BU288- OB Midterm 1 Testbank Latest Update
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1) An individual's personality encompasses
A) all aspects of the individual's physical and emotional response to their environment.
B) behaviours which are mostly learned through childhood experience.
C) a relatively stable set of psychological characteristics.
D) a constantly shifting set of personal characteristics.
E) all aspects of the individual's consciousness. - CORRECT ANSWER: C
1) In which of the following is work viewed as most important and central in life?
A) Netherlands
B) Germany
C) USA
D) Britain
E) Japan - CORRECT ANSWER: E
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
1) Which of the following statements most accurately defines "perception"?
A) Perception is the tendency to generalize about people and ignore variations between
individuals.
,B) Perception is reality.
C) Perception is the process by which motives are assigned to explain people's
behaviour.
D) Perception is the tendency to attribute one's own thoughts and feelings to others.
E) Perception is the process of interpreting messages of our senses to provide
meaning. - CORRECT ANSWER: E
10) Gary Reynolds is the CEO of Reynolds Software Limited. He attributes his success
to careful planning, hard work, and a good business education. In terms of locus of
control, Gary is most likely a(n)
A) internal.
B) external.
C) extravert.
D) introvert.
E) high self- monitor. - CORRECT ANSWER: A
10) Knowing that a person falls into some social category, we might assume that he or
she possesses certain traits, and that everyone in this category possesses these traits.
This is an example of
A) a situational attribution.
B) a stereotype.
C) projection.
D) reliance on central traits.
E) consensus cues. - CORRECT ANSWER: B
10) The contemporary view of the relationship between job satisfaction and
performance suggests that
A) job satisfaction and performance are not related.
B) performance contributes to job satisfaction and job satisfaction contributes to
performance.
C) performance contributes to job satisfaction.
,D) job satisfaction contributes to performance.
E) job satisfaction and performance are impossible to measure adequately. - CORRECT
ANSWER: B
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) A person who is a high self-monitor will
A) have difficulty regulating their behaviour in social situations.
B) ignore the situation when determining how to behave.
C) be rather rigid in his or her leadership style.
D) be prone to uncontrollable emotional outbursts.
E) observe the situation when determining how to behave. - CORRECT ANSWER: E
11) Alice perceives her job inputs as high and her job outcomes as high. Alice perceives
Jane's inputs as low and her outcomes as low. Jane's perceptions are identical to Alice's
in all respects. According to equity theory
A) Jane experiences inequity but Alice doesn't.
B) both women are experiencing inequity.
C) both women are experiencing equity.
D) both women should earn exactly the same income.
E) Alice experiences inequity but Jane doesn't. - CORRECT ANSWER: C
11) Driving home from an auto repair shop, you find that the repair you just paid for
wasn't done properly. Which of the following would increase your tendency to blame the
mechanic's error on dispositional factors?
, A) This mechanic has done poor repairs on your car twice before.
B) Several friends told you that this mechanic was excellent.
C) When you picked up the car, the shop manager said that the mechanic had gone
home early because he
was injured on the job.
D) You had authorized the mechanic to use reconditioned parts instead of new ones.
E) You have never had a car repair done right the first time by any mechanic. -
CORRECT ANSWER: A
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) "Geraldo acts differently from everyone else." The speaker in the statement is
invoking a __________ cue.
A) consensus
B) consistency
C) distinctiveness
D) situational
E) recency - CORRECT ANSWER: A
12) A person with low self-esteem will likely
A) be less pliable than someone with high self-esteem.
B) be less susceptible to external and social influences.
C) respond well to mentoring.
D) be able to deal with negative feedback.
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