in economic conditions
B) Durability &style of product
C) Business cycle
D) Attitude of mgmt.

16. ———should be followed while financing different components of working capital.

A) Principle of optimization
B) Principle of investment in working capital
C) Principle of optimization of profit
D) Principle of suitability

17. According to——— approach all requirements of funds should be met from long term sources.

A) Matching
B) Conservative
C) Aggressive
D) Suitability

18. The return that must be paid to the suppliers of capital is known as——-
A) Interests
B) Capital
C) Cost of capital
D) Dividend

19. Which of the following is not the name of cost of capital?

A) Barrier rate
B) Minimum attractive rate of return
C) Cost of funds
D) Discount rate

20. ——— cost of capital is also known as opportunity cost of capital.

A) Explicit
B) Implicit
C) Opportunity
D) Historical

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Type-A Questions for Marketing Management of SMU MBA

January 4, 2010 at 3:47 pm · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

These are the most probable examination questions of SMU MBA for Marketing Management. Get some sample questions for Marketing Management of Sikkim Manipal University.

1. __________ represents MIS.

a. Marketing information system
b. Management information system
c. Both
d. None of the above

2. Certain components of MIS.

a. Internal records system
b. Marketing intelligence system
c. Marketing research
d. All of the above

3. __________ is a large number of organizations are using marketing to help their marketing manager make better decisions.

a. Decision support system
b. Marketing Research
c. Middlemen
d. All of the above

4. Which one is not a feature of marketing research?

a. Search for data.
b. It is systematic
c. It is a process
d. Organization behaviour analysis

5. Market measurement research includes.

a. Demand research
b. Motivation research
c. Market performance research
d. All of the above

6. Research design includes

a. Decision on data sources
b. Decision on Research approaches
c. Both of above
d. None of above

7. Which are the limitations of marketing Research?

a. Not an exact science
b. Limitations of time
c. It is not a Panacea
d. All of the above

8. State all the features which one is incorrect.

a. Search for data
b. It is systematic
c. It is a process
d. Maintenance of tools and techniques.

9. Undifferentiated marketing strategy in just the opposite of:

a. Market aggregation
b. Market segmentation
c. Market positioning
d. All of the above

10. Which one of the following marketing strategy is sales-oriented?

a. Concentrated market strategy
b. Differentiated market strategy
c. Undifferentiated market strategy
d. None

11. If the product is at the stage of growth on development.

a. Concentrated market strategy should be selected.
b. Differentiated market strategy
c. Undifferentiated market strategy
d. All the above

12. Training programme includes

a. Content of training
b. Evaluation
c. Both of above
d. None of above

13. Selection process includes the followings

a. Reference
b. Test
c. Medical
d. All of the above

14. The contents includes in sales force decision

a. Job analysis
b. Job description
c. Job specialization
d. All of the above

15. Procedure of selection under job description includes
a. Job responsibility
b. Duties to be performed
c. None of above
d. All of above

16. _________ and ________ employment exchanges are the best source of personnel.

a. Private, public
b. Sales, executives
c. Establishment, Industries
d. All of the above

17. ___________ is necessary information about the applicant is required to be considered for appointment.

a. Screening
b. Application blank
c. Test
d. All of above

18. _________ is a process by which applications are to be screened out from further consideration.

a. Screening
b. Reference
c. Test
d. All of the above

19. _________ it is an additional tool with the applications is further tested to determine their suitability to the job.

a. Test
b. Interview
c. Reference
d. All of above

20. ________ is a continuation of selection having selected the salesmen, there are two options.

a. Training
b. Reference
c. Interview
d. All of above

21. The ________ are the essential part in sales training.

a. Sales technique
b. The competition
c. Market and consumers
d. Routine reports

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Mix Questions of Project Management for MB0033 of SMU MBA

December 28, 2009 at 6:56 am · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I already have shared Project Management questions and Type-A Questions for Project Management. Now, you can take some fresh mix questions of Project Management for MB0033 of SMU MBA.

