CIMAPRA19-E03-1 E3 Strategic Management Exam Practice Test

AAA is a car manufacturer which has undertaken a strategy to lobby a regional authority to include Its flagship hybrid model in a regional initiative to grant low-emission cars access to faster moving vehicle lanes. These faster vehicle lanes were historically only available to cars carrying passengers. Given the benefits of AAA's low emission vehicles, AAA's cars were authorised to make use of the faster lanes, even when no passengers were on board providing AAA with a decisive competitive edge.

Which of the following strategies is AAA pursuing?

Which TWO of the following benefits could be achieved through the use of Triple Bottom Line (TBL) Reporting?

The sales manager of an organisation has requested that you accept sales figures for the month, which contain misleading statements of sales, for the purpose of calculating sales team bonuses.

Which of the following fundamental ethical principles would this request breach?

AAA has a new CEO who wants to introduce rational strategy into the organisation.

Which THREE of the following are aspects of the rational strategy model?

Johnson. Scholes and Whittington define strategy as the direction and scope of an organisation over the long term'. Which THREE of the following are advantages of deliberate long-term planning1? 0

P owns an internet-based business, called GWiz. based in Country G. GWiz sells gifts, cards and flowers for a variety of occasions including birthdays, weddings and many other special events. P sources her products from a variety of partner suppliers located throughout country G. Customers' orders are delivered by third party couriers across the whole country. The GWiz website is hosted and managed by an IT specialist

P is a member of a local small business trade federation and has been asked to make a presentation to its members on her experience of running GWiz as a 'virtual organisation'.

Which of the following statements could P correctly make on the benefits of virtual organisations?

Select ALL that apply.

JJJ is a publically quoted advertising agency. JJJ's competitive advantage is based on the expertise of its staff and its reputation in digital media advertising. JJJ has robust systems to protect its intellectual property. These include patents and copyrights. JJJ has also restricted access for most of its staff to its most sensitive data, such as studies of its customers' profitability.

JJJ's new Managing Director, Z, is concerned that when staff leave JJJ, the company loses whatever tacit knowledge they possess. These losses also impact on JJJ's reported profits. In order to remedy the losses of knowledge and the reduced profits Z wants to introduce a knowledge management strategy.

Which of the following steps support the introduction of a knowledge management strategy? (Choose all that apply.)