Management Capstone Pre-Test Questions
Course Introduction
The Management Capstone course is designed to integrate and apply knowledge gained from previous business and management courses, challenging students to solve complex real-world organizational problems. Through case studies, simulations, team projects, and strategic analysis, students develop advanced skills in decision-making, critical thinking, and leadership. Emphasizing ethical considerations and global perspectives, the course prepares students to synthesize diverse business concepts and present actionable solutions to stakeholders, reflecting the multifaceted responsibilities of modern managers.
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Strategic Management Theory An Integrated Approach 9th Edition by Charles W. L. Hill
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Chapter 1: Strategic Leadership: Managing the
Strategy-Making Process for Competitive Advantage
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Q1) A business model is managers' conception of how the set of strategies their company pursues should mesh together into a congruent whole,thus enabling the company to gain a competitive advantage and achieve superior profitability and profit growth.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Aaron planned to cut prices at his bicycle shop,but when a competing shop began to offer free repairs,Aaron decided to copy them.Aaron's new strategy (offer free repairs)is an example of a(n)
A)mistake.
B)emergent strategy.
C)deliberate strategy.
D)intended strategy.
E)unrealized strategy.
Answer: B
Q3) The concepts vision and mission can be used interchangeably.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: External Analysis: The Identification of Opportunities and Threats
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Q1) When the value of the dollar is low compared with the value of other currencies,products made in the United States are relatively inexpensive and products made overseas are relatively expensive.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) Over the last few decades,the United States steel industry has become less concentrated.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) In determining its opportunities and threats,a firm should focus on internal processes and capabilities.
A)True
B)False Answer: False
Q4) The personal computer industry is uniquely dependent upon a powerful supplier.
A)True
B)False Answer: True
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Chapter 3: Internal Analysis: Distinctive Competencies,
Competitive Advantage, and Profitability
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Q1) Capabilities refer to a company's
A)tangible resources.
B)intangible resources.
C)skills at coordinating its resources and putting them to productive use.
D)strategy as expressed in the firm's business model.
E)policies.
Answer: C
Q2) At the most basic level,a business is simply a device for
A)transforming inputs into outputs.
B)transporting products from one location to another.
C)converting outputs into inputs.
D)transferring title to goods from one party to another.
E)conserving outputs.
Answer: A
Q3) Benchmarking is a practice in which a company's performance is compared against that of competitors and the historic performance of the company itself.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Building Competitive Advantage Through Functional-Level Strategy
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Q1) While Information Systems (IS)have greatly improved externally focused decision making,they have had little impact on lowering costs.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Quality can best be thought of as
A)product usefulness.
B)quality as reliability and quality as excellence.
C)product innovation.
D)a matter for a company's managers to decide for themselves without external input.
E)a matter for the marketing function of a company to decide.
Q3) Harvard Business School found no differences in learning effects among hospitals performing a new cardiac procedure.
A)True
B)False
Q4) All else being equal,if a company moves down the experience curve faster than its rivals,it should realize a lower cost structure.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Building Competitive Advantage Through Business-Level Strategy
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Q1) Companies that successfully pursue a cost leadership strategy generally have a distinctive competency in research and development.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The main difference between companies following a cost leadership strategy and those following a focused cost leadership strategy is
A)standardized market price.
B)industry life cycle stage.
C)degree of market segmentation.
D)age of the market.
E)market trajectory.
Q3) Mercedes-Benz automobiles are a good example of A)moderately priced products.
B)imitative products.
C)differentiated products.
D)products that are struggling to differentiate.
E)highly competitive products.
Q4) What does the broad differentiation business model look like and how can this model benefit companies that employ it?
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Chapter 6: Business-Level Strategy and the Industry Environment
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Q1) Competitive intensity in a declining industry is greatest when
A)the industry is declining slowly instead of rapidly.
B)the product is easy to differentiate.
C)exit barriers are high.
D)entry barriers are high.
E)technology is stable.
Q2) Fragmented industries typically have low barriers to entry.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A fragmented industry is composed of a large number of small and medium-sized companies.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Reaching the early majority requires successful niche marketing and narrow market segmentation.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What advice would you give to a manager of a business in a fragmented industry about how to successfully compete? About how to achieve industry consolidation?
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Chapter 7: Strategy and Technology
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Q1) Which of the following is not a disadvantage to being a first mover?
A)Significant pioneering costs
B)Tendency to make mistakes
C)Risk of building the wrong resources and capabilities
D)Accumulation of market knowledge
E)Possibility of investing in inferior or obsolete technology
Q2) Digitalization refers to
A)the increasing use of the Internet in corporations.
B)a firm's database of client information.
C)manufacturing with the aid of robotics.
