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, Med C
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, Organizational Behavior, 15e (Robbins/Judge)
Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior?
1) are defined as people who oversee the activities of others and who are responsible for
attaining goals in organizations.
A) Assistants
B) Managers
C) Secretaries
D) Interns
E) Apprentices
Answer: B
2) Sally Mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. She is currently working on a
global warming project and decides what tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be
done. In addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public
and which will work on lobbying with the government. She is also assigning people as team members to
ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. Which of the following categories of functions is Mitchell
undertaking?
A) planning
B) organizing
C) scrutinizing
D) controlling
E) envisioning
Answer: B
3) Johanna Reid, a campaign manager at a child rights organization, recently started working on an
illiteracy project. During the project, she needs to motivate team members to attain their project milestones
and direct them through different phases of the project. Which of the following kinds of functions will these
tasks be covered under?
A) planning
B) organizing
C) scrutinizing
D) evaluating
E) leading
Answer: E
4) Lesley Torres is a project manager for the campaign "Action against Deforestation in Indonesia". She
recently faced a glitch when the campaign could not be launched publicly according to schedule. Torres
monitored the schedule to find the cause of the delay, before speeding up the implementation process by
allocating more members for the implementation phase. By doing this, which of the following functions is
she performing?
A) controlling
B) planning
C) formulating
D) leading
E) organizing
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, Answer: A
5) Which iof ithe ifollowing ifunctions ido imanagers iundertake ias ipart iof iplanning ifunctions?
A) defining ian iorganization's igoals
B) implementing istrategies ifor iachieving igoals
C) executing iplans ito iintegrate iactivities
D) accomplishing igoals iof ia iproject
E) employing istrategies ito icoordinate
itasks iAnswer: A
6) According ito iHenry iMintzberg, ia ifactory isupervisor igiving ia igroup iof ihigh ischool istudents ia itour iof
ithe iplant imay ibe itermed ias ia .
A) leader
B) figurehead
C) resource iallocator
D) negotiator
E) disturbance ihandler
iAnswer: B
7) Ellen iOrtiz iworks ias ia isales imanager iat ia itelecom ifirm. iThe icompany ihas irecently ilaunched ia inew
iproduct iin ithe imarket. iHer iwork iin ithe inext ifew iweeks iinvolves isharing iknowledge iabout ithe iproduct
iwith iher iteam imembers. iShe iwill ialso ineed ito iinspire ithem ito ireach itheir isales itargets, iand iclarify iany
idoubts iabout ithe inew iproduct. iWhich iof ithe ifollowing iroles iis iOrtiz iplaying?
A) leader
B) liaison
C) disseminator
D) spokesperson
E) negotiator
iAnswer: A
8) Regina iGeorge iworks ias ia icampaign imanager iin ia inot-for-profit iorganization iin iHampshire. iFor ithe
iupcoming icampaign iagainst igenetic iengineering, ishe iis inetworking iwith imanagers iwho iare iworking ion
ithe iissue iof ifood isafety. iThrough iher inetwork iof icontacts, ishe istrives ito igain iinformation iabout ithe
istakeholders iin ithe ifood iindustry iand iother ilobby igroups. iWhich iof ithe ifollowing iroles iis iGeorge imost
ilikely ito ibe iplaying iaccording ito iMintzberg's iclassification iof imanagerial iroles?
A) figurehead
B) leader
C) liaison
D) entrepreneur
E) resource iallocator
iAnswer: C
9) Annette iSimpson iworks ifor ia ifashion ihouse iin iParis iand iis ipreparing ifor ithe icompany's iupcoming
iline iof iwinter iclothing. iShe iis icurrently iresearching ionline ito iknow iwhat iis iin ivogue ithis iseason. iIn
iaddition, ishe iis ialso inetworking iwith icontacts ifrom ithe ipress iand ifashion imagazine ieditors ito
iunderstand ithe ichanging itastes iof iconsumers. iWhich iof ithe ifollowing iroles iis iSimpson iplaying
iaccording ito iMintzberg's iclassification iof imanagerial iroles?
A) figurehead
B) leader
C) symbol ihead
D) monitor
E) spokesperson
Med C
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, Med C
https://www.stuvia.com/user/angelinas
, Organizational Behavior, 15e (Robbins/Judge)
Chapter 1 What Is Organizational Behavior?
