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Examination Paper MM.100

Supply Chain Management

Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 Marks)

 This section consists of Multiple Choi  ce & Short Notes type questions. 

 Answer all the questions. 

 Part One carries 1 mark each & Part Two carries 2 marks each.

Part One:

Multiple Choices:

1. When demand is steady, the cycle inventory for a given lot size (Q) is given by_____

a. Q/4

b. Q/8

c. Q/6

d. Q/2

2. There are two firms „x‟ and „y‟ located on a line of distance demand(0-1) at „a‟ and „b‟

respectively, the customers are uniformly located on the line, on keeping the fact of splitting of

market, the demand of firm „x‟ will be given by,

a. (a+b)/2

b. a+(1-b-a)/2

c. (1+b-a)/2

d. a+(a-b)/2

3. Push process in supply chain analysis is also called_______

a. Speculative process

b. Manufacturing process

c. Supplying process

d. Demand process

4. If the Throughput be „d‟ and the flow time be „t‟ then the Inventory „I‟ is given by______

a. I *d=t

b. I=t+d

c. d=I*t

d. I =d*t

5. Forecasting method is_______

a. Time series

b. causal

c. Qualitative

d. All the above

6. Component of order cost include:

a. Handling cost

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b. Occupancy cost

c. Receiving costs

d. Miscellaneous costs

7. How many distinct types of MRO inventory are there:

a. One

b. Four

c. Three

d. Two

8. Supply chain driver is________

a. Inventory

b. Return ability

c. Fulfillment

d. All of above

9. SRM stands for________

a. Strategic Relationship Management

b. Supply Return ability Management

c. Supplier Relationship Management

d. None of the above

10. Discount factor equals to, where k is the rate of return.

a. 1/1+k

b. 2/1+k

c. 1/1-k

d. 1/2+k

Part Two:

1. Explain “zone of strategic fit”.

2. Explain “scope of strategic fit”.

3. What do you understand by “stimulation forecasting method”?

4. Write a note on “obsolescence (or spoilage) cost”.

5. Define “square law” in safety inventory of supply chain management.

6. What does the word “postponement” signifies in supply chain?

7. What do you understand by the term “tailored sourcing”?

8. Explain the term “outsourcing”.

9. Write a note on “threshold contracts” for increasing agent efforts.

10. What is “dynamic pricing”?

END OF SECTION A

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Section B: Caselets (40 marks)

  This section consists of Caselets. 

 Answer all the questions. 

  Each caselet carries 20 marks. 

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 200 to 250 words).

Caselet 1

Orion is a global co. That sells copiers. Orion currently sells 10 variants of a copier, with all inventory

kept in finished-goods form. The primary component that differentiates the copiers is the printing

subassembly. An idea being discussed is to introduce commonality in the printing subassembly so

that final assembly can be postponed and inventories kept in component form. Currently, each copier

costs $1,000 in terms of components. Introducing commonality in the print subassembly will increase

component cost to$1.025.One of the 10 variants represents 80 percent of the total demand. Weekly

demand for this variant is normally distributed ,with a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of

200.Each of the remaining nine variants has a weekly demand of 28 with a standard deviation of

20.Orion aims to provide a 95per level of services .Replacement lead time for components is four

weeks. Copier assembly can be implemented in a matter of hours. Orion manages all inventories

using a continuous review policy and uses a holding cost of 20 percent.

1. How much safety inventory of each variant must Orion keep without component commonality?

What are the annual holding costs?

2. How much safety inventory must be kept in component form if Orion uses common components

for all variants? What is the annual holding cost? What is the increase in component cost using

commonality? Is commonality justified across all variants?

3. At what cost of commonality will complete commonality be justified?

4. At what cost of commonality will commonality across the low-volume variants be justified?

Caselet 2

An electronic manufacturer has outsourced production of its latest MP3 player to a contract

manufacturer in Asia. Demand for the players has exceeded all expectations whereas the contract

manufacturers sell three types of players- a 40-GB player, a 20-GB player, 6-GB player. For the

upcoming holiday season, the demand forecast for the 40-GB player is normally distributed, with a

mean of 20,000and a standard deviation Dard deviation of 11,000, and the demand forecast for the 6-

sGB player has a mean of 80,000 and a standard deviation of 16,000. The 40-GB player has a sale

price of $200, a production cost of $100, and a salvage value of $80 .The 20-GB player has a price of

$150, a production cost of $70, and a salvage value of $50.

1. How many units of each type of player should the electronics manufacturer order if there are no

capacity constraints?

2. How many times of each type of player should the electronics manufacturer order if the available

is 140,000? What is the expected profit?

END OF SECTION B

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Section C: Applied Theory (30 marks)

 This section  consists of Long Questions. 

 Answer all the questions. 

 Each question carries 15 marks. 

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 150 to 200 words).

1. Consider two products with the same margin carried by a retail store. Any leftover units of one

product are worthless. Leftover units of the other product can be sold to outlet stores. Which

product should have a higher level of availability? Why?

2. McMaster-Carr sells maintenance, repair, and operations equipment from five warehouses in the

United States. W.W. Grainger sells products from more than 350 retail locations, supported by

several warehouses. In both cases, customers place orders using the Web or on the phone. Discuss

the pros and cons of the two strategies.

END OF SECTION C

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Examination Paper MM.100

Statistical Quality Control

Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 Marks)

 This section consists of Multiple c  hoice & Short Note type questions. 

 Answer all the questions. 

 Part One carries 1 mark each & Part Two carries 4 marks each.

Part One:

Multiple choices:

1. If in a hall there are 18 persons then how many handshakes are possible.

a. 18*18

b. 18*17/2

c. 18*17

d. None

2. If the number of trials be „n‟ and the probability of occurrence be „p‟ then the standard

deviation with respect to np, is given by?

a. (np)

1/2

b. (np(1-p))

1/2

c. (np)

1/4

d. (np(1-p))

1/4

3. For a biased coin the probability of occurrence of head is 0.4 ,if the coin is tossed twice then

the probability of occurrence of at least one head will be:

a. 0.76

b. 0.48

c. 0.64

d. 0.16

4. Factorial of 5 equals__________

a. 60

b. 120

c. 24

d. 5

5. Combinatory of (4,2) equals_______

a. 12

b. 8

c. 6

d. None

6. “Economic Control of Quality of Manufactured Product‟, a book by Walter A Shewhart in

a. 1931

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b. 1941

c. 1930

d. 1956

7. Quality is judged by___________

a. Retailer

b. Government

c. Customer

d. Hole seller

8. A run chart is a special chart of______

a. Pie chart

b. Line chart

c. R chart

d. C chart

9. Universes may differ_____

a. In average

b. In above average

c. At higher level

d. All of the above

10. ASQC and ANSI began in

a. 1956

b. 1976

c. 1978

d. 1960

Part Two:

1. Differentiate between „defect‟ and „defective‟.

2. Explain the need of „short method‟.

3. What does „Tchebycheff‟s inequality theorem‟ say?

4. Explain the usability of „stochastic limit‟.

5. Write a note on „Cause and Effect‟ diagram.

END OF SECTION A

Section B: Caselets (40 marks)

 This section consists of Caselets. 

 Answer all the questions. 

 Each caselet carries 20 marks. 

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 200 to 250 words).

