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Choose the right preposition: That is … less skilled workers and for those trades where no formal apprenticeship schemes exist

Choose the right preposition: They also can be left partially or completely excluded … their social networks

Choose the right preposition: Those degrees rank equally . status with those awarded by the older universities

Choose the right preposition: We can be laid off within two years as easily …we were hired

Choose the right preposition: When they allow their wage costs to rise … the industry average, they face loss of market share and financial distress

Choose the right preposition: With the rise of new forms of casualized, temporary and contract forms of employment, even those on average incomes and above can become victims of pressures … their control

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: Both the armed services and police, perhaps, could (to think) about strenuous aptitude and fitness tests rather than imposing a blanket upper limit on entrants which is arbitrarily and variously fixed between 28 and 33

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: I believe that I can (to make) a meaningful contribution to the SRIU Department of Education.

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: The chance of their jobs disappearing, of their incomes falling, of their homes (to be) repossessed or being impossible to sell, of their families breaking up, of their networks of friendships disintegrating, have not been higher since the war

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: There is an increasing awareness of a new range of risks that are (to bring) fresh patterns of social distress and exclusion

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: They (to be) increasingly at risk

Put the verb in brackets in the right form: This administrative grade of the Civil Service (to assume) the rot sets in at 32

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) All the people in the organization know what decisions they are able to make, who their superior (or boss) is (to whom they report), who their immediate subordinates are (to whom they can give instructions) and where they all go after work.

B) There is a blurred line or chain of command running down the pyramid

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) All wage schedules issued pursuant to a wage survey under the authority of section 5343 of title 5, United States Code, are subject to this minimum wage increase

B) ASSA is a common acronym for Tax Exempt Special Savings Account

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) ASSA is a common acronym for Tax Exempt Special

B) Additional Voluntary Contributions means you have to pay extra to your boss

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) He is generally credited with inventing functional organization

B) Most large manufacturing organizations have a functional structure, including (among others) production, finance, marketing, sales, and personnel or staff departments

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) It is easy to start a private business, and it's even easier to compete with large firms, and difficult to raise money for expansion

B) The simplest form of business organisation is the sole trader or sole proprietor – one person who provides the capital (the money needed to start), has complete control of the business, keeps all the profit (or bears the loss), and has unlimited liability

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Most large manufacturing organizations have a functional structure, including (among others) production, finance, marketing, sales, and personnel or staff departments

B) Separating functions between departments is likely to encourage innovation

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Most organizations operate bonus schemes which add to a worker’s earnings through greater output than the standard laid down for basic pay

B) Clerical and managerial workers are always very susceptible to union influence

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) The amount of money available for investing in a business can be increased by forming a partnership of at least two people, who all contribute capital to the business and share the profit in agreed proportions

B) Private limited company always has more than fifty members who provide the capital which is divided into shares

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) The profit of a public company is distributed to the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares they sold

B) A private limited company is usually controlled by Italian mafia

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) The profit of a public company is distributed to the shareholders in proportion to the number of shares they sold

B) There is a blurred line or chain of command running down the pyramid

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) The simplest form of business organisation is the sole trader or sole proprietor – one old woman who provides the capital (the money needed to start), has complete control of the business, keeps all the profit (or bears the loss), and has unlimited liability

B) Clerical and managerial workers are less susceptible to union influence and in these areas there is never any union involvement, particularly among local-authority workers and civil servants

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) The unions now represent less than 10% of the French work force, and most of those are in the public sector

B) The question of remuneration is easy

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) There are several legal requirements, including the submission of a Memorandum of Association and other documents to the Registrar of Companies when the company is set up, and the publication of annual accounts

B) Many medium companies in manufacturing and retailing are private

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) There is a blurred line or chain of command running down the pyramid

B) Shortly before the first world war, the French industrialist Henry Fayol organized his coal-mining business according to the functions that it had to carry out

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A reasonably safe investment means low risk

B) Occupational Pension Plans are paid for by employees, but not employers

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Mass production is a process of continuous production where large numbers of more or less identical units are manufactured continuously