1. _________ is a process by which employees are encouraged to true decisions pertaining to their area of work.

a. Performance
b. Empowerment
c. Innovation
d. Creativity

2. ________ is a first guide that develops an approach and program management that starts afresh from the view point of the enterprise rather then drawing on project paradigms developed in the context of large, single, and physical project to the day to day business of project base organizations.

a. PMR
b. PZM
c. P3M
d. P4M

3. _________ is based on the part that several alternate technological routes are existing to create a particular vice.

a. Management substitution
b. Technology substitution
c. Both A & B
d. None of the above

4. The three conflict resolution strategies include

i. conflict presentation
ii. Early detection
iii. Immediate resolution
iv. Concurrency resolution
a. I, ii, iii, iv
b. ii, iii, iv
c. I, ii, iii
d. iii, iv

5. The three parallel streams of project management are _________, ________ and ________.

i. Process development
ii. Project manager training
iii. Qualification & Incentive program
iv. High technology
a. I, ii, iii, iv
b. ii, iii, iv
c. I, ii, iii
d. ii, iii

6. Every professional manager has two sets of customers.

i. Internal customers
ii. Internal customers
iii. Standard customers
iv. Process customers
a. I, ii
b. ii, iv
c. iii, iv
d. I, iv

7. _________ not only ensures that his performance is at peak but motivates his entire team to do so.

a. Project leader
b. Top management
c. Middle manager
d. Professional manager

8. Any _________ without followers is not a successful leader.

a. Laggard
b. Leader
c Manager
d. None of the above

9. The new horizon of project management there are ______ steps.
a. 7
b. 8
c. 9
d. 10
42. Different stages are a project management cycle is as follows

i. Define
ii. Measure
iii. Analyze
iv. Improve
v. Standardize
a. I, ii, iv
b. ii, iii, iv, v
c. iii. Iv, v
d. I, ii, iii, iv v

10. S stands for _______ in a project management cycle.

a. Style
b. Success
c. Super
d. Standardize

11. Arrange the following stages of project management cycle in a proper sequence.

i. Analyze
ii. Standardize
iii. Define
iv. Improve
v. Measure
a. I, ii, iii, iv, v
b. ii. I. iii. Iv. V
c. iii, v, I, iv, ii
d. v, iv, iii, ii, I

12. ________ is important while predicting & controlling the outcome is important.

a. Performance
b. Standardization
c. Metrics
d, None of the above

13. ________ metrics help focus on the fast that in order for IT project to be considered successful, IT must not only deliver a quality product, it must deliver a quality product that is accepted by its intended audience.

a. Software metrics
b. Business metrics
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above

14. ________ means meeting the clients needs, expectations & defined scope.

a. Customer orientation
b. Customer evaluation
c. Customer satisfaction
d. None of the above

15. ________ metrics are part of an interactive process, based on lessons learned.

a. Business metrics
b. Project metrics
c. Planning metrics
d. All of the above

16. ________ is essential management tools.

a. Processors
b. Metrics
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above

17. __________ was instituted to provide a vehicle for reviewing all corporate & major information systems.

a. Product management review process for corporate & major information system.
b. Project management review process for corporate & major information system.
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above

18. CPIC stands for

a. Capital planning & information control
b. Capital planning & investment control
c. Cost planning & information control
d. Capital planning infrastructure control

19. The project management review process includes the following steps.

i. Identification
ii. Development
iii. Compilation
iv. Collection
v. Participation
vi. Termination
a. I, ii, iii, iv
b. I, ii, iii, iv, v
c. I, ii, iii, iv, v, vi
d. ii, iii, iv, vi

20. The project senior management receives is scheduled every __________ months in conjunction with fiscal year.

a. 2 Years
b. 3 Years
c. 4 Years
d. None of the above

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Project Management Questions for MBA MB0033 of SMU

November 24, 2009 at 6:06 am · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

These are the some most probable sample questions papers of Project Management for MBA MB033 of SMU. These questions can be asked in SMU MBA examination. You can get solved assignments also for all semesters from – SMU MBA Assignments.

