LANE 212

King Abdul Aziz University LANE 212
SECOND QUIZ Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Department of European languages
English language



A- Read the following passage and then answer the questions below :

Management Defined

To begin with, we need to define management in order to highlight the importance, relevance, and necessity of studying it. Management is the process of working with and through others to achieve organizational objectives in a changing environment. Central to this process is effective and efficient use of limited resources.

Managers are responsible for balancing effectiveness and efficiency. Too much emphasis in either direction leads to mismanagement. On the other hands, managers must be effective, although those who waste resources in the process flirt with bankruptcy.

On the other hand, managers needs to be efficient by containing coasts as much as possible and conserving limiting resources. But manager who are too stingy with resources may not get the gob done.



1- Define management?




2- According to the definition, what is the goal of the management process?




3- What do you think managers are responsible for?




4- What may happen to the managers who are too stingy?





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B- Circle the correct answer:

1- When you reach your objectives, you _________ them.
a. end b. achieve c. process d. begin
2- When you get to the end of a project, you reach a _________.
a. evolution b. involvement c. conclusion d. component
3- A manager's career can be _______ when it runs into a serious problem.
a. perceived b. derailed c. achieved d. attained


C- Complete the sentences below by circling the correct word forms:

1- Confined to older adults for most of the 20th century, this disease now affects obese children even before ( puberty / pubertal ).
2- Obesity is also one of the key risk factors for other ( chronically / chronic ) diseases.
3- Obesity has reached epidemic proportions ( globally / global ).
4- The ( distribute / distribution ) of BMI is shifting upwards in many populations.


D- Choose the best synonym for the bold-faced academic word in the sentences that follow:

1- Food guide illustrations divide food into different categories (individuals / groups).
2- In the U.S. food pyramid, the bottom layer is the foundation (base / top) of the pyramid.
3- Illustrations of a bottle of milk and a piece of cheese denote (suggest / represent) foods in the dairy category.
4- China's pagoda food guide illustration comprises (contrasts / includes) floors of a building that indicate different food groups.
5- Food guides include alternatives ( choices / preferences) such as rice and pasta in the bread group.
 

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