Introduction to Organizational Behavior

1 Organizational behavior mainly involves the 6 Which of the following is true according to
study of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ systems approach?
A. human A. Multiple parts should be observed as a whole
B. employer within their context.
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C. employee B. Subsystems are not dependent to each other.

D. manager C. If one part of the system changed, the other
E. human behavior parts are not influenced.
D. Input-output relations represent only the interactions
within the organization between the departments.
2 Organizational behavior examines all of the E. Only the relations of the organization with its
below, except _ _ _ _ _ _ _ environment is considered.
A. conflict management
B. leadership style
7 Which of the below is not among the implications
of globalization for organization behavior?
C. communication
D. planning A. Decrease of employee morale due to
E. motivation outsourcing
B. Lack of motivation due to existence of glass-ceiling
3 Which levels represent the focus of OB? C. Low motivation due to stereotyping based on
national culture
A. individuals, organization, society D. Career management for expatriate managers
B. individuals, groups, teams E. Stress due to misunderstanding of others who
C. individuals, groups, organization belong to different cultures
D. society, organization, nation
E. employee, employer, management 8 Which of the below is not among the practices
to eliminate the negative consequences of diversity?
4 If a manager is observing people at work, in A. Equity in pay policy
order to reveal the best way to complete a task, he B. Work from home program
is demonstrating which of the below? C. Discrimination
A. Classical management D. Family support provision
B. Scientific management E. Encouragement of team performance
C. Human relations management
D. Creative management 9 Some of the employees are resistant to new
E. Human resources management technologies. This is due to all of the below,
except _ _ _ _ _ _ _
5 Hawthorne studies is related to which of the A. New skill requirements
following? B. Fear of loss of jobs
C. Belief of less freedom at their work
A. Human relations movement
D. Enhancement of communication
B. Human resources management
E. Demand of work tasks by managers after work hours
C. Industrial revolution
D. Scientific management
E. Organizational behavior
10 Which of the below is not an unethical behavior?
A. Watching movies during work-time.
B. Giving an expensive gift to the manager.
C. Discriminating women during promotions.
D. Driving company car while going on a vacation.
E. Informing public about poisonous waste of the
organization.

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 Individual Differences: Personality, Perception, and Employee Attitudes

1 Which of the following does not describe the 7 Which of the following is not included in the
concept of personality? factors that influence perception?
A. The sum total of ways in which an individual A. Personal characteristics
reacts to and interacts with others. B. Characteristics of the target
B. Set of traits, characteristics, and predispositions C. The context of the situation
of a person and usually stabilizes by about age 30. D. Personal interpretation
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C. Thee affects how a person adjusts to different E. Self-actualization

environments and workplace.
D. Personality is the result of combined hereditary
and environmental factors.
8 Which of the following does not describe the
concept of attribution?
E. The processes that account for an individual’s
intensity, direction, and persistence of effort A. Attribution refers to the specification of the
toward attaining a goal. perceived causes of events.
B. It is the investment of a person’s physical,
2 Which of the following theory suggests cognitive, and emotional energies into job
that behavior patterns develop from the social performance.
environment by social modeling? C. Personal and situational factors may effect
A. Cognitive Theory B. Biological Theory attribution.
C. Learning Theory D. Personality Theory D. Attribution can be either internal or external.
E. Attitudinal Theory E. People use attribution processes to explain the
causes of behavior they see in others.
3 Which of the following is not included in the
“Big Five” personality traits? 9 Which of the following does not describe the
A. Emotional Stability concept of values?
B. Self-Esteem A. Bottom-line conclusions individuals have
C. Conscientiousness about their capabilities, competence, and
D. Openness to Experience worth as a person.
E. Extraversion B. Contain a judgmental element in that they
carry an individual’s ideas as to what is right,
4 Which of the following is not included in good, or desirable.
Myer-Briggs Type Indicator for personality traits? C. Represent basic convictions that a specific
A. Agreeableness or neuroticism mode of conduct or end-state of existence is
personally or socially preferable.
B. Extraverted or introverted
C. Sensing or intuitive D. Have both content and intensity attributes that
lead to value system.
D. Thinking or feeling
E. Contain our interpretations of right and wrong
E. Judging or perceiving and our preference for certain behaviors or
5 Which of the following does not describe the outcomes over others.
concept of perception?
10 Which of the following does not describe
A. A cognitive process that lets a person make attitudes and employee attitudes?
sense of stimuli from the environment.
B. Affects all senses of sight, touch, taste, smell, A. Attitudes, the mental representations of what
hearing. we like and dislike in our world, help to explain
C. Includes inputs to person and choice of inputs these choices.
to which the person attends. B. Affective, cognitive and behavioral components
D. Helps adaptation to a changing environment. are the parts of attitudes.
E. A drive to become what a person is capable of C. Behaviors follow attitudes, but attitudes never
becoming. follow behaviors.
D. Cognitive dissonance is an incompatibility an
6 Which of the following is not included in the individual might perceive between two or more
perceptual process? attitudes or between behavior and attitudes.
A. Stimulus B. Situation E. Organizational commitment, job involvement,
organizational citizenship behavior and job
C. Feedback D. Behavioral control satisfaction are among the employee job
E. Interpretation attitudes in the workplace.

