ActualPDF E3 Exam Questions Real E3 Practice Dumps [Q120-Q142]

NO.120 Select the label which best defines the periods of decline outlined in the situations presented below.

NO.121 Which THREE of the following statements are valid when considering setting and developing objectives for Not For Profit Organisations (NFPOs)?

NO.122 JJJ is about to undergo a period of rapid and far-reaching change. JJJ’s Chief Executive has heard about work published by Beer and Nohria, ‘Theory E’ and ‘Theory O’, which identified reasons for business change initiatives failing. Select THREE of the following circumstances where it would be appropriate to use a ‘Theory E’ approach.

NO.123 The concept of Triple Bottom Line (TBL) reporting expands traditional accountancy reporting systems to consider social and environmental performance, rather than simply financial performance.
Which THREE of the following does the TBL concept suggest should be measured in order to encourage greater business social responsibility?

NO.124 BBB is a global manufacturer of organic fertilizers, used by farmers all over the world to improve resistance to disease and to increase crop yield. BBB uses data from past crop yield results, international weather prediction data and predictive models relating to population growth and movement statistics to identify and predict the fertilizers it will need to produce for its customers many years in advance.
Which of the following best describes the activities outlined above?

NO.125 Organizations have a variety of stakeholders, each with differing interests and requirements. This can lead to stakeholder conflict. This can be further complicated when individuals are members of more than one stakeholder group and when members of one group do not share the same principal interest.
Company FF has decided that it needs to undertake a stakeholder analysis in order to manage its stakeholders more effectively.
Which of the following statements are valid when undertaking stakeholder analysis?
Select ALL that apply.

NO.126 Z is an organisation that designs and manufactures fibre optic connectors. It works closely with its suppliers and has built an online area that it uses to share documents, designs, and photographs with its suppliers. The area also facilitates real time communication with suppliers either via a computer or a mobile phone.
Which of the following best describes Z’s online area?

NO.127 LLL is a travel company which has experienced rapid organic growth. It has three divisions and each division is led by a Divisional Director. Each Divisional Director is responsible for their own divisions’ investment in Information Technology (IT). However, as LLL has grown, so has its information requirements.
Recently, LLL appointed an IT Manager. She discovered that within LLL’s divisions, there are very different standards for IT, resulting in different hardware and software used in the three divisions. Also, the divisions do not use common software packages which causes difficulties in transferring information within LLL. LLL does not have a central IT department.
Which of the following activities would be the primary focus of an Information Systems (IS) Strategy for LLL?

NO.128 Company RR operates in the finance sector. It is experiencing increasing delays in approving loan applications, due to customers not promptly returning their signed copy of the application forms back to RR.
RR is now wanting to introduce e-signatures which allow customers to sign the document on their computer and return it back to RR through the Internet. This change will help to simplify the process and ensure that customers obtain their loans quicker.
To achieve this change, RR has established a project and has appointed you as the Project Leader to lead the change.
Select the THREE valid statements in respect of leading change.

NO.129 Select the quality associated with effective coaching and mentoring for each of the descriptions below:

NO.130 As a qualified Management Accountant you have been asked by a non-financial manager to explain the CEO’s recent comments, featured in the CEO’s regular update to investors and analysts.
The CEO’s update suggested the company, an established property development business, was about to pursue an exciting strategy. The strategy is to focus on conglomerate diversification, to be achieved through a number of pre-identified acquisitions, with the aim of significantly increasing shareholder value.
Which of the following statements is consistent with the concept of conglomerate diversification?

NO.131 Which of the following did Johnson, Scholes and Whittington identify as success criteria for the evaluation of strategic options?
Select ALL that apply.

NO.132 EFG is a private hospital. It specialises in state-of-the-art laser surgery, an area which has developed rapidly in the last 10 years. Most of the staff of EFG are used to change, as developments in technology, new surgical techniques and customer demands have changed rapidly during this time. However, in the last three years the economic recession has had a significant impact upon EFG, with the numbers of private customers reducing and its profits falling sharply.
The Board of Directors has recently announced that it is to restructure the Organization and rationalise some of the services it offers. A small number of staff will be made redundant and those remaining will have to take on extra responsibilities with no extra pay. Also, the current generous overtime payments are to be drastically cut.
Many staff have expressed concern at the impact that these changes will have on them.
The Board of Directors has clearly communicated the economic reasons for change to the staff through several meetings and are operating an open door policy, whereby staff can discuss the changes with their line managers at any time.
Which of the following, according to Kotter and Schlesinger, is the MOST likely reason for resistance among EFG’s staff?

NO.133 Ansoff has provided a product/market growth matrix which denotes possible strategic directions that an organisation can follow.
Which of the following statements correctly describe the strategic options generated by the matrix?
Select ALL that apply

NO.134 A resource audit identifies the resources that are available to an Organization and seeks to start the process of identifying competencies. By assessing the results from a resource audit, a company can evaluate how well its resources have been utilised and the efficiency and effectiveness of the Organization’s systems.
The Ms model is used to help managers undertake a resource audit.
Which THREE categories will be included in a resource audit?

NO.135 Which of the following is NOT a common barrier to group-based collaboration within Organizations?

NO.136 PPP wishes to increase shareholder value using the Seven Value Drivers identified in Shareholder Value Analysis (SVA). Place the correct direction of change next to each driver.

NO.137 ‘Big data’ refers to datasets whose size is outside the ability of typical database software tools to capture, store, manage and analyze.
Which of the following statements is NOT a valid statement with regard to ‘big data’?

NO.138 STU is a hospital that is wholly funded by its national government. In the last five years it has seen its funding cut by over 30% due to budgetary pressure on the government, caused by a global recession. As a result, the senior management team of STU has had to make some very difficult decisions about prioritizing how it spends the funds it receives from the government. Its main strategies have been to reduce the number of administration staff and nursing staff by 20%, in order to reduce its costs. It has also stopped providing a number of services to patients, including its counselling services and its physiotherapy unit.
Which of the following strategies has STU adopted to manage its reduced funding? (Choose all that apply.)

NO.139 XYZ operates a national chain of restaurants.
Which THREE of the following are external environmental drivers for XYZ?

NO.140 DEF is a medium sized business which manufactures children’s clothing. In the last 5 years demand has steadily increased and DEF is struggling to meet this demand within its current manufacturing capacity. DEF’s current manufacturing machinery was installed over 10 years ago and now requires updating, if DEF is to survive in the marketplace.
DEF has established that the latest manufacturing technology would cost $2 million. This would be funded by the shareholders. It would payback within 2 years and would allow DEF to double output from its current level within this 2 year period. It will also improve product consistency and quality. However, it will result in the loss of 20% of DEF’s manufacturing staff, most of whom are low paid and low skilled.
DEF is currently reviewing this proposed investment strategy, in terms of whether it meets the criteria of Suitability, Acceptability and Feasibility.
Which of the following correctly identifies the criteria which are met, in regard to DEF’s proposed investment strategy?

NO.141 Company XX and Company YY are the only two providers of electricity to Country M. The demand for electricity is price inelastic which means that buyers regard it as essential and therefore demand for electricity does not change significantly if the average price of electricty changes. However customers will switch between suppliers within a year to get cheaper electricity. Using Game Theory place the long-run revenue impact on each firm of each of the following pricing decisions.

NO.142 HHH is a mobile telecommunications provider in Country D.
HHH presently offers telephone and text services at a price per unit (a unit is defined as 1 minute or 160 text characters). It provides Internet connection from handsets at a fixed fee per month. Select the appropriate strategic response to each of the industry developments listed below.