1. ___________ is any activity starting with a description of a mission and ending with the competition of a deliverable or product.

a. Project Management
b. Project
c. Process Management
d. None of the above

2. _________ is the technique or practice of controlling the use of resources such as cost, time, manpower etc.

a. Management
b. Project
c. Process Management
d. All of the above

3. The practice of controlling the cost time, manpower, hardware & software resources involved in the development activities.

a. Project
b. Project Management
c. Material Management
d. Process Management

4. The responsibilities of a project Manager are

i. Budgeting & cost control
ii. Scheduling tasks
iii. Allocating resources
iv. Tracking resources
v. Answering technical quality
vi. Integration process
vii. Evaluation
a. i, ii, iii, iv, v
b. i. ii, iii, iv, v, vi, vii
c. ii, iii, iv, v, v
d. v, vi, vii

5. What are the different phrase of project Management life cycle.

i. Analysis & evaluation phase
ii. Marketing phase
iii. Design phase
iv. Inspection, testing & Delivery phase
v. Post, competition analysis phase
a. i, ii, iii, iv
b. i, ii, iii, iv, v
c. ii, iii, iv, v
d. None of the above

6. The task of Analysis & evaluation phase is

a. Requirement Analysis
b. Trade off analysis
c. Estimation
d. All of the above

7. The purpose of _________ phase is to produce a project proposal.

a. Initiation phase
b. Marketing phase
c. Design phase
d. Inspection phase

8. The inputs received by design phase are

i. Preliminary project evaluation
ii. Project proposal
iii. Customer interviews
iv. Trade off analysis
v. Estimation
a. i, ii, iii, iv
b. i, ii, iii, iv, v
c. ii, iii, iv, v, vi
d. iii, iv, v

9. Arrange the following phases of project management life cycle in a proper sequence.

a. Inspection, testing & Delivery
b. Design phase
c. Analysis & evaluation phase
d. Post competition analysis
e. Marketing phase
a. a, b, c, d, e
b. c, e, b, a, d
c. a, b, e, c, d
d. b, a, e, c, d

10. Different project management process is

i. Process Groups
ii. Project processor
iii. Process Interactive
iv. Customization
v. Requirement process
a. i, ii, iii, iv, v
b. ii, iii, iv, v
c. i, ii, iii, iv
d. ii, iii, iv, i

11. _________ processes is a series of actions to achieve a result.

a. Project processor
b. Planning process
c. Product oriented process
d. Customization

12. Process Group include

a. Initiating process
b. Planning process
c. Executing process
d. Controlling process
e. Closing process
f. Design process
g. Marketing process
1. a, b, c, d, e, f, g
2. a, b, c, d, e
3. b, c, d, e, f
4. c, d, e, f, g

13. True or False

i. Project fails because project objective not in the line with business objective.
ii. Project fails because lack of complete support from clients.

a. a. true, b false
b. a. true, b true
c. a false, b false
d. a false, b true

14. ________ is a none continue work bringing about a beneficial change.

a. Project Management
b. Project
c. Process Management
d. All of the above

15. Five dimensions that must be managed on project are

i. Features
ii. Quality
iii. Cost
iv. Schedule
v. staff
a. I, ii, iii, iv
b. ii, iii, iv, v
c. I, ii, iii, iv, v
d. iii, iv, v

16. A graphical way to depict me points of projects management principles is by the use of ________.

A. civet diagram
B. kiviat diagram
C. maxi can diagram
D. None of the above

17. __________ is a limiting factor beyond the project terms control.

a. A driver
b. A constraint
c. Degree of freedom
d. None of the above

18. ______ is those persons that are actively invited in the project & whose interests may be affected by the outcome of the project.
a. Individuals
b. Organizations
c. Players
d. None of the above

19. Project lifecycles involves following stages.

i. Preparation stage
ii. Start up stage
iii. Feasibility or research stage
iv. Implementation stage
v. Close down stage
vi. Sloping stage
a. I, ii, iii, iv, v
b. ii, iii, iv
c. ii, iii, iv, v
d. I, ii, iii

20. ________ is a technique to analyze the content of work & cost by ——– it down into component parts.

a. Task duration
b. Work breakdown structure
c. Work processes
d. None of the above

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Type-A Question of Production and Operation Management of SMU MBA

October 11, 2009 at 11:01 am · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

This is the Type-A questions of Production and Operation Management of SMU MBA. These are the most probable questions of Production and Operation Management that can be asked in the examination of SMU MBA.

