Management Theory and Organizational Behaviour | Set 1
1. Scientific Management approach is developed by
Correct : C. F.W. Taylor
2. “------------ are social inventions for accomplishing goals through group efforts”
Correct : B. Organization
3. “Hawthrone experiment” which was a real beginning of applied research in OB was
conducted by
Correct : A. Elton Mayo
4. Whose concept states that interpersonal and human relations may lead to productivity
Correct : A. Elton Mayo
5. Organization Behavior is
Correct : D. All of these
6. Extension of behavior modification into organization is called
Correct : C. OB Mod
7. Which of the following is/are not job related source of stress?
Correct : D. Career concerns
8. -------------- refers to the negotiation or an agreement between two groups
Correct : A. Contracting
9. Which of the following is/are not organizational f actors causing stress?
Correct : C. Role conflict
10. Which of the following is/are OD intervention techniques
Correct : D. All the above
11. Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?
Correct : A. Decision making
12. . If everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same way, attribution theory
states that the behaviour shows _____.
Correct : A. Consensus
13. The cognitive process through which an individual selects, organizes but misinterprets
environmental stimuli is known as_________
Correct : D. Mis-Perception
14. Which dimension of Big 5 personality traits represents artistically sensitive, refined etc.
Correct : A. Culture
15. A study of human behavior in organizational settings is
Correct : C. Organizational behavior
16. Which of the following is NOT an important issue relating to goal-setting theory?
Correct : B. Equity among workers
17. According to Robert Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose
complex situations, they possess _____________ skills.
Correct : D. Conceptual
18. Concept of MBO was introduced by:
Correct : A. Peter. F.Drucker
19. . People with which type of personality trait commonly make poor decisions because they
make them too fast?
Correct : A. Type A
20. ____________ refers to the network of personal and social relations that is developed
spontaneously between people associated with each other.
Correct : B. Informal organization
21. The concept of Work- Week is related with
Correct : C. Alternative Work schedule
22. . --------is an attempt through a formal program to integrate employees’ needs and wellbeing
with the intention of improved productivity, better involvement and satisfaction
Correct : A. Quality of Work life
23. ------------is a set of values that states what an organisation stands for
Correct : B. Organizational culture
24. Which one of the following is/are leadership theories?
Correct : D. All of these
25. . In --------------leadership, there is a complete centralization of authority in the leader
Correct : B. Autocratic
26. -----------leadership emphasize on rules and regulation in an organization
Correct : D. Bureaucratic
27. ----------is the attractiveness of the members towards the group or resistance to leave it
Correct : C. Group cohesiveness
28. Goal setting theory is pioneered by
Correct : C. Edwin Locke
29. Which one is not a Need Based Theory of motivation?
Correct : D. Vroom’s theory
30. Porter Lawler Model is an extension of
Correct : D. Vroom’s theory
31. Which one of the following need is not coming under Mc Clelland theory of motivation?
Correct : C. Need for affiliation
32. Which of the following researchers thought that reinforcement was the central factor involed in
behavioural change?
Correct : C. Skinner
33. What do we call the view that we can learn both through observation and direct experience?
Correct : C. social learning theory
34. Individual-level independent variables include all of the following except.
Correct : A. Leadership
35. What term is used to describe voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an
organization?
Correct : B. Turnover
36. According to Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex
situations, they possess skills.
Correct : D. conceptual
37. According to Mintzberg, one of management’s interpersonal roles is .
Correct : B. leader
38. Determining how tasks are to be grouped is part of which management function?
Correct : D. organizing
39. Today’s organization are
Correct : A. Open system
40. Organization Behavior is not a /an
Correct : D. Pessimistic approach
41. ------------represent noblest thoughts, ideals etc.
Correct : B. Super ego
42. Which of the following is / are method of managing stress
Correct : D. All the above
43. Which of the following is / are not direct method to solve intergroup conflicts
Correct : D. Persuasion
44. Behaviour, power, and conflict are central areas of study for _____________.
Correct : A. sociologist
45. What sort of goals does Management By Objectives (MBO) emphasize?
Correct : A. Tangible, verifiable and measurable
46. Which of the following is a reason that the study of organizational behaviour is useful?
Correct : B. Human behavior is not random.
47. The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans
and other animals is known as.
