12-04-2010, 05:40 AM
[FONT="]MIDTERM EXAMINATION [/FONT]
[FONT="]Spring 2010[/FONT]
[FONT="]MGMT630- Knowledge Management (Session - 4) [/FONT]
[FONT="]Time: 60 min [/FONT]
[FONT="]Marks: 44[/FONT]
[FONT="]Question No: 1 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Which of these is [/FONT][FONT="]NOT[/FONT][FONT="] an element of technical knowledge and skill?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Hardware[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► [/FONT][FONT="]System integration [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Software[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Network infrastructure correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 2 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Brand image[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Innovation[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► [/FONT][FONT="]Land Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Copyrights[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 3 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]All of the following are the terms used interchangeably for global economy [/FONT][FONT="]EXCEPT:[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►[/FONT][FONT="]Third Wave Economy [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Electronic Economy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Third World Economy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Developed Economy Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 4 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Which of the following are the organizations related to theatres, televisions, actors, singers under one title?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Information industries[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge industries[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Ethics industries[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Arts industries correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 5 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Which of the following is among the three core levers of strategy?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge in products and services correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Organizational memory[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge in relationships [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge assets[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 6 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]All of the following are the examples of knowledge databases [/FONT][FONT="]EXCEPT:[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Products and technologies[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Customer's histories[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Best practices Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Marketing strategies[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 7 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Which of the following knowledge comprises all the insights, intuitions, and relational information we use to work with other people?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Categorized knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Stored knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► People knowledge Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Immanent knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 8 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The refining phase of knowledge management includes all of the following steps [/FONT][FONT="]EXCEPT[/FONT][FONT="]: [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Contextualizing correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Collaborating[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Filtering[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Projecting[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 9 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Physical, cognitive and punctuation marks are examples of which of the following knowledge?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Procedural knowledge correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Declarative knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Tacit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Explicit knowledge [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 10 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Productive correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Monotonous[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Efficient[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Aggressive[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 11 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]IF mothers are women AND Sarah is a mother, THEN Sarah is a woman. This conclusion is based on which of the following reasoning? [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Analogy Reasoning correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Inductive Reasoning[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Deductive Reasoning[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Case–Based Reasoning[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 12 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Which of the following statement refers to “shallow knowledge?”[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge based on the fundamental structure, function, and behavior of objects[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Readily recalled knowledge that resides in short-term memory correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Surface information that experts verbalize easily[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge used to create explicit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 13 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]The branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge, its presuppositions and foundations, and its extent and validity refers to which of the following term?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Epistemological[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Ontological[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Sociological [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Psychological correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 14 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Which of the following strategies focuses on developing new knowledge?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Stock strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Flow strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Growth strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Share strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 15 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Companies that offer customized products will fit in which of the following strategy?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Codification strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Personalization strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Growth strategy Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Stock strategy[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 16 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]I have a problem and I am looking for someone in the organization who has knowledge that can solve my problem.” In this situation according to the strategic school, management must have which of the following perspective? [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Information-based perspective Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Technology-based perspective[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Culture-based perspective[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Structure-based perspective[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 17 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Culture-based perspective is concerned with which of the following?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Access to information[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Application of information technology[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge sharing Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Application knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 18 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Human capital is a general term that refers to all of the following resources [/FONT][FONT="]that individuals directly contribute to an organization [/FONT][FONT="]EXCEPT:[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► [/FONT][FONT="]Physical [/FONT][FONT="]resources[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► [/FONT][FONT="]Knowledge resources[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► [/FONT][FONT="]Social resources[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Financial resources Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 19 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]How can the organization’s employees improve the competence of customers, suppliers and other stakeholders? This strategic question is asked in which of the following knowledge transfer?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge transfers between individuals [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge transfers from individuals to external structure Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge transfers from external structure to individuals [/FONT]
- [FONT="]► Knowledge transfers from competence to internal structure [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 20 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Which of the following is viewed as a tool to aid internal decisions and descriptions of the company's knowledge assets to the shareholders? [/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Industrial capital reporting[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Intellectual capital reporting[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Social capital reporting Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Cultural capital reporting[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 21 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Which of the following characteristics describes that “knowledge can be summarized for easier handling and can be packaged into small physical formats”?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Expandable[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Compressible Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Transportable[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Diffusive[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 22 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Which of the following describes a sequence of relations relative to the main; for example if the gas gauge of your car indicates less than a quarter of a gas tank, you look for a CNG station? [/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Heuristic[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Procedural Rule[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Common Sense Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 23 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]An engineer installs machinery in a factory by using a manual. After this experience, he further installs machinery in another factory without use of manual. Engineer has transferred his knowledge from __________.[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Explicit knowledge to Tacit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Tacit knowledge to Explicit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Explicit knowledge to General knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►General knowledge to Expertise knowledge Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 24 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]“Building knowledge-sharing culture” is which type of the initiative in knowledge management?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►External structure initiatives[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Internal structure initiatives Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Competency initiatives[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►[/FONT][FONT="]Complementary [/FONT][FONT="]initiatives[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 25 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Which of the following is correct about externalization, a component of Nonaka's model?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert tacit knowledge into more complex explicit knowledge Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert tacit knowledge into more complex tacit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert explicit knowledge into more complex tacit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert explicit knowledge into more complex explicit knowledge [/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 26 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Which of the following is correct about socialization, a component of Nonaka's model?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert explicit knowledge into more complex explicit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert tacit knowledge into more complex explicit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert tacit knowledge into more complex tacit knowledge Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Convert explicit knowledge into more complex tacit knowledge[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 27 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Which of the following refers “to identify a common language to describe the sub processes which is required to produce the outputs in Knowledge-Value-Added theory?[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Procedure instructions approach Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Process instructions approach[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Development nstructions approach[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Practice instructions approach[/FONT]
- [FONT="]Question No: 28 ( Marks: 1 ) - Please choose one[/FONT]
- [FONT="]According to Grover and Davenport (2001), organization can be viewed to have how many categories of buyers of knowledge?[/FONT]
- [FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]►Two Correct[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►More than five[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►More than ten[/FONT]
- [FONT="]►Unlimited[/FONT]
[FONT="]Question No: 29 ( Marks: 3 ) [/FONT]
[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Briefly explain the key attributes of intelligent behavior. [/FONT]
[FONT="]Question No: 30 ( Marks: 3 ) [/FONT]
[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="] Write steps of approaching knowledge value added (KVA).[/FONT]
[FONT="]Question No: 31 ( Marks: 5 ) [/FONT]
[FONT="]Briefly explain what type of knowledge is used in each of these activities:[/FONT]
[FONT="]a. [/FONT][FONT="]tying a shoelace[/FONT]
[FONT="]b. [/FONT][FONT="]baking a pie[/FONT]
[FONT="]c. [/FONT][FONT="]debugging a computer program[/FONT]
[FONT="]d. [/FONT][FONT="]replacing a car’s flat tire[/FONT]
[FONT="]e. [/FONT][FONT="]driving in congested traffic[/FONT]
[FONT="]Question No: 32 ( Marks: 5 ) [/FONT]
[FONT="][/FONT][FONT="]Write the three fundamental assumptions of Knowledge-Value-Added theory with the help of example.[/FONT]