WGU - ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR - C LATEST 2024
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1. D) personality: 1) Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advertising
firm in Manhattan and has been asked to complete a self-report survey to help interviewers
understand if she is the right candidate for the job. From the interview, they have found that
she is extroverted, empathic, scrupulous, and cooperative in nature, which are key
characteristics needed for the job. These characteristics about Lugo indicate her .
A) Genealogy B) talent C) skill D) personality E) knowledge
2. E) extraverted: Ellen Athers works as a communication executive at a travel house.
She is known to be friendly with her colleagues and interacts with them regularly to build
strong work relationships. She knows that her rapport with her co-workers is a crucial part
of her work and invests time in these relationships. In addition, while making decisions, she
is assertive and colleagues take her deci- sions seriously. Which of the following personality
types is Athers most likely to be
Characterized by according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification?
A) introverted B) perceiving C) solitary D) brooder E) extraverted
3. B) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.:
Which of the following does the heredity approach state?
A) An individual's personality is determined by the social background one is brought up in.
B) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.
C) An individual's personality is influenced by the economic settings he is surround- ed by.
D) A person's personality traits are created by the company he keeps i.e., his friends and
family.
E) A person's personality traits are largely influenced by global trends and charac- teristics.
4. C) Conscientiousness: is as
important for managers as for front-line employees and, among all Big Five Model
traits, is most consistently related to job performance.
A) Extroversion
B) Agreeableness
C) Conscientiousness
D) Emotional stability
E) Openness to experience
,5. A) They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.: Which of the following
statements is true about people with positive core self-evaluations ?
A) They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.
B) They view themselves as powerless over their environment.
C) They tend to question their capabilities and capacities.
D) They lack persistence to achieve goals.
E) They tend to be disliked by superiors and co-workers.
6. A) They give high importance to achievement and material success: Which of the
following is true of the baby boomer generation?
A) They give high importance to achievement and material success.
B) They rate highest in friendship and pleasure on the RVS.
C) They are more questioning and entrepreneurial than the other generations.
D) They lead lives shaped mainly by globalization.
E) They give the highest importance to flexibility and life options.
7. D) They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.: Which of the follow- ing
statements is most likely to be true regarding people with proactive personalities?
A) They react passively to situations.
B) They tend to display their true dispositions and attitudes in every situation.
C) They tend to be selfish and exploitive and believe others exist for their benefit.
D) They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.
E) They are narcissistic in nature and require constant admiration.
8. D) They never change irrespective of external factors.: Which of the following is true
of values ?
A) They are void of a judgmental element
B) They are invariably fluid and flexible in nature.
C) They have content and intensity attributes.
D) They never change irrespective of external factors.
E) They are always established in a person's later years.
9. C) personal discipline: 9. Which of the following is an instrumental value accord- ing to
the Rokeach value survey?
A) Economic success
B) Social recognition
C) Personal discipline
D) World peace
E) Meaning in life
, 10. Terminal values: Rokeach - Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person
would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
11. Instrumental values: Rokeach -Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
12. Personality-job fit theory: theory that identifies six personality types and pro- poses
that the fit between personality type and occupational environment deter- mines
satisfaction and turnover.
13. A) An employee is late to work because of a punctured tire.: Which of the following
is an example of externally caused behavior?
A) An employee is late to work because of a punctured tire.
B) An employee postpones a meeting because he overslept.
C) An employee was fired because he violated a company policy.
D) An employee was promoted when he achieved more than the assigned objec- tives.
E) An employee closed a sale with an important corporate client because of his
excellent negotiation skills.
14. C) low on consistency: According to the attribution theory, if a behavior scores
, we tend to attribute it to external causes.
A) Low on distinctiveness
B) Low on adaptability
C) Low on consistency
D) High on stability
E) Low on consensus
15. C) self-fulfilling prophecy: Which of the following terms refers to a situation in which a
person inaccurately perceives a second person, and the resulting ex- pectations cause the
second person to behave in ways consistent with the original perception?
A) Confirmation bias
B) Attribution theory
C) Self-fulfilling prophecy
D) Bandwagon effect
E) Contrast effect
16. D) It assumes that an individual is able to identify all relevant options in an unbiased
manner.: Which of the following statements is true regarding the rational decision-making
model?
A) It takes into consideration the limited information-processing capability of individ- uals.
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