Question 1

According to the ____________ analysis in the rice exporting industry, the ______ of the rice-growing farmers as ________________ of the Vietnamese rice exporters depends on the international rice market price.

Question options:

A) CPM: growing costs; downstream suppliers

B) Porter's Five Forces; bargaining power; upstream suppliers

C) IFE; strengths; common stockholders

D) PESTLE; profit margin; end customers

Question 2

Car manufacturers have adopted technological advancements in their manufacturing process to reduce their dependence on human labor. Car manufacturers would evaluate the impacts of technological advancements in its industry environment from the _____________ analysis.

Question options:

A)Porter's Five Forces

B)PESTLE

C)EFE

D)SWOT

Question 3

Thailand and Vietnam are the ASEAN countries that have huge potentials in rice exportation in the world market. Strategic researchers in Vietnamese rice-exporting companies consider Thai rice exporters in the _____________ in the ____________ analysis when they export rice to the US market.

A) Competitive rivalry: CPM

B) Competitive rivalry; Porter's Five Forces

C)Power of customers; PESTLE

D)External factor; IFE

Question 4

Strategic researchers researched a pool of factors: Power of suppliers, supply chain integration, brand reputation, customer satisfaction, employee turnover, inventory turnover, and distribution channels. Then they assigned weights to each of these factors to compile a matrix. These strategic researchers were evaluating the _________ factors among the _________ in the __________ analysis.

Question options:

A)Strengths; one department; SWOT

B)Internal factors; departments within the company; EFE

C)External; focal company; IFE

D)Critical success; key competitors in the industry; CPM

Question 5

United Airline, Delta Airline, Cathay Pacific Airline; and Thai Airways are evaluated and compared by strategic researchers in the __________ analysis based on a set of __________________to determine the ____________ in the industry.

Question options:

A)SWOT; random factors; excellence

B)IFE; external factors; profit maximization

C)CPM; critical success factors; competitiveness

D)EFE; internal factors; customer satisfaction

Question 6

The packaged food manufacturers start manufacturing gluten-free packaged food to meet the needs of American consumers that are concerned about the harmful effects of gluten. The strategic decision to a "gluten-free" version of packaged food is made based on __________ factors in their ___________ analysis.

Question options:

A)Internal; EFE

B)Macro environment; PESTLE

C)Microeconomic; Porter's Five Forces

D)External: IFE

Question 7

The ___________ in the __________ analysis are computed for multiplying the _______ of each company to the common set of _________ that add up to _________.

Question options:

A)Total factor weights; IE; assigned weights; scores; 2

B)Total weighted scores; CPM; assigned scores; weights; 1

C)Total weights; EFE; weights; scores; 1

D)Total scores; IFE; assigned weights; scores; 1

Question 8

Company CDE has the current liabilities of $54,000 and the long-term liabilities of $160,000. That company has the current assets of $70,000 and owns plants and equipment that are worth$1,270,000. What is the debt ratio of Company CDE? Round off (up) to 2 decimal points.

Question options:

A)0.37

B)0.26

C) 0.16

D) 0.11

Question 9

______________ is used in the _____________ analysis, whereas _________ is used in the _____________ analysis.

Question options:

A)

Porter's Five Forces analysis, competitive, CPM matrix, internal environment

B)

CPM matrix, industry, EFE matrix,internal environment

C)

IFE matrix, internal environment, EFE matrix, external environment

D)

PESTLE analysis, industry, IFE matrix, external environment

Question 10

_____________ are classified as ________________ analytic tools that are usedin the strategic planning process.

A) IFE and EFE matrices, quantitative

B) EFE matrix and Porter's Five Forces analysis, qualitative

C)IFE matrix and PESTLE analysis, statistical process

D)EFE matrix and PESTLE analysis, quantitative

Question 11

The sequence of strategic analysis is: The SWOT analysis ___________ the IFE matrix analysis.

A) Has no sequential role in providing its outputs to be used inand succeeds

B) Neither precedes nor succeeds

C) Is completed simultaneously together with

D) Has a sequential role in providing its outputs as inputs for and precedes