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Organizational Psychology | Set 1

1. “———— are social inventions for accomplishing goals through group efforts”

Correct : B. organization

2. A study of human behavior in organizational settings is

Correct : C. organizational behavior

3. Today’s organization are

Correct : A. open system

4. Organization Behavior is

Correct : D. all of these

5. Which of the following is NOT an important issue relating to goal-setting theory?

Correct : B. equity among workers

6. In Maslow’s hierarchy needs which of the following pair of needs is ranked as” lower order needs”?

Correct : B. physiological and social need

7. Maslow grouped the five needs into two categories

Correct : A. higher-order needs and lower-order needs.

8. Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?

Correct : C. staffing

9. Determining how tasks are to be grouped is part of which management function?

Correct : D. organizing

10. In which stage of the conflict process does conflict become visible?

Correct : C. behaviour

11. The subject of organizational culture has been most influenced by which behavioural science discipline?

Correct : A. anthropology

12. Most valuable asset in an organization is

Correct : C. human being

13. What term is used to describe voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an organization?

Correct : B. turnover

14. ______ is discretionary behaviour that is not part of an employee’s formal job requirement, but that promotes the effective functioning of the organization.

Correct : C. organizational citizenship

15. Individual-level independent variables include all of the following except.

Correct : A. leadership

16. Operant conditioning argues that ______.

Correct : C. behavior is a function of its consequences

17. When a group gives some of its leadership positions to the members of other group, it is

Correct : C. co-alition

18. Path-goal model of Leadership was introduced by

Correct : A. martin evans & robert house

19. Conflict between actual and desired emotions is called ____.

Correct : B. emotional dissonance

20. Scientific Management approach is developed by

Correct : C. f.w. taylor

21. ————-is a relatively permanent change in behavior that occurs as a result of experience

Correct : B. learning

22. Which of the following is not the characteristic of High Machs?

Correct : C. emotionally distract

23. _____ is the degree to which people in a country prefer structured over unstructured situations.

Correct : A. uncertainty avoidance

24. _____ measures the degree to which a person identifies psychologically with his or her job and considers his-her perceived performance level to self worth

Correct : C. job involvement

25. __________ is the tendency for two individuals to emotionally converge.

Correct : C. emotional contagion

26. The belief that the ‘discrimination is wrong’ is a value statement. Such an opinion is ______ component of the attitude

Correct : A. cognitive

27. _____ refers to an individual’s general attitude toward his or her jo

Correct : A. job satisfaction

28. A worker who feels a personal stake in the company and whose ideas are valued by the company will likely

Correct : C. perform well.

29. Instructing employees on specific parts of the job that they may not have experience with is called

Correct : D. training.

30. Which of the following will be best at decreasing job stress?

Correct : B. engaging in meaningful leisure activities outside of work

31. Factors other than satisfaction that impact one’s decision to leave a current job include all of the following EXCEPT:

Correct : D. expectations about alternative job opportunities

32. W hat sort of goals does Management By Objectives (MBO) emphasize?

Correct : A. tangible, verifiable and measurable

33. According to Robert Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations, they possess _________ skills.

Correct : D. conceptual skiils

34. Asif believes that men perform better in oral presentations than women. What shortcut has been used in this case?

Correct : D. stereotyping

35. Which of the following is one of the relationships proposed in expectancy theory?

Correct : C. rewards-personal goals relationship

36. What sort of actions is most likely to be attributed to external causes?

Correct : D. actions that have low distinctiveness, low consistency and high consensus

37. Which of the following is most likely to be a belief held by a successful manager?

Correct : C. technical skills are necessary, but insufficient alone for success.

38. Mintzberg concluded that managers perform 10 different, highly interrelated roles. Which of the following is one of the broad categories into which these roles could be grouped?

Correct : C. decisional

39. As a manager, one of Shah’s duties is to present awards to outstanding employees within his department. Which Mintzberg managerial role is Shah acting in when he does this?

Correct : D. figurehead role

40. Which one of the following would not be considered a human skill in Katz’s structure?

Correct : A. decision making.

41. An OB study would be least likely to be used to focus on which of the following problems?

Correct : C. a decrease in sales due to growing foreign competition

42. Mr. Bilal is late for work each day by about ten minutes. How would attribution theory describe this behaviour?

Correct : D. it shows consistency

43. Psychology’s major contributions to the field of organizational behavior have been primarily at what level of analysis?

Correct : B. the level of the individual

44. The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans and other animals is known as ______.

Correct : B. psychology

45. ________blends concepts from psychology and sociology.

Correct : D. social psychology

46. The science that focuses on the influence people have on one another is.

Correct : C. political science

47. Which of the following fields has most helped us understand differences in fundamental values, attitudes, and behaviour among people in different countries?

Correct : A. anthropology

48. Maslow’s “basic needs” are also known as _____.

Correct : D. physiological needs

49. Under Herzberg’s theory, factors causing dissatisfaction is called _____.

Correct : C. hygiene factors

50. Who propounded X and Y theory of motivation

Correct : D. mcgregor

51. ————— theory believes that employees dislike work

Correct : A. x theory

52. Which one of the following need is not coming under McClelland theory of motivation?

Correct : D. need for actualization

53. The group formed by an organization to accomplish narrow range of purposes within a specified time _____.

Correct : B. task group

54. ———-is the attractiveness of the members towards the group or resistance to leave it

Correct : C. group cohesiveness

55. In ————–leadership, there is a complete centralization of authority in the leader

Correct : B. autocratic

56. Free rein leadership is also known as ¬¬¬¬¬______.

Correct : C. laissez-faire

57. _______leader is self confident and can attract followers by his great influence

Correct : A. charismatic

58. __________refers to the basic changes in the content and responsibilities of job so as to satisfy higher motivational needs

Correct : B. job enlargement