WGU C715ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR - FINAL EXAM
TEST LATEST UPDATE WITH 100% SOLVED -GRADED A+
VERIFIED 2025 - 2026 UPDATE
Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advertising firm in Manhattan and has been asked to
complete a self-report survey to help interviewers understand if she is the right candidate for the job.
From the interview, they have found that she is extroverted, empathic, scrupulous, and cooperative in
nature, which are key characteristics needed for the job. These characteristics about Lugo indicate her
________.
A) talent - ANS-personality
Which of the following does the heredity approach state? - ANS-An individual's personality is
determined by molecular structure of the genes.
3) Elaine Chamberlain works as a research executive at an environmental organization. Though her
colleagues are helpful and friendly, because of her shy nature, she often eats her lunch at her desk and
has limited interactions with them. She is glad that her nature of work does not require her to interact
with her co-workers to a high extent. Which of the following types is Chamberlain most likely to be
characterized as according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification? - ANS-introverted
Which dimension of the Big Five model is a measure of reliability? - ANS-conscientiousness
Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-evaluations? - ANS-They
are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.
Individuals scoring ________ have a strong ability to adjust their behavior to external, situational factors
and can behave differently in different situations. - ANS-high on self-monitoring
Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), which consists of two sets of values, namely
________ values and ________ values. - ANS-instrumental; terminal
Which of the following is an instrumental value according to the Rokeach Value Survey? - ANS-personal
discipline
________ is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order
to give meaning to their environment. - ANS-Perception
Alicia Akers works as a marketing executive. She always talks in a high pitch and often draws a lot of
attention wherever she is. Which of the following statements best explains the reason behind people
noticing Akers? - ANS-Characteristics of the target affect people's perception.
, A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to
behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by
________ bias. - ANS-availability
Which of the following is an example of internally (intrinsically) caused behavior? - ANS-An employee
was fired from work because he violated a company policy.
Janice Yoder works in an environmental campaigning organization and often needs to interact with a
large team for project implementation activities. However, she always finds it difficult to work as a part
of a team. She always seems to have major disagreements with team members which lead to
antagonistic relations between them. Though she has moved from one team to another, her relations
with colleagues always seem to be hostile and cold. How would the attribution theory describe this
behavior? - ANS-high on consistency
Johanna Springer, who works as a sales executive at Pascal's Bank, is upset at the way her manager,
Emma Womack, always calls her in for one-on-one meetings to discuss her underperformance. Though
Springer makes a higher number of sales calls and works longer hours than last year, her sales figures
are still low. She knows that the main reason behind her underperformance is the recent economic
meltdown in the country. However, her manager feels that Springer's underperformance is the result of
her laid-back attitude and has nothing to do with external factors. In this situation, Womack's behavior
is characterized by a(n) ________. - ANS-fundamental attribution error
Jane Allen, a campaign manager at a non-profit organization, often takes full credit for project successes
even when her team members' contributions play a big role in achieving milestones. However, when
projects receive setbacks, she blames her team members and sometimes states that the situation was
beyond her control. Allen's behavior is an example of ________ bias. - ANS-self-serving
You are more likely to notice a car like your own due to ________. - ANS-selective perception
A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the essential features from
problems without capturing all their complexity is known as ________. - ANS-bounded rationality
Sarah Covington, a sales manager at Synergy Corporation Bank, often keeps low expectations of her
team. She feels that they are underqualified for their job and do not have substantial experience to sell
a large number of accounts. Covington's team does not feel motivated enough and invariably
underperforms and misses targets on a regular basis. Which of the following concepts best explains
Covington's team's poor performance? - ANS-self-fulfilling prophecy
________ is defined as the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and
persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. - ANS-Motivation
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following is a lower level need? - ANS-safety-
security
Which of the following is a motivational factor according to Herzberg's two-factor theory? - ANS-
recognition
TEST LATEST UPDATE WITH 100% SOLVED -GRADED A+
VERIFIED 2025 - 2026 UPDATE
Esther Lugo has gone for an interview at an advertising firm in Manhattan and has been asked to
complete a self-report survey to help interviewers understand if she is the right candidate for the job.