D)turning intellectual property into digital form.
E)the use of encryption software to protect intellectual property.
Q3) Ownership of an industry standard that is protected from imitation by patents and copyrights is a weak organizational resource.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The layout of the keys on a computer keyboard is an example of a technical standard.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 8: Strategy in the Global Environment
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Q1) The globalization of production has been increasing as companies take advantage of lower barriers to international trade and location economies.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A localization strategy is based on which of the following ideas?
A)There is a convergence in the tastes of consumers in different nations of the world.
B)There are substantial economies of scale to be realized from centralizing global production.
C)Consumer tastes and preferences differ among national markets.
D)There are cost advantages associated with manufacturing a standard product for global consumption.
E)Competitive strategy should be centralized at the world head office.
Q3) Managers of a multinational enterprise must recognize that skills
A)need to be transferred from headquarters to the firm's overseas operations.
B)may arise from anywhere within the firm's global network.
C)developed overseas usually do not rise to the level of domestic skills.
D)should not deviate from their domestic level.
E)must be tightly controlled to assume global similarity.
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Chapter 9: Corporate-Level Strategy: Horizontal Integration,
Vertical Integration, and Strategic Outsourcing
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Q1) A specialized asset is one that is designed to
A)perform a multitude of generic tasks.
B)perform a specified sequence of tasks.
C)perform several nonsequential tasks.
D)perform a specific task.
E)none of these choices.
Q2) Vertical integration can raise costs if,over time,a company continues to purchase inputs from company-owned suppliers when independent suppliers can supply the same inputs at lower cost.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The final part of the strategy formulation process is
A)formulation of business-level strategies.
B)formulation of functional-level strategies.
C)formulation of corporate-level strategies.
D)development of functional-level goals.
E)development of business-level goals.
Q4) What is the relationship between a company's corporate-level strategy and its business model?
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Chapter 10: Corporate-Level Strategy: Related and Unrelated Diversification
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Q1) A company should pursue related diversification only to enhance the competitive position of its core business.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Free cash flow is defined as
A)money in a company's bank account.
B)government funds given to a company for meeting Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)regulations.
C)additional funds donated by stockholders.
D)cash in excess of that required to fund investments in the company's industry and to meet any debt commitments.
E)money borrowed by the company that requires no interest payments.
Q3) Economies of scope typically involve
A)sharing resources by business units.
B)acquiring resources from outside a company.
C)limited utilization of resources by specific business units.
D)all of these choices.
E)none of these choices.
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Chapter 11: Corporate Performance, Governance, and Business Ethics
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Q1) According to an SEC investigation,Computer Associates,one of the world's largest software companies,backdated contracts to boost the company's reported revenues.
A)True
B)False
Q2) When corporate CEOs and top managers use their power and control over funds to satisfy their personal desires for wealth or status,this is called
A)on-the-job consumption.
B)agency theory.
C)information asymmetry.
D)a tradeoff between stakeholders.
E)a performance measurement.
Q3) Business ethics is concerned with
A)teaching people the difference between right and wrong.
B)ensuring that managers weigh the ethical implications of their decisions.
C)ensuring that employees obey the law.
D)replacing economics with social responsibility in the decision-making process.
E)increasing profits.
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Chapter 12: Implementing Strategy in Companies That
Compete in a Single Industry
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Q1) A functional organizational structure offers a company which of the following advantages?
A)Specialization of activities leading to greater productivity
B)More efficient production activities
C)Greater control of activities by managers
D)All of these choices
E)None of these choices
Q2) Which of the following is required by a restructuring?
A)Eliminating business units
B)Rethinking business processes
C)Creating more business units
D)Flattening the organizational hierarchy
E)Broadening the span of control
Q3) Strategic control systems utilized to ensure long-run profitability include
A)personal control.
B)output control.
C)behavior control.
D)all of these choices.
E)none of these choices.
Q4) Identify and discuss the three building blocks of organizational structure.
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Chapter 13: Implementing Strategy in Companies That
Compete Across Industries and Countries
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Q1) In a multidivisional structure
A)support functions,such as accounting,are centralized at the top of the organization.
B)corporate headquarters staff have operating responsibility.
C)divisional managers have overall corporate strategic responsibility.
D)corporate headquarters is responsible for overseeing the company's long-term multibusiness model and for providing guidance for interdivisional projects.
E)financial controls are necessarily weak.
Q2) Which of the following strategies results in the highest bureaucratic costs?
A)Localization
B)International
C)Global standardization
D)Transnational
E)Unrelated diversification
Q3) How can information technology (IT)help in the implementation of a multibusiness model?
Q4) Divisional battles may lead to battles over transfer pricing.
A)True
B)False
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