Online Access Free CIMAPRA19-E02-1 Practice Test

During a formal disciplinary process being carried out within a business organisation, at what stage in the process should the employee under investigation receive a formal verbal warning?

• A.Following the first written warning letter
• B.Between an informal warning and written warning
• C.Immediately before demotion, transfer or dismissal
• D.At the beginning of the disciplinary process

T is a senior manager tasked with planning the move of the company headquarters from a city centre location to a rural estate location. More than 70 staff will be impacted by the move.
T feels confident that the practical aspects of the move have been addressed well but is unsure about the reaction from staff, some of whom may have to move house. He has decided to apply a well known model to analyse the situation.
Drivers in favour of change and resisting factors to change are all plotted out on a diagram and then analysed in depth. What is the name of this technique?

• A.Lewin's Force-Field analysis
• B.Organization development theory
• C.Human resource strategy/planning
• D.Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze

During the early part of the twenty first century, B enjoyed considerable success by providing a large selection of popular movies to rent on DVD, from convenient high street retail stores. Unfortunately, B was slow to adapt to the switch from "bricks" (i.e. stores) to "clicks" (i.e. internet-based services) and was rapidly overtaken by D and other internet-based movie services.
This is an example of a firm that enjoyed considerable success in the past, responds too slowly to changes in the external environment and perseveres for too long with the strategy that once served it very well.
Which of the following best defines this practice?

• A.Strategic stretch
• B.Strategic drift
• C.Transformational change
• D.Deliberate strategy

Porter's Value Chain model is divided into two main categories. From the choices below identify the TWO categories:

• A.Operational activities
• B.Procurement Activities
• C.Support Activities
• D.Marketing and Sales activities
• E.Primary Activities
• F.Outbound logistics

The B Car Company is considering a joint venture with a company in Country X. It is undertaking a political risk analysis at both a micro and macro level. Which of the following is a micro level risk?

• A.Political boycott of goods from Country X by several other countries
• B.Government expropriation of private company assets wtthout compensation
• C.Threat of civil war in Country X
• D.Government regulation of the Car Industry in Country X