Directing Quiz-1

Directing Quiz-1

Quiz

 

1. Directing function is performed along with which of the following functions-
   1.   Planning
   2.   Organising
   3.   Controlling
   4.   All of these
2. Which of the following is not a leadership style?
   1.   Free-rein
   2.   Autocratic
   3.   Democratic
   4.   Dictatorship
3. It is the process of influencing the behavior of people by making them strive voluntarily towards the achievement of organizational goals.
   1.   Supervision
   2.   Communication
   3.   Leadership
   4.   Motivation
4. Akhil & Co. Is a well-known company dealing in raw materials for manufacturing of goods from textile industries and has a large client base located all over India. The company provides its employees with incentives in order to motivate them so that productivity is increased along with the earnings. For the month of March, the company announced that the employees will be getting incentives based on their increase in productivity at the end of the financial year. From the above case identify the type of incentive and the incentive that the company will be providing to its employees at the end of this financial year-
   1.   Non-financial incentive, status
   2.   Financial incentive, bonus
   3.   Non-financial incentive, profit sharing
   4.   Financial incentive, productivity linked wage
5. The process of giving instructions and guiding people to doing work is known as-
   1.   Staffing
   2.   Controlling
   3.   Directing
   4.   Coordination
6. Identify the leadership style in which the superior establishes power by utilizing forces from inside the groups.
   1.   Autocratic leadership
   2.   Democratic leadership
   3.   Laissez faire leadership
   4.   Authoritarian leadership
7. The process of converting the message into pictures or gestures is known as-
   1.   Decoding
   2.   Encoding
   3.   Feedback
   4.   Media
8. Sakshi, the departmental head of her company, makes the decision to increase the department’s performance. She decides to provide her employees some monetary and non-monetary incentives. She is confident that these incentives will meet their requirements. As a result, they will be motivated to take action on their own. Identify the element of directing used in the above case-
   1.   Leadership
   2.   Motivation
   3.   Supervision
   4.   Leadership
9. A group at a well-established company is going through a process of exchanging concepts and ideas on various issues related to the proper operation of the company’s many operations. The entire group has come to an agreement on the timing, delivery, and placement of schedules and machinery.
   1.   Motivating
   2.   Communicating
   3.   Leadership
   4.   Supervising
10. Stability of income is an example of –
    1.   Belonging needs
    2.   Security needs
    3.   Esteem needs
    4.   Self-actualisation needs
11. Which of the following is not a feature of motivation-
    
    1.   Motivation is a complex process
    2.   Motivation is internal
    3.   Motivation is an easy process
    4.   Motivation is positive or negative
12. Which among the following statement does not stand true for Motivation-
    1.   Motivation helps reduce absenteeism in the organization
    2.   Motivation helps managers to introduce changes smoothly without much resistance from the employees
    3.   Motivation helps save costs and retain talented people in the organization
    4.   All of these
13. Abraham Maslow introduced the Maslow’s need hierarchy theory of motivation exists of ____ needs-
    1.   Five
    2.   Two
    3.   Seven
    4.   Four
14. From the below-given statements choose the statement which does not stand true in accordance with Maslow’s need hierarchy theory-
    1.   People’s behavior is based upon their needs and satisfaction of such needs influences their behavior
    2.   A satisfied need no longer motivates a person
    3.   A person moves to the lower level in the hierarchy from a higher level when his need is satisfied
    4.   Hierarchy starts from basic needs to other higher-level needs
15. Raj is employed by a company. He has been a member of the organization for the past 17 years. Despite his finest performance in the organization throughout the years, he was unable to reach the position of vice president. Identify the Maslow needs that apply to the following organizational setups.
    1.   Safety need
    2.   Esteem need
    3.   Affiliation need
    4.   Basic psychological needs
16. _______refers to incentives that are in monetary form and serve to motivate people for better performance-
    1.   Non-financial incentives
    2.   Financial incentives
    3.   Non-economic incentives
    4.   In-kind incentives
17. A manager working in an organisation came to know about the changing behavior pattern of the employees in the organisation. The employees were not willing to work to their potential and were getting lazy in terms of completing the tasks given to them. The manager thought to make some changes in their working pattern and decided to stop the increments of the employees. Which element did he use by doing this-
    1.   Positive Motivation
    2.   Negative motivation
    3.   Communicating
    4.   Leadership
18. Which among the following is not a need which comes under Maslow’s need hierarchy theory of motivation-
    1.   Security needs
    2.   Esteem needs
    3.   Self actualization needs
    4.   Organisational needs
19. “A Leader should not only be a good speaker but also a good listener, teacher, counselor, and persuader.” Which quality of a good leader is the statement here highlighting?
    1.   Motivation skills
    2.   Communication skills
    3.   Physical features
    4.   Knowledge
20. Which among the following is an element of directing-
    1.   Motivation
    2.   Leadership
    3.   Communication
    4.   All of these