WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Study Guide 120 Original Practice
Questions with Answers and Rationales 2026/2027
Practice questions
There are 40 cases with three questions each. Answer all 120 questions before
consulting the model answers. Use each case as the shared context for its three
questions.
Case 1 Personality and behavior
A manager treats one personality score as destiny.
1. How does personality and behavior help diagnose this situation?
2. What management response is defensible, and why?
3. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 2 Big Five traits
A quiet analyst is rejected for an independent technical role.
4. How does big five traits help diagnose this situation?
5. What management response is defensible, and why?
6. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
,Case 3 Values and attitudes
Employees value autonomy but face constant unnecessary approval rules.
7. How does values and attitudes help diagnose this situation?
8. What management response is defensible, and why?
9. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 4 Person job fit
A skilled employee struggles in a badly matched assignment.
10. How does person job fit help diagnose this situation?
11. What management response is defensible, and why?
12. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
,Case 5 Hofstede and GLOBE frameworks
A manager assumes every person from one country behaves identically.
13. How does hofstede and globe frameworks help diagnose this situation?
14. What management response is defensible, and why?
15. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 6 Attribution bias
A supervisor calls lateness lazy without checking transit disruption.
16. How does attribution bias help diagnose this situation?
17. What management response is defensible, and why?
18. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
, Case 7 Perceptual bias
A strong first impression colors every later evaluation.
19. How does perceptual bias help diagnose this situation?
20. What management response is defensible, and why?
21. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 8 Ethical decision criteria
A profitable policy imposes serious undisclosed employee harm.
22. How does ethical decision criteria help diagnose this situation?
23. What management response is defensible, and why?
24. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Questions with Answers and Rationales 2026/2027
Practice questions
There are 40 cases with three questions each. Answer all 120 questions before
consulting the model answers. Use each case as the shared context for its three
questions.
Case 1 Personality and behavior
A manager treats one personality score as destiny.
1. How does personality and behavior help diagnose this situation?
2. What management response is defensible, and why?
3. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 2 Big Five traits
A quiet analyst is rejected for an independent technical role.
4. How does big five traits help diagnose this situation?
5. What management response is defensible, and why?
6. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
,Case 3 Values and attitudes
Employees value autonomy but face constant unnecessary approval rules.
7. How does values and attitudes help diagnose this situation?
8. What management response is defensible, and why?
9. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 4 Person job fit
A skilled employee struggles in a badly matched assignment.
10. How does person job fit help diagnose this situation?
11. What management response is defensible, and why?
12. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
,Case 5 Hofstede and GLOBE frameworks
A manager assumes every person from one country behaves identically.
13. How does hofstede and globe frameworks help diagnose this situation?
14. What management response is defensible, and why?
15. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 6 Attribution bias
A supervisor calls lateness lazy without checking transit disruption.
16. How does attribution bias help diagnose this situation?
17. What management response is defensible, and why?
18. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
, Case 7 Perceptual bias
A strong first impression colors every later evaluation.
19. How does perceptual bias help diagnose this situation?
20. What management response is defensible, and why?
21. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
Case 8 Ethical decision criteria
A profitable policy imposes serious undisclosed employee harm.
22. How does ethical decision criteria help diagnose this situation?
23. What management response is defensible, and why?
24. What evidence should the manager seek before judging success?
