EMT Practice Test

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Question1: Elizabenth is an external consultant who is helping a company streamline its process. She has not worked for this company before.
The managing director (MD) has explained that some of the line managers feel that this work is unnecessary, whilst others are concerned that their staff will be made redundant as a result of her recommendations. He is keen for Elizabeth to get an understanding Elizabeth with an of organization staff and for the involve line manager in formulating potential improvements. The MD has provided Elizabeth with an organizational chart, detailing the business areas she needs to investigate, as well as the names of the line managers involved.
To understand the concerns of operational staff and line managers, which pair of techniques SHOULD she use first?

Question2: A business case features a management summary, from which the below extract is taken:
'The new approach will incur significant investment in terms of software licenses and annual maintenance fees, which will not be negotiable until year four of the proposal. We will research competing suppliers in the marketplace at end of year three, the supplier will, therefore, be likely to otter a reduced price for year five and beyond. However, we are convinced that the selected option is the right one. It will give us a competitive edge as a result of improved management information, in addition to the boost it will give to our image with our established customers." Which categories of costs and benefits are described in this extract*?

Question3: A company is reviewing its critical success factors and key performance indicators So far. it has key performance indicators for the following:
* The time to deliver orders for products
* Consumer satisfaction with products.
* Wastage in product production.
* The qualifications of production employees
Which area of Kaplan and Norton's balanced business scorecard has NOT been considered?

Question4: A business analyst has been assigned to help develop a plan for expanding a business that produces software for mobile phones and has interview he managing director to understand his perspective regarding the expansion. The managing director's worldview is as follows:
''The purpose of our business is to develop and sell software for mobile phones. The expansion will enable us to increase the amount of software we procedure, so we can keep pace with the growing demand of the market for software that is easy to use.'' Which of the following is a 'transformation' for this worldview?

Question5: The following planning activity has been identified in a consensus BAM for a company that makes clothes:
'P4 - Define marketing strategy'
Which of the following is an enabling activity linked to this planning activity?

Question6: Bessant Co.manufactures and sells clothing. The company is every profitable and the IT director would like to invest some of these profits into improving the technical infrastructure of the company, which would help the organic growth of the company. However, the finance director would like to use the profits to acquire one of its competitors.
Shelly is the business analyst on this project and she recognises that the IT and finance director do not agree on the future direction of the business. Once prefers organic growth and the other, growth by acquisition.
What technique COULD Shelly use to improve her understating ot these two different perspectives?

Question7: End users in one business area are unwilling to adopt a new finance management system (recently introduced by the innovation team), as they perceive that it is unnecessarily complicated and not useful. One of the end users in this business area has been very vocal and has been relying support from others since posting about it on the company's intranet homepage.
The introduction finance system was initially supported by senior managers, but now users in other business area are also beginning to question whether they adopt the tool and are raising the issue with their managers.
The sponsor fully supports the decision to go ahead with the now tool and has made il very cleat to senior managers that ho expects them to support this Initiative.
Which stakeholder management strategy SHOULD be taken with the senior managers?

Question8: Why would a Business Analyst use a consensus Business Activity Model (BAM) in gap analysis?

Question9: The management of a chain of hotels has decided that one of its Critical Success Factors (CSF) is to provide excellent customer service'. The following measures have been suggested:
a) The number of customers who make use of their m-room mini bar
b) The percentage of customers who use the leisure facilities
c) The number of customers who complain.
d) The percentage of customers who join the hotel loyalty scheme
e) The percentage of customers who return
Which of these are appropriate Key Performance indicators (KPIs) for the GSF 'provide excellent customer service?

Question10: A local council has decided to completely redesign the way it provides library lending services: it plans to stop lending books and move towards an entirety online e-book lending model Four activities to be included in the Business Activity Model (BAM) are given below:
a) Lend books
b) Establish licensing arrangements with publishers.
c) Define lending policies
d) Monitor lending usage
What will be the dependencies between these activities on the BAM?

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Question12: Nastya is the CEO of a large technology firm, which develops new and innvolvative nanotechnology. Below is an email she has sent to her management team:
Dear Team,
Recent media coverage has revealed that our competitors have lower costs. It is important that we get back to our suppliers to see il they can secure a better component pnce for the next version of our NanoVac range Let's also consider the energy costs of our labs, I'm mindful that costs are rising due to investment in renewable power-1 want us to negotiate with our energy supplier to get a better deal.
I've also been reading reports on social responsibility and sustainability and I'd like a lull review of the biodegradability of the packaging of all our products- we don't want media attention for being a technology company that wastes natural resources.
Our employment regulations also need revisiting as there have been changes to pension rules and paternity/maternity rights for workers and I want us to be aware of these Finally, regarding the staff conference I want to launch a new staff development programme, which aims to identify and develop the rising stars in our business People development should be a key priority in our next annual plan.
Thanks. Nastya."
Which elements of PESTLE are identified in this email?

Question13: A group of stakeholders at FlyMe travel operators are in a meeting to discus the Business Activity Model (BAM) for a new subsidiary business. They are planning to launch a new offering, which will offer flight bundle' packages for organization that regularly need to send their staff overseas. The following activities have been identified so far:
a) Monitor flight bundle' sates
b) Sell "night bundles*
c) Determine demand amongst existing customers
d) Identify potential airline earners
e) Determine 'flight bundle' locations,
f) Define bundle pricing.
Although the Operations Director for FlyMe is supportive of the new business proposition, she is not entirely convinced there is a gap in the market, nor is she confident that the idea will be profitable.
With these concerns in mind, which planning activities will she be keen to ensure are discussed before the meeting ends?