1. ___________ is defined an autonomous defeats control. It is realized by quality control of the products and autonomous defeats control. It is stabilized through quality circles. Select any one of the following:

a. Auto motion
b. Mechanization
c. CYBER NATILE
d. Rational section

2. The type and quantity of material required are entered on a material requisition from called __________.

a. A kanhon
b. Andan
c. Yo-I-don
d. Justin Time

3. Yo-I-don mean _ _ _ _ _ _ _

a. Ready set Go
b. Start & Go
c. Get set Go
d. Quick start Go

4. __________ is considered a universal core —- monotony & therefore this is used to rotate —- synchronous with balancing of production operations.

a. Job rotation
b. Jon Evaluation
c. Meritt rating
d. Jobs satisfaction

5. Split – Core picking sis also referred to as _______.

a. Broken
b. Un broken Core
c. Semi Broken picking
d. Full picking

6. ________ involves picking order throughout the entire picking area.

a. Tom picking
b. Group picking
c. Travel picking
d. Picnic picking

7. In _________ order are routed from zone to zone in sequence whether or not there are picks to be made in any particular zone.

a. Chaining
b. Fastening
c. Sledging
d. Swinging

8. _________ is characterized by relatively large quantities of many item.

a. Retail order
b. Wholesale order
c. Monopoly order
d. Olga poly order

9. Cycle time reduction improved accommodate by, higher for sale, etc are value in improving customer service and provide _________ advantage.

a. Competitive
b. Monopolize
c. Imperfect competition
d. Perfect competition

10. Many of the benefits of mechanization and methods improvement in order fulfillment operation cannot be smart full and expressed is ____________ term.

a. Monetary
b. Pecuniary
c. Primary
d. Secondary

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Sample Questions for SMU MBA Second Semester MIS

September 7, 2009 at 5:28 pm · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

There are some most important sample questions of SMU MBA 2nd semester for Management Information System.

1. Goal seeking is the process of determining the ________ required to active a certain goal

A) Input value
B) Data
C) Information
D) Intelligence

2. Operation models are also called as

A) Statistical analysis
B) Mathematical analysis
C) Forecasting models
D) OR models

3. Correlation between one or two variable is identified in

A) OR models
B) Regression models
C) ABC analysis models
D) Relation models

4. FOCUS is a ________ programming language

A) 3rd generation
B) 4th generation
C) AI
D) Expert system

5. CSCW stands for

A) Computer System & Collaborative Workstation
B) Computer Supported Collaborative Workstation
C) Computer Supported Collaborative Work
D) Computer System Cooperative Work

6. A system that enables to post ones idea and draw responses is called

A) Groupware
B) Teleconferencing
B) Electronic bulletin board
D) Telecommuting

7. The electromechanical manipulator with Artificial Intelligence is _______

A) Expert System
B) DSS
C) Group DSS
D) Robot

8. The concept of forward chaining is also know as

A) Fast forward
B) Forward reasoning
C) Linear chaining
D) Control reasoning

9. Document Management is a __________

A) DSS
B) Office Information System
C) TPS
D) ES

10. The critical business processes are those, which contribute to the ____________

A) Cost of the process
B) Value
C) Time taken to perform the task
D) People involved in doing the specific processes

11. The major disadvantage of an Expert System (ES) is that

A) They cannot apply to structured information
B) They cannot apply to unstructured information
C) They cannot apply to internal information
D) None of the above

