ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOUR TEST
2026/2027 | STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Expectancy - correct answer-Belief that effort leads to a specific level of
performance
Instrumentality - correct answer-belief about extent to which performance will
lead to attainment of a particular outcome
Valence - correct answer-Desirability of an outcome to an individual
Ability - correct answer-Degree to which effort leads to performance is modified
Perceived Equity - correct answer-Ability of valued rewards to satisfy needs
Equity Theory: Inputs - correct answer-Education/training, skills, creativity,
seniority, age, personality traits, effort, personal appearance
Equity Theory: Outputs - correct answer-Pay/bonuses, fringe benefits, challenging
assignments, job security, promotions, status symbols, recognitions, participation
in important decisions
, Referent - correct answer-Other employee or group of employees, oneself at a
different place or time, one's expectations
Skill Variety - correct answer-the degree to which a job requires a variety of
different activities so the worker
Task Identity - correct answer-degree to which a job requires completion of a
whole and identifiable piece
Task Significance - correct answer-the degree to which a job has an impact on the
lives or work of other people.
Autonomy - correct answer-degree to which a job provides the worker freedom,
independence, and discretion in scheduling the work and determining the
procedures in carrying it out.
Feedback - correct answer-the degree to which carrying out work activities
generates direct and clear information about your own performance.
Job Characteristics Model - correct answer-An approach to job design that aims at
identifying characteristics that make job intrinsically motivating
Motivating Potential Score - correct answer-A measure of the overall potential of
a job to foster intrinsic motivation
Divergent Creativity - correct answer-Entirely new principle or assumption
2026/2027 | STUDY GUIDE, PRACTICE
QUESTIONS & VERIFIED ANSWERS
Expectancy - correct answer-Belief that effort leads to a specific level of
performance
Instrumentality - correct answer-belief about extent to which performance will
lead to attainment of a particular outcome
Valence - correct answer-Desirability of an outcome to an individual
Ability - correct answer-Degree to which effort leads to performance is modified
Perceived Equity - correct answer-Ability of valued rewards to satisfy needs
Equity Theory: Inputs - correct answer-Education/training, skills, creativity,
seniority, age, personality traits, effort, personal appearance
Equity Theory: Outputs - correct answer-Pay/bonuses, fringe benefits, challenging
assignments, job security, promotions, status symbols, recognitions, participation
in important decisions
, Referent - correct answer-Other employee or group of employees, oneself at a
different place or time, one's expectations
Skill Variety - correct answer-the degree to which a job requires a variety of
different activities so the worker
Task Identity - correct answer-degree to which a job requires completion of a
whole and identifiable piece
Task Significance - correct answer-the degree to which a job has an impact on the
lives or work of other people.
Autonomy - correct answer-degree to which a job provides the worker freedom,
independence, and discretion in scheduling the work and determining the
procedures in carrying it out.
Feedback - correct answer-the degree to which carrying out work activities
generates direct and clear information about your own performance.
Job Characteristics Model - correct answer-An approach to job design that aims at
identifying characteristics that make job intrinsically motivating
Motivating Potential Score - correct answer-A measure of the overall potential of
a job to foster intrinsic motivation
Divergent Creativity - correct answer-Entirely new principle or assumption