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 Motivation Management

1 Avoiding tasks or decisions with a risk of 6 According to Maslow, which of the following
making mistake and blame can be categorized corresponds to the unlearned primary needs?
under which one of the following needs?
A. Needs for self-actualization
A. Need for affiliation B. Affiliation needs
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B. Need for power C. Esteem needs

C. Need for title D. Physiological needs
D. Need for conflict E. Recognition needs
E. Need for security

7 According the Two-Factor Theory, which of

2 In a workplace, which of the following can be the following falls under the category of motivators?
categorized as an intrinsic motivator?
A. Recognition
A. Recognition B. Company procedures
B. Fringe benefits C. Interpersonal relations
C. Title D. Supervision
D. Pay E. Job security
E. Health insurance

8 Which of the following consists of an

3 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an extrinsic means of motivation. individual’s cognitive evaluation regarding the
A. Accomplishments perceived fairness of the outcomes received by the
B. Flexibility employees?
C. Salary A. Procedural B. Distributive
D. Growth opportunities C. Informational D. Interactional
E. Status E. Relatedness

4 According to which of the following theory, 9 According to the Job Characteristics Model,
extrinsic motivators may actually undermine autonomy is defined as the degree to which
intrinsic motivation? _______
A. Herzberg’s two-factor Theory A. a job requires activities including different
B. Porter-Lawler expectancy Theory skills and talents.
C. Equity Theory B. a job provides employee initiative in deciding
D. Self-determination Theory about work related activities.
E. Goal-setting Theory C. a job requires completion of a whole work.
D. a job provides direct and objective information
about the progress and performance delivered
5 Which of the following theory is based by the supervisor or the job itself.
mainly on the cognitive concept of comparison?
E. a job provides new information and knowledge.
A. Maslow’s Theory of Needs
B. Goal-setting Theory 10 Which of the following is designed to give an
C. Equity Theory employee greater control of their schedule?
D. Self-efficacy Theory
A. Job rotation B. Job enrichment
E. Job characteristics Model
C. Job sharing D. Job enlargement
E. Flextime working

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Organizational Behavior

1 Organizational culture is born out of

repeatedly solving problems concerning which of 5 Which of the following are all dimensions of
the following? Organizational Culture Profile?
A. External adaptation, internal integration A. Stability – team orientation – honesty
B. Internal communication, external marketing B. Outcome orientation – ethical behavior –

Test Yourself
C. Human resource management, budget control innovation
D. Quality control, revenue increase C. Aggressiveness – people orientation – detail
orientation
E. Cost cutting, managerial authority
D. Team orientation – ethical behavior – people
orientation
2 Which of the following does not play a role E. Justice – integrity – honesty
in creating organizational climate?
A. Policies of an organization 6 Which of the following statements is correct?
B. Practices in an organization A. Studying organizational cultures from an
C. Programs developed by an organization ‘organization is’ perspective would require
D. Procedures employed in an organization using surveys to measure culture.
E. Leadership decisions in an organizations B. Artifacts are the best way to understand an
organization’s cultures because they are the
3 Choose the option that correctly identifies most visible.
Schein’s levels of culture, going from most visible C. Over time, espoused values may transform
(surface-level) to most symbolic. into the basic assumptions of an organizational
A. Values – Assumptions – Artifacts culture.
B. Artifacts – Values – Assumptions D. According to the Competing Values
Framework, clan type cultures are better than
C. Artifacts – Assumptions – Values
other culture types.
D. Assumptions – Artifacts – Values
E. Organizational cultures can easily be managed
E. Values – Artifacts -- Assumptions and transformed by top managers.