12. The utility of information is high if it matches the

A) Cost
B) Quantity
C) Requirement of the user
D) Satisfaction of the user

13. The method of data processing measurement and collection methods is ______ factors in and organization

A) Controllable
B) Uncontrollable
C) High impact
D) Informal

14. _______ is formal, social units devoted to attainment of specific goals

a) Management
b) Organization
c) Operation Control
d) MIS

15. In the organization authority concentrates in the hands of ________

a) Top most
b) Middle
c) Lower
d) None of these

16. ____ is the mode of checking the program of plan and correcting the deviations

a) Controlling
b) Planning
c) Directing
d) None

17. Top level management in otherwise called _____ management

a) Strategic
b) Tactical
c) Operational
d) Controlling

18. _____ Level management has the responsibility of implementing over all plans.

a) Middle Level
b) Top level
c) Lower level
d) None of these

19. Military organization is the synonym for

A) Functional organization
B) Nuclear organization
C) Vertical organization
D) Both A) and C)

20. The organization where the authority flows functionally to the division heads is called

A) Division of labor organization
B) Authority organization
C) Functional organization
E) None of the above

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Sample Questions of Operation Research MB0032 SMU MBA

August 7, 2009 at 2:32 pm · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , , , ,

These are some sample questions of Operation Research. I have already published Type-A questions of OR (Operation Research) of SMU MBA. These are mix questions of Type-A and Type-B sample. You can subscribe Type-A Project Management Sample Questions for SMU MBA MB0033 also for your examination preparation.

Q: 1- _______is used for project involving activities of repetitive nature

a) PERT
b) CPM
c) All of the above

Q: 2- Estimating the durations of activities taking into considerations the resources required for these execution in most economic manner.

a) Activities
b) Scheduling
c) Event
d) All the above

Q: 3- A point in Represent in that signifies the completion of some activities and the beginning of new ones.

a) Activities
b) Event
c) Project
d) All the above

Q: 4- The network represents project operations or task to be conducted is called

a) Event
b) Activities
c) Operation
d) All the above

Q: 5- Each activity is represented by one and only one in the network –

a) Arrow
b) Line
c) Path
d) None of the above

Q: 6- Each activity is represented by a directed

a) Arc
b) Line segment
c) Activity
d) None of the above

Q: 7- AN activity is said to be __if a delay in the start of the course makes a delay in the completion time of the entire project.

a) Non –critical
b) Critical
c) Delay
d) All the above

Q: 8- An activity is activity such that the time between its earliest start and its latest completion time is longer than its actual duration

a) Critical
b) Non critical
c) Delay
d) All the above

Q: 9- An activity is said to have a slack or float time

a) Non critical
b) Critical
c) Both of them

Q: 10- The critical path identifies all the critical activities of the ________.

a) Project
b) Event
c) Activity
d) None of the above

Q: 11- In a project network, a sequence of activities may from a loop (T/F)

Q: 12- A critical activity must have its total and free floats equal to zero (T/F)

Q: 13- A non -critical activity can not have zero total float (T/F)

Q: 14- The critical path of project network represents the minimum duration needed to complete the network (T/F)

Q: 15- A network may include more than one critical path (T/F)

Q: 16- A concept of experimentation in the management laboratory is called –

a) Monte card
b) Simulation
c) None of the above

Q: 17- Simulation is often referred to as Analysis of –

a) Monte carlo
b) Ulan
c) Von Neumann
d) All of the above

Q: 18- The approach adopted for solving a problem in gambling can be extended to decision making.

a) Simulation
b) Method
c) Bayer
d) None of the above

Q: 19- ________ approach is recognized as a powerful tool for management decision making.

a) Monte carlo
b) Simplex
c) Game theory
d) Simulation

Q: 20- Linear Programming is a _____Process.

a) Optimization
b) Minimize
c) Maximize
d) All the above

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Operations Research Type – A Sample Questions for SMU MBA

July 12, 2009 at 2:46 am · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , ,

Q: 1- Game theory was developed by

a)John von Newman
b) Euler
c) None of these

Q: 2- A game in which players is called

a) Two sum game
b) Two- player game
c) N player (person game)
d) None of the above

