Control helps organisations to cope with environmental change
Control systems increase costs in an organisation
Control helps an organisation to cope with increasing organisational size and complexity
Control helps limit the accumulation of error
Question 2
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If actual achievements do not match performance standards, management can
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Improve actual performance to reach standards
Raise standards to accomplish strategies
Make strategies more realistic
None of the above
Question 3
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Read the list of control systems given below
i. Economic-ordering quantity
ii. Materials-requirements planning
iii. Budgets
iv. Just-in-time systems
v. Total quality management
Which combination of control systems is relevant in the control of inventory?
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i. ii
i. ii. iv.
iii. iv.
iii. v.
Question 4
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Financial budgets focus on ________ whereas operational budgets focus on __________.
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revenue; capital expenditure
sales volume; time projection of projects
cash flow; revenue
capital expenditure; cash flow
Question 5
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An effective control system is
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integrated with planning
able to accommodate change
objective
all of the above
Question 6
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The key areas of control are physical, information, financial and human. Which one however is regarded as the most important?
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Human
Financial
Information
Physical
Question 7
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Which is the correct order for the control process?
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Measuring actual performance, Evaluating deviations, Rectifying deviations, Setting standards
Rectifying deviations, Setting standards, Measuring actual performance, Evaluating deviations
Setting standards, Measuring actual performance,Evaluating deviations,Rectifying deviations
Measuring actual performance,Evaluating deviations, Setting standards,Rectifying deviations
Question 8
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Which is not a relevant control system in controlling inventory?
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Economic ordering quantity
Materials requirement planning
Just in Time
Total Quality Management
Question 9
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A budget helps to control finances. Which of the answers below is incorrect?
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Supports management in coordinating resources
Limits flexibility and between departments
Guiding the application of resources
Making evaluation of resource allocation possible
Question 10
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The main instrument used to control an organisation's human resources is
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Emotional support
Approval of action
Performance measurement
Assignment of leadership roles
Question 11
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Which is not a characteristic of an effective control system
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Simplicity
Timeliness
Efficiency
Flexibility
Question 12
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Which one is not true with regards to the purpose of control?
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Control is linked to planning. Without control planning is pointless
Control is vital in motivating managers to increase the productivity