OA PREP - WGU - PRINCIPLES OF
MANAGEMENT - C483 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS L LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
A value chain is the sequence of activities that begins with raw materials.
What result does a value chain end with?
Choose 1 answer
Supply and demand
Operations and logistics
Outsourcing or insourcing
Delivery of products or services - ANS Delivery of products or services
What happens when an effective value chain is created?
Choose 1 answer
Profit margins are increased.
A mission statement is developed.
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,Customized products are standardized.
Total quality management is not required. - ANS Profit margins are increased.
Industry and market analysis, competitor analysis, and social analysis are examples of which
step in the strategic planning process?
Analysis of mission, vision, and goals
Analysis of management implementation
Analysis of external opportunities and threats
Analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses - ANS Analysis of external opportunities and
threats
Skilled management, positive cash flow, and well-known brands are examples of which
component of the SWOT analysis?
Threats
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities - ANS Strengths
What denotes skills or expertise in an activity that constitutes the roots of competitiveness in an
organization?
Choose 1 answer
Strategic values
Core competencies
Products and services
Opportunities and threats - ANS Core competencies
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,According to Michael Porter's competitive environment model, how can suppliers influence
strategic planning?
Suppliers can reduce the threat from substitute products.
Suppliers can reduce the numbers of new entrants in the market.
Suppliers can reduce manufacturing time and increase product quality.
Suppliers can reduce technological, demographic, and legal threats in the environment. -
ANS Suppliers can reduce manufacturing time and increase product quality.
A company offers unique products in its industry to create a competitive advantage.
Which type of strategy is the company using?
Valorization
Differentiation
Customization
Standardization - ANS Differentiation
Happy Inc. is a leading provider of family entertainment and BCD is a broadcasting company
with news, cable, and entertainment networks. Happy Inc. recently acquired BCD in hopes of
boosting its primary business of family entertainment.
Which type of corporate strategy is represented by Happy Inc.'s purchase of their distribution
network?
Choose 1 answer
Vertical integration
Strategic alliances
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, Networking
Horizontal benchmarking - ANS Vertical integration
A local business has provided services to its customers for 40 years. The business's mission is
"To give our customers the best service in town." The owner of the business has had a long-
standing dream to franchise the business and become the best provider of its service in the
United States.
What describes the owner's dream?
Choose 1 answer
Strategic vision
Strategic mission
Strategic planning
Strategic management - ANS Strategic vision
What is the first step of organizational strategic planning?
Choose 1 answer
Developing operational goals
Developing internal strengths
Developing a strategic mission
Developing external opportunities - ANS Developing a strategic mission
The introduction of statistical tools to analyze the causes of product defects is associated with
which quality improvement approach?
Six Sigma
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MANAGEMENT - C483 EXAM
QUESTIONS WITH 100% CORRECT
ANSWERS L LATEST VERSION 2025/2026.
A value chain is the sequence of activities that begins with raw materials.
What result does a value chain end with?
Choose 1 answer
Supply and demand
Operations and logistics
Outsourcing or insourcing
Delivery of products or services - ANS Delivery of products or services
What happens when an effective value chain is created?
Choose 1 answer
Profit margins are increased.
A mission statement is developed.
1 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,Customized products are standardized.
Total quality management is not required. - ANS Profit margins are increased.
Industry and market analysis, competitor analysis, and social analysis are examples of which
step in the strategic planning process?
Analysis of mission, vision, and goals
Analysis of management implementation
Analysis of external opportunities and threats
Analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses - ANS Analysis of external opportunities and
threats
Skilled management, positive cash flow, and well-known brands are examples of which
component of the SWOT analysis?
Threats
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities - ANS Strengths
What denotes skills or expertise in an activity that constitutes the roots of competitiveness in an
organization?
Choose 1 answer
Strategic values
Core competencies
Products and services
Opportunities and threats - ANS Core competencies
2 @COPYRIGHT 2025/2026 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
,According to Michael Porter's competitive environment model, how can suppliers influence
strategic planning?
Suppliers can reduce the threat from substitute products.
Suppliers can reduce the numbers of new entrants in the market.
Suppliers can reduce manufacturing time and increase product quality.
Suppliers can reduce technological, demographic, and legal threats in the environment. -
ANS Suppliers can reduce manufacturing time and increase product quality.
A company offers unique products in its industry to create a competitive advantage.
Which type of strategy is the company using?
Valorization
Differentiation
Customization
Standardization - ANS Differentiation
Happy Inc. is a leading provider of family entertainment and BCD is a broadcasting company
with news, cable, and entertainment networks. Happy Inc. recently acquired BCD in hopes of
boosting its primary business of family entertainment.
Which type of corporate strategy is represented by Happy Inc.'s purchase of their distribution
network?
Choose 1 answer
Vertical integration
Strategic alliances
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, Networking
Horizontal benchmarking - ANS Vertical integration
A local business has provided services to its customers for 40 years. The business's mission is
"To give our customers the best service in town." The owner of the business has had a long-
standing dream to franchise the business and become the best provider of its service in the
United States.
What describes the owner's dream?
Choose 1 answer
Strategic vision
Strategic mission
Strategic planning
Strategic management - ANS Strategic vision
What is the first step of organizational strategic planning?
Choose 1 answer
Developing operational goals
Developing internal strengths
Developing a strategic mission
Developing external opportunities - ANS Developing a strategic mission
The introduction of statistical tools to analyze the causes of product defects is associated with
which quality improvement approach?
Six Sigma
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