Modern management theory devotes considerable attention to employee empowerment. Done appropriately, employee empowerment:

A. Increases managerial power.

B. Means lack of control.

C. Is independent of compensation.

D. Does not require full employee participation in decision making.

Which of the following is true regarding the most recent traitist approach to leadership?

A. The most recent traitist approach to leadership attempts to identify traits possessed by leaders.

B. The most recent traitist approach to leadership has produced such a long list of leadership traits that, in effect, the approach identifies nothing.

C. The most recent traitist approach to leadership is based on scholarship, dependability, and social participation.

D. The most recent traitist approach to leadership is based on social skills, judgment, maturity, and emotional control.

The organizational culture may encourage politics by creating unreasonable obstacles to group and individual advancement. Which type of political tactic involves taking credit for another person's work?

A. Loyalty cliques.

B. Destructive competition.

C. Empire building.

D. Posturing.

Which of the following is a benefit of implementing an electronic communication system?

A. Relatively low capital expenditures are required.

B. The company's comparative advantage over smaller firms that cannot afford such a system will increase.

C. There is little need for additional resource allocation to facilitate implementation of the system.

D. The sophistication of electronic communication systems eliminates the need for backup files and data recovery systems.

For an engineering department with a total quality management program, important elements of quality management include all of the following except:

A. Basing performance evaluations on the number of projects completed.

B. Comparing results with those of other engineering departments.

C. Creating a quality council within the engineering department.

D. Conducting post-project surveys on performance.

Which of the following is useful for forecasting the required level of inventory?

1.

Statistical modeling.

2.

Information about seasonal variations in demand.

3.

Knowledge of the behavior of different business cycles.

4.

Pricing models linked to seasonal demand.

A. 1 and 2 only

B. 2 and 3 only

C. 1, 2, and 3 only

D. 1, 2, 3, and 4

A department purchased one copy of a software program for internal use. The manager of the department

installed the program on an office computer and then made two complete copies of the original software.

Copy 1 was solely for backup purposes.

Copy 2 was for use by another member of the department.

In terms of software licenses and copyright law, which of the following is correct?

A. Both copies are legal.

B. Only copy 1 is legal.

C. Only copy 2 is legal.

D. Neither copy is legal.

According to the waterfall cycle approach to systems development, which of the following sequence of events is correct?

A. Program design, system requirements, software design, analysis, coding, testing, operations.

B. System requirements, software design, analysis, program design, testing, coding, operations.

C. System requirements, software design, analysis, program design, coding, testing, operations.

D. System requirements, analysis, coding, software design, program design, testing, operations.

According to IIA guidance, which of the following would be the best first step to manage risk when a third party is overseeing the organization's network and data?

A. Creating a comprehensive reporting system for vendors to demonstrate their ongoing due diligence in network operations.

B. Drafting a strong contract that requires regular vendor control reports and a right-to-audit clause.

C. Applying administrative privileges to ensure right-to-access controls are appropriate.

D. Creating a standing cybersecurity committee to identify and manage risks related to data security.

Senior management is trying to decide whether to use the direct write-off or allowance method for recording bad debt on accounts receivables.

Which of the following would be the best argument for using the direct write-off method?

A. It is useful when losses are considered insignificant.

B. It provides a better alignment with revenue.

C. It is the preferred method according to The IIA.

D. It states receivables at net realizable value on the balance sheet.