CONTROLLING IN MANAGEMENT MCQ(S)
QUESTIONS:
1. Which of the following is not an importance of controlling function?
(a) It ensures order and discipline.
(b) It restricts co-ordination in action.
(c) It helps in judging accuracy of standards.
(d) It improves employee motivation.
2. Which of the following statements does not highlight the relationship between planning
and controlling?
(a) Planning and controlling are separable twins of management.
(b) Planning without controlling is meaningless, controlling without planning is blind.
(c) Planning is prescriptive, controlling is evaluative.
(d) Planning and controlling are interrelated and interdependent.
3. Om Prakash has set up a small business unit for the manufacturing of detergent. In order
to market the detergent in the local residential areas, he has appointed a team of ten
salesmen. Each salesman is expected to sell at least 200 units of the detergent within a
week’s time. Identify the point of importance of controlling being highlighted in the above
case.
(a) Controlling helps in judging accuracy of standards.
(b) It ensures efficient use of resources.
(c) It helps in improving employee motivation.
(d) It facilitates co-ordination in action.
4. It is the process of ensuring that events confirm to plans.
(a) Planning
(b) Controlling
(c) Organising
(d) Directing
5. The controlling function is performed by
(a) Top level management
(b) Lower level management
(c) Middle level management
(d) All of the above
6. Controlling function brings the management cycle back to the
(a) Organising function
(b) Directing function
(c) Planning function
(d) None of the above
CONTROLLING IN MANAGEMENT MCQ(S)
7. Deviations are said to be positive in nature when
(a) Planned performance is more than the actual performance
(b) Actual performance is more than the planned performance
(c) Both planned and actual performances are same
(d) None of the above.
8. Which of the following statements is true with respect to controlling function?
(a) It is a forward looking function.
(b) Is a backward looking function.
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) None of the above
10. Which of the following is a technique used for measuring actual performance?
(a) Random sampling
(b) Personal observation
(c) Performance reports
(d) All of the above
11. The comparison of actual performance with the planned performance becomes easier if
the standards are set in
(a) Qualitative terms
(b) Quantitative terms
(c) Either of the above
(d) None of the above
ANSWER KEY :
1-B 6-C
2-A 7-B
3-C 8-C
4-B 9-D
5-D 10-B
Questions by ; Siddharth Kale
Student id: 30168