What Is Management by Exception

question 41

Multiple Choice

What is management by exception?

• A) It is the point where performance objectives identify key results that one wants to accomplish.
• B) It is the situation where outputs are difficult or expensive to measure.
• C) It is the point where output standards and input standards are used to carefully document results.
• D) It is the point where past experience becomes the baseline for evaluating current performance.
• E) It is the practice of giving attention to situations that show the greatest need for action.

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Definitions:

Granitic Intrusion

The forced entry of magma composed mainly of quartz and feldspar into surrounding rock, cooling and solidifying to form granite.

Salt Dome

A type of geological structure formed when a thick bed of evaporite minerals (mainly salt) found at depth intrudes vertically into surrounding rock layers.

Volcanic Conduit

A pipe-like structure through which magma moves from a magma chamber to the Earth's surface.

Diamond Pipe

A steep, cylindrical- to funnel-shaped volcanic conduit that contains diamonds dispersed in an igneous rock; synonym kimberlite pipe.