BU288- OB MIDTERM 1 NEWEST
ACTUAL EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED CORRECT ANSWERS |
VERIFIED ANSWERS A+ GRADE
1) The most important goal of virtually all organizations is
A) employee development.
B) profit.
C) increased productivity.
D) survival.
E) cost reduction. Correct Answer D
2) Organization survival is often dependent on how well
the organization can adapt. Which of the following
behaviours on the part of individuals is necessary for the
organization to survive?
A) Being innovative.
B) Being motivated to join and remain with the
organization.
C) Performing their work in terms of productivity, quality,
and service.
D) Being flexible.
E) All of the above. Correct Answer E
3) Which of the following statements best defines an
"organization"?
A) A social convention for accomplishing individual goals
through group effort.
B) A collection of formally organized social entities.
,C) A social invention for accomplishing common goals
through group effort.
D) A combination of people and physical capital designed
to accomplish a common goal.
E) A group which accomplishes common goals through
social interactions and individual effort. Correct Answer C
4) Organizational behaviour is interested in
A) the behaviours of individuals and groups in
organizations.
B) the structure of organizations.
C) the formation of groups in organizations.
D) the attitudes of individuals and groups in organizations.
E) all of the above. Correct Answer E
5) A large Canadian corporation has recently merged with
a French company. Which of the following is least likely to
be related to the field of organizational behaviour?
A) The impact of different cultural values on the newly
merged company.
B) The adoption of a bilingual communication policy for all
announcements in the employee newsletter.
C) The development of an organizational structure for the
newly merged company.
D) The adoption of a new leadership style and the
subsequent resignation of two executives in Canada.
E) The legal restrictions pertaining to share ownership in
the newly merged company. Correct Answer E
6) Management is defined as
A) the art of getting things accomplished through others.
,B) the art which prescribes how things get accomplished
in organizations.
C) the art of telling people what to do.
D) the art of getting people to do what you want.
E) the art of controlling employees. Correct Answer A
7) Who was the father of scientific management?
A) Frederick Taylor
B) Lyndall Urwick
C) Elton Mayo
D) Max Weber
E) Henri Fayol Correct Answer A
8) Scientific Management is the process of
A) using research to develop the optimum degree of
specialization and standardization of work tasks.
B) establishing objective criteria for promotion and
selection of employees.
C) developing a strict chain of command.
D) developing a strict set of rules and regulations.
E) centralizing power at the top of organizations. Correct
Answer A
9) When we say that organizations are social inventions
we mean that
A) physical assets and implements of technology are
irrelevant to organizations.
B) they must have both people and things to be
considered organizations.
C) the existence of organizations is what differentiates
humans from animals.
, D) they don't really exist.
E) organizations don't exist without members. Correct
Answer E
10) The idea of bureaucracy was developed by
A) Henri Fayol.
B) Lyndall Urwick.
C) Mary Parker Follett.
D) Frederick Taylor.
E) Max Weber. Correct Answer E
11) The human relations movement was critical of
A) decentralized controls.
B) bureaucracy.
C) flexible management systems.
D) participative management.
E) open communication. Correct Answer B
12) Which of the following statements is false?
A) The field of organizational behaviour is concerned with
the impact of culture on organizations.
B) The field of organizational behaviour is concerned with
determining the most effective structure for organizations.
C) "Organizational behaviour" refers to both the behaviour
and attitudes of organizational members.
D) If we can accurately predict organizational behaviour,
then we can explain the reason for the behaviour.
E) The field of organizational behaviour is concerned with
both formal and informal groups in organizations. Correct
Answer D
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