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Line organization structure is flexible.

  1. True

  2. False

  3. Partly true

  4. None of above


Correct Option: B

Line organization structure is ________ to work. 

  1. Expensive

  2. Simple

  3. Hard

  4. Impossible


Correct Option: B

Line organization also called as -

  1. Military organization

  2. Matrix organization

  3. Scalar type of organization

  4. (A) or (C)


Correct Option: D

Line organization structure - 

  1. Adds functional specialists to the pure line organization.

  2. Promotes unity of command.

  3. Involves appointment of the project manager usually drawn from the middle management ranks

  4. Vertical lines of authority are cut horizontally across by project or product divisions.


Correct Option: B

Which of the following is/are benefit(s) of line organization structure?

  1. Functional specialists provide advice to the management on wide-ranging matters.

  2. It ensures division of labor and specialization based on individual proficiency and specialized knowledge.

  3. It permits rapid decisions and effective co-ordination.

  4. It provides a clear demarcation between 'thinking' and 'doing'.


Correct Option: C

Which type of organization is simple and makes no provision for staff specialization flows upward?

  1. Line and staff organization

  2. Project management organization

  3. Matrix organization

  4. Line organization


Correct Option: D

The line organization system can be successfully utilized:

  1. In industries where work is diversified nature

  2. Where the machinery is nearly automatic and does not call for the intelligence of the foreman

  3. Where labor-management problems are difficult to solve.

  4. All of above


Correct Option: B

In line and staff organization, the line officers are referred as-

  1. Doers

  2. Thinkers

  3. Professional staff

  4. None of above


Correct Option: A

Which of the following principle of organization is strictly followed in line organization structure?

  1. Scalar principle

  2. Exception principle

  3. Decentralization principle

  4. Flexibility principle


Correct Option: A

In line organization authority flows directly from echelons of management hierarchy.

  1. One department to another .department horizontally

  2. One department to another department diagonally

  3. The down of the organization to the top

  4. The top of the organization down to the lower


Correct Option: D