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Sikkim Manipal University - Dde Subject: "Strategic Management and Business Policy" Subject Code: MB0052 Book ID: B1699 Model Question Paper
Sikkim Manipal University - Dde Subject: "Strategic Management and Business Policy" Subject Code: MB0052 Book ID: B1699 Model Question Paper
Time: 2 hours
Max.Marks:140
PART A
(50 X 1 mark= 50 MARKS)
A. Michael Porter
B. Peter Drucker
C. Hamel
D. Abell
A. Multinational companies
B. Public sectors
C. Small businesses
D. Non-profit organisations
3. In what type of organisations, the focus is more on ideology, social
responsibilities and underlying values rather than revenue generation?
A. Multinational companies
B. Public sectors
C. Small businesses
D. Non-profit organisations
A. Process strategies
B. Corporate strategies
C. Business-unit level strategies
D. Operational strategies
A. execution
B. planning
C. adaptive
D. opportunistic
A. formal-structured
B. adaptive
C. entrepreneurial-opportunistic
D. combination
A. Corporate Governance
B. Corporate Social Responsibility
C. Strategic Management
D. Organisational Planning
A. Customers
B. Shareholders
C. Employees
D. Board of Directors
10. The affairs of the company are directed and controlled through the
__________________ who represent the shareholders of the
company
A. Board of Directors
B. Senior managers
C. Middle management
D. Managing Director and the Chief Executive Officer
11. The _____________ system should clearly address the three major
issues of an organisation – the corporate objective, whom the
organisation should be serving and finally how best to serve their
interests.
A. Corporate Governance
B. Policy making
C. Strategic
D. Planning
A. Strategic review
B. Management review
C. Strategic planning
D. Strategic audit
15. Management thinkers like Peter Drucker feel that business definition
should strongly focus on the _______________.
A. Shareholders
B. Suppliers
C. Customers
D. Employees
A. mission statement
B. vision statement
C. quality principles
D. policy
A. Strategic intent
B. Strategic objectives
C. Social audit
D. Strategic plan
A. Corporate Governance
B. Corporate Social Responsibility
C. Business policy
D. Sustainability
A. Social audit
B. Strategic intent
C. Strategic audit
D. Strategic review
20. _________________ of a company is one of its special or unique
competence which gives that company a clear competitive advantage
over its competitors.
A. Distinctive competence
B. Core competence
C. Strategic competence
D. Threshold competence
A. Strategic
B. Threshold
C. Distinctive
D. Core
A. Core competence
B. Distinctive competence
C. Strategic competence
D. Threshold competence
A. skills
B. talent
C. resources
D. equipments
A. strategic outsourcing
B. Business process re-engineering
C. Corporate restructuring
D. subcontracting
26. The national income, the manufacturing and service sector, capital or
financial sector, investment, savings, etc., constitute the __________
environment.
A. Economic
B. Sociological
C. Micro
D. political
A. Patterns
B. macro activities
C. Trends
D. fluctuations
A. Scenario
B. Vision
C. Mission
D. Policy
A. SWOT analysis
B. Scenario building
C. PEST analysis
D. Benchmarking
A. dynamic strategy
B. stability strategy
C. competitive strategy
D. generic strategy
A. Johari Window
B. evaluation matrix
C. Generic strategy model
D. portfolio matrix
33. In Michael Porter’s theory, the four generic strategic options available
to companies are cost leadership, focused cost leadership,
differentiation and _____________.
A. diversification
B. focused differentiation
C. uniqueness
D. mass customization
A. niche marketing
B. differentiated marketing
C. customised marketing
D. innovation
A. Corporate parenting
B. Management nurturing
C. Corporate cultivation
D. Corporate education
38. Market development for existing products can take place in two ways:
first is through geographic expansion in the existing market segments
and second is through ___________________.
A. Related diversification
B. unrelated diversification
C. concentric diversification
D. conglomerate diversification
A. Related diversification
B. Unrelated diversification
C. concentric diversification
D. conglomerate diversification
A. Strategic alliance
B. Joint venture
C. Merger
D. Acquisitions
A. Strategic alliance
B. Joint venture
C. Merger
D. Acquisitions
A. Vertical merger
B. Horizontal merger
C. Synergic merger
D. Concentric merger
A. Horizontal merger
B. Vertical merger
C. Synergic merger
D. Concentric merger
46. ___________________ takes place when a company enters into a
downstream activity with respect to the same product line/ flow – for
example, a garment manufacturer starts its own retail chain.
A. Backward integration
B. Horizontal integration
C. Acquisition
D. Forward integration
A. Forward integration
B. Joint venture
C. Horizontal integration
D. Vertical integration
A. Emerging industry
B. Mature industry
C. Declining industry
D. Fragmented industry
49. A ______________ is one which has passed through transition from
period of fast growth to more modest or stable growth.
A. Fragmented industry
B. Emerging industry
C. Mature industry
D. Declining industry
50. The competitive threat model or the five forces model was developed
by ______________
A. Michael E Porter
B. Hamel
C. C K Prahlad
D. Peter Drucker
PART B
(25 x 2 marks = 50 marks)
A. competition, conflict
B. plans, rivalry
C. business environment, prediction of war
D. scarcity of resources, opponent’s plan
A. 1F, 2F
B. 1T, 2T
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. combination, planners
B. entrepreneurial-opportunistic, visionaries
C. formal-structured, imitators
D. adaptive, great leaders
A. present, future
B. future, present
C. direction, purpose
D. strategic path, principles
60. Four types of ‘mergers’ are (i) horizontal merger, (ii) vertical merger,
(iii) ____________ and (iv) _____________.
A. 1T, 2T
B. 1F, 2F
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. 1T, 2T
B. 1F, 2F
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. 1F, 2F
B. 1T, 2T
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. 1F, 2F
B. 1T, 2T
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. 1T, 2F
B. 1F, 2T
C. 1F, 2F
D. 1T, 2T
71. Choose the right option:
For pre-implementation assessment of strategies, which of the
following interrelated evaluation criteria are generally used:
(1) Suitability
(2) Manageability
(3) Feasibility
(4) Acceptability
(5) Accountability
A. Only 1, 3 and 4
B. Only 1, 2 and 3
C. All the criteria (i.e., 1,2,3,4 & 5)
D. Only 3 and 4
A. 1T, 2T
B. 1F, 2F
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. 1T, 2T
B. 1F, 2F
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
A. 1T, 2T
B. 1F, 2F
C. 1T, 2F
D. 1F, 2T
PART C
(4 X 10 marks = 40 marks)
(Refer Unit 6, 7)
Case Study: (Read the case study given below and answer the
questions ‘78’ and ‘79’)
79. How did HUL implement the strategies formulated? Did the company
follow the strategic management process rigidly as per the strategic
management model? Justify your answer.