CA Intermediate Strategic Management (SM) MCQ

1. The reasons for acquisition are

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

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

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

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

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

7. ‘Strategic group mapping’ involves-

8. Competitive landscape requires the application of-

9. Corporate level strategy is concerned with the following-

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

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

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

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

14. An important activity in_________is taking corrective action.

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

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

17. 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?

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

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

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

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

22. Horizontal integration is concerned with

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

32. Vertical integration may be beneficial when

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

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

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

36. Financial objectives involve all of the following except:

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

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

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

40. 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.

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

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

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

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

45. ADL matrix has been propounded by: