WGU Organizational Behavior C715 Quiz
Questions & Answers
1.Which of the following does the heredity approach state?
a) An individual's personality is determined by the social background one
is brought up in.
b) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of
the genes.
c) An individual's personality is influenced by the economic settings one
is surrounded by.
d) A person's personality traits are created by the company one keeps
i.e., friends and family.
Answer b) An individual's personality is determined by molecular
structure of the genes.
2. is as important for managers as for front-line employees and,
among all Big Five Model traits, is most consistently related to job
perfor- mance.
a) Extroversion
b) Agreeableness
c) Conscientiousness
d) Emotional stability
Answer c) Conscientiousness
3.Individuals scoring have a strong ability to adjust behavior to
external, situational factors and can behave differently in different
situations.
a) High in internal locus of control
b) high on narcissism
c) low on agreeableness
d) high on self-monitoring
Answer d) high on self-monitoring
,4.Which of the following is true of values?
a) They are void of a judgmental element.
b) They are invariably fluid and flexible in nature.
c) They have content and intensity attributes.
d) They never change irrespective of external factors.
Answer c) They have content and intensity attributes.
5.Which of the following is an instrumental value?
a) personal discipline
b) social recognition
c) economic success
d) world peace
Answer a) personal discipline
6.Which of the following statements is true regarding perception?
a) Perception of reality is independent of one's personality.
b) Our perception of a target is not affected by the context of the situation
in which the perception is made.
c) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective reality.
d) Our perception of reality is independent of our past experiences.
Answer c) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective
reality.
7.Which of the following is an example of internally caused behavior?
a) An employee was late for a team meeting because of a heavy downpour.
b) An employee was laid off because the company was attempting to cut
costs by laying off employees.
c) An employee was fired from work because they violated a company policy
d) An employee could not attend an interview because of a delayed flight.
Answer c) An employee was fired from work because they violated a
company policy.
, 8.A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that
extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their
com- plexity is known as .
a) rational decision making
b) bounded rationality
c) active selection
d) incremental decision making
Answer b) bounded rationality
9. bias refers to the tendency for people to base their judgments
on information that is easily accessible.
a) Availability
b) Overconfidence
c) Confirmation
d) Hindsight
Answer a) Availability
10.According to the concept of , decisions are made solely on the
basis of their outcomes, ideally to provide the greatest good for the
greatest number.
a) utilitarianism
b) selective perception
c) self-fulfilling prophecy
d) contrast effect
Answer a) utilitarianism
11.Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying
one's hunger, thirst, and other bodily needs?
a) physiological
b) social
c) esteem
d) psychological
Questions & Answers
1.Which of the following does the heredity approach state?
a) An individual's personality is determined by the social background one
is brought up in.
b) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of
the genes.
c) An individual's personality is influenced by the economic settings one
is surrounded by.
d) A person's personality traits are created by the company one keeps
i.e., friends and family.
Answer b) An individual's personality is determined by molecular
structure of the genes.
2. is as important for managers as for front-line employees and,
among all Big Five Model traits, is most consistently related to job
perfor- mance.
a) Extroversion
b) Agreeableness
c) Conscientiousness
d) Emotional stability
Answer c) Conscientiousness
3.Individuals scoring have a strong ability to adjust behavior to
external, situational factors and can behave differently in different
situations.
a) High in internal locus of control
b) high on narcissism
c) low on agreeableness
d) high on self-monitoring
Answer d) high on self-monitoring
,4.Which of the following is true of values?
a) They are void of a judgmental element.
b) They are invariably fluid and flexible in nature.
c) They have content and intensity attributes.
d) They never change irrespective of external factors.
Answer c) They have content and intensity attributes.
5.Which of the following is an instrumental value?
a) personal discipline
b) social recognition
c) economic success
d) world peace
Answer a) personal discipline
6.Which of the following statements is true regarding perception?
a) Perception of reality is independent of one's personality.
b) Our perception of a target is not affected by the context of the situation
in which the perception is made.
c) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective reality.
d) Our perception of reality is independent of our past experiences.
Answer c) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective
reality.
7.Which of the following is an example of internally caused behavior?
a) An employee was late for a team meeting because of a heavy downpour.
b) An employee was laid off because the company was attempting to cut
costs by laying off employees.
c) An employee was fired from work because they violated a company policy
d) An employee could not attend an interview because of a delayed flight.
Answer c) An employee was fired from work because they violated a
company policy.
, 8.A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that
extract the essential features from problems without capturing all their
com- plexity is known as .
a) rational decision making
b) bounded rationality
c) active selection
d) incremental decision making
Answer b) bounded rationality
9. bias refers to the tendency for people to base their judgments
on information that is easily accessible.
a) Availability
b) Overconfidence
c) Confirmation
d) Hindsight
Answer a) Availability
10.According to the concept of , decisions are made solely on the
basis of their outcomes, ideally to provide the greatest good for the
greatest number.
a) utilitarianism
b) selective perception
c) self-fulfilling prophecy
d) contrast effect
Answer a) utilitarianism
11.Which level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying
one's hunger, thirst, and other bodily needs?
a) physiological
b) social
c) esteem
d) psychological
