IIA IIA-CIA-PART3 Online Practice Questions and Exam Preparation

IIA IIA-CIA-PART3 Online Questions & Answers

• Question 801:

  A firm in a declining industry that adopts a harvest strategy assumes that:

  A. Intense competition is absent.
  B. Pockets of stable demand still exist.
  C. The highest recovery is obtainable by early sale.
  D. Aggressive marketing will drive out competition.
  A. Intense competition is absent.

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  Explanation

  A harvest strategy is in effect a controlled, gradual liquidation. It maximizes cash flow by minimizing new investment, RandD, advertising service, maintenance, etc., and by exploiting the firm's remaining strengths (e.g., goodwill) to increase prices or maintain sales volume. To besuccessful, the strategy assumes that the firm has certain strengths and intense competition is absent. The strengths permit the firm to maintain sales for a time in the face of price increases, reduced advertising, etc. Absence of intense competition means that other firms will be less likely to seize market share or lower prices. Moreover, a firm must be capable of cost reductions that do not cause immediate failure.

• Question 802:

  For employees, the primary value of implementing job enrichment is which of the following?

  A. Validation of the achievement of their goals and objectives.
  B. Increased knowledge through the performance of additional tasks.
  C. Support for personal growth and a meaningful work experience.
  D. An increased opportunity to manage better the work done by their subordinates.
  C. Support for personal growth and a meaningful work experience.

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  Explanation

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• Question 803:

  An individual who has been formally assigned the task of facilitating communication through a variety of media is sometimes called a:

  A. Gatekeeper.
  B. Liaison.
  C. Opinion leader.
  D. Channel selector.
  B. Liaison.

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  Explanation

  A liaison, or media liaison, is an individual in an organization who has been formally assigned the job of facilitating communication. This is usually in the form of a public relations liaison, but in large organizations, internal communication could also be a part of the job.

• Question 804:

  Management has decided to change the organizational structure from one that was previously decentralized to one that is now highly centralized. As such, which of the following would be a characteristic of the now highly centralized organization?

  A. Top management does little monitoring of the decisions made at lower levels
  B. The decisions made at the lower levels of management are considered very important.
  C. Decisions made at lower levels in the organizational structure are few
  D. Reliance is placed on top management decision making by few of the organization's departments
  D. Reliance is placed on top management decision making by few of the organization's departments

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  Explanation

• Question 805:

  Some studies show that managers spend 60 to 70% of their time communicating and that nearly 60% of that time is spent listening. Listening effectiveness is best increased by:

  A. Resisting both internal and external distractions.
  B. Waiting to review key concepts until the speaker is through talking.
  C. Tuning out messages that do not seem to fit the meeting purpose.
  D. Factoring in biases to evaluate the information being given.
  A. Resisting both internal and external distractions.

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  Explanation

  Concentrating on what the speaker is saying is critical to effective listening. This result is best achieved by resisting internal and external distractions. Physical distractions such as noise, a tendency to be overly aware of the speaker's physical and other differences from the listener, focusing on interesting details at the expense of major points, or emotional reactions to a statement with which the listener disagrees should be avoided.

• Question 806:

  Which of the following statements is true regarding the use of public key encryption to secure data while it is being transmitted across a network?

  A. Both the key used to encrypt the data and the key used to decrypt the data are made public.
  B. The key used to encrypt the data is kept private but the key used to decrypt the data is made public.
  C. The key used to encrypt the data is made public but the key used to decrypt the data is kept private.
  D. Both the key used to encrypt the data and the key used to decrypt the data are made private.
  C. The key used to encrypt the data is made public but the key used to decrypt the data is kept private.

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  Explanation

• Question 807:

  Multinational organizations generally spend more time and effort to identify and evaluate:

  A. Internal strengths and weaknesses.
  B. Break-even points.
  C. External trends and events.
  D. Internal risk factors.
  C. External trends and events.

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  Explanation

• Question 808:

  Which of the following IT layers would require the organization to maintain communication with a vendor in a tightly controlled and monitored manner?

  A. Applications.
  B. Technical infrastructure.
  C. External connections.
  D. IT management.
  C. External connections.

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  Explanation

• Question 809:

  Which of the following statements about slack time and milestones are true?

  1. Slack time represents the amount of time a task may be delayed without delaying the entire project.

  2. A milestone is a moment in time that marks the completion of the project's major deliverables.

  3. Slack time allows the project manager to move resources from one task to another to ensure that the project is finished on time.

  4. A milestone requires resource allocation and needs time to be completed.

  A. 1 and 4 only
  B. 2 and 3 only
  C. 1, 2, and 3 only
  D. 1, 2, 3, and 4
  C. 1, 2, and 3 only

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  Explanation

• Question 810:

  Which of the following actions is most likely to gain support for process change?

  A. Set clear objectives.
  B. Engage the various communities of practice within the organization.
  C. Demonstrate support from senior management.
  D. Establish key competencies.
  B. Engage the various communities of practice within the organization.

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  Explanation