Q: 3- If a game is such that where it is played the sum of the gains (pay-off) of the players in Zero it is called –

a) Two player game
b) Zero sum game
c) N-person game
d) None of the above

Q: 4- A player is the predetermined rule by which he chooses his course of action while playing the game is called –

a) Strategy
b) Morra Game
c) Zero –Sum game
d) None of the above

Q: 5- A game of a player is his precession to adopt a specified course of action (Say Ar) irrespective of the strategy of the opponent.

a) Pure Strategy
b) Strategy
c) Mixed Strategy
d) None of the above

Q: 6- Playing a game of a player is his pr-decision to choose his course of action according to certain pre-assigned probabilities –

a) Mixed Strategy
b) Pure strategy
c) Strategy
d) None of the above

Q: 7- The row minimum in the pay-off matrix is called:

a) Mini max
b) Maxi min
c) Pay-off
d) None of the above

Q: 8- The minimum of the maximum in the pay matrix is called –

a) Mini max
b) Maxi min
c) Saddle point
d) None of the above

Q: 9- The post where the maxi min and mini max is called –

a) Saddle
b) Zero-sum game
c) Optimal Strategy
d) None of the above

Q: 10- The value of a game is the expected gain of player. A when both the player adopts strategy. A game is said to be fair if its value is –

a) Zero
b) Pay-off
c) Min Max
d) None of the above

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Management Information Systems Type – A Sample Questions for Second Semester of SMU MBA

June 13, 2009 at 12:11 pm · Filed under MBA Question ·Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

These are most important sample questions of Management Information System for 2nd semester SMU MBA.

1. Junior level management has the responsibility of implementing _______ Operations

a) Day to day
b) Tactical
c) Strategic
d) Organization

2. _____ planning Formulates policies to govern use and disposition of the resource

a) Strategic Planning
b) Management control
c) Operation contest
d) Strategic and Operational control

3. The junior level of management/organization needs information for

A) Operations scheduling
B) Operations control
C) Planning and scheduling
D) Both A) and B)

4. The management control system enables the manager to

A) Assure that actual activities conform to the planned activities
B) To take the corrective action in case of any deviation in the actual and planned activities
C) To control the management
D) Both A) and B)

5. State which of the following statements are true

a) Management Information System generate the data
b) The data will be collected, recorded and stored after it has been generated by business operations in an organization

A) Only b)
B) Only a)
C) Both a) and b)
D) None of the above

6. The management-oriented feature of MIS refers to a feature i.e.

A) The MIS provides information to the people at all levels
B) Only provides information to top level people
C) Only operational level people can get information
D) None of the above

7. Systemic approach to MIS brings high degree of ______ in the business process

A) Control
B) Professionalism
C) Concern
D) Both B) and C)

8. Strategic MIS supplies an organization with

A) Structured information
B) Unstructured information
C) Business intelligence
D) None of the above

9.____ is the mode of checking the program of plan and correcting the deviations

a) Controlling
b) Planning
c) Directing
d) None

10. ISS stands for

A) Information Support System
B) Intelligent Support System
C) Intelligent Systems & Services
D) Information System & Services

11. Processed data is called

A) Data processing
B) Information processing
C) Information
D) Data conversion

12. Non Action information is

A) Unattended data
B) Unprocessed data
C) Unnoticed data information
D) A) or C)

13. IRM stands for

A) Internal Resource Management
B) Information Resource Management
C) Integrated Resource Management
D) Integral Resource Management

14. An attribute could have ___________ value

A) Logical or physical
B) Single or multiple
C) Sequential or relational
D) Internal and external

15. The E-R diagram shows ______________ types of relationships

A) Logical
B) 3
C) Hierarchical
D) Relational

16. A distributed database is distributed over systems located in _______________

A) Different places in an organization
B) Different geographic areas
C) Different computer hardware
D) Different networks

17. Object Oriented-programming views programming as a series of interactions among objects rather than ______

A) Functions
B) Procedures
C) Statements
D) All of the above

18. Database that handles varieties of data objects is called

A) RDBMS
B) Multimedia database
C) Object-Oriented DBS
D) Client server databases

19. The decision making model was originally proposed by

A) Michel Porter
B) James Obrien
C) Herbert Simon
D) None of the above

20. Model management system is a component of

A) EIS
B) DSS
C) AIS
D) Expert system

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Sample Questions of MB0024 of SMU MBA

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These are another set of MB0024 sample questions papers. However, we have already posted here in previous post a set of Type-A MB0024 questions. For the SMU MBA examination these are some selected questions.

