WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.The hereditary approach states what?
Answer An individual's personality is deter- mined by molecular
structure of genes.
2.hereditary
Answer determined at time of conception
3.Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Answer Most widely used personality test that includes Extroverted (E)
versus Introverted (I), Sensing (S) versus Intuitive (N), Thinking (T)
versus Feeling (F), Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P
4.What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs personality test?
Answer It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or
another.
5.Big 5 Personality Traits
Answer Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extro- version,
Emotional stability.
6.Among all Big 5 personality traits, which one is most consistently
,related to job performance?
Answer conscientiousness
7.narcissism
Answer The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-
impor- tance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement.
8.Individuals scoring have a strong ability to adjust their
behavior to external, situational factors and can behave differently in
different situa- tions.
Answer high on self-monitoring
9.People with proactive personalities do what?
Answer They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.
10.What is true of values?
Answer They have content and intensity attributes.
11.What is an instrumental value?
Answer A method of behaviors that get you to the end result like
personal discipline.
12.What is a terminal value?
Answer Where you are trying to end up such as social recognition.
,13.What are John Holland's six personality types?
Answer realistic, investigative, artis- tic, social, enterprising,
conventional. (remember investigative)
14.With reference to Hofstede's framework, which country scores the
highest in individualism?
Answer United States
15.What is perception?
Answer A process by which individuals organize and interpret their
sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
16.What are the three factors that influence perception?
Answer Situation, perceiver, target
17.attributional theory
Answer when we observe someone's behavior, we attempt to
determine whether it was caused by internal or external factors.
18.what is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic?
Answer Intrinsic is inside you (fits the pattern) and extrinsic is outside
you (breaks the pattern).
19.dispositional attribution
, Answer attributing behavior to the person's disposition and traits
(internal)
20.situational attribution
Answer attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor
operating within the situation (an external attribution like environment)
21. Three determinants of attributions are?
Answer distinctiveness, consensus, and con- sistency
22.What is the fundamental attribution error?
Answer The tendency to underestimate the influence of external
factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making
judgments about the behavior of others. (behavior of others)
23.What is self-serving bias?
Answer The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to
internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.
(behavior of yourself)
24.What is selective perception?
Answer The tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis
of one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes.
25.What is the Halo effect?
EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
1.The hereditary approach states what?
Answer An individual's personality is deter- mined by molecular
structure of genes.
2.hereditary
Answer determined at time of conception
3.Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Answer Most widely used personality test that includes Extroverted (E)
versus Introverted (I), Sensing (S) versus Intuitive (N), Thinking (T)
versus Feeling (F), Judging (J) versus Perceiving (P
4.What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs personality test?
Answer It forces a person to be categorized as either one type or
another.
5.Big 5 Personality Traits
Answer Openness, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Extro- version,
Emotional stability.
6.Among all Big 5 personality traits, which one is most consistently
,related to job performance?
Answer conscientiousness
7.narcissism
Answer The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-
impor- tance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of
entitlement.
8.Individuals scoring have a strong ability to adjust their
behavior to external, situational factors and can behave differently in
different situa- tions.
Answer high on self-monitoring
9.People with proactive personalities do what?
Answer They are more likely than others to be seen as leaders.
10.What is true of values?
Answer They have content and intensity attributes.
11.What is an instrumental value?
Answer A method of behaviors that get you to the end result like
personal discipline.
12.What is a terminal value?
Answer Where you are trying to end up such as social recognition.
,13.What are John Holland's six personality types?
Answer realistic, investigative, artis- tic, social, enterprising,
conventional. (remember investigative)
14.With reference to Hofstede's framework, which country scores the
highest in individualism?
Answer United States
15.What is perception?
Answer A process by which individuals organize and interpret their
sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
16.What are the three factors that influence perception?
Answer Situation, perceiver, target
17.attributional theory
Answer when we observe someone's behavior, we attempt to
determine whether it was caused by internal or external factors.
18.what is the difference between intrinsic and extrinsic?
Answer Intrinsic is inside you (fits the pattern) and extrinsic is outside
you (breaks the pattern).
19.dispositional attribution
, Answer attributing behavior to the person's disposition and traits
(internal)
20.situational attribution
Answer attributing a behavior to some external cause or factor
operating within the situation (an external attribution like environment)
21. Three determinants of attributions are?
Answer distinctiveness, consensus, and con- sistency
22.What is the fundamental attribution error?
Answer The tendency to underestimate the influence of external
factors and overestimate the influence of internal factors when making
judgments about the behavior of others. (behavior of others)
23.What is self-serving bias?
Answer The tendency for individuals to attribute their own successes to
internal factors and put the blame for failures on external factors.
(behavior of yourself)
24.What is selective perception?
Answer The tendency to selectively interpret what one sees on the basis
of one's interests, background, experience, and attitudes.
25.What is the Halo effect?