4 Which of the following is not a cultural 7 Which of the following statements is correct?
artifact of an organization?
A. The best way to understand employees’
A. Flight attendant uniforms customer service behaviors is by using a broad
B. Detailed instruction manuals for operating measure of climate.
machinery B. Safety climate is concerned with ensuring that
C. Annual new year parties where the CEO always companies always use insurance policies to
performs a song avoid revenue loss.
D. Using the same greeting in all intra-company C. Ethical leadership is an important antecedent
mails of ethical climates.
E. Welcoming ritual for new players in a sports D. Having a good service climate is very important
team regardless of the industry of an organization or
its monopoly power.
E. Service climate is an example of a process-
related climate.

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 Organizational Culture and Climate

8 Which of the following does not play a role 10 Which of the following is relevant for climate
in creating and maintaining organizational cultures strength?
and climates?
A. It is an antecedent of good customer service.
A. The organization’s founder B. It is a moderator for the effect of various types
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B. The location of the headquarters within the of climate on outcomes.

country C. It reduces the number of workplace accidents.
C. The human resource policies of an organization D. It ensures that organizations do not commit
D. The organization’s host country unethical acts.
E. Critical decisions and tradeoffs made by E. It is measured through the average climate
managers. perceptions of employees.

9 Why does the founder have a large influence

on the organizational culture?
A. The founder chooses people similar to
themselves in terms of values, beliefs, and
vision.
B. Founders can socialize employees into their
own system of values.
C. Founders act as role models.
D. Founders set up initial reward systems that
reinforce certain behaviors and not others.
E. All of the above.

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 Groups and Work Teams in Organizations

1 Which of the following is not a reason for 6 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is an agreement-at-any-cost

constituting groups? mentality that results in ineffective group or team
A. Security decision making and poor decisions
B. Economical goins A. Groupthink
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C. Gaining social respect

B. Brainstorming
D. Wish of self-actualization
C. Delphi
E. Attraction of group activities
D. Puntcuated Equilibirum
E. Self-managed group
2 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a collection of individuals
who become a group when they develop
interdependencies, influence one another’s behavior, 7 Which of the following is not a characteristic
and contribute to mutual need satisfaction? of formal groups?
A. Group A. They have a formal structure.
B. Formal group
B. They are task oriented.
C. Informal group
D. Team C. Their activities contribute directly to the
organization’s collective purpose.
E. Self-managed team
D. They tend to be temporary.
E. They tend to be permanent.
3 In which of the following, five stages of
development is in correct order?
A. Forming-storming-norming-adjourning 8 In which of the following group decision
-performing techniques, group members are not required to be
B. Adjourning-forming-norming-storming- face to face?
performing A. Delphi method
C. Forming-adjourning-norming-performing-
storming B. Brainstorming
D. Storming-forming-adjourning-norming- C. Nominal group technique
performing D. Virtual teams
E. Forming-storming-norming-performing- E. Problem solving method
adjourning
9 Which of the following is specifically trying
4Which of the following group characteristics to be investigated in Solomon Asch’s experiment ?
is the most related one to Stanford Prison
Experiment? A. Norms
A. Roles B. Conformity
B. Norms C. Rules
C. Cohesiveness D. Regulations
D. Leadership E. Motivation
E. Status
10 Which of the following is not an effective team
5 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is a change in one’s behavior due member behavior according to the “Five C’s” model?
to the real or imagined influence of other people.
A. Cooperating
A. Norm
B. Communicating
B. Role
C. Conformity C. Comforting
D. Compliance D. Coordinating
E. Status E. Confronting

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Prof. Dr. Aytül Ayşe CENGİZ

Week 5
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Chapter-1

● Which of the following is a wrong component of human capital?

A. Financial power
B. Skills
C. Knowledge
D. Experience
E. Ability
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Chapter-1

Which of the OB levels of analysis has a wrong match?

A. Group level- Team formulation

B. Group level-Team leadership
C. Individual level-Organizational culture
D. Individual level-Personality
E. Organizational level-Organizational structure
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Chapter-1

F.W. Taylor was looking for the ways of enhancing efficiency by promoting
specialization, division of labor and piece-rate systems of pay. Which of the
following is the name of Taylor’s approach?

A. Contingency
B. Hawthorne research
C. Hawthorne effect
D. Human relations
E. Scientific management
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Chapter-1

……………….. suggests that human motivation, which was not included in

the research, has an important role in work settings. Which of the following
is right to fill the blank?

A. Scientific management
B. Hawthorne research
C. Hawthorne effect
D. Human relations
E. Contingency
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Chapter-1

There is an approach which perceives organizations as an open system and

points out the main effect of environment on the organizations. Which of the
following is the name of that approach?

