WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Exam 2025
UPDATE/PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED
A+!!!
Agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that describes someone who
is good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
Conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that describes someone
who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
Emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that characterizes
someone as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
Openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that characterizes
someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
Core self-evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER-Bottom-line conclusions individuals
have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
,Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWER-The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify
means.
narcissism - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER-where an individual's has ability to adjust
his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
personality - CORRECT ANSWER-characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior.
personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER-characteristics that describe an
individual's behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality test that
taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality assessment model that taps
five basic dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness,
and neuroticism.
extraversion - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality describing someone who is
sociable and assertive (confident and forceful )
,proactive personality - CORRECT ANSWER-People who identify opportunities,
show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - CORRECT ANSWER-Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or
end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or
converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
value system - CORRECT ANSWER-A hierarchy based on a ranking of an
individual's values in terms of their intensity.
terminal values - CORRECT ANSWER-Desirable end-states of existence; the
goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
instrumental values - CORRECT ANSWER-Preferable modes of behavior or
means of achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory that identifies six
personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover.
power distance - CORRECT ANSWER-where society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
individualism - CORRECT ANSWER-where people prefer to act as individuals
rather than as members of groups.
, collectivism - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that describes a
tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are
a part to look after them and protect them.
masculinity - CORRECT ANSWER-where culture favors traditional masculine
work roles of achievement, power, and control.
femininity - CORRECT ANSWER-indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the
society.
uncertainty avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that
describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and
ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
long-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
short-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social
obligations. people value the here and now; they accept change more readily and
don't see commitments as impediments to change.
UPDATE/PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND CORRECT VERIFIED
ANSWERS (complete solutions) ASSURED SUCCESS/GRADED
A+!!!
Agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that describes someone who
is good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
Conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that describes someone
who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
Emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that characterizes
someone as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
Openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality that characterizes
someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
Core self-evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER-Bottom-line conclusions individuals
have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
,Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWER-The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify
means.
narcissism - CORRECT ANSWER-The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
self-monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER-where an individual's has ability to adjust
his or her behavior to external, situational factors.
personality - CORRECT ANSWER-characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior.
personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER-characteristics that describe an
individual's behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality test that
taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality assessment model that taps
five basic dimensions. extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness,
and neuroticism.
extraversion - CORRECT ANSWER-A personality describing someone who is
sociable and assertive (confident and forceful )
,proactive personality - CORRECT ANSWER-People who identify opportunities,
show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
values - CORRECT ANSWER-Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or
end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or
converse mode of conduct or end-state of existence.
value system - CORRECT ANSWER-A hierarchy based on a ranking of an
individual's values in terms of their intensity.
terminal values - CORRECT ANSWER-Desirable end-states of existence; the
goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
instrumental values - CORRECT ANSWER-Preferable modes of behavior or
means of achieving one's terminal values.
personality Job-fit theory - CORRECT ANSWER-A theory that identifies six
personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover.
power distance - CORRECT ANSWER-where society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
individualism - CORRECT ANSWER-where people prefer to act as individuals
rather than as members of groups.
, collectivism - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that describes a
tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are
a part to look after them and protect them.
masculinity - CORRECT ANSWER-where culture favors traditional masculine
work roles of achievement, power, and control.
femininity - CORRECT ANSWER-indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the
society.
uncertainty avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that
describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and
ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them.
long-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
short-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER-A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social
obligations. people value the here and now; they accept change more readily and
don't see commitments as impediments to change.