1. In a singular sense the word statistic stands for

A) Aggregate of facts
B) A branch of science
C) Collection of data
D) All of these

2. The minimum value that Karl Pearson’s coefficient of correlation can take is

A) +1
B) 0
C) -1
D) None of these

3. Steady decrease in the death rate of population in India over a period of last 40 years is an example of which type of variation in time series data?

A) Seasonal
B) Trend
C) Irregular
D) Cyclical

4. Faulty machine set up is an example for which type of cause of variation in quality control?

A) Assignable cause
B) Chance cause
C) Both Assignable and Chance cause
D) None of these

5. Simple Random Sampling is an example for — sampling method.

A) Probability
B) Non-probability
C) Both probability and non-probability
D) None of these

6. Time series data is usually made up of how many components?

A) 1
B) 4
C) 3
D) 2

7. How many pars do Deciles divide the data?

A) 4
B) 2
C) 100
D) 10

8. Range in a measure of

A) Location
B) Variation
C) Kurtosis
D) Skewness

9. If the first and the third quartiles of the data set are given to be eq1ual to 25 and 40 respectively then quartile deviation is given by

A) 75
B) 37.5
C) 7.5
D) None of these

10. What is the lower limit of spearman’s coefficient of Rank correlation?

A) 0
B) 1
C) ½
D) -1

11. When the correlation coefficient value is +1 then we say that the two variables are

A) Negatively correlated
B) Perfectly negatively correlated
C) Perfectly positively correlated
D) Positively correlated

12. Which type of average is considered most appropriate for index Numbers?

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Geometric Mean

13. Which test is satisfied by Laspeyer’s index Number?

A) Time Reversal
B) Factor Reversal
C) Both Time and Factor Reversal
D) Neither Time nor Factor Reversal

14. What type of weights used by Marshall Edgeworth’s weighted aggregate price Indes Numbers?

A) Base year quantity
B) Current year quantity
C) Mean of Base and Current year quantity
D) None of these

15. If you want to give a most typical value of the data set then we have to consider

A) Mean
B) Median
C) Mode
D) Harmonic mean

16. Median is also known as

A) 2nd Quartile
B) 5th Decile
C) 50th Percentile
D) All the these

17. If the regression coefficient of the line of regression between two variables is positive then it indicates what type of relationship between two variables?

A) Negative
B) Positive
C) Perfect positive
D) None of these

18. If we add a constant value 5 to all the observations then the standard deviation of the data will be

A) Increased by 5
B) Decreased by 5
C) Increased by 0
D) Unaffected

19. Karl Pearson’s Coefficient of Correlation is independent of change of

A) Only origin
B) Only scale
C) Both Origin and scale
D) Neither origin nor scale

20. What percentage of values is greater than the first quartile?

A) 25%
B) 75%
C) 50%
D) 100%

21. Sudden increase in the oil prices due to war in the Gulf region can be attributed to which component of variation in a time series data?

A) Trend
B) Seasonal
C) Cyclical
D) Irregular

22. Moving average method of fitting trend in a time series removes the effect of

A) Long term movements
B) Short term movements
C) Cyclic variations
D) None of these

23. For a distribution which median more than mean the distribution is

A) Symmetrical
B) Negatively skewed
C) Positively skewed
D) None of these

24. Variance is can be computed by performing which operation on standard deviation?

A) Squaring
B) Taking square root
C) Dividing by 2
D) None of these

25. Paasche’s aggregate index number uses which type of weights

A) Base year quantities
B) Current year quantities
C) Base year price
D) Current year price

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