Lesson 1.3.3

1.3.3 Restructuring Quiz: NCFE Business & Enterprise, Unit 1

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  1. A business removes an entire tier of middle managers from its hierarchy. What is this change called?

    • Delegation
    • Centralisation
    • Outsourcing
    • Delayering

  2. What does it mean when a business makes an employee redundant?

    • They are put on a temporary lay-off
    • They are transferred to another department
    • They are dismissed for poor performance
    • Their job no longer exists at the firm

  3. Two firms merge. The new business now has two marketing departments and two finance teams. Why reorganise?

    • To meet new health and safety rules
    • To move into an overseas market
    • To spread decisions down the hierarchy
    • To remove duplicated roles and cut cost

  4. A business delayers its structure. Which of these is a real advantage of doing so?

    • The firm avoids paying redundancy money
    • Managers each supervise fewer staff
    • Messages reach the shop floor faster
    • Employees gain extra promotion levels

  5. A firm delayers. Which of these is a genuine drawback of the change?

    • Experienced managers are lost to the firm
    • Management pay costs rise permanently
    • The chain of command becomes longer
    • Remaining staff get less responsibility

  6. Which of these is an advantage to a business of making some staff redundant?

    • Lower wage costs in the years ahead
    • A shorter chain of command for orders
    • Higher morale among the staff who stay
    • More promotion chances for junior staff

  7. A business makes 50 staff redundant. What is the biggest one-off cost it must pay at the time?

    • The rent on the building it uses
    • The wages of the staff who stay on
    • Redundancy pay owed to the leavers
    • The cost of training new recruits

  8. A small firm grows from 8 staff to 60. Why is it likely to reorganise its structure?

    • Larger firms must become a plc by law
    • Its span of control gets too narrow
    • Departments make the chain of command shorter
    • The owner cannot supervise everyone now

  9. A sole trader takes on their first two employees and has to reorganise. What changes for them?

    • They must now delegate some of the work
    • They stop being personally liable now
    • They must register the firm as a company
    • Their profits are now shared with staff

  10. A UK firm now sells in Europe and Asia, where laws and customer tastes differ. How is it likely to reorganise?

    • By setting up regional divisions
    • By grouping staff by product type
    • By cutting a layer of middle management
    • By flattening the hierarchy to two levels

  11. In a firm, what does delayering mean?

    • Removing a layer of management from the hierarchy
    • Passing tasks down to junior staff to complete
    • Adding an extra level of middle management
    • Moving decision-making out to local branches

  12. A firm makes some of its workers redundant. What does that mean for them?

    • Their jobs no longer exist, so they lose them
    • They are moved to a different role in the firm
    • They are sacked for poor conduct at work
    • They choose to leave and claim a pension

  13. A shop moves its online orders staff out of IT and into the sales team. What is this an example of?

    • Reorganisation - the structure is rearranged
    • Redundancy - a job no longer exists
    • Delegation - a task is passed to a junior
    • Delayering - a management level is removed

  14. What is a likely advantage of delayering for a firm?

    • Managers can supervise each worker more closely
    • Removing a tier frees up posts for staff to move into
    • Messages pass down the hierarchy more quickly
    • Each manager oversees fewer staff, easing workloads

  15. What is a likely drawback of delayering for the managers who remain?

    • They must report through more levels of managers
    • They supervise fewer staff than before
    • Their pay is cut to fund redundancy payments
    • Their span of control widens and workloads rise

  16. Why can cutting jobs save a firm money over the long term?

    • Suppliers cut their prices when a firm shrinks
    • Statutory redundancy pay is claimed back from HMRC later
    • The wage bill falls once fewer staff are employed
    • Remaining staff must accept a lower rate of pay

  17. A firm cuts 30 jobs. Which drawback hits its cash straight away?

    • Loss of skills and experience over time
    • A weaker reputation as an employer
    • Lower morale among the staff who remain
    • Redundancy pay owed to the leavers

  18. What makes redundancy different from dismissal?

    • The role itself is no longer needed
    • The worker has broken the rules at work
    • The worker decides to leave the business
    • The worker is unable to do the job well

  19. A coffee chain grows from 2 sites to 40. Why might it reorganise?

    • Fewer staff will be needed as sales rise
    • It cuts the amount of tax the firm must pay
    • Owners must reorganise by law once they grow
    • New teams are needed to run areas like payroll

  20. A sole trader with no employees takes on 20 staff. How will the structure change?

    • The firm must incorporate as a public limited company
    • Roles are grouped into teams with a manager each
    • The owner still handles each task in person
    • The hierarchy flattens, so the chain of command gets shorter