CA IPCC Strategic Management (Old Course) MCQ

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

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

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

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

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. Strategy is a game plan used-

7. Reactive strategy can also be termed as-

8. Corporate level strategy is concerned with the following-

9. Which of the following is correct?

10. Competitive landscape requires the application of-

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

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

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

14. Vertical integration may be beneficial when

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

16. Strategy is-

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

18. An important activity in__________is taking corrective action.

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

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

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

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

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

24. Financial objectives involve all of the following except:

25. 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.

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

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

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

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

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

31. Horizontal integration is concerned with

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

33. 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?

34. The reasons for acquisition are

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

36. ADL matrix has been propounded by:

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

38. ‘Strategic group mapping’ involves-

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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