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Program Name: PGDBA


Subject: Principles and Practices of Management
Assessment Name: PPM - Exam
Weightage: 70
Total Marks: 70
Duration: 80 mins

Examination:

Examination is a Computer based examination.

Examination comprises of Total 29 Questions - Out of 70 marks.

Duration of examination will be of 1 Hour 20 minutes (80 minutes).

Section - I Instructions:

- It is compulsory and has total 3 Subjective Questions.


- Students are required to solve any 2 Subjective Type Questions. Each question is of 5 marks.
- Section – I is out of 10 Marks.

Please refer following instructions regarding Subjective examination:

- While attempting subjective examination Text formatting facility will be disabled such as use of bullets,
making the text bold, underlining the text etc. Only normal character on the key board will be available.
- Special characters available on the keyboard will be allowed.
- Students can not attempt more than 2 questions out of given 3.
- A blank (space typed) or any entry in the space provided will be considered as question is answered.
- Hand written answers are not allowed. Subjective test can be answered by using key board.
- No brail support shall be provided, but writer assistance shall be allowed. The student has to intimate it to
SCDL well in advance by completing applicable formalities.
- Answers for both the questions should not exceed more than 110 words. The maximum word limit per
answer is 55 words (for Subjective part).

Section - II Instructions:

- It comprises of Objective Questions Only.


- Total 60 marks are allotted for objective type questions.
- The objective questions are of following type and carries marks as given under.

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Multiple Choice Multiple Response : 4 Questions - 16 Marks (Each 4 marks)


Multiple Choice Single Response : 9 Questions - 18 Marks (Each 2 marks)
True or False : 5 Questions - 5 Marks (Each 1 mark)
Select a Blank : 5 Questions - 5 Marks (Each 1 mark)
Match the Column : 4 Questions - 16 Marks (Each 4 marks)

Total Questions : 27
Total Marks : 60

Section - I Instructions:

- It is compulsory and has total 3 Subjective Questions.


- Students are required to solve any 2 Subjective Type Questions. Each question is of 5 marks.
- Section – I is out of 10 Marks.

Please refer following instructions regarding Subjective examination:

- While attempting subjective examination Text formatting facility will be disabled such as use of bullets,
making the text bold, underlining the text etc. Only normal character on the key board will be available.
- Special characters available on the keyboard will be allowed.
- Students can not attempt more than 2 questions out of given 3.
- A blank (space typed) or any entry in the space provided will be considered as question is answered.
- Hand written answers are not allowed. Subjective test can be answered by using key board.
- No brail support shall be provided, but writer assistance shall be allowed. The student has to intimate it to
SCDL well in advance by completing applicable formalities.
- Answers for both the questions should not exceed more than 110 words. The maximum word limit per
answer is 55 words (for Subjective part).

1) What do you understand by levels in organisation/


(5)

Levels in an organisation are notional and may vary but generally these are divided into three parts such
as operational, middle management and top level. The operational level work is to implement, that of
middle management level is taking decisions with the policy laid out and that of the top level is deciding
policy and strategies for implementation.

2) What do you understand by the Production, Planning and Control?


(5)

The whole planning of productive activity starting right from procurement of materials, parts, machinery,
tools etc. till its utilisation for production is an area that is handled by this section. It has, therefore, a wide
data base of resources, and liaison with materials and marketing to see that this whole process is
smoothened out.

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3) What is Vrooms Theory of Expectations?


(5)

Victor H. Vroom believed that people will go for a goal if they find it is worth the efforts involved in doing
so. Thus, they will be motivated to the extent its value (valance) is worth the expectancy (drive) to achieve
it (Force = valance x expectancy). If people conceive that it is difficult to achieve or it is not worth to
achieve, they will not have the drive or motivation to achieve. Thus, an individuals needs and motivations
are linked.

Section 1 is complete.

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Section - II Instructions:

- It comprises of Objective Questions Only.


- Total 60 marks are allotted for objective type questions.
- The objective questions are of following type and carries marks as given under.

Multiple Choice Multiple Response : 4 Questions - 16 Marks (Each 4 marks)


Multiple Choice Single Response : 9 Questions - 18 Marks (Each 2 marks)
True or False : 5 Questions - 5 Marks (Each 1 mark)
Select a Blank : 5 Questions - 5 Marks (Each 1 mark)
Match the Column : 4 Questions - 16 Marks (Each 4 marks)

Total Questions : 27
Total Marks : 60

1) The first line supervisors can be called as managers .