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Caselet 1

ADAPTABILITY IN ACTION: A CASE OF RSL

Rajasthan Synthetics Ltd. (RSL) was established in the year 1994 at Bhilwara, Rajasthan to

manufacture synthetic yarn with a licensed capacity of 29,000 spindles. Manish Kumar, a Harvard

Business School graduate, established RSL with 8% equity participation from Itochu Corporation

Japan to manufacture synthetic yarn for shirting, a promising business at that time. The demise of the

NTC textile mills was fresh in the minds of the promoters and therefore, state of the art technology

imported from U.K., Germany, Japan and France was used in the manufacturing facility. By the time

the company started manufacturing yarn the competition in shirting yarn had become fierce and the

returns had diminished. The company incurred losses in the first four years of its operations and the

management was looking for opportunities to turn things around. The manufacturing plant started

functioning with an installed capacity of 26,000 spindles, a small unit considering yarnmanufacturing

industry, in the year 1996 to manufacture synthetic yarn for shirting only. Initially, the

major fabric manufactures of India such as Raymonds, Donear, Grasim, Amartex, Siyaram, Pantaloon

and Arviva were the main customers of the company and the total produce of the company was sold

within the domestic market. These fabric manufactures used to import the premium quality yarn

before RSL started supplying the yarn to them. The company in the first year of its operations

realized that shirting yarn was one of the fiercely competitive products and the company with its high

interest liability was unlikely to earn the desired profits. Also, the company had a narrow product mix

limited to only two more blow room lines were installed in the first quarter of 1997. The addition of

two blow room lines helped RSL to manufacture four different types of yarns at the same time.

Utilizing this added flexibility, RSL began manufacturing yarn for suitings.Since the suiting yarn was

providing better returns, the company was keen to increase manufacturing of suiting yarn but was

hampered by the two for one doubling (TFO) facility, which was limited to only 40% of the total

produce. To remove this bottleneck, 12 more TFO machines were added to the existing 8 TFO

machines. The addition of these machines increased the doubling capacity to 70% of the production

providing additional product mix flexibility to the company. This enabled the company to

manufacture yarn to cater to the requirements of suiting, industrial fabric and carpet manufacturers. In

the initial years of its operations, RSL realized that the promises made by the Government of

Rajasthan to provide uninterrupted power supply of the required quality (stable voltage and

frequency) and ample quantity of water were unlikely to be met through the public distribution

system. The voltage and frequency of electric power provided through the public distribution system

were erratic and frequent announced and unannounced power cuts stopped production on a regular

basis. In these circumstances, meeting quality requirements of the customers and adhering to delivery

schedules was a herculean task. To ensure smooth and uninterrupted operations RSL installed inhouse

power generation facility of 4 megawatts capacity and dug 10 tube-wells.RSL faced stiff

competition in the domestic market from Gujarat Spinning and Weaving Mills, Surat, Rajasthan

Textile Mills, Bhawani Mandi, Charan Spinning Mills, Salem and Indorama Synthetics Ltd.,

Pithampur in all their product categories and the returns were low. In order to combat stiff

competition in the domestic market and improve returns the company started developing export

markets for their products in the year 1998. Initially, RSL started exporting carpet yarn to Belgium

and till 2001; carpet yarn formed the major component of their exports. A trade agreement was signed

with Fibratex Corporation, Switzerland to share profits equally for expanding their overseas

operations. During the same period, RSL continued to scout for new export markets and was

successful in entering top-of-the-line fancy for premium fashion fabric manufactures of international

repute like Mango and Zara. Rajasthan Synthetics Ltd. also exported fancy yarn to a number of fabric

manufacturers located in Italy, France, England, Spain and Portugal. Yarn manufacturers from

Indonesia, Korea and Taiwan gave stiff competition to RSL when it entered the international market.

The companies from South Asian countries had a major cost advantage over RSL because of cheap,

uninterrupted availability of power and high labour productivity. Currencies had been sharply

devalued during the South Asian financial crisis, which rendered the products manufactured by these

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companies still cheaper in international markets. Despite all these disadvantages, RSL was able to

gain a foothold through constant adaption of their products according to the customer requirements in

the highly quality conscious international yarn market and was exporting 95% of its total produce by

the beginning of the year 2002.

Rajasthan Synthetics Ltd. had fine-tuned its distribution channels according to the type of markets

and size of orders from the customers. In line with this policy the export to Middle East, Far East and

Turkey was carried out through agents. Similarly, low volume export of fancy yarn requirements was

also catered through agents. While dealing with importers directly, RSL strictly followed the policy

of exports against confirmed Letter of Credits only. The company directly exported to important

clients in Belgium, England and France. The domestic market was also served through an agency

system. Rajasthan Synthetics Ltd. considered inventories as an unnecessary waste and kept minimum

possible inventories while ensuring required level of service. To ensure that the inventories were held

to a minimum, the manufacturing plan consisted of 60 to 70% against customer orders, 30 to 40%

against anticipated sales and 2% capacity was reserved for new product development. A Strategic

Management Committee (SMC) consisting of MD, CEO, GM (marketing) and GM (technical)

reviewed the production plan of the manufacturing plant on quarterly basis. The SMC also developed

the plans for profitability, product mix and cost minimization. Delivering high-quality products and

meeting delivery commitments for every shipment were essential pre-requisites to be successful in the

global market place. The company had understood this very early and to ensure that the products

manufactured by RSL met the stringent quality requirements of its international customers, the

company had developed a full-fledged testing laboratory equipped with ultra modern testing

machines like User Tester-3 and Classifault. The company had stringent quality testing checks at

every stage of tarn production right from mixing of fiber to packing of finished cones. Its in-house

Research and Development and Statistical Quality Control (SQC) divisions ensured consistent

technical specifications with the help of sophisticated state-of-the-art machines. A team of

professionally qualified and experienced personnel to ensure that the yarn manufactured by the

company was in line with international standards backed the company. The company continuously

upgraded its product mix and at the same time, new products developed by in-house research and

development department were added to the product mix form time to time. RSL‟s management was

quick to analyze the potential of these in-house developments and followed a flexible approach in

determining the level of value addition. The company had developed a new yarn recently and was

selling it under the Rajtang brand name. This new yarn was stretchable in three dimensions, absorbed

moisture quickly, was soft and silky and fitted the body. This yarn was extracted from natural

products and being body-friendly, was in great demand in international markets. Looking at the

higher value addition possibilities RSL decided to forward integrate and started manufacturing fabric,

using Rajtang and provided ready-made garments like swimming suit, tracksuit, undergarments, tops,

slacks and kids dresses. The ready-made dresses from the fabric were being manufactured on the

specifications and designs of RSL. The management decided to market these products under the

brand name “Wear-it” through Wearwell Garments Pvt. Ltd., an associate company of RSL, to ensure

that RSL did not lose its focus. The Managing Director of RSL felt that continuous adaptability to

market requirements through a flexible approach, cost cutting in every sphere of operations and team

approach to management had taken them ahead. However, RSL had become highly dependent on the

volatile export market and if it was not able to retain the international market it would have to reestablish

itself in the domestic market, which was not an easy task.

1. What marketing strategy should RSL adopt to remain competitive in the international market?

2. Has the company taken the right decision to forward integrate and enter into the highly volatile

garment market?

Caselet 2

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Popular mythology in the United States likes to refer to pre-World War II Japan as a somewhat

backward industrial power that produced and exported mostly trinkets and small items of dubious

quality bought by Americans impoverished by the Great Depression. Few bring up the fact that, prior

to the Pearl Harbor attack, Japan had conquered what are now Korea, Manchuria, Taiwan, and a large

portion of China, Vietnam, and Thailand; and by the end of 1942 Japan had extended its empire to

include Burma, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, New Guinea, plus many

strings of islands in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Its navy had moved a large armada of worships 4,000

miles across the Pacific Ocean, in secret and in silence, to attack Pearl Harbor and then returned

safely home. Manufacturers capable of producing only low-grade goods don‟t accomplish such feats.

High-quality standards for military hardware, however, did not extend to civilian and export goods,

which received very low priority during the war years. Thus the perception in the United States for a

long time before and then immediately after the war had nothing to do with some inherent character

flaw in Japanese culture or industrial capability. It had everything to do with Japan‟s national

priorities and the availability of funds and material. Following Japan‟s surrender in 1945, General

MacArthur was given the task of rebuilding the Japanese economy on a peaceful footing. As part of

that effort an assessment of damage was to be conducted and a national census was planned for 1950.