From the interview, they have found that she is extroverted, empathic, scrupulous, and cooperative in
nature, which are key characteristics needed for the job. These characteristics about Lugo indicate her
________.
A) talent - ANS-personality
Which of the following does the heredity approach state? - ANS-An individual's personality is
determined by molecular structure of the genes.
3) Elaine Chamberlain works as a research executive at an environmental organization. Though her
colleagues are helpful and friendly, because of her shy nature, she often eats her lunch at her desk and
has limited interactions with them. She is glad that her nature of work does not require her to interact
with her co-workers to a high extent. Which of the following types is Chamberlain most likely to be
characterized as according to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) classification? - ANS-introverted
Which dimension of the Big Five model is a measure of reliability? - ANS-conscientiousness
Which of the following statements is true about people with positive core self-evaluations? - ANS-They
are committed to their goals and set ambitious goals.
Individuals scoring ________ have a strong ability to adjust their behavior to external, situational factors
and can behave differently in different situations. - ANS-high on self-monitoring
Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS), which consists of two sets of values, namely
________ values and ________ values. - ANS-instrumental; terminal
Which of the following is an instrumental value according to the Rokeach Value Survey? - ANS-personal
discipline
________ is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order
to give meaning to their environment. - ANS-Perception
Alicia Akers works as a marketing executive. She always talks in a high pitch and often draws a lot of
attention wherever she is. Which of the following statements best explains the reason behind people
noticing Akers? - ANS-Characteristics of the target affect people's perception.
, A manager doing performance appraisals gives more weight to recent employee behaviors than to
behaviors of six or nine months earlier. This shows that the manager's perception is affected by
________ bias. - ANS-availability
Which of the following is an example of internally (intrinsically) caused behavior? - ANS-An employee
was fired from work because he violated a company policy.
Janice Yoder works in an environmental campaigning organization and often needs to interact with a
large team for project implementation activities. However, she always finds it difficult to work as a part
of a team. She always seems to have major disagreements with team members which lead to
antagonistic relations between them. Though she has moved from one team to another, her relations
with colleagues always seem to be hostile and cold. How would the attribution theory describe this
behavior? - ANS-high on consistency
Johanna Springer, who works as a sales executive at Pascal's Bank, is upset at the way her manager,
Emma Womack, always calls her in for one-on-one meetings to discuss her underperformance. Though
Springer makes a higher number of sales calls and works longer hours than last year, her sales figures
are still low. She knows that the main reason behind her underperformance is the recent economic
meltdown in the country. However, her manager feels that Springer's underperformance is the result of
her laid-back attitude and has nothing to do with external factors. In this situation, Womack's behavior
is characterized by a(n) ________. - ANS-fundamental attribution error
Jane Allen, a campaign manager at a non-profit organization, often takes full credit for project successes
even when her team members' contributions play a big role in achieving milestones. However, when
projects receive setbacks, she blames her team members and sometimes states that the situation was
beyond her control. Allen's behavior is an example of ________ bias. - ANS-self-serving
You are more likely to notice a car like your own due to ________. - ANS-selective perception
A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the essential features from
problems without capturing all their complexity is known as ________. - ANS-bounded rationality
Sarah Covington, a sales manager at Synergy Corporation Bank, often keeps low expectations of her
team. She feels that they are underqualified for their job and do not have substantial experience to sell
a large number of accounts. Covington's team does not feel motivated enough and invariably
underperforms and misses targets on a regular basis. Which of the following concepts best explains
Covington's team's poor performance? - ANS-self-fulfilling prophecy
________ is defined as the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and
persistence of effort toward attaining a goal. - ANS-Motivation
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, which of the following is a lower level need? - ANS-safety-
security
Which of the following is a motivational factor according to Herzberg's two-factor theory? - ANS-
recognition
