CIMA CIMA-E2 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

CIMA CIMA-E2 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 201:

  According to Belbin, winning teams display which THREE of the following characteristics?

  A. A good range of mental ability spread across the team
  B. Individuals with no clearly defined role profile
  C. A match between team roles and personal attributes
  D. Abiltiy to compensate for role imbalances
  E. Individual members who are each able to fulfill all of Belbin's roles
  A. A good range of mental ability spread across the team
  C. A match between team roles and personal attributes
  D. Abiltiy to compensate for role imbalances

• Question 202:

  Every project has constraints. When running a project it is critical that the constraints are known. What are the primary constraints in a project?

  A. Need, Solution and Implement
  B. Initiate, Plan, Execute, Control and Complete
  C. Define, Design and Develop
  D. Time, Cost and Quality
  D. Time, Cost and Quality

• Question 203:

  Which TWO of the following is the Business Strategy of an organisation mainly concerned with?

  A. The decision to exit a market.
  B. How a product would be priced in the market place.
  C. The competitiveness of a particular division.
  D. The efficiency of production, marketing and other functions.
  E. Setting the direction for the organisation.
  B. How a product would be priced in the market place.
  C. The competitiveness of a particular division.

• Question 204:

  The type of culture typified in an organisation where there is a clear hierarchical structure, formalised rules for decision making and clearly defined jobs is called a

  A. Task Culture
  B. Person Culture
  C. Power Culture
  D. Role Culture
  D. Role Culture

• Question 205:

  LT Company intends to achieve its competitive advantage through strategic stretch. Which of the following indicates what LT Company would need to do?

  A. Change the company's strategy to fit with its environment.
  B. Differentiate the company's products to achieve supernormal profits.
  C. Create new opportunities by exploiting the company's internal capabilities.
  D. Focus on reducing all costs throughout the company's value chain.
  C. Create new opportunities by exploiting the company's internal capabilities.

• Question 206:

  Which of the following initiatives and schemes should be undertaken as a formal project? Select ALL that apply.

  A. A head office relocation for an insurance company, involving the move to a new office for 250 staff.
  B. A long term health initiative which will put in place procedures to immunize every child in a country as they reach the age of three.
  C. Managing a national political campaign prior to an election.
  D. The design and launch of a new online order service for a global manufacturing company.
  E. A boat building company building motor yachts for a small market, generally building about three per month.
  A. A head office relocation for an insurance company, involving the move to a new office for 250 staff.
  C. Managing a national political campaign prior to an election.
  D. The design and launch of a new online order service for a global manufacturing company.

• Question 207:

  The balanced scorecard involves creating a set of measures for which THREE of the following perspectives?

  A. Financial: How should we appear to our shareholders?
  B. Learning and Growth: To achieve our vision, how will we sustain our ability to change and improve?
  C. Quality: How do we improve our product and service quality to outpace the competition?
  D. Customers: To achieve our vision, how should we appear to our customers?
  E. Productivity: How do we improve our rate of output to satisfy all our stakeholders?
  A. Financial: How should we appear to our shareholders?
  B. Learning and Growth: To achieve our vision, how will we sustain our ability to change and improve?
  D. Customers: To achieve our vision, how should we appear to our customers?

• Question 208:

  Leading and developing a high performing team that has only recently come together is a challenge requiring leaders to prioritise different issues and adopt different styles and tactics at different stages of team development. At one point the leader will need to:

  1.confirm personal roles and responsibilities,

  2.plan the workload and agree working practices,

  3.ensure all sources of conflict have been resolved, and

  4.motivate team members to deliver their full potential.

  With respect to the Tuckman model of team development, which is the stage where these leadership actions are most appropriate?

  A. Norming
  B. Storming
  C. Forming
  D. Performing
  A. Norming

• Question 209:

  Kumari is about to start her new roie in the secretarial function of a law firm. Which of the following is likely to be key part of her job?

  A. Ensuring legal duties are undertaken correctly at board level
  B. Controlling the provision of internal information
  C. Controlling the processing of transactions
  D. Ensuring internal processes are well controlled, efficient and effective
  A. Ensuring legal duties are undertaken correctly at board level

• Question 210:

  Which of the following statements does NOT help characterise Quinn's notion of logical incrementalism?

  A. The alternative to having a long-term strategic plan is not having a plan at all, or having a series of short-term plans as a replacement.
  B. Generally managers know where they want to go and initially work out a few integrating principles that help guide the company's overall actions.
  C. Strategy is a step by step learning process which proceeds from early generalities toward later specifics, clarifying the strategy as events permit and dictate.
  D. Managers consciously keep their decisions small and flexible. In the early stages they avoid precise statements that might impair their flexibility to seize new opportunities.
  A. The alternative to having a long-term strategic plan is not having a plan at all, or having a series of short-term plans as a replacement.