Deming was asked in 1947 to go to Japan and assist in that effort. As a result of his association with

Shewhart and quality training, he was contacted by representatives from the Union of Japanese

Scientists and Engineers (JUSE), and in 1950, Deming delivered his now famous series of lectures on

quality control. His message to top industry leaders, whom he demanded to attend, and to JUSE was

that Japan had to change its image in the United States and throughout the world. He declared that it

could not succeed as an exporter of poor quality and argued that the tools of statistical quality control

could help solve many quality problems. Having seen their country devastated by the war, industry

and government leaders were eager to learn the new methods and to speed economic recovery.

Experience was to prove to Deming and others that, without the understanding, respect, and support

of management, no group of tools alone could sustain a long-term quality improvement effort.

1. How could have the SQC approach, been useful in solving the immediate problems of Japan?

2. If you were among one of the management members, what would have been your first insight?

END OF SECTION B

Section C: Practical Problems (30 marks)

 This  section consists of Long Questions. 

 Answer all the questions. 

 Each question carries 15 marks.

1. A sample of 30 is to be selected from a lot of 200 articles. How many different samples are

possible?

2. In Dodge‟s CSP-1, it is desired to apply sampling inspection to 1 piece out of every 15 and to

maintain an AOQL of 2%. What should be the value of i?

S-2-300813

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Examination Paper MM. 100

Digital Marketing Professional

Guidelines for paper

 Total No. of Question is 100.

 The minimum passing mark is 40%.

 Each Question carries 1 mark.

 Answer all the Questions.

Multiple Choices:

1. The First Form of Mass-Media advertising was born in_______

a) 17th Century

b) 18th Century

c) 20th Century

d) 19th Century

2. Which one is the new and latest force of the advertising?

a) Radio

b) Internet

c) Newspaper

d) Television

3. Printing press, radio, television and internet are all examples of:

a) Major breakthroughs in technology

b) Digital Marketing

c) Global communication

d) None of these

4. ARPA Stand for_____________

a) Advanced report project agency

b) Advanced research project agency

c) Advanced report packet agency

d) None of these

5. The conversion of an analogue signal to a digital format is called__________

a) Decoding

b) Embedded Format

c) Emoticons

d) Encoding

6. What is the full form of W3C?

a) World Wild Web computer

b) World Wide Web consortium

c) World West Web computer

d) World Wide Web communicated

7. Advertising that is targeted to the content on the web page being viewed by a user at that specific time

is called______

a) Contextual Advertising

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b) Content Advertising

c) Conversion Advertising

d) Commission Advertising

8. Which of the following is not come under Four Ps of product?

a) Place

b) People

c) Price

d) Promotion

9. Search engine optimization (SEO) is related to_________

a) Promotion

b) Process

c) Product

d) None of these

10. “Small opportunities are after the beginning of great enterprise” is written by_________

a) Kathy Ireland

b) Jeff Bezos

c) Demosthenes

d) All of the above

11. Making sure everything works the way, it should before you let it out is known as___________

a) Designing

b) Testing

c) Planning

d) Developing

12. Every website on the Internet has a unique address is called_________

a) Domain Name

b) Numeric address

c) IP address

d) All of the above

13. Which of the following is most common and cheapest form of hosting?

a) Virtual dedicated hosting

b) Shared hosting

c) Dedicated hosting

d) Cloud-based hosting

14. Write down the full name of SERP_______

15. In the header section of the code on each of your web pages known as_______

a) Link

b) Body

c) Tag

d) Title

16. Which type of links are reside on pages that do not belong to your domain?

a) External

b) Internal

c) Internal/External

d) None of these

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17. IAB Stand for_________

18. A page with no meaningful content that is full of ads and the webmaster makes money from if someone

Clicks on them is called_________

a) Cloaking

b) Doorway page

c) Spam page

d) Interlinking

19. What is the second method of page Tagging?

a) Process

b) Developing

c) Designing

d) None of these

20. Every Transaction your web server makes is recorded in:

a) User file

b) Log file

c) Page tags

d) All of these

21. What is the full form of KPI________

a) Key process indicator

b) Key present indicator

c) Key performance indicator

d) Key Prospective identity

22. Which version produces the best result when two different version running of an ads or a page and

measuring the result to identity?

a) Testing

b) Tweaking

c) Investing

d) A/B split testing

23. Putting the theory into practice means:

a) Taking intelligence gleaned

b) Taking advertising creative

c) Taking Decisive action

d) Taking measurable action

24. “The new information technology internet and e-mail have practically eliminated the physical costs of

communication” said by________

a) Sims Jenkins

b) Signal vs noise

c) Matt Lindermann

d) Peter Drucker

25. Which marketing is the most powerful element in your digital marketing toolbox?

a) Digital Marketing

b) Direct Marketing

c) E-mail Marketing

d) Personal Marketing

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26. Fusion of marketing savvy and imagination copy is related to_________

a) Promotional Marketing

b) E-mail Marketing

c) Digital Marketing

d) None of these

27. Write down the full name of CAN-SPAM act________

28. Software and service that allow users to come together online and exchange, discuss, communication in

any form of social interaction is:

a) Social Paradigm

b) User Interface

c) E-mail

d) Social Media

29. The main problem with A/B split Testing is that ___________

a) You can use it to test variances of a single page element at a time

b) Double page element at a time

c) More than 2 page element at a time

d) All of the above

30. Personal interaction, creating, exchanging and sharing they all are different form of__________

a) Social Book marketing

b) Social media

c) Social paradigm

d) None of these

31. Which of the following is social media submission site?

a) www.digg.com

b) www.reddit.com

c) www.stumbleupon.com

d) All of the above

32. A series of digital media files (Audio or video) distributed over the internet is known as________

a) Blogs

b) Podcasts

c) Micro Blogging

d) Wikis

33. What is the essentially a short-message broadcast service that lets people keep people up to data via

short, public text posts upto 140 characters?

a) Facebook

b) SMS

c) Twitter

d) Linkedln

34. Online collection of web pages that are literally open for anyone to create, edit, discuss, comment on

and generally contribute to is:

a) Micro Blogging

b) Social media dash board

c) Wikis

d) None of these

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35. In which year the Chartered Institute of Public relation is define online PR (Public Relation) relations?

a) 2009

b) 2008

c) 2007

d) 2006

36. The process whereby a brand site, attracts customers by recording a third party for promoting their

Products and driving converting traffic website is called_________

a) Digital Marketing

b) Affiliate Marketing

c) E-mail Marketing

d) Strategic partnership

37. _______ the amount paid by an advertising for a click on their sponsored search listing.

a) Cost per action

b) Cost per acquisition

c) Cost per click

d) Cost per mille

38. The consumer performs the desired action on the merchant’s site, and a small piece of embedded code

on the merchant’s site inform the___________

a) Affiliate Marketing

b) Affiliate Network

c) Affiliate Site

d) None of these

39. Online Advertising content that appears over the top of the web page is called_________

a) Organic search results

b) Overlay

c) Opt-out

d) Opt-in

40. A computer file format that compresses audio files up to a factor of 12 from a wav file is known

as_________

a) MP3

b) MISSAN

c) MPEG

d) MPU

41. ___________ is a set of practices that enable organizations to communicate and engage with their

audience in an interactive and relevant manner through any mobile device or network.

a) Mobile Marketing

b) E-mail Marketing

c) Digital Marketing

d) All of the above

42. Which Advertising is now recognized as an opportunity for brands, advertisers and publishers to

engage consumers in a targeted and contextual manner?

