Below are some most probable sample questions of SMU MBA from MB 0022 book. These questions are sample of type B questions which is asked in SMU MBA examination.
1. Which of the following statements are not correct?
a) Intelligence activity phase of decision-making consist of searching the environment for conditions calling decision-making
b) Identification activity phase of decision making concerns with choice of particular course of action from among those available
c) Design activity phase of decision making consists of developing and analyzing possible courses of action
d) Programmed decisions are unique and not routine
e) Non- programmed decision are taken by the top-level management
A) 2 and 4
B) 3 and 5
C) 1 and 5
D) 3 and 4
2. Which of the following are the characteristics of the perceiver, which affet perceptual process?
a) Organizational setting
b) Needs of motives
c) Self concept
d) Ethics values and culture
e) Social setting
f) Past e
g) Past experiences
h) Current emotional state
A) 1, 2, 3, 5, and 7
B) 2, 3, 4, 6 and 7
C) 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6
D) All of them
3. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A) A positive reinforcement is a reward for a desired behaviour
B) Negative reinforcement results from withholding a threatened negative consequence when a desired behaviour occurs
C) Punishment consists of application of an undesirable behviour, which has never been associated with reward before
D) Conditioning consists of removing rewards from behaviour that were previously reinforced so that such behavio9ur would become less frequent
4. Which of the following statement relating to Maslow’s need hierarchy theory of motivation is not correct?
A) People have a wide range of needs, which motivate them to strive of fulfillment
B) People are not motivated to satisfy those needs that are perceived to be deficient
C) Human needs can be arranged into a hierarchy
D) Relative satisfaction lower level need is necessary to activate the next higher level need
5. Which of the following statement relating to Hertzbert theory of motivation is wrong?
A) If hygiene factors are maintained at proper level, they prevent negative type of motivation from occurring
B) When motivators are present, they lead to satisfaction and motivation
C) Hygiene factors lead to hundred percent motivation
D) When motivators are absent they prevent both satisfaction ad motivations
6. Match the following leadership skill with the constituents
Set A
1. Human skill
2. Conceptual skill
3. Technical skill
4. Personal skill
Set B
a) Knowledge of the competence in the principles, procedures and operations of a job
b) Empathy, objectivity, communication skill, teaching skill
c) Intelligence, emotional maturity, integrity, personal motivation, flexibility of mind
d) Ability to look at the enterprise as a whole to recognize the inter relation and dependence of functions in an organizations
A) 1-b, 2-d, 3-a, 4-c
B) 1-c, 2-d, 3-a, 4-b
C) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b, 4-d
D) 1-b, 2-a, 3-d, 4-c
7. Which of the following statement is not correct?
A) Trait theory of leadership points out that the personal traits of a person make him an effective leader
B) The behavioral theory of leadership I based on the premise that effective leadership is the result of effective role behaviour
C) The situational theory of leadership holds that leadership is strongly affected by the situation from which a leader emerges and in which he works
D) The Greatman theory of leadership holds that moderate people can also be trained to become effective and successful leader
8. Which of the following statements are true?
1. Management is a technique of extracting work from others in an integrated and coordinated manner for realizing the specific objectives through productive use of material resources
2. Management is a universal activity
3. Management is a concerned only with individual effort
4. Management is a science as well as an Art
5. The principles of management are static
6. Management is tangible
7. Management is goal oriented
8. Management is not a profession
A) 1, 3, 6 and 7
B) 1, 2, 4 and 7
C) 2, 4, 5 and 8
D) All are true
9. The functions of middle management are
1. To understand the interlocking of determents in major policies
2. To supervise and guide and workers
3. To develop leaders for the future by board training and experience
4. To run the organization, leaving the top manager as free as possible of their responsibilities
5. Determining the objectives the firm
6. To solve problems and grievances of workers
7. To provide training to the workers
8. To achieve the coordination between the different parts of the organization
A) 1, 3, 4 and 8
B) 1, 2, 6 and 7
C) 2, 5, 6 and 8
D) All of them
10. Which of the following statements are wrong?
1. According to Skimmer’s behavioristic learning theory of personality behaviour is unpredictable and uncontrollable
2. The social learning theory uses reinforcement and punishment approach in understanding personality
3. Albert Bandura’s social learning theory of personality depicts psychological functioning in terms of the continuous reciprocal interaction of behavioral cognitive and environmental influences
4. Attitude is an enduring attribute of a person that appears constantly in a variety of situations
5. According to Carl Jung introverts are people who are less sociable and absorbed in inner life
6. According to Allport, personality is the dynamic organization of those internal psychological systems that determine a person’s characteristic behaviour
A) 1 and 5
B) 4 and 6
C) 2 and 3
D) 1 and 4