A. System approach
B. Contingency approach
C. Hawthorne studies
D. Scientific approach
E. Modern approach
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Chapter-1

Not paying health insurance is an example of …………………………….of the

organization. Which of the following is right to fill the blank?

A. Gender inequality
B. Unethical behavior
C. Outsourcing
D. Managing efficiency
E. Being global
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Chapter-1

- The need for expatriate managers

- The risk of terrorism
- The Need for understanding national culture
- The risk of Stereotyping

Which of the following is the right challenge to describe these problems ?

A. Globalization challenge
B. Diversity challenge
C. Ethical challenge
D. Economic challenge
E. Social challenge
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Chapter-1

Generation X, Y and Z are working together in organizations.

● Which of the following is a right challenge to describe this problem?

A. Cultural diversity
B. Ability diversity
C. Age diversity
D. Gender diversity
E. Ethnic diversity
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Chapter-2

According to the Big Five Personality Model, which of the following is the
main characteristic of emotional stability?

A. Calm
B. Hard working
C. Organized
D. Energetic
E. Assertive
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Chapter-2

According to the Big Five Personality Model, which of the following is the
main characteristic of extraversion?

A. Calm
B. Hard working
C. Organized
D. Energetic
E. Assertive
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Chapter-2

According to the Big Five Personality Model, which of the following is the
main characteristic of agreeableness?

A. Almenable
B. Hard working
C. Organized
D. Energetic
E. Assertive
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Chapter-2

If a person is analytical, focusing on rules and information when trying to give a

decision, which of the following is the right Myers-Briggs Type Indicator for
him/her?

A. Thinking
B. Sensing
C. Judging
D. Perceiving
E. Feeling
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Chapter-2

If a person identify the possible problem, and develop a solution earlier than the
problem will occur, which of the following is the right trait for him/her?

A. Proactive
B. Achievement oriented
C. Type A
D. Self-monitoring
E. Machiavallenism
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Chapter-2

If being attractive causes the man/woman to be perceived as a proper job

candidate, what kind of perceptual error is that?

A. Horns effect
B. Halo effect
C. Discrimination
D. Nepotism
E. Patronage
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Chapter-2

Which of the following is the right one for terminal values?

A. Equality
B. Honest
C. Self-controlled
D. Responsible
E. Helpful
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Chapter-2

Which of the following is the right one for terminal values?

A. Equality
B. Honest
C. Self-controlled
D. Responsible
E. Helpful
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Chapter-2

……………describes a positive feeling about a job, resulting from an

evaluation of its characteristics.

a.Job satisfaction

b. Organizational commitment

c.Organizational citizenship behavior

d. Organizational involvement

e. Occupational commitment
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Chapter-2

………………. involves employees’ feelings of obligation to stay with the

organization.

a. Normative commitment
b. Occupational commitment
c. Emotional commitment
d. Continuance commitment
e. Affective commitment
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Chapter-2

……………….. refers to voluntarily being included in organizational activities

and supporting organization’s functions. Which of the following is the right one
for OCB?

A. Civic virtue
B. Conscientiousness
C. Sportmanship
D. Courtesy
E. Alturism
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Chapter-3

● Which of the following is a right example to describe primary motives?

A. Hunger
B. Success
C. Power
D. Money
E. Esthetic
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Chapter-3

When the leader of the department indicates what he/she expects from
his/her employees in three-weeks period, and thus able to motivate them,
which of the following motivation theory is that?

a. Goal-setting
b. Expectancy
c. Two-factor
d. X-Y
e. Hierarchy of needs
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Chapter-3

“Employees are natural work escapers” . Which of the following motivation

theory is that?

a. Goal-setting
b. Expectancy
c. Two-factor
d. X-Y
e. Hierarchy of needs
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Chapter-3

Which of the following is the right example for hygiene factors?

a. Achievement
b. Recognition
c. Working conditions
d. Promotion
e. Growth
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Chapter-3

“Power-Affiliation-Achievement”; which motivation theory does focus on

these motivators?

A. McClleland’s needs
B. Expectancy
C. Two-factor
D. X-Y
E. Hierarchy of needs
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Chapter-3

“Existence-Relatedness-Growth”; which motivation theory does focus on

these motivators?

A. ERG
B. Expectancy
C. Two-factor
D. X-Y
E. Hierarchy of needs
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Chapter-3

“input-Output Comparison; which motivation theory does focus on justice?

