MGT 301 Exam 1 ACTUAL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
__________ is a field of study devoted to understanding and ultimately improving the attitudes and
behaviors in organizations.
Strategic management
Behavior research
Human resource management
Organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational behavior
Which of the following takes principles studied in OB and explores the practical applications in
organizations
Human resource management
Operations management
Strategic management
Economic research - CORRECT ANSWER Human resource management
OB research on job performance and individual characteristics draws primary from studies in
__________ psychology.
Industrial and organizational
Managerial and organizational
Individual outcomes
Economic and organizational - CORRECT ANSWER Industrial and organizational
According to the integrative model of organizational behavior, motivation, trust, justice, and ethics
are:
Organizational mechanisms
Individual mechanisms
Individual outcomes
Group mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER Individual mechanisms
, What is the term for when employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their
capabilities?
Stress
Leadership style
Job performance
Ability - CORRECT ANSWER Stress
When examining job performance, behaviors that contribute positively to the organization fall into
which two categories?
Knowledge work and service work
Voice and civic virtue
Job analysis and job performance
Task performance and citizenship behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Task performance and
citizenship behavior
Employee response to task demands that are novel, unusual, or unpredictable are part of
Citizenship behavior
Adaptive task performance
Creative task performance
Routine task performance - CORRECT ANSWER Adaptive task performance
The explicit obligation that an employee must fulfill to receive compensation and continued
employment is referred to as
Job performance
Citizenship behavior
Civic virtue
Task performance - CORRECT ANSWER Task performance
The process by which an organization determines the requirements associated with a specific job is
referred to as a
Job evaluation
Forced ranking
AND CORRECT ANSWERS
__________ is a field of study devoted to understanding and ultimately improving the attitudes and
behaviors in organizations.
Strategic management
Behavior research
Human resource management
Organizational behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Organizational behavior
Which of the following takes principles studied in OB and explores the practical applications in
organizations
Human resource management
Operations management
Strategic management
Economic research - CORRECT ANSWER Human resource management
OB research on job performance and individual characteristics draws primary from studies in
__________ psychology.
Industrial and organizational
Managerial and organizational
Individual outcomes
Economic and organizational - CORRECT ANSWER Industrial and organizational
According to the integrative model of organizational behavior, motivation, trust, justice, and ethics
are:
Organizational mechanisms
Individual mechanisms
Individual outcomes
Group mechanisms - CORRECT ANSWER Individual mechanisms
, What is the term for when employees' psychological responses to job demands that tax or exceed their
capabilities?
Stress
Leadership style
Job performance
Ability - CORRECT ANSWER Stress
When examining job performance, behaviors that contribute positively to the organization fall into
which two categories?
Knowledge work and service work
Voice and civic virtue
Job analysis and job performance
Task performance and citizenship behavior - CORRECT ANSWER Task performance and
citizenship behavior
Employee response to task demands that are novel, unusual, or unpredictable are part of
Citizenship behavior
Adaptive task performance
Creative task performance
Routine task performance - CORRECT ANSWER Adaptive task performance
The explicit obligation that an employee must fulfill to receive compensation and continued
employment is referred to as
Job performance
Citizenship behavior
Civic virtue
Task performance - CORRECT ANSWER Task performance
The process by which an organization determines the requirements associated with a specific job is
referred to as a
Job evaluation
Forced ranking