Correct : B. Psychology
48. Science that focuses on the influence people have on one another is.
Correct : D. social psychology
49. Which of the following OB topics is not central to managing employees’ fears about terrorism?
Correct : D. work design
50. ______ 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
51. Who proposed “ bureaucratic structure” is suitable for all organization
Correct : D. Max Weber
52. Believes, attitudes, traditions and expectations which are shared by group members is called
Correct : A. Group norms
53. In---------- in fact “No leadership at all”
Correct : C. Free rein
54. ----------leader is self confident and can attract followers by his great influence
Correct : A. Charismatic
55. Grid Organisation Development was developed by
Correct : A. Blake and Mounton
56. An extent to which an organisation achieves its predetermined objectives within given
resources and without undue strain to its members
Correct : D. Organizational effectiveness
57. When a group gives some of its leadership positions to the members of other group, it is
Correct : B. Co-opting
58. Which of the following is not a contingency theory of leadership
Correct : D. Job centered Leadership
59. Path-goal model of Leadership was introduced by
Correct : A. Martin Evans & Robert House
60. Under ERG theory, “R” stands for---------
Correct : D. Relatedness
61. Dual structure approach of motivation is developed by
Correct : B. F. Herzberg
62. --------------persons are easy going people and do not feel time urgency
Correct : B. Dogmatism
63. Maslow’s “basic needs” are also known as
Correct : D. Physiological needs
64. ERG theory of motivation was proposed by
Correct : C. Alderfer
65. . -------------is manipulating and influencing others as a primary way of achieving one’s goal
Correct : D. Machiavellianism
66. . ……..is the tendency of individual, which directs them to be inward and process ideas and
thought within themselves
Correct : B. Introversion
67. Some people strongly believe that each person have control of his own life. This is
Correct : C. internal locus of control
68. Imaginative, artistically sensitive etc. are features of
Correct : A. Openness
69. An enduring attribute of a person that appears constantly in a variety of situation is
Correct : B. trait
70. As per Stimulus-Response Model, input for behaviour process is
Correct : C. Stimuli
71. Which organization theory can be understood by IF and THEN relationship
Correct : B. Contingency approach
72. Which of the following is / are not a method of managing stress
Correct : D. Rorschach test
73. According to operant conditioning, when behaviour is not reinforced, what happens to the probability of that behaviour occurring again?
Correct : B. It declines.
74. Which of the following processes deals with how well an individual remembers a model’s
action after it is no longer readily available?
Correct : B. Retention
75. If everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same way, attribution theory
states that the behaviour shows.
Correct : A. consensus
76. When a bank robber points a gun at bank manager, his base of power is:
Correct : A. Coercive
77. Which of the following is an environmental force that shapes personality?
Correct : C. Experience
78. In Maslow’s hierarchy needs which of the following pair of needs is ranked as” lower order
needs”?
Correct : B. Physiological and social need
79. Which one is not a Process Based Theory of motivation?
Correct : B. Mc Clelland’s theory
80. Cognitive Evaluation Theory of motivation is introduced by
Correct : B. Charms
81. Suspending an employee for dishonest behaviour is an example of which method of shaping
behaviour?
Correct : C. punishment
82. What is the most relevant application of perception concepts to OB?
Correct : A. the perceptions people form about each other
83. What is the name of the theory that deals with how we explain behaviour differently depending
on the meaning we assign to the actor?
Correct : D. attribution theory
84. ………………..is once view of reality
Correct : B. Perception
85. …………is the dynamic organization within the individual that determine his unique
adjustment to the environment
Correct : D. personality
86. Most of the learning that takes place in the Class room is
Correct : C. Cognitive learning
87. …………..is the process of screening out information that we are uncomfortable with or that
contradict to our beliefs
Correct : B. Selective perception
88. …………..are those factors that exists in the environment as perceived by the individual
Correct : C. Cue stimuli
89. extent to which individuals consistently regard themselves as capable, worthy, successful etc. is
Correct : A. Self esteem
90. . “I don’t like that company”- is ………components of attitude.
Correct : A. Affective component
91. A learned pre-disposition to respond in a consistently favourable or unfavourable manner with
respect to a given object
Correct : B. Attitude
92. Which of the following is a method of measuring attitude?
Correct : D. All the above
93. Basis of “Autocratic Model of OB is
Correct : B. Power
94. Basis of “Supportive Model of OB is
Correct : C. Leadership
95. Basis of “Custodial Model of OB is
Correct : A. Economic resources
96. . Managerial orientation of “Autocratic Model” of OB is
Correct : A. Authority
97. Basis of “Collegial Model of OB is
Correct : D. Partnership
98. Employees needs met by Custodial Model is
Correct : B. Security
99. Managerial orientation of “Collegial Model” of OB is