A. Equity
B. Expectancy
C. Two-factor
D. X-Y
E. Hierarchy of needs
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Chapter-3

………….. is periodic shifting of an employee from one task to another.

A. Job sharing
B. Tele-work
C. Virtual work
D. Job rotation
E. Job enrichment
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Chapter-4

What people wear, how they talk, how much they work is related with
………………

A. Artifacts
B. Assumptions
C. Values
D. Norms
E. Climate
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Chapter-4

According to Organizational Culture Profile, what kind of culture does focus

on profit, market share?

A. Team oriented
B. People oriented
C. Stable
D. Detail oriented
E. Outcome oriented
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Chapter-4

According to Competing Values Framework, what kind of culture does

focus on rules and regulations?

A. Clan
B. Hierarchy
C. Market
D. Adhocracy
E. Outcome oriented
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Chapter-4

…………………………………. is the shared employee perceptions about the

relative importance of safe conduct in their occupational behavior. Which of the
following is the right concept?

a. Safety climate
b. Service climate
c. Ethical climate
d. Technology climate
e. Market climate
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Chapter-4

………………….. refers to the extent to which less powerful members of

organizations and institutions (including the family) accept and expect
unequal power distributions.

a. Power distance
b. Masculinism
c. Feminism
d. Collectivism
e. Time orientation
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Prof. Dr. Aytül Ayşe CENGİZ

Hafta 6
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Chapter 1

I. Industrial Revolution
II. The Emergence of Scientific Management
III. The Human Relations Approach
IV. Systems-theory in Life-Sciences as a Multidisciplinary Approach
V. Contingency theory
Which of the above formed the milestones of OB history?
A ) I and II
B ) I, II and III
C ) II, III and IV
D ) I, II, III and IV
E ) I, II, III, IV and
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Chapter 1

Which one of the following does not have a major role in the emergence
of organizational behaviour as a field?
A ) Psychology
B ) Linguistics
C ) Sociology
D ) Economics
E ) Political science
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Chapter 1

What term is defined as "two or more people with shared leadership and
fate, who work together and interdependent on each other’s support
towards achieving a common goal"?
A ) Team
B ) Group
C ) Unit
D ) Task force
E) Crew
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Chapter 1

Which of the following about contingency theory is not correct?

A ) The contingency theory focuses on the relations of sub-systems of the
organization.
B ) Contingency theory investigates the effects of uncertainty and variance
on organizations.
C ) The contingency theory focuses on the relations of sub-systems with the
situations outside the organizations.
D ) Contingency theory is about finding “one best way of organizing” for
identified situations.
E ) According to contingency theory, various conditions are the result of
many variables related with organizational behavior.
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Chapter 1

I. The behavioral norms set by the task group

II. Risks associated with coordination of global activities
III.Conflicts caused by inadequate communication Which of the above
are important risks in terms of organizational behavior in a global
environment?
A ) Only I
B ) Only II
C ) I and II
D ) II and III
E ) I, II, and III
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Chapter 2

Which of the following is an example for terminal values?

A ) Kindness
B ) Ambition
C )Autonomy
D ) Well-being
E ) Personal discipline
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Chapter 2

Which of the following is an example for terminal values?

A ) Kindness
B ) Ambition
C )Autonomy
D ) Well-being
E ) Personal discipline
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Chapter 2

___________ personality, is characterized by impatience, a chronic

sense of time urgency, enhanced competitiveness, aggressive
drive, and often some hostility. Which of the following is most
appropriate for the blank in the above sentence?
A ) Proactive
B ) Type B
C ) Achievement oriented
D ) Type A
E ) Self-monitoring
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Chapter 2

Terminal values, refers to desirable end-states. These are the goals a

person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime. In the view of
such information, which of the following is a terminal value?
A ) Capable & Competent
B ) Forgiving
C ) Courageous
D ) Knowledge & Wisdom
E ) Ambitious & Hard-working
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Chapter 2

Which of the following perceptual error is defined as "where an

individual is downgraded because of a single negative characteristic
or incident"?
A ) Stereotype
B ) The halo effect
C ) Prejudice
D ) Clone effect
E ) Horns effect
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Chapter 2

Which of the following is defined as the process by which people come

to know and understand each other?
A ) Social perception
B ) Attribution process
C ) Perceptual process
D ) Self-control
E ) Self-monitoring
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Chapter 2

When an employee thinks as "My supervisor gave a promotion to a

coworker who deserved it less than me. My supervisor is unfair", which
attitude component is practiced?
A ) Affective component
B ) Feeling component
C ) Action component
D ) Behavioral component
E ) Cognitive component
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Chapter 3

Which of the following is possibly true for employees who is high in

need for affiliation in the Theory of Needs?
A ) They look for challenging work environment.
B ) They like to receive concrete feedback about her/his performance.
C ) They look for taking responsibility to excel.
D ) They try to make others in behave in a way they do not like to.
E ) They try to build quality social ties.
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Chapter 3

Who conceptualized the Expectancy Theory for the first time?