a) Radio advertising

b) News paper advertising

c) Mobile advertising

d) Television advertising

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43. Which of the following language is used by many Internet application for exchanging information:

a) HTML

b) XHTML

c) XML

d) JAVA

44. Which is the example of popular Key performance Indicator (KPIs) for mobile campaigns?

a) Total downloads

b) Total Application user

c) Frequency and duration visit

d) All of these

45. Write down the full form of GPS__________

46. Which one of the company was launched its first play station back in 1995?

a) Apple

b) Nokia

c) Sony

d) Blackberry

47. In which year the first advertising agency, set up in Boston?

a) In 1855

b) In 1847

c) In 1843

d) In 1850

48. In 1983 which one started using TCP/IP protocol?

a) W3C

b) DNS

c) DARPA

d) ARPA NET

49. The first web page on the Internet was built at________

a) TCP

b) CERN

c) ARPA

d) All of the above

50. Who are becoming better informed, better connected, more communicative in the market?

a) Buyers

b) Customer

c) Consumers

d) None of these

51. Which Technology become more ubiquitous in people lives that consumers can satisfy their need more

quickly, more easily and with fewer barriers?

a) Advance Technology

b) Digital Technology

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

52. ___________ Technology that allows the use of a broadband internet connection to make telephone

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calls.

a) Video on demand

b) Virtual mobile network operator

c) Wireless application protocol

d) Voice over internet protocol

53. Who is the most important element in any form of marketing?

a) People

b) Customer

c) Seller

d) Consumer

54. Press releases, articles syndication and blogs they all are related to which channels?

a) Personal Channels

b) Offline Channels

c) Online Channels

d) None of these

55. Everything you do, online and offline, to get your product in front of your prospects is called_______

a) Promotion

b) Influencing

c) Advertising

d) All of the above

56. What is the first step of building your websites?

a) Testing

b) Design

c) Planning

d) Development

57. The process of designing your website to be equally accessible to everyone, in relation to the web is:

a) Usability

b) Accessibility

c) W3C & web standards

d) None of the above

58. You can buy multiple domain names is true or false.

a) True

b) False

59. Which of the following have ability to connect to the internet wirelessly?

a) Wi-Fi

b) Wiki

c) Web 2.0

d) Wilfing

60. The difference between effective web writing and effective print writing reflect the nature of:

a) People

b) Web designers

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) Audience

61. “Learning is the beginning of wealth, health and spirituality” this is said by________

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a) William Randolph Hearst

b) Marissa Mayer

c) Jim Rohn

d) None of these

62. Process a huge volume of searchers, scanning billions of items and delivering pages of relevant, ranked

results in a fraction is:

a) Engines

b) Browser

c) Search Engines

d) Scouring the web

63. Which of the following is not a traditional marketing channels ________

a) Commercial television

b) Radio

c) Print Publication

d) Yahoo

64. Short-tail Keyword is simple and very general in nature is:

a) True

b) False

65. Which type of tail keyword have more complex and more specific in nature?

a) Short- tail

b) Long-tail

c) Medium- tail

d) All of these

66. If you take it literally, encompasses everything on your website is called_______

a) Search results

b) Context

c) Content

d) Spiders

67. _________ is a technique that uses code to show one search engine friendly page to the spiders, and a

completely different page to a human visitor.

a) Cloaking

b) Interlinking

c) Keyword stuffing

d) Invisible Text

68. Your log files capture visits by search engines spiders and other automated bots as well as________

a) Analytics Software

b) Machines

c) Human user

d) All of these

69. ___________ will work even if you can’t access your web server logs?

a) Logs files

b) Page Tagging

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

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70. Junk paper mail become_______

a) Junk virtual mail

b) Junk business mail

c) Junk mail

d) Virtual mail

71. A host computer which maintains websites, newsgroup and e-mail service is known as_________

a) Session

b) Server

c) Simulcast

d) Skyscraper

72. When a legitimate E-mail is blocked by a spam filter is known as:

a) False Positive

b) True Positive

c) Tricky Proposition

d) None of these

73. Which one of the following is one of the most important steps in writing E-mail?

a) Creating Copy

b) Great subject line

c) Crafting the e-mail subject line

d) Ambiguous e-mail

74. To grab the attention to the audience in your e-mail which one of the option is best?

a) Point to point

b) Briefly

c) Interesting

d) All of the above

75. E-mail are delivered to the people on your list is another crucial element in your_________

a) E-mail marketing

b) Digital Marketing

c) Direct Marketing

d) Both (a) & (b)

76. __________ is that you deliver your message directly to an individual who actually wants to hear from

you.

a) Direct Marketing

b) E-mail Marketing

c) Digital Marketing

d) None of these

77. __________ is umbrella term for web based software and service.

a) Social Media

b) Social Media Submission

c) Social Bookmarking

d) None of these

78. People who are most active in social media circles will be the element of your target market can be

classified as________

a) Influencers

b) Influence

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c) Listener

d) All of these

79. Social bookmarking site is known as_______

a) www.delicious.com

b) www.ma.gnolia.com

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

80. What is the main work of review and rating sites?

a) Allow user to review and rate companies

b) Allow user to show the status of the companies

c) Allow user to give suggestion

d) Allow user to view the status

81. Facebook, Linkedlns, Google these all are comes under_______

a) Social Network Sites

b) Social Media Sites

c) Media sharing Sites

d) Forums and Discussion Sites

82. People all over the world are using blogs to______

a) Report Local News

b) Offer their opinion

c) Share their experience

d) All of these

83. Which of the following content is available to both media professionals and consumers?

a) PR

b) CRM

c) Both (a) & (b)

d) None of these

84. What is the right way of getting prominent, newsworthy stories about your product, brand or company?

a) Online Press release

b) Offline press release

c) Offline Equivalent

d) Standard Press release

85. Your headline and first paragraph should capture reader’s_________

a) Attention

b) Interest

c) Views

d) Suggestion

86. Who are working in affiliate Marketing?

a) Brand/Seller

b) Affiliate

c) Customer

d) all of these

87. The companies who want their product and services advertising on the interest and are trying to attract

new business called_______

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a) The Affiliate

b) The Merchants

c) The Consumers

d) The Customers

88. __________ is refers to that free brand exposure free as merchant only pay for action.

a) Affiliate marketing

b) Digital Marketing

c) Strategic Marketing

d) None of these

89. Innovation and human desire for something newer and better are driving the rapid evolution of:

a) Laptop

b) Tablet

c) Mobile Device

d) Radio

90. Mobile gaming has been described as the wide-open battle ground of the:

a) Professional Industry

b) Application Industry

c) Entertainment Industry

d) All of these

91. For mobile marketing to work, consumers need to have confidence that their privacy will be________

a) Well crafted

b) Imaginative

c) Entertaining

d) Protected

92. Lots of energy and investment currently flowing into_______

a) Mobile cloud

b) Mobile data

c) Mobile Privacy

d) Mobile Apps

93. Technology has enhanced the process of refining the_________

a) Brand & quality

b) Products & brand

c) Products & Service

d) Quality & Quantity

94. What type of Marketing, Uniquely allows us to both broaden our scope and narrow our focus at the

same time_________

a) Digital Marketing

b) E-mail Marketing

c) Direct Marketing

d) All of these

95. Which one of the following is used for exchanging SMS messages.

a) SMPP

b) SMSC

c) SMS

d) SIM

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96. The Technology that allows user to store video content on their computer for viewing at a later date is

known as________

a) Deep-linking

b) Uploading

c) Downloading

d) None of these

97. Web design software that creates animation interactive elements and quick to download is:

a) Flash

b) Coral

c) Photoshop

d) Flash Impression

98. A group of computer connected together which are at one physical location is.

a) MAN

b) LAN

c) WAN

d) Link

99. The area where an Advertising is displayed/placed within a publisher’s mobile content is:

a) Placement

b) Podcasting

c) Pharming

d) Phishing

100. When a user makes a purchase from online advertiser is called______

a) Buy

b) Sale house

c) Sale

d) Both (a) & (c)

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ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the

assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.

