ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR 2025 LATEST UPDATE, OPENSTAX
1.The study of people's behavior is _________ behavior. - ANSWER Organizational
2.Which of these defines the process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the
activities of employees in combination with other resources to accomplish organizational
objectives? - ANSWER Management
3.Work cannot provide social status within a community setting. - ANSWER False
4.Uncertainty has often been called the only constant in life. - ANSWER False
5.Understanding the behavior of people at work is a fundamental aspect of effective
management in an organization. - ANSWER True
6.On a Global Competitiveness Index, which country ranks on the top? - ANSWER Switzerland
7.Generally speaking, most industries do not possess advanced technologies. - ANSWER False
8._________skills represent a manager's ability to organize and analyze information. - ANSWER
Conceptual
9.When managers oversee the work of their subordinates, it is called controlling. - ANSWER
False
10.Which of the following managers focus less on planning, coordinating, and consulting but
more on customer relations and external contact? - ANSWER Marketing
,11.When managers continually oversee the work of their subordinates, it describes which of
these managerial responsibilities? - ANSWER Supervision
12.Some form of management is in virtually all ______-seeking organizations. - ANSWER Goal
13.In order to achieve success in ______ positions, conceptual skills are far more important
than technical skills. - ANSWER executive/executives
14.Which of these best define the moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the
conducting of an activity? - ANSWER Ethics
15.A manager's ______ skills represent the use of the tools, procedures, and techniques unique
to his/her specialty. - ANSWER technical
16.Which of the following refers to the ability to perceive fixed geometric figures and their
relations with other geometric figures? - ANSWER Spatial Aptitude
17.Which of the following refers to the ability to make continuous anticipatory motor
adjustments in speed and direction to follow a continuously moving target? - ANSWER Rate
Control
18.The concept "work ethic" is prominent among work-related values. - ANSWER True
19.The questions such as "Should one stress individualism or membership in a group? and What
is the "pecking order" in a society - Is it based on seniority or on wealth and power?" explores
which of the following dimension of culture, according to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck? - ANSWER
How people approach interpersonal relationships
20.Those end-state goals that we prize are __________ values. - ANSWER terminal
, 21.Which of the following represents a person's capacity to acquire and sort through various
pieces of information from the environment and organize them in such a way that they make
sense? - ANSWER Cognitive Complexity
22.Research finds that appropriate standards of behavior are not determined by values but by
organizational training. - ANSWER False
23.A key aspect of mental ability is cognitive complexity. - ANSWER True
24.According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, questions such as "Can most people be trusted or
not? and Are people basically good, or are they evil?" explores which of the following dimension
of culture? - ANSWER How people view humanity
25.Which of the following country represents the lowest average hours worked per worker? -
ANSWER Germany
26.Because it affects what we do and how we behave, culture affects the workplace. - ANSWER
True
27.Those values concerning the way we approach end-states represent instrumental values. -
ANSWER True
28.Factors such as stature and health are included in ________ determinants. - ANSWER
physiological
29.Dogmatism refers to a particular cognitive style that is characterized by closed-mindedness
and inflexibility. - ANSWER True
30.______ can be defined as one's opinion or belief about one's self and self-worth. - ANSWER
self-esteem
1.The study of people's behavior is _________ behavior. - ANSWER Organizational
2.Which of these defines the process of planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the
activities of employees in combination with other resources to accomplish organizational
objectives? - ANSWER Management
3.Work cannot provide social status within a community setting. - ANSWER False
4.Uncertainty has often been called the only constant in life. - ANSWER False
5.Understanding the behavior of people at work is a fundamental aspect of effective
management in an organization. - ANSWER True
6.On a Global Competitiveness Index, which country ranks on the top? - ANSWER Switzerland
7.Generally speaking, most industries do not possess advanced technologies. - ANSWER False
8._________skills represent a manager's ability to organize and analyze information. - ANSWER
Conceptual
9.When managers oversee the work of their subordinates, it is called controlling. - ANSWER
False
10.Which of the following managers focus less on planning, coordinating, and consulting but
more on customer relations and external contact? - ANSWER Marketing
,11.When managers continually oversee the work of their subordinates, it describes which of
these managerial responsibilities? - ANSWER Supervision
12.Some form of management is in virtually all ______-seeking organizations. - ANSWER Goal
13.In order to achieve success in ______ positions, conceptual skills are far more important
than technical skills. - ANSWER executive/executives
14.Which of these best define the moral principles that govern a person's behavior or the
conducting of an activity? - ANSWER Ethics
15.A manager's ______ skills represent the use of the tools, procedures, and techniques unique
to his/her specialty. - ANSWER technical
16.Which of the following refers to the ability to perceive fixed geometric figures and their
relations with other geometric figures? - ANSWER Spatial Aptitude
17.Which of the following refers to the ability to make continuous anticipatory motor
adjustments in speed and direction to follow a continuously moving target? - ANSWER Rate
Control
18.The concept "work ethic" is prominent among work-related values. - ANSWER True
19.The questions such as "Should one stress individualism or membership in a group? and What
is the "pecking order" in a society - Is it based on seniority or on wealth and power?" explores
which of the following dimension of culture, according to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck? - ANSWER
How people approach interpersonal relationships
20.Those end-state goals that we prize are __________ values. - ANSWER terminal
, 21.Which of the following represents a person's capacity to acquire and sort through various
pieces of information from the environment and organize them in such a way that they make
sense? - ANSWER Cognitive Complexity
22.Research finds that appropriate standards of behavior are not determined by values but by
organizational training. - ANSWER False
23.A key aspect of mental ability is cognitive complexity. - ANSWER True
24.According to Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck, questions such as "Can most people be trusted or
not? and Are people basically good, or are they evil?" explores which of the following dimension
of culture? - ANSWER How people view humanity
25.Which of the following country represents the lowest average hours worked per worker? -
ANSWER Germany
26.Because it affects what we do and how we behave, culture affects the workplace. - ANSWER
True
27.Those values concerning the way we approach end-states represent instrumental values. -
ANSWER True
28.Factors such as stature and health are included in ________ determinants. - ANSWER
physiological
29.Dogmatism refers to a particular cognitive style that is characterized by closed-mindedness
and inflexibility. - ANSWER True
30.______ can be defined as one's opinion or belief about one's self and self-worth. - ANSWER
self-esteem
