MGT502 - Organizational Behaviour Quiz

Question # 1 of 20 ( Start time: 05:57:34 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Increasingly, we can expect that women will be hired into _____ positions.
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Unskilled
Traditionally female
Socially-oriented
Professional

Question # 2 of 20 ( Start time: 05:58:48 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?
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Planning
Staffing
Organizing
Leading

Question # 3 of 20 ( Start time: 05:59:33 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following situation determine dynamic environment?
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High rate of change
Steady conditions
Predictable change
Less need to decentralize

Question # 5 of 20 ( Start time: 06:11:34 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Why most organizations develop multiple suppliers rather than give their business to only one?
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To increase knowledge and information
To develop interdependence
To reduce dependency
To maximize power

Question # 6 of 20 ( Start time: 06:12:38 PM ) Total Marks: 1
What is meant by the term “appraisal”?
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A system to improve employees’ performance
A system to describe employees’ job description
A system to determine employees’ wages and salaries
A system to evaluate employees performance over a given time period

Question # 7 of 20 ( Start time: 06:13:27 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following factors make it imperative that organizations be fast and flexible?
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Temporariness
Corporate excess
Advances in corporate strategy
Globalization

Question # 8 of 20 ( Start time: 06:14:52 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Suspending an employee for dishonest behavior is an example of which method of shaping behavior?
Select correct option:
Extinction
Negative reinforcement
Punishment
Positvie reinforcement

Question # 9 of 20 ( Start time: 06:16:06 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a typical written test used in organizations?
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Intelligence
Integrity
Personality
Work sample

Question # 10 of 20 ( Start time: 06:17:21 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Analyzing relationships, determining causes and effects, and basing conclusions on scientific evidence all constitute aspects of _____________study.
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Organizational
Intuitive
Theoretical
Systematic

Question # 11 of 20 ( Start time: 06:18:41 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following values would be most likely to be considered a terminal value by Rockeach?
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Ambition
Self-control
Broad-mindedness
Sense of accomplishment

Question # 12 of 20 ( Start time: 06:19:28 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following answer choices is the best definition of attitude?
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Attitudes are the yardstick by which one measures one’s actions
Attitudes are the emotional part of an evaluation of some person, object or event
Attitudes are evaluative statements of what one believes about something or someone
Attitudes are a measure of how the worth of an object, person or event is evaluated

Question # 13 of 20 ( Start time: 06:20:23 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Management functions of planning, organizing, leading and controlling were first classified by:
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Henry Mintzeberg
Henri Fayol
Marry Parker
Stephen Covey

Question # 14 of 20 ( Start time: 06:21:34 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Shortcuts in judging others include all of the following except:
Select correct option:
Stereotyping
Halo effect
Projection
Self-serving bias

Question # 15 of 20 ( Start time: 06:22:21 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following can be defined as a loss in performance due to low leader expectations?
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Golem effect
Galatea effect
Halo effect
Marshal effect

Question # 16 of 20 ( Start time: 06:22:48 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Agro Farm Products is expanding its traditional business serving farm owners in order to include home gardeners in its customer base. The sales agents are not happy with this change. In order to overcome their resistance management decides to involve the sales personnel in planning for the change and in stocking appropriate new items to sell to gardeners. Management is choosing which of the following?
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Participation
Negotiation
Education and communication
Manipulation and cooptation

Question # 17 of 20 ( Start time: 06:23:01 PM ) Total Marks: 1
Factors other than satisfaction that impact one’s decision to leave a current job include all of the following EXCEPT:
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Labor market conditions
Length of tenure with the organization
Expectations about alternative job opportunities
Organizational citizenship behavior