B) It is the exactly like job production

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A committee is formed to regulate the process of winding up

B) In case of a voluntary liquidation the commission is appointed by the shareholders at the general meeting, but if the winding-up is compulsory then a court, in majority cases an arbitration, must appoint this committee to solve the problem

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A lot of individuality can be introduced into mass production, and the processes are not capital intensive

B) The labour content is relatively small compared to the capital investment, and most of it is very skilled

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A manager with an idea might be able to deal directly with managers responsible for a certain market segment and for a geographical region, as well as the managers responsible for the traditional functions of finance, sales and production

B) This is one way of keeping authority at lower levels and a very efficient one

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A patently fair and just pay scale is essential to ensure a satisfied work-force, and the ability to earn extra money beyond basic pay is an incentive to greater productivity

B) Most organizations operate bonus schemes which add to a worker’s earnings through greater output than the standard laid down for basic pay

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A patently fair and just pay scale is essential to ensure a satisfied work-force, and the ability to earn extra money beyond basic pay is not an incentive to greater productivity

B) Most organisations operate bonus schemes which add to a worker’s earnings through greater output than the standard laid down for basic pay

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) A short-term investment is when you plan to invest the money for many years

B) A reasonably safe investment means low risk

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Additional Voluntary Contributions means you have to pay

B) A short-term investment is when you plan to invest the money for many years

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) An example of stock production is the stock-piling of motor-cars when sales are low. This situation can continue indefinitely

B) In case of domestic consumables, such as washing-powders, attempts are made to stimulate sales by a variety of means including ‘special offers’, competitions and free gifts

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) As a result of deregulation, working conditions in many industries in many countries have worsened

B) The unions now represent less than 10% of the French work force, and most of those are in the public sector

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) British unions are known as trade unions

B) They are largely disorganized

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Co-operation with trade unions may help an organisation to meet more easily the obligations placed on employers by government regulations and statutes

B) Some changes in working practices and necessary redeployment of workers can be more easily effected if implemented with union co-operation

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) For a large organization manufacturing a range of products, having a single production department is very efficient

B) Separating functions between departments is likely to encourage innovation

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) For a large organization manufacturing a range of products, having a single production department is very efficient

B) Many banks, for example, have established commercial, corporate, private banking, international and investment divisions

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) In many countries, including France and Italy, unions are largely entertaining

B) Industrial relations tend to be worse in countries, industries and companies where communications are good, i.e. where management consults workers on matters that will concern them, where neither side treats the other as an adversary, and when unions do not insist upon the preservation of completely uneconomic jobs and working practices

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) In many countries, including France and Italy, unions do not exist

B) As a result of deregulation, working conditions in many industries in many countries have worsened

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) In many countries, including France and Italy, unions do not exist

B) In Britain they are largely disorganized

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) In situations, therefore, where the work-force has strong union backing pay is as much open to free market forces as to the influence of the threat of union sanctions

B) When trade union influence is weak, or where there is no union influence at all, such coercion is much more evident

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) It is not important to choose the legal form of business that will enable your business to develop, while taking into consideration the activities to be carried on

B) One solution is matrix management, in which people report to more than one superior

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Many banks, for example, have established commercial, corporate, private banking, international and investment divisions

B) One solution to this is matrix management, in which people report to more than one superior

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Mass-produced products, which range from such items as breakfast cereals and paper products to motor-cars, are manufactured in advance of sales, and sales forecasting and marketing of a high order are essential for the success of the manufacturing enterprise

B) The small proportion of skilled labour required is employed to set up the machines for production, and is highly paid

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Once you set up a joint-stock company, you never really need to prepare its Memorandum of Association

B) A private company, whether limited by shares or guarantee, must end its name with the word ‘com’

Which of the two assertions are true and which are false?

A) Once you set up a joint-stock company, you never really need to prepare its Memorandum of Association

B) The short forms – ’Ltd’ and ‘plc’ – are allowed