CA Intermediate Strategic Management (SM) MCQ

1. Geographical Diversification, Product diversification and Entry Mode are the domains of:

2. Horizontal integration is concerned with

3. The most probable time to pursue a harvest strategy is in a situation of

4. The competencies or skills that a firm employs to transform inputs into outputs are:

5. Competitive rivalry has the most effect on the firm’s strategies than the firm’s other strategies.

6. ‘Customer Analysis’ and ‘Market Analysis’ are the part of-

7. Vertical integration may be beneficial when

8. ‘Strategic group mapping’ involves-

9. A firm successfully implementing a differentiation strategy would expect:

10. The emphasis on product design is very high, the intensity of competition is low, and the market growth rate is low in the__________stage of the industry life cycle.

11. Corporate level strategy is concerned with the following-

12. The concept of ‘core competence’ has been advocated by-

13. “Competitor’s Differentiation’, Customer Value’ and ‘Application of Competitiveness’ are the three important areas of:

14. ‘Attractiveness of firms’ while conducting industry analysis should be seen in-

15. According to Porter, what is usually the most powerful of the five competitive forces?

16. Which section of the SWOT Matrix involves matching internal strengths with external opportunities?

17. Which of the following is true of a transnational Corporation:

18. Which of the following bases of competitive advantage is/are more sustainable:

19. ‘Determinants Analysis’ falls in the purview of?-

20. In evaluating strategies, which one of Rumelt’s criteria for evaluating strategies, refers to the need for strategists to examine sets of trends?

21. Which of these basic questions should a vision statement answer?

22. When to organizations combine to increase their strength and financial gains along with breaking the trade barriers is called———–

23. Internal____________are activities in an organization that are performed especially well.

24. An important activity in_________is taking corrective action.

25. Individual investors are reliant on upon the organization’s managers to

26. Competitive landscape requires the application of-

27. An organization that has a low relative market share position and competes in a slow- growth industry is referred to as a________.

28. Change in company’s —————– gives rise to problems necessitating a new —————- to be made.

29. ‘Build,’ ‘Hold,’ ‘Harvest,’ and ‘Divest’ are the strategies pursued in:

30. Conglomerate diversification is another name for which of the following?

31. ADL matrix has been propounded by:

32. One of the primary advantages of diversification is sharing core competencies. In order for diversification to be most successful, it is important that

33. An advertisement says, ‘Have Roohafza with milk and lassi too’. Which strategy is the company trying to use:

34. A tool by which management identifies and evaluates the various businesses that make up a company is termed as:

35. Which of the following is not a limitation of SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunity, Threats) analysis?

36. A narrow market focus is to a differentiation-based strategy as a

37. The reasons for acquisition are

38. A campaign advocating the message of ‘SAVE WATER’ is:

39. What type of organizational structure do most small businesses follow?

40. The low growth, low share businesses in BCG matrix are:

41. Financial objectives involve all of the following except:

42. The Niche strategy is the best way to enter a:

43. What can be defined as the art and science of formulating, implementing and evaluating cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objectives?

44. ‘Inbound and Outbound logistics” are related to:

45. Entering into a ‘contract’ by MNCs is an example of: