WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024
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WGU C715
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Western Governor\'S University
WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024
QUESTION 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...
WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS LATEST UPDATE 2024
QUESTION 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
Personality
QUESTION 2
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 decisions seriously. Which of
the following personality types is athers most likely to be characterized by according to the myers-
briggs type indicator (mbti) classification? _______
Extraverted- a personality dimension describing someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive.
QUESTION 3
What does the heredity approach state?
B) an individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.
QUESTION 4
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,. ________ is as important for managers as for front-line employees and, among all big five model
traits, is most consistently related to job performance.
Conscientiousness- someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized. Most
consistently related to increased job performance.
QUESTION 5
What trait is associated with job satisfaction?
Emotional stability.
QUESTION 6
What is a personality assessment model that taps 5 basic dimensions? What are the five dimensions?
The big five model- 1. Extraversion/intraversion. 2. Agreeableness. 3. Conscientiousness. 4. Emotional
stability. 5. Openess to experience.
QUESTION 7
What is a core self evaluation?
Bottom line conclusions individuals have about their compatibilities, and worth as a person.
QUESTION 8
Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-evaluations ?
They are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.
QUESTION 9
Which of the following is true of the baby boomer generation?
They give high importance to achievement and material success.
QUESTION 10
What is true about millennials?
They are more questioning and entrepreneurial than the other generations.
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,QUESTION 11
What is true about generations xers?
They give the highest importance to flexibility and life options.
QUESTION 12
Which of the following statements is most likely to be true regarding people with proactive
personalities?
They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.
QUESTION 13
Which of the following is true of values ?
They have content and intensity attributes. Values are judgemental, tend to be stable, mostly
established in earlier years.
QUESTION 14
According to the rokeach value survey what are terminal and instrumental values?
Terminal values- desirable end states. Where you want to be, where you want to achieve.
Instrumental values- preferable modes of behavior, a means to achieve terminal values. Behaviors
that can get you there.
QUESTION 15
What are some examples of instrumental values?
Personal discipline, self improvemet, autonomy, self reliance, kindness, ambition.
QUESTION 16
What are some examples of terminal values?
Economic success, social recognition, world peace, meaning of life
QUESTION 17
What is an example of an instrumental value according to the rokeach value survey?
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, Personal discipline- a behavior
QUESTION 18
What is an example of externally caused behavior?
An employee is late to work because of a punctured tire.
QUESTION 19
What is an example of an internally caused behavior?
An employee postpones a meeting because he overslept. An employee was fired because he violated
a company policy. An employee was promoted when he achieved more than the assigned objectives.
QUESTION 20
According to the attribution theory, if a behavior scores ________, we tend to attribute it to external
causes.
Low on consistency
QUESTION 21
According to the attribution theory, if a behavior scores ________, we tend to attribute it to external
causes.
High on distinctivness, and consensus
QUESTION 22
) which of the following terms refers to a situation in which a person inaccurately perceives a second
person, and the resulting expectations cause the second person to behave in ways consistent with the
original perception?
Self fulfilling prophecy
QUESTION 23
What is the tendency to seek out information that reaffirms past choices?
Confirmation bias
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