CA IPCC Strategic Management (Old Course) MCQ

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

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

3. Vertical integration may be beneficial when

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

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

6. Strategic management can be effectively used by NGOs to-

7. Competitive landscape requires the application of-

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

9. An important activity in__________is taking corrective action.

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

11. Corporate level strategy is concerned with the following-

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

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

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

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

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

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

18. Which of the following are responsible for formulating and developing realistic and attainable strategies-?

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

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

21. Formulation of strategies and their implementation in a strategic management process is undertaken by-

22. Financial objectives involve all of the following except:

23. Horizontal integration is concerned with

24. 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.

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

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

27. Strategy is a game plan used-

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

29. ‘Strategic group mapping’ involves-

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

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

32. ADL matrix has been propounded by:

33. Strategy is-

34. The process of strategic management can be made effective by building-

35. How many strategic levels generally exist in a typically large multi divisional organization?

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

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

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

39. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

45. Reactive strategy can also be termed as-

46. Which of the following managers’ role is to translate the general statements/ strategies into concrete strategies of their individual businesses-

47. Internal_____________are activities in an organization that are performed especially well.

48. The reasons for acquisition are

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

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

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

52. Which of the following is correct?

53. Which of the following is true of a transnational Corporation?