(1)
1] True
2] False

2) When we offer something to the market in terms of goods and services are called as
(2)
1] Output
2] Inputs
3] Process
4] Knowledge

3) Accounts department keep accounts books to finalisation of :BLANK statements.


(1)

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1] Financial
2] Statutory
3] performance
4] Objective

4) Too many controls bring rigidity in managing while too liberal may spoil the services rendered.
(1)
1] True
2] False

5) For organised production following would be more effective than sum total of individual strengths -
(2)
1] Well organised strengths
2] Stylish strengths
3] Modern strengths
4] Managers strength

6) To run organisational structure successfully, one needs to be provided with


(2)
1] Resources
2] Finance
3] Human resource
4] Raw Material

7) Match the Following


(4)
1] Fresh perspective for a problem 1] Job rotation
2] Employees learn through training and observation 2] Develops new ideas
3] Freedom of decision making and actions 3] Democratic style of management
4] Saturation in the market 4] Give rise to replacement demand
5] Job orientation
6] Bureaucratic style

8) When a management produces results with the least possible resources, it is called
(2)
1] Efficient management
2] Effective management
3] Over utilized organisation
4] Unproductive management

9) The organisation must develop such values in its employees:


(4)
1] Trust
2] Respect for each other
3] Unity
4] Success

10) Management needs to play the :BLANK role than command and control role.
(1)
1] Facilitating

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2] Dividing
3] Decision making
4] Planning

11) Human behaviour is always standardised.


(1)
1] True
2] False

12) Though the life of machinery extends over a period of years and its value is depreciated in accounts, it is
treated as an
(2)
1] Investment
2] Expenses
3] Motivation
4] Opportunity

13) When any asset is bought, the depreciation is calculated because its asset value is :BLANK over a period.
(1)
1] Changed
2] Stable
3] Useful
4] Serviceable

14) Departmental plans include plans for functional units as well as for
(4)
1] Branches
2] Projects
3] Labours
4] Customers

15) We can think of alternatives with-


(4)
1] Refute the present thinking
2] Ask for colleagues opinions
3] Build scenarios
4] Demand for new

16) Ratio between cost benefit is derived with


(4)
1] Benefits
2] Costs
3] Expenses
4] Losses

17) Match the Following


(4)
1] Set of decisions act as a guide as and when required 1] Policy decisions
2] When steps for problems and decisions for it is fixed 2] Structured decisions
3] Unstructured decisions

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3] This cannot be put in an equation or calculating mode 4] Prescriptive decision


4] When problem is of repetitive nature 5] Proactive decision
6] Technical decision

18) Actions according to decisions are taken through organising all the time to fulfill
(2)
1] Commitments
2] Basic needs
3] Salary
4] Transportation facilities

19) Any organisation depends upon the size and nature of business and is thus divided into different
departments; further needed, those are divided into
(2)
1] Sections and sub-sections
2] Employer and employees
3] Various resources
4] Skilled or unskilled labours

20) Match the Following


(4)
1] Orientation 1] Information about philosophy of the organisation and its business
2] Induction 2] Welcoming and introduce about organisation's culture and ethos to a new person
3] Appointment 3] Conformation about a person is joining the organisation
4] Interviews 4] Communicating expectations of the organisation
5] Appraise the performance in terms of persons
6] Internal staff is considered

21) Which one is a formula for 'Vroom's theory of Expectations'?


(2)
1] Force = valance *expectancy
2] Momentum = Mass * velocity
3] Impulse = force * time
4] C=lambda

22) In :BLANK , human acts are motivated by many factors and he goes on learning new motives and
responds to managerial expectations.
(1)
1] Complex motivations
2] Single motivation
3] Self motivation
4] None of these

23) This is person control, which avoids paper work and time.
(2)
1] Personal observation
2] Personal training
3] Personal facilities
4] Personal relations

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24) Advance communication technology has made it possible to work even from homes, but we need to
present ourselves physically at the workplace to submit it.
(1)
1] True
2] False

25) The real beginning of any career is being conscious of making a career. If one is :BLANK about it, one
can really progress.
(1)
1] Serious
2] Ignore
3] Take it easy
4] think hard about it

26) Managers must develop a learning attitude and not only follow readymade techniques, without knowing
its limits.
(1)
1] True
2] False

27) Match the Following


(4)
1] Manager formally inaugurates function 1] Ceremonial role
2] Acts as administrative representative on behalf of organisation 2] Spokesperson role
3] Direct and control others with neutrality 3] Self control
4] Manager respect the social norms of behaviour 4] Social responsibility
5] Public relation
6] As a discipline

Section 2 is complete.

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