Last date for submission: 31-03-2021

Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15-04-2021-04-2019

NOTE:

1. Assignments sent after 15-04-20213will not be evaluated.

2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned

and not type-written or printed or photocopied.

3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.

4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand

corner on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA

Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,

Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.

5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with

Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.

6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial

assignments will not be considered.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For

each question the answer should not exceed 15–pages. Each assignment carries

25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.

DR. A. RAJASEKARAN

DIRECTOR

2

1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the

educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.

2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?

Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.

3. "A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life".

Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,

Entrepreneurs in India.

4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.

Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.

1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT

1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?

Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a

company planning to launch a Laptop.

2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District

sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a

homogeneous market – Explain?

3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to

product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands

currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for

your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?

4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.

Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of

products dominates online marketing?

1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly affect

its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies you

would suggest? Give suitable examples.

2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the

possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.

3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been

characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this

argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?

4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to

mergers and acquisitions.

3

1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT

inventory is successful in India? Explain.

2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of

the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to

direct management’s attention to problem areas?

3. Bring out the arguments for and against 'make' or 'buy' decisions. How is the

problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike

manufacturing company.

4. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an Industry. Explain some

methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an Industrial Purchasing. Why

should the purchasing documents be legally sound?

1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ

from the one used for selecting external applicants?

2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of

enforcing discipline without prior information?

3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide

whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs

training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.

4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.

Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to

accept such transfer?

1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS

1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.

b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production

line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:

No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4

No. of Television:368 72 52 7 1

Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected

frequencies assuming Poisson distribution.

2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to

government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the

following results were obtained.

Income Public school Government school Total

Low 100 200 300

High 500 200 700

Total 600 400 1000

Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of

schooling are associated.

4

3. From the following data

X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18

Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14

a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.

b) Estimate X when Y = 20

c) Estimate Y when X=20

d) Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of

correlation

e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.

4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using

matrix inversion method.

2x + 4y + 2z = 12

5x – 2y + 6z = 07

3x + 3y – 4z = 5

1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION

1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business

communication.

2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –

Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.

3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee's

attitude over company's personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the

specific topic of your choice.

4. You have recently joined a branch of a company as its manager. Write a

report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.

Also, suggest remedies for those defects.

1.8 ADVERTISING AND SALES PROMOTION

1. Discuss the various types of advertising media and explain their characteristics.

Explain with suitable examples.

2. Persuasive advertising is the most obvious kind of advertising- Do you agree?

Elaborate the reasons.

3. Trace and explicate an activity which is having capability to complement and

supplement the functions of marketing.

4. Briefly discuss the top five advertising agencies in India and how do they

function?

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M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

FIRST YEAR

Academic Year 2020 - 2021

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the

assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.

Last date for submission : 31.03.2021

Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2021

NOTE:

1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2021 will not be evaluated

2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and

not type-written or printed or photocopied.

3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.

4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner

on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA

Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,

Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.

5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with

Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.

6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial

assignments will not be considered.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each

question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks

(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.

DR. A. RAJASEKARAN

DIRECTOR

1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the

educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.

2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?

Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.

3. "A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life".

Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,

Entrepreneurs in India.

4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.

5. Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.

1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT

1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?

Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a

company planning to launch a Laptop.

2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District

sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a

homogeneous market – Explain?

3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to

product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands

currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for

your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?

4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.

Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of

products dominates online marketing?

1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly affect

its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies you

would suggest? Give suitable examples.

2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the

possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.

3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been

characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this

argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?

4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to

mergers and acquisitions.

2

1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT

inventory is successful in India? Explain.

2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of

the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to

direct management’s attention to problem areas?

3. Bring out the arguments for and against 'make' or 'buy' decisions. How is the

problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike

manufacturing company.

4. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an Industry. Explain some

methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an Industrial Purchasing. Why

should the purchasing documents be legally sound?

1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ

from the one used for selecting external applicants?

2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of

enforcing discipline without prior information?

3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide

whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs

training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.

4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.

Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to

accept such transfer?

1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS

1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.

b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production

line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:

No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4

No. of Television: 368 72 52 7 1

Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected frequencies

assuming Poisson distribution.

2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to

government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the

following results were obtained.

3

Income Public school Government school Total

Low 100 200 300

High 500 200 700

Total 600 400 1000

Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of

schooling are associated.

3. From the following data:

X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18

Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14

a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.

b) Estimate X when Y = 20

c) Estimate Y when X=20

d) Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation

e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.

4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using

matrix inversion method.

1. 2x + 4y + 2z = 12

2. 5x – 2y + 6z = 07

3. 3x + 3y – 4z = 5

1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION

1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business

communication.

2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –

Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.

3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee's

attitude over company's personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the

specific topic of your choice.

4. You have recently joined a branch of a company, as its Manager. Write a

report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.

Also, suggest remedies for those defects.

1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

1. “Behaviour is basically dissimilar” How will you try to ensure uniformity in

behaviour towards achieving conformity with organizational goals?

2. “Informal organization is detrimental to the interests of formal organization and

therefore, it is an evil to be nipped in the bud itself”. Comment on this

statement and explain how management should handle informal groups.

3. Do you think there might be any positive and significant relationship between the

possession of certain personal values and successful career progression in

organizations like Infosys, Tata group of companies and Apollo Hospital? Discuss.

4. Cite two examples of impression management based on your own experience.

Why do people try to manage impressions?

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M.B.A. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

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Academic Year 2020 - 2021

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the

assignments for SIX papers as per instructions, those who have opted Project and

Viva-Voce.

Students are asked to write the assignments for the EIGHT Papers as per

instruction those who have opted Two Theory Papers (2.7.1 & 2.7.2) as specialization.

Last date for submission: 01.03.2021

Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 16.03.202115-03-2019

NOTE:

1. Assignments sent after 16.03.2021 will not be evaluated.

2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and

not type-written or printed or photocopied.

3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.

4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner

on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription

“MBA Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,

Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.

5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with

Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.

6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial

assignments will not be considered.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For

each questions the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries

25 marks (2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.

DR. A. RAJASEKARAN

DIRECTOR

2

2.1 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF CHANGE

1. Examines some of the models of OD. Which do you think would be more

appropriate for Indian Industries?

2. “Human beings have a tendency to get merged to a group. This happens

when majority of the groups have changed ultimately creating pressures on

individuals to fall in line with change.” Do you think this a desirable or an

undesirable phenomenon? Give your views.

3. "Many managers believe the effectiveness of third party peace making

intervention rather than comprehensive intervention". Do you agree with

this statement? Justify your views.

4. “A well established company manufacturing readymade garment plans to

introduce new machines and new methods of production. The workers in

the factory numbering five hundred are fearful of the change resisting it in

many ways.” Advice the management how to solve the problem through

derive the appropriate strategy.

2.2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

1. Assume yourself as a CEO of a Yarn Export Company, how will you design

effective training policies in your company? Enumerate the various logistics

arrangements needed for conducting training programmes in your

company.

2. “Most of the training programme fails due to improper need identification”. If

this is true, as a Trainer how will you identify the need for training of an

organization? Express your views.

3. Explain the merits and demerits of different types of training programs. Discuss

their suitability in industries like power generation plant, mines and automobile

assembly line.

4. Device a mechanism of evaluating training and development effectiveness to

assess whether training and development investment gives commensurate

return. Justify your answer.

2.3 LABOUR WELFARE

1. “Labour welfare is not a barrier liability or useless expenditure but a wise

investment.” – Comment upon this statement.

2. “Safety of workers in mines is much more riskier than any other industrial

establishments. We need to evolve a separate policy on their welfare and

safety.” – Do you think so? If so, given your opinion either supporting or

defending this statement.