1) are defined as people who oversee the activities of others and who are responsible for
attaining goals in organizations.
A) Assistants
B) Managers
C) Secretaries
D) Interns
E) Apprentices
Answer: B
2) Sally Mitchell works as a manager at an environmental organization. She is currently working on a
global warming project and decides what tasks related to creating awareness about the issue need to be
done. In addition, she is also deciding which members of her team will work on engaging with the public
and which will work on lobbying with the government. She is also assigning people as team members to
ensure that tasks are undertaken on time. Which of the following categories of functions is Mitchell
undertaking?
A) planning
B) organizing
C) scrutinizing
D) controlling
E) envisioning
Answer: B
3) Johanna Reid, a campaign manager at a child rights organization, recently started working on an
illiteracy project. During the project, she needs to motivate team members to attain their project milestones
and direct them through different phases of the project. Which of the following kinds of functions will these
tasks be covered under?
A) planning
B) organizing
C) scrutinizing
D) evaluating
E) leading
Answer: E
4) Lesley Torres is a project manager for the campaign "Action against Deforestation in Indonesia". She
recently faced a glitch when the campaign could not be launched publicly according to schedule. Torres
monitored the schedule to find the cause of the delay, before speeding up the implementation process by
allocating more members for the implementation phase. By doing this, which of the following functions is
she performing?
A) controlling
B) planning
C) formulating
D) leading
E) organizing
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, Answer: A
5) Which iof ithe ifollowing ifunctions ido imanagers iundertake ias ipart iof iplanning ifunctions?
A) defining ian iorganization's igoals
B) implementing istrategies ifor iachieving igoals
C) executing iplans ito iintegrate iactivities
D) accomplishing igoals iof ia iproject
E) employing istrategies ito icoordinate
itasks iAnswer: A
6) According ito iHenry iMintzberg, ia ifactory isupervisor igiving ia igroup iof ihigh ischool istudents ia itour iof
ithe iplant imay ibe itermed ias ia .
A) leader
B) figurehead
C) resource iallocator
D) negotiator
E) disturbance ihandler
iAnswer: B
7) Ellen iOrtiz iworks ias ia isales imanager iat ia itelecom ifirm. iThe icompany ihas irecently ilaunched ia inew
iproduct iin ithe imarket. iHer iwork iin ithe inext ifew iweeks iinvolves isharing iknowledge iabout ithe iproduct
iwith iher iteam imembers. iShe iwill ialso ineed ito iinspire ithem ito ireach itheir isales itargets, iand iclarify iany
idoubts iabout ithe inew iproduct. iWhich iof ithe ifollowing iroles iis iOrtiz iplaying?
A) leader
B) liaison
C) disseminator
D) spokesperson
E) negotiator
iAnswer: A
8) Regina iGeorge iworks ias ia icampaign imanager iin ia inot-for-profit iorganization iin iHampshire. iFor ithe
iupcoming icampaign iagainst igenetic iengineering, ishe iis inetworking iwith imanagers iwho iare iworking ion
ithe iissue iof ifood isafety. iThrough iher inetwork iof icontacts, ishe istrives ito igain iinformation iabout ithe
istakeholders iin ithe ifood iindustry iand iother ilobby igroups. iWhich iof ithe ifollowing iroles iis iGeorge imost
ilikely ito ibe iplaying iaccording ito iMintzberg's iclassification iof imanagerial iroles?
A) figurehead
B) leader
C) liaison
D) entrepreneur
E) resource iallocator
iAnswer: C
9) Annette iSimpson iworks ifor ia ifashion ihouse iin iParis iand iis ipreparing ifor ithe icompany's iupcoming
iline iof iwinter iclothing. iShe iis icurrently iresearching ionline ito iknow iwhat iis iin ivogue ithis iseason. iIn
iaddition, ishe iis ialso inetworking iwith icontacts ifrom ithe ipress iand ifashion imagazine ieditors ito
iunderstand ithe ichanging itastes iof iconsumers. iWhich iof ithe ifollowing iroles iis iSimpson iplaying
iaccording ito iMintzberg's iclassification iof imanagerial iroles?
A) figurehead
B) leader
C) symbol ihead
D) monitor
E) spokesperson
Med C