A ) Alderfer
B ) Lawler and Porter
C ) Vroom
D ) McClelland
E ) Locke and Latham
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Chapter 3

Which of the following job dimensions in designing a job refers to the

extent to which the job affects the lives or work of other people?
A )Skill variety
B )Task identity
C )Task significance
D )Autonomy
E ) Feedback
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Chapter 3

What kind of a theory of needs can be thought about if the person is in

need to build quality social ties and social interaction?
A ) Need for Achievement
B ) Need for Power
C ) Need for Affiliation
D ) Need for Existence
E ) Need for Growth
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Chapter 3

__________ is the degree to which a job requires activities including

different skills
and talents.
A ) Skill variety
B ) Task identity
C ) Task significance
D ) Autonomy
E ) Feedback
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Chapter 3

Which of the following is an example of secondary motives?

A ) affiliation
B ) hunger
C ) thirst
D ) sleep
E ) avoidance of pain
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Chapter 3

Which of the following theory assumes lack of control on job, feeling of

incompetency and weak relationships with others derogate motivation?

a. Self-determination
b. Expectancy
c. Two-factor
d. X-Y
e. Hierarchy of needs
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Chapter 3

When the leader of the department indicates what he/she expects from
his/her employees in three-weeks period, and thus able to motivate
them, which of the following motivation theory is that?

a. Expectancy
b. Two-factor
c. X-Y
d. Hierarchy of needs
e. Goal-setting
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Chapter 3

According to Two-Factor Motivation Theory, why recognition or

achievement are the motivators?
a. These are intrinsic values.
b. Employees are achievement oriented.
c. Y generation is looking for prestige.
d. Leaders are much more democratic than the older ones.
e. These are esteem needs.
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Chapter 3

According to Two-Factor Motivation Theory, why recognition or

achievement are the motivators?
a. These are intrinsic values.
b. Employees are achievement oriented.
c. Y generation is looking for prestige.
d. Leaders are much more democratic than the older ones.
e. These are esteem needs.
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Chapter 4

Which one below properly identifies organizational climate?

A ) Organizational climate can not be observed.
B ) Organizational climate talks about policies, practices, and procedures.
C ) It is the same concept with organizational culture.
D ) It is about abstract concepts like values and assumptions.
E ) It is about invisible values.
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Chapter 3

"How much individuals in organizations or societies encourage and reward

individuals for being fair, altruistic, friendly, generous, caring and kind to
others" Which concept is defined above?
A ) Gender Egalitarianism
B ) Human Orientation
C ) Assertiveness
D ) Future Orientation
E ) Performance Orientation
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Chapter 3

According to Two-Factor Motivation Theory, why recognition or

achievement are the motivators?
a. These are intrinsic values.
b. Employees are achievement oriented.
c. Y generation is looking for prestige.
d. Leaders are much more democratic than the older ones.
e. These are esteem needs.
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Chapter 4

According to Organizational Culture Profile, what kind of culture does focus

on worker feelings and needs?

A. Team oriented
B. People oriented
C. Stable
D. Detail oriented
E. Outcome oriented
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Chapter 4

According to Competing Values Framework, what kind of culture does focus

on loyalty?

A. Clan
B. Hierarchy
C. Market
D. Adhocracy
E. Outcome oriented
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Chapter 4

According to Competing Values Framework, what kind of culture does focus

on entrepreneurship?

A. Clan
B. Hierarchy
C. Market
D. Adhocracy
E. Outcome oriented
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Chapter 4

…………………………………. is the shared employee perceptions about the

relative importance of customer satisfaction in their occupational behavior.
Which of the following is the right concept?

a. Safety climate
b. Service climate
c. Ethical climate
d. Technology climate
e. Market climate
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Chapter 4

………………….. refers to the extent to which in the individual is seen as

being subordinate to a social collectivity.

a. Masculinism
b. Feminism
c. Collectivism
d. Time orientation
e. Power distance