3

3. In what way industrial hazards can be reduced? Can we prevent accidents

by weeding out accident - prone workers? Suggest suitable ways to reduce

accidents in factories (choose an industry of your choice).

4. Why worker’s education is important? How do workers educations improve

the productivity? Discuss.

2.4 INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

1. What are the causes of poor Industrial relations? What are the effects? Give your

suggestions to improve the legislation concerning industrial Relations in our

country.

2. Critically evaluate the unfair management practices and unfair union

practices. Evaluate a strategy for balancing these two extremes, so as to

ensure both are happy and end up with win-win situation.

3. Enumerate the various factors involved in effective negotiation process.

Explain the emerging issues in the administration of Collective Bargaining

agreements in global context.

4. “Enlightened Trade Unions are highly useful both to the working class and

the management’. – Examine the recent issues happened in Neyveli Lignite

Corporation (NLC) as an example for the above statement.

2.5 WAGES AND SALARY ADMINISTRATION

1. What are the guidelines to be followed in preparing a wage structure at the

enterprise level in a steel production company? Enlist the various problems in

it.

2. When all employees are paid fundamentally the same amount of

compensation, what is the likely impact upon satisfaction and behaviour?

What effect would secrecy – of – pay policy have upon the situation?

3. Outline the purpose of a pay commission. How is it constituted? Critically

examine the recommendations of any four central pay commissions of your

choice.

4. “If selection and placement decisions are done effectively, individual performance

should not vary a great deal, therefore, an incentive system is not necessary” –

Discuss.

4

2.6 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT

1. What is the six sigma strategies? Is this strategies has suitable to all the

organization? If yes explain briefly if no justify your answer.

2. A leading steel company approaches you for strategies formulation and

implementation in the changing environment. Suggest them a combination

of strategies for productivity improvement (Make necessary assumptions).

3. Consider the shampoo market in India. Prepare a table showing the differences

between the strategies adopted by top 5 brands. Explain each point.

4. Differentiate between competitive advantage of a country and a corporate.

Discuss how this can help a firm to win over competition and grab more

market share.

2.7.1 E-COMMERCE

1. What type of electronic payment systems are required in E-Commerce? Why are

there different types of payment systems? Explain the necessary characteristics

of each type of payment system and give an example of each where it is used.

2. Describe the current e-commerce scenario in India and explain the future

prospect of e-commerce

3. Take an example of any two e-commerce companies in India providing high end

e-commerce solutions and describe how they established customer confidence,

trust and ensured privacy and security of the e-commerce transactions.

4. What is meant by Home entertainment? How it is related to E-Commerce and

explains the size of the Home Entertainment Market?

2.7.2 BUSINESS RESEARCH METHODS

1. Why do business organizations need research? A company, faced with the

problem of increasing rate of work force turnover, wants you to conduct a

research on this problem. Prepare a blueprint on the research process, you will

follow.

2. "Research is much concerned with proper fact finding, analysis and evaluation".

Do you agree with this statement? Give reasons in support of your answer.

3. “Whenever possible, it is advisable to use instruments that have already been

developed and repeatedly used in published studies, rather than develop our

own instruments for our studies” - Do you agree? Discuss the reasons for your

answer.

4. "Every data collection method has its own built-in biases. Therefore, resorting to

multi-methods of data collection is only going to compound the biases", How

would you critique this statement?

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Insurance Management

Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 Marks)

 This section consists of Multiple Choices & Short Note type questions.

 Answer all the questions.

 Part One carries 1 mark & Part Two carries 5 marks each.

Part One:

Multiple choices:

1. India‟s first insurance company was established in

a. 1818

b. 1817

c. 1718

d. 1950

2. The word „Ombudsman‟ in Insurance means

a. Appointment of an official to sell the goods.

b. Appointment of an official to investigate the complaints.

c. Appointment of an official to inspect the quality of goods.

d. Appointment of an official to supervise the work force.

3. Insurance is a

a. Contract

b. document

c. Agreement

d. Both (a) & (b)

4. „Asha deep‟ is an Insurance

a. Related to dreaded disease or death

b. Related to theft

c. Related to fire

d. Related to crops

5. „Actuary‟ is

a. A book that contains death data

b. A book that contains statics of production

c. A person expert in statics

d. A person expert in agent ship

6. „Snobbish‟ customers are :

a. Self loving or egoist customer

b. Those who lack confidence

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c. Those who take quick and immediate decision

d. Logical customers who ask a lot of questions

7. What stands for „I‟ in AIDAS related with the knowledge of selling process

a. Ideal

b. Idol

c. Income

d. Interest

8. Endowment Policy is

a. Sum of Term Assurance and Pure Endowment

b. Difference of Term Assurance and Pure Endowment

c. Sum of Endowment Assurance and Pure Endowment

d. Difference of Endowment Assurance and Pure Endowment

9. In case of Suicide in India

a. It is not a crime

b. It is a crime

c. It has no relation with the Insurance Policy

d. None of the above can be said

10. USP stands for

a. Unique Sales Promotion

b. Unique Sales Process

c. Unique Selling Proposition

d. None of the above

Part Two:

1. Elaborate the functionality of „Married Women‟s Property Act‟ of India.

2. What are the necessary documents that have to be submitted for getting a License for agent

ship in Insurance Business?

3. Mention any two Insurance Policies for Handicapped.

4. What is „Charter Parity‟?

Section B: Caselets (40 marks)

 This section consists of Caselets.

 Answer all the questions.

 Each caselet carries 20 marks.

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 200 to 250 words).

END OF SECTION A

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Caselet 1

Insurance Business- The Difference in Providing Services

With increasing competition and changing customer preference, companies both in the

manufacturing and service sectors, are increasingly focusing on services to differentiate their

offering from each other. The need is being felt more than ever before as the tangible features of

„products‟ offered by manufactures and service providers tend to get imitated easily. This implies

that companies will need to find certain intangibles that can differentiate their respective „Products‟.

The insurance sector in India was a government controlled till very recently. As of 1989-99, life and

non-life insurance business generated a premium of Rs 3,19,638 million (US $ 8.2 billion) which

was about 2.6 per cent of the company‟s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However in absolute

terms, India‟s insurance business is not just small, it is miniscule compared to the economically

advanced countries. India‟s share in the world insurance market is only 0.39 per cent as against

34.17 per cent of the US, 21.02 per cent of Japan and 8.5 per cent of the UK. The Insurance sector

comprises life and non-life business. During 1998-99 the former accounted for a lion‟s share of the

total insurance market with a share of 73 per cent (US $ 6 billion). The non-life insurance geared

towards risk, which accounted for 85 per cent non-life business. Of the balance 15 per cent, liability

insurance accounted for three per cent and personal non-life insurance for only 12 per cent, through

the share of personal non-life according to a report. This report states that the personal non-life

business is likely to grow four thousand million rupees in 1998-99 to fifty thousand million rupees in

2009-10.

With the passage of the IRDA Bill in October, 1999, the character of the insurance industry in

general and the personal non-life segment in particular is likely to change, specifically with regard to

rising customer expectations. Given the development, it is imperative for existing insurance firms

and new entrants to understand customer‟s changing expectations to develop strategies for the future.

It is importing to go through the following:

 Understand the salient features of personal non-life

 Insurance business

 Understand the key expectations of customers

 Examine sources of customer‟s dissatisfaction

 Suggest strategies for building customers loyalty

 Personal Non-Life Insurance

Personal non-life insurance schemes can be categorized into four major groups relating to property,

health, accident and liability. The basic objective of these schemes is to meet the personal risk

protection needs of individuals.

Insurance policy for these products is basically individuals who own certain consumer items or

properties.

Health-related insurance schemes cater to the needs of individual to protect themselves from the

uncertainties of ill health/accident at home or abroad.

Accident-related products include various policies that cover personal accident and other specific

contingencies. The liability offers cover to professionals.

