WVU BCOR 370 EXAM SCRIPT UPDATED QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Leaders can empower followers by doing all of the following except: - ✔✔punishing
mistakes
-leaders can empower by listening more while talking less, giving fewer commands and
orders, and supporting individual decision making
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a basic category of self-leadership strategies? -
✔✔Self-Direction strategies
✔✔A ___________ leader is a person that focuses on the needs, objectives, and
aspirations of team members to help them achieve organizational goals - ✔✔servant
leader
✔✔_____ leadership can be viewed as an interactive process that results in the
distribution of leadership influence among group members for the purpose of achieving
group or organizational goals or both - ✔✔shared leadership
✔✔Authentic Leadership - ✔✔a style of leadership that includes behaviors that
encourage positive psychological capacities, an ethical climate, greater self-awareness,
an internalized moral perspective, a balanced processing of information, and self-
development
✔✔The physiological and emotional reactions experienced by individuals to excessive
pressures or demands at work is commonly called: - ✔✔stress
✔✔Negative Affectivity - ✔✔a general dimension of personality where an individual
experiences negative mood states, such as anger, disgust, fear, and anxiety
✔✔Positive Affectivity - ✔✔the outward display of affirming emotions, such as
happiness, optimism, and encouragement
✔✔Self-awareness - ✔✔the ability to look objectively at a circumstance and make
subjective, principle-based judgement decisions simultaneously
✔✔Purposeful Thinking - ✔✔involves continually seeking pathways for possibilities and
looking for opportunities to learn and grow
✔✔Individuals' personalities, beliefs, and values are so diverse that we tend to see
things in different ways. This is differing: - ✔✔perceptions
✔✔The extent to which a person believes his or her own competence regarding a
process or task is known as: - ✔✔self-efficacy
, ✔✔An Attribution - ✔✔an ascribed quality or characteristic that is related to a particular
individual or situation
✔✔Conscientiousness - ✔✔when an individual exhibits thoughtfulness, organization,
and responsibility in the pursuit of goals
✔✔Typically, in the workplace, individuals with ______ levels of _______ locus of
control are easier to manage because they have an innate sense that their actions and
behavior have a direct impact on results - ✔✔high; internal
✔✔A Machiavellian Leader - ✔✔has little respect for his or her subordinates, tends to
take credit for their ideas, and rules with fear
✔✔Cognitive dissonance - ✔✔a psychological strain that occurs when a person is faced
with two or more conflicting cognitions
✔✔Creativity - ✔✔the ability to devise innovative ideas to meet the needs of a particular
task or organizational goal
✔✔What is NOT one of the three stages of general adaption syndrome (GAS)? -
✔✔Confusion
✔✔In business, the commitment to the overall functions of the team and organizational
culture in order to improve performance is often called: - ✔✔citizenship
✔✔Emotional Intelligence - ✔✔the capacity to recognize and appreciate emotional
responses in one's self and others
✔✔Social engagements and other similar opportunities for bonding in the workplace are
known as: - ✔✔inducements
✔✔Motivation - ✔✔an incentive or drive to complete a task, function, or idea
✔✔According to Maslow's Hierarchy, the desire to be accepted by others and to find our
place within certain working groups reflects which of the following? -
✔✔Affiliation/belongingness needs
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a category of human needs included in Alderf's ERG
theory? - ✔✔Esteem needs
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a motivator factor according to Herzberg's Two-
Factory theory? - ✔✔pay
AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Leaders can empower followers by doing all of the following except: - ✔✔punishing
mistakes
-leaders can empower by listening more while talking less, giving fewer commands and
orders, and supporting individual decision making
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a basic category of self-leadership strategies? -
✔✔Self-Direction strategies
✔✔A ___________ leader is a person that focuses on the needs, objectives, and
aspirations of team members to help them achieve organizational goals - ✔✔servant
leader
✔✔_____ leadership can be viewed as an interactive process that results in the
distribution of leadership influence among group members for the purpose of achieving
group or organizational goals or both - ✔✔shared leadership
✔✔Authentic Leadership - ✔✔a style of leadership that includes behaviors that
encourage positive psychological capacities, an ethical climate, greater self-awareness,
an internalized moral perspective, a balanced processing of information, and self-
development
✔✔The physiological and emotional reactions experienced by individuals to excessive
pressures or demands at work is commonly called: - ✔✔stress
✔✔Negative Affectivity - ✔✔a general dimension of personality where an individual
experiences negative mood states, such as anger, disgust, fear, and anxiety
✔✔Positive Affectivity - ✔✔the outward display of affirming emotions, such as
happiness, optimism, and encouragement
✔✔Self-awareness - ✔✔the ability to look objectively at a circumstance and make
subjective, principle-based judgement decisions simultaneously
✔✔Purposeful Thinking - ✔✔involves continually seeking pathways for possibilities and
looking for opportunities to learn and grow
✔✔Individuals' personalities, beliefs, and values are so diverse that we tend to see
things in different ways. This is differing: - ✔✔perceptions
✔✔The extent to which a person believes his or her own competence regarding a
process or task is known as: - ✔✔self-efficacy
, ✔✔An Attribution - ✔✔an ascribed quality or characteristic that is related to a particular
individual or situation
✔✔Conscientiousness - ✔✔when an individual exhibits thoughtfulness, organization,
and responsibility in the pursuit of goals
✔✔Typically, in the workplace, individuals with ______ levels of _______ locus of
control are easier to manage because they have an innate sense that their actions and
behavior have a direct impact on results - ✔✔high; internal
✔✔A Machiavellian Leader - ✔✔has little respect for his or her subordinates, tends to
take credit for their ideas, and rules with fear
✔✔Cognitive dissonance - ✔✔a psychological strain that occurs when a person is faced
with two or more conflicting cognitions
✔✔Creativity - ✔✔the ability to devise innovative ideas to meet the needs of a particular
task or organizational goal
✔✔What is NOT one of the three stages of general adaption syndrome (GAS)? -
✔✔Confusion
✔✔In business, the commitment to the overall functions of the team and organizational
culture in order to improve performance is often called: - ✔✔citizenship
✔✔Emotional Intelligence - ✔✔the capacity to recognize and appreciate emotional
responses in one's self and others
✔✔Social engagements and other similar opportunities for bonding in the workplace are
known as: - ✔✔inducements
✔✔Motivation - ✔✔an incentive or drive to complete a task, function, or idea
✔✔According to Maslow's Hierarchy, the desire to be accepted by others and to find our
place within certain working groups reflects which of the following? -
✔✔Affiliation/belongingness needs
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a category of human needs included in Alderf's ERG
theory? - ✔✔Esteem needs
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a motivator factor according to Herzberg's Two-
Factory theory? - ✔✔pay
