In the following pages are given a large number of test questions and problems which afford a valuable means of testing the reader's knowledge of the subjects treated. They will be found excellent practice for those preparing for Civil Service Examinations. In some cases numerical answers are given as a further aid in this work. REVIEW QUESTIONS ON THE SUBJECT OF ADMINISTRATIVE AND INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATION 1. If called on to perfect the organization of a business enterprise, what would be your first steps in making your investigation? 2. In creating responsibilities, how would you regard the individuals conducting the enterprise? 3. Explain, in your own terms, the objects of organization. What are the principal components of a business organization? 4. What is the function of the executive committee? Over what divisions does the _general manager_ have authority, and to whom is he responsible? 5. Into what sections do the commercial and manufacturing divisions divide? 6. Make a chart of an industrial organization, showing the principal components and their relationship, one to the other. 7. Who are the immediate assistants of the general manager? Explain the nature and responsibilities of their positions. 8. Make and explain a chart showing the subdivisions of the commercial and manufacturing divisions over which the two assistants of the general manager have authority. 9. Explain how these principles of organization are applied to the small corporation. 10. In a corporation organized to conduct a trading business, how does the organization differ from that of a manufacturing enterprise? 11. What are the specific duties of the comptroller? Over what departments does he have absolute authority, and who are his immediate assistants, in charge of those departments? 12. What are the functions of the _sales division_? Who are the department heads in control of the sales division, and what are their specific duties? 13. To what departments does the authority of the superintendent extend? 14. Who are the immediate assistants of the superintendent, and what are their duties? 15. Describe, briefly, the duties of the purchasing agent. 16. What general rules should be made in respect to a definition of duties and authorities? 17. Illustrate by means of a chart, with necessary explanations, the proper distribution of salaries and wages in a manufacturing enterprise. 18. Prepare an expense distribution chart, showing amounts for a business selected by yourself. 19. Illustrate the location of the departments in a manufacturing enterprise with which you are familiar, and suggest how the plan might be improved. 20. What general plan should be followed in arranging an office. Illustrate a model office plan for a business of your own selection. 21. What is meant by the _committee system_?