Customer Expectations in Personal Line of Business.

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These are the six major areas where customers expect a lot from the insurance companies.

Resolution of Customer Anxiety

In a service industry, one of the factors that motivates a customer to opt for a service is whether the

service provider is able to reduce his or her anxieties, articulated or not, in relation to the same, in

case of insurable products, perhaps, the only exception to the city-centric strategy will be Reliance‟s

push, which is expected to reach even small town and villages in the districts of Gujarat and

Maharashtra, the two states where the petrochemical major is a household name.

It also has an investor base of five million which can be tapped as an initial point of contact for

marketing products beside this; it plans to leverage its large customer base in the retail segments

(textiles and cellular phones) to sell insurance. In development markets, even retail chains are used

to sell policies and that too could happen here.

Products

A lot will depend on the kind of products that these outfits launch. Initially, multinationals are

expected to push familiar products to test the markets. Incidentally, each product will need clearance

from IRDA before launch. Royal Sundaram Alliance, foe example will, launches a mix of personal

and commercial insurance policies. This will cover fire, motor, personal accident and health

insurance. HDFC – Standard life will launch two core life insurance products and then another dozen

will be disability and health-related (life insurance covers you in case of death: but others will also

take into account these riders.) Insiders reveal that in the run up to launch, many new private players

have quietly conducted market research to figure out what will work here Max New York life has

spent eight month conducting exhaustive research and its officials say that their policies will be

drafted keeping the feedback in mind. One of them will be credit risk insurance. Under this, a person

can get his housing loan or car loan insured. So, in case the person cannot repay the loan amount

because of disability or death, the asset will not be impounded because the insurance company will

cough up the outstanding amount. A variation of this product could be attaching a life insurance

policy to a loan. In this case, due to death or disability the bank or the institution pick up the

insurance amount and the asset stays with the survivors. This works like a double collateral.

Some bit of preliminaray segmentation of the market is also appearing. IFFCO-Tokyo marine, for

instance, is planning to target the 35,000 old farmers cooperatives to sell its policies. In the process,

it will create a whole new range of insurance policies for farmers. It will introduce farmer‟s credit

insurance and weather insurance among other things. So, the farmers need not to be unduly worried

in case of a drought or flash floods. On the ground, the change the mind set of people, more so in life

insurance. In India, life insurance is seen more as tax-saving mechanism rather than a safety net in

case of death. The battle for talent for already begun to recruitment advertisement in the newspapers

bears testimony to that. According to industry watchers, given the emphasis on marketing policies,

managers with a background in fast moving consumer goods (FMCGs) are in great demand. Salaries

are also according to some report going through the roof. FMCG salaries insurance salaries are

reportedly between a multiple of three to four. The other industry which appears to have become the

favourite hunting grounds for insurance companies to tap talent is the hospitality industry.

Predictably, since more of the recruits have no prior insurance background, a lot of emphasis is

being out on training and development of the sales force. It will create trained agents on the field,

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along with classroom training. Training will largely be abroad for one to three weeks to get an idea

about how insurance is handled there. Some entrants like HDFC- Standard lfe have decided to

outsource training need to speed up the process.

Price

This is the one aspect of strategy that‟s completely hush-hush. But most insurance executives say

that given that the Indian customer is extremely price-sensitive they will price their policies close to

existing price points of product from the public sector outfits. HDFC‟s Tawlaker adds that at least in

life insurance, the sum insured of most of the policies will range between Rs 50,000 and 1 lakh.

“This‟s where the volumes live”.

1. What are the basic factors required as you feel for further improvement in Pricing?

2. According to some industry watchers, the big players like Reliance the Tata, and the Birlas

contribute to almost 30% of the total premium collected by GIC and its four subsidiaries. And to

the extent, GIC and its subsidiaries could see their business shrink. Comment.

Caselet 2

A fire occurred on 15th December, 1999 in the premises of ABC Co. Ltd. From the following

figures, calculate the amount of claim to be lodged with insurance company for loss of stock:

Rs

Stock at cost as on 1st April 1998 20,00,000

Stock at cost as on 1st April 1999 30,00,000

Purchases for the year ended 31st March

1999

40,00,000

Purchases from 1st April 1999

to 15th December 1999

88,00,000

Sales for the year ended 31March 1999 60,00,000

Sales from 1st April 1999 to

15th December 1999

1,05,00,000

During the accounting year 1999-2000, cost of purchases rose by 10 percent above the previous

year‟s level, while selling prices went up by 5 percent.

Salvage value of stock after fire was Rs 2,00,000. The policy was for Rs 55,00,000 and was subject

to average clause.

1. What according to you, ABCL should have used to claim its best insurance refunds?

END OF SECTION B

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Section C: Applied Theory (30 marks)

 This section consists of Long Questions.

 Answer all the questions.

 Each question carries 15 marks.

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 150 to 200 words).

1. How does Money Back Policy differ from Endowment Assurance? Which one is a better option

and why?

2. How important is the Consumer Protection Act an in today‟s world of consumerism?

END OF SECTION C

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Risk Management and Insurance

Section A: Objective Type & Short Questions (30 Marks)

 This section consists of Multiple Choices and Short Note type questions.

 Answer all the questions.

 Part One carries 1 mark each & Part Two carries 5 marks each.

Part One:

Multiple Choices:

1. HMOs charge employers a monthly fee called____________

a. A coverage fee

b. The pro rata plan fee

c. The subrogation payment

d. The capitation payment

2. Which of the following alternatives is not a typical dividend option?

a. Cash

b. A lifetime income annuity

c. Reduction of the next premium

d. Accumulation of the next premium

3. Choose the True statement about industrial life insurance.

a. It is less expensive than ordinary life insurance

b. It is more expensive than ordinary life insurance

c. It is also called discount life insurance

d. It is widely used in estate plans

4. Replacement cost at the time of loss less depreciation is the definition of:

a. Actual cash value

b. Fair market value

c. The maximum covered loss

d. The maximum replacement of loss

5. Assets that are readily available to pay claims are called_____________

a. Admitted assets

b. Accepted assets

c. Real assets

d. Standard operating assets

6. Stare demises means:

a. All things considered

b. Innocent parties prevail

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c. It is impolite to stare

d. To stand by decisions

7. In most states the insurance commission is:

a. Impeached

b. Elected

c. Appointed by the government

d. Appointed by the governor

8. The federal law that promotes a safe working environment for workers is:

a. OSHA

b. CERCLA

c. Equal Opportunities Act

d. Superfund

9. The organization that collects data on insurance applicants is the:

a. CBS

b. MIB

c. CIA

d. FCAS

10. The percent of uninsured Americans in 2001 was about:

a. 14 percent

b. 2 percent

c. 4 percent

d. 10 percent

Part Two:

1. How would you explain Moral and Morale hazards?

2. What do you understand by „Subsidization‟?

3. What are „Waiver‟ & „Estoppel‟?

4. Write a short note on „Patient‟s bill of rights.

Section B: Caselets (40 marks)

 This section consists of Caselets.

 Answer all the questions.

 Each caselet carries 20 marks.

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 200 to 250 words).

Caselet 1

END OF SECTION A

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Vacancy Clause

The Roberts family owned a house in Alabama. It was insured with a fire insurance policy issued by

the Sparkler Mutual Insurance Company. On April 1, the Roberts moved to Tennessee. Their son,

Bob, remained in the Alabama home for an additional month. Thereafter, the home was rented to a

tenant who lived in the home for the month of May. Mr. Roberts returned to the home irregularly,

remaining overnight on July 4 and on a few other occasions. A few pieces of furniture remained in the

home until August. On or about August 4, the home and its contents were destroyed by fire.

