CA Intermediate Strategic Management (SM) MCQ

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

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

3. Financial objectives involve all of the following except:

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

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

6. Horizontal integration is concerned with

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

8. Corporate level strategy is concerned with the following-

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

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

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

12. Vertical integration may be beneficial when

13. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

21. ADL matrix has been propounded by:

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

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

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

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

26. ‘Strategic group mapping’ involves-

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

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

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

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

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

32. 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.

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

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

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

36. An important activity in_________is taking corrective action.

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

38. Competitive landscape requires the application of-

39. The reasons for acquisition are

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

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

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

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

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

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