SM Multiple Choice 1

1. Who is called the Father of Strategic Management?
a. Chandler
b. Igor Ansoff
c. Michael Porter
d. John Nash
2. What is the starting point of Strategic Intent?
a. Goal
b. Objective
c. Vision
d. Mission
3. Hierarchy of Strategic Intent:
i. Vision > Mission > Goals > Objectives > Plans
ii. Mission > Vision > Goals > Objectives > Plans
iii. Plans > Vision > Mission > Goals > Objectives
iv. Goals > Vision > Mission > Objectives > Plans
a. i)
b. iii)
c. iv)
d. ii)
4. SWOT stands for
a. Services worldwide optimization and transport
b. Special weapons for operations for timeless
c. Strength weakness opportunities and threats
d. Strength worldwide overcome threats
5. Which of the following is not a major element of the strategic management process?
a. Formulation strategy
b. Implementing strategy
c. Evaluating strategy
d. Assigning administrative tasks
6. Competitive advantage can be best described as
a. Increased efficiency
b. What sets an organisation apart
c. A strength and the organisations
d. Intangible resources
7. An organisation strategy ___
a. Remains set in place longer than the mission and objectives
b. Generally forms over a period of time as events unfold
c. Trends to be formed at the same time the mission is developed
d. None
8. The primary focus of strategic management is
a. Strategic analysis
b. The total organisation
c. Strategy formulation
d. None
9. The corporate level is where top management directs
a. All employees for orientation
b. Its efforts to stabilise recruitment needs
c. Overall strategy for the entire organisation
d. Overall sales projections
10. Selling all of a company’s assets for their tangible worth is called
a. Divestiture
b. Concentric Diversification
c. Liquidation
d. Unrelated integration
11. What are the guides to decision making?
a. Rules
b. Procedures
c. Goals
d. Policies
12. Low cost, Differentiation and Focus are examples of
a. Corporate strategies
b. Operational strategies
c. Business strategies
d. Functional strategies
13. Which environment can create new markets and new business segments?
a. Political environment
b. Economic environment
c. Sociocultural environment
d. Technological environment
14. The word tactics is most likely to be associated with
a. Business strategy
b. Corporate strategy
c. Operational strategy
d. All of the above
15. How many cells are there in a SWOT matrix?
a. 6
b. 9
c. 5
d. 2
16. Strategic Management handles
a. External issues
b. Administrational issues
c. Internal issues
d. Management issues
17. The following are considered grand strategies, except for
a. A retrenchment strategy
b. Strategic business unit
c. A growth strategy
d. Related diversification
18. Strategic business units
a. Are found in one-business organisations
b. Carry out strategies assigned by the CEO
c.Implement the marketing function’s strategic planning and management decisions
d. Develop their own unique way of competing
19. Retrenchment is
a. When a company experiences declining profits and makes cutbacks to improve efficiency.
b. When a company adopts a new strategic position for a product or service
c. The sale of the complete business, either as a single going concern or piecemeal to different
buyers or sometimes by auctioning the assets
d. Implement the marketing function’s strategic planning and management decisions
20. When does horizontal integration occur?
a. When a firm acquires or merges with a major competitor
b. When a firm acquires or merges with a an unrelated business
c. When a firm acquires or merges with a distributor

d. When a firm acquires or merges with a supplier firm
21. Divestment is what kind of strategy?
a. An asset-reduction strategy
b. A weakness-reduction strategy
c. A product-reduction strategy
d. A cost-reduction strategy
22. Sustained survival implies
a. that a turnaround is achieved, but there is little further growth
b. that a turnaround is achieved, and there is potential for further growth
c. that a turnaround is achieved, and there is a clear opportunity to employ a new growth strategy
d. that a turnaround is achieved, and it is appropriate to diversify soon
23. In which of the following scenarios is a joint venture likely to be more attractive than acquisition?
a. Horizontal integration
b. Vertical integration
c. New market entry
d. Larger resource pool
24. McDonalds is deciding whether to expand into manufacturing kitchen equipment in China. At what
level is this decision likely to be made?
a. Business
b. Corporate
c. Functional
d. International
25. The three organisational levels are
a. Corporate level, business level, functional level
b. Corporate level, business unit level, functional level
c. Corporate strategy level, business unit level, functional level

d. None
1.b 2.c 3.a 4.c 5.d 6.a 7.b 8.b 9.c
10.c 11.d 12.c 13.d 14.c 15.b 16.a 17.b 18.c
19.a 20.a 21.a 22.a 23.a 24.b 25.a

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1. Who is called the Father of Strategic Management?

2. What is the starting point of Strategic Intent?

3. Hierarchy of Strategic Intent:

i. Vision > Mission > Goals > Objectives > Plans

4. SWOT stands for

a. Services worldwide optimization and transport

b. Special weapons for operations for timeless

c. Strength weakness opportunities and threats

d. Strength worldwide overcome threats

6. Competitive advantage can be best described as

b. What sets an organisation apart

c. A strength and the organisations

7. An organisation strategy ___

a. Remains set in place longer than the mission and objectives

b. Generally forms over a period of time as events unfold

c. Trends to be formed at the same time the mission is developed

8. The primary focus of strategic management is

b. The total organisation

9. The corporate level is where top management directs

a. All employees for orientation

b. Its efforts to stabilise recruitment needs

c. Overall strategy for the entire organisation

d. Overall sales projections

11. What are the guides to decision making?

12. Low cost, Differentiation and Focus are examples of

14. The word tactics is most likely to be associated with

d. All of the above

15. How many cells are there in a SWOT matrix?

17. The following are considered grand strategies, except for

b. Strategic business unit

18. Strategic business units

a. Are found in one-business organisations

b. Carry out strategies assigned by the CEO

c.Implement the marketing function’s strategic planning and management decisions

d. Develop their own unique way of competing

b. When a company adopts a new strategic position for a product or service

d. Implement the marketing function’s strategic planning and management decisions

20. When does horizontal integration occur?

a. When a firm acquires or merges with a major competitor

b. When a firm acquires or merges with a an unrelated business

c. When a firm acquires or merges with a distributor

21. Divestment is what kind of strategy?

22. Sustained survival implies

a. that a turnaround is achieved, but there is little further growth

b. that a turnaround is achieved, and there is potential for further growth

d. that a turnaround is achieved, and it is appropriate to diversify soon

c. New market entry

d. Larger resource pool

25. The three organisational levels are

a. Corporate level, business level, functional level

b. Corporate level, business unit level, functional level

c. Corporate strategy level, business unit level, functional level

1.b 2.c 3.a 4.c 5.d 6.a 7.b 8.b 9.c

10.c 11.d 12.c 13.d 14.c 15.b 16.a 17.b 18.c

19.a 20.a 21.a 22.a 23.a 24.b 25.a

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