Questions:

1. Do you think that Sparkler Mutual should pay for the loss? Explain your reasons.

2. Did the family‟s absence affect the chance of loss in this case?

Caselet 2

Case for Discussion

Ed “Bonzo” Jones was a college student. He played outfielder on his fraternity‟s softball team. A

home run was hit, and the ball went into an area of electrical transformers operated by the local

utility, Total Power and Light Company. The electrical transformers were surrounded by a 5-foot

wire fence that Jones claimed to retrieve the ball. Warnings signs were posted by the utility indicating

the area was dangerous. It was later determined the gate to the area was left unlocked, although Jones

did not use it to gain access. In retrieving the ball, Jones made contact with some equipment and was

severely burned by the electrically. He was hospitalized for three months and suffered permanent

disfigurement. His medical bills amounted to $300,000.

Questions:

1. What arguments would you make if you were planning the legal defense of Total Power and

Light Company?

2. If you were on the jury in this case, would you award a judgment for damages to Jones? Explain

your reasons.

Section C: Applied Theory (30 marks)

 This section consists of Long Questions.

 Answer all the questions.

 Each question carries 15 marks.

 Detailed information should form the part of your answer (Word limit 150 to 200 words).

1. If you were a large business with $ 10 million of property, would you want your primary insurer

to purchase reinsurance? Explain your reasons. Would you prefer to deal with a small primary

insurer who reinsured your risk or a large primary unsurer who did not purchase reinsurance?

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2. Do you think a college education is necessary to perform the following occupations effectively?

a. Life insurance agent

b. Loss adjuster

c. Property insurance underwriter

d. Actuary

S-2-300813

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FIRST YEAR

Academic Year 2020 - 2021

ASSIGNMENT TOPICS

This booklet contains assignment topics. Students are asked to write the

assignments for EIGHT papers as per instructions.

Last date for submission : 31.03.2021

Last date for submission with late fee ` 300/- : 15.04.2021

NOTE:

1. Assignments sent after 15.04.2021 will not be evaluated

2. Assignments should be in the own hand writing of the student concerned and

not type-written or printed or photocopied.

3. Assignments should be written on A4 paper on one side only.

4. All assignments (with Enrolment number marked on the Top right hand corner

on all pages) should be put in an envelope with superscription “MBA

Assignments” and sent to The Director, Directorate of Distance Education,

Annamalai University, Annamalainagar – 608 002 by Registered post.

5. No notice will be taken on assignments which are not properly filled in with

Enrolment Number and the Title of the papers.

6. Students should send full set of assignments for all papers. Partial

assignments will not be considered.

ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Write assignments on any TWO questions in each paper out of the FOUR. For each

question the answer should not exceed 15 – pages. Each assignment carries 25 marks

(2 questions). You are expected to write two questions for every subject.

DR. A. RAJASEKARAN

DIRECTOR

1.1 PRINCIPLES OF MANAGEMENT

1. Take any country with which you are familiar and discuss how a factor in the

educational environment imparts on managing an enterprise.

2. Choose the organization where matrix type of departmentation is appropriate?

Compare the pros and cons of this type over the others.

3. "A misconceived and incapable leader may take his followers to dangers of life".

Explain the statement. Describe the qualities and trait of any two successful,

Entrepreneurs in India.

4. The job of the supervisor is many more difficult than that of higher level managers’.

5. Examine the major responsibilities of a supervisor in an agro based Industry.

1.2 MARKETING MANAGEMENT

1. What kinds of sales promotion techniques are available for laptop computers?

Based on the schemes available in the market, suggest a suitable scheme for a

company planning to launch a Laptop.

2. How do marketers disaggregate a market into a number of sub-markets/District

sub-units of buyers – What are the constraints a marketer will face to a

homogeneous market – Explain?

3. Do you think the market segmentation criteria bring market opportunities to

product marketer? If so, identify them. Also identify some leading brands

currently positioned for women in these segments. Can you think of few for

your own innovative product concepts targeted at these segments?

4. In today’s India the growth of online marketing is going with upward trend.

Discuss the pros. & cons. Which segment of consumers and what kind of

products dominates online marketing?

1.3 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1. Due to over capitalization the company may collapse which would certainly affect

its employees, society, consumers and its shareholders. What remedies you

would suggest? Give suitable examples.

2. Assume that you are a financial manager of medium sized company. Explore the

possibilities of generating the different sources of capital at fair rate.

3. The contention that dividends have an impact on the share price has been

characterized as the bird-in-the hand argument. Explain the essential of this

argument. Why this argument is considered fallacious?

4. Identify the macro factors which are prevailing in the global economy, leading to

mergers and acquisitions.

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1.4 OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT

1. Discuss the various inventory models used in industries. Do you think JIT

inventory is successful in India? Explain.

2. How an MRP system does helps management, monitor the performance of

the inventory system? Give a specific example of what the system does to

direct management’s attention to problem areas?

3. Bring out the arguments for and against 'make' or 'buy' decisions. How is the

problem of make-or-buy resolved? Explain this by considering a bike

manufacturing company.

4. Discuss the functions of purchasing department in an Industry. Explain some

methods of purchasing commonly adopted in an Industrial Purchasing. Why

should the purchasing documents be legally sound?

1.5 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

1. Design a process for promoting internal candidates. How does the process differ

from the one used for selecting external applicants?

2. Explain the principles of disciplining employees. What are the consequences of

enforcing discipline without prior information?

3. As a frontline supervisor, what indicators would you need in order to decide

whether a low-performing subordinate was a selection mistake are merely needs

training? Illustrate this dilemma with suitable examples.

4. A growing number of employees are reluctant to accept overseas assignments.

Why do they refuse? What benefits and services would you offer to them to

accept such transfer?

1.6 STATISTICS FOR MANAGERS

1. a) Write clearly the relationship between binomial Poisson distribution.

b) Five hundred television sets are inspected as they come off the production

line and the number of defects per set is reordered below:

No. of defects : 0 1 2 3 4

No. of Television: 368 72 52 7 1

Estimate the average number of defects per set and the expected frequencies

assuming Poisson distribution.

2. There is a general belief that high income families send their children to

government school. For this, 1000 families were selected in a city and the

following results were obtained.

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Income Public school Government school Total

Low 100 200 300

High 500 200 700

Total 600 400 1000

Use chi-square test to determine whether income level and the type of

schooling are associated.

3. From the following data:

X 25 22 28 26 35 20 22 40 20 18

Y 18 15 20 17 22 14 16 21 15 14

a) Calculate regression equation X on Y and Y on X.

b) Estimate X when Y = 20

c) Estimate Y when X=20

d) Calculate Karl Pearson's coefficient of correlation

e) Check whether Regression line is a good fit.

4. Define the inverse of a matrix. Solve the following system of equations using

matrix inversion method.

1. 2x + 4y + 2z = 12

2. 5x – 2y + 6z = 07

3. 3x + 3y – 4z = 5

1.7 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION

1. Elaborate on the merits and demerits of using technology in business

communication.

2. “Body language is one of the ways to communicate to the employees down the line” –

Do you consider that it is effective? Explain.

3. The President of the company has asked for a study of the employee's

attitude over company's personnel policies. Write a research proposal on the

specific topic of your choice.

4. You have recently joined a branch of a company, as its Manager. Write a

report to the head office on the defects in the routine work of the branch.

Also, suggest remedies for those defects.

1.8 ORGANISATIONAL BEHAVIOUR

1. “Behaviour is basically dissimilar” How will you try to ensure uniformity in

behaviour towards achieving conformity with organizational goals?

2. “Informal organization is detrimental to the interests of formal organization and

therefore, it is an evil to be nipped in the bud itself”. Comment on this

statement and explain how management should handle informal groups.

3. Do you think there might be any positive and significant relationship between the

possession of certain personal values and successful career progression in

organizations like Infosys, Tata group of companies and Apollo Hospital? Discuss.

4. Cite two examples of impression management based on your own experience.

Why do people try to manage impressions?

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