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WGU D072 FUNDAMENTALS FOR SUCCESS IN BUSINESS
PREASSESMENT EXAM 2 VERSIONS LATEST 2024-2025
COMPLETE 250 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS
QUESTION: A young, unmarried employee who is an only child has a conversation with an older, married employee with siblings about the corporate decision to enter into a lucrative contract with a firm that legally supplies substandard medications to developing countries. The two employees disagree as to whether the company's decision was ethical.What is the primary demographic trait that influences the values of these employees?
Age Birth order Employment Marital status - ANSWER-Age
QUESTION: A corporation's code of ethics endorses a green work place.Which employee activity models this code?
Starting an office recycling program Organizing a community cleanup day for a local park Raising money to support the science club at a local high school Riding a bicycle to work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions - ANSWER-Starting an office recycling program
QUESTION: A company advertises that it uses environmentally safe practices in all business processes; however, the chief financial officer (CFO) has blocked the adoption of many environmentally safe practices because of the additional costs to the company.Which controversial business practice is this company using? 1 / 4
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Whistleblowing Sheltering Greenwashing Cherry picking - ANSWER-Greenwashing
QUESTION: An organization plans to close its local factory and shift manufacturing operations overseas. This brings opposition from employees.Which terms describes this organizational move?
Legal-ethical Legal-unethical Illegal-ethical Illegal-unethical - ANSWER-Legal-ethical A U.S. company hires a new employee from Germany. The new employee is being trained by other employees on the company's conflict resolution practices in alignment with the company's mission and ethical standards. As part of the training, the employee identifies how the ethical values of the company are consistent with the employee's values.Which aspect of the company is the employee learning?
Organizational culture Organizational leadership International business culture International business success - ANSWER-Organizational culture
QUESTION: A senior manager asks an employee to omit a key section from a financial report to hide some distressing data.Which aspect of the organization is being violated by the manager's behavior?
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3 Beliefs Norms Culture Ethics - ANSWER-Ethics
QUESTION: An employee overhears an office manager telling a prospective client that the company does not work with people from a particular ethnicity even though the company has a nondiscrimination policy.Which element is violated by the actions of this office manager?
Personal ethics Employee handbook guidelines Established state law Personal culture - ANSWER-Employee handbook guidelines
QUESTION: Individual authors wrote books about the negative environmental impacts of some industries, including the coal industry.Which benefit did the authors' work have on society?
It helped the authors to become more popular.It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.It increased the economic welfare of the community.It resulted in increased government funding for the industries. - ANSWER-It drew the public's attention to the targeted issue.
QUESTION: The accountant of a company was asked to change the current quarterly sales results by adding sales that were set to occur next quarter.Which stakeholder group is directly impacted by this action?
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4 Suppliers Employees Customers Shareholders - ANSWER-Shareholders
QUESTION: A new manager in a restaurant decides to cut costs by purchasing sub-standard materials. What are the implications of this manager's actions?
The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.The employee morale will improve.The menu prices will be reduced.The reputation of the restaurant will increase. - ANSWER-The customer base of the restaurant will decrease.
QUESTION: Which type of organizational culture in the Competing Values Framework focuses on accountability to shareholders, competitiveness, and productivity?
Adhocracy Clan Hierarchy Market - ANSWER-Market
QUESTION: Which pair of attributes captures the focus of an adhocracy culture within the competing values framework?
People-oriented and friendly Adjustable and entrepreneurial
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