LSUS MBA 704 PRACTICE EXAMINATION 2026 QUESTIONS
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● what term is defined as the study and application of positive oriented human
resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and
effectively managed for performance in today's workplace. Answer: positive
organizational behavior
● what are the three levels of positive psychology. Answer: 1. valued subjective
experiences 2. positive individual traits 3. civic virtues and citizenship
● the HRW model is made up of what three things. Answer: 1. health 2. relationships 3.
work performance
● what percentage of HRW is genetic. Answer: 50%
● what percentage of HRW is from life circumstances. Answer: 10%
● what percentage of HRW is from intentional activity. Answer: 40%
● what term is defined as the personal belief in how well one can execute courses of
action required to deal with prospective situations. Answer: self-efficacy
● what are the types of self-efficacy. Answer: 1. specific (task) 2. general (trait)
● what are the 4 things that make up self-efficacy. Answer: 1. master experiences or
performance attainments 2. vicarious experiences or modeling 3. social persuasion 4.
physiological and psychological arousal
● what are three types of training on efficacy. Answer: 1. guided mastery 2. cognitive
mastery 3. self-regulatory competencies
● what term is defined as a positive motivational state that is based on an interactively
derived sense of successful agency and pathways. Answer: hope
● what term is defined as the capacity to rebound or bounce back from adversity,
conflict, failure, of even positive events, progress, and increased responsibility.
Answer: resiliency
, ● what are the three factors that resiliency is influenced and developed by. Answer: 1.
assets 2. risks 3. adaptational process
● what are the 4 characterizations of PsyCap. Answer: 1. having confidence to take on and
put in effort to succeed at challenging tasks 2. making a positive attribution about succeeding
now and in the future 3. persevering toward goals and redirecting paths to goals in order to
succeed 4. sustaining and bouncing back and even beyond to attain success
● what term involves flexibility, adjustment, adaptability, and continuous
responsiveness to change and uncertainty that can otherwise represent a source of
psychological strain and challenge one's well being over the long term. Answer:
bouncing back
● what term is described as a positive appraisal of circumstances and probability for
success based on motivated effort and perseverance. Answer: psycap
● what term is defined as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to
monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and
to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions. Answer: emotional
intelligence
● what are goleman's 5 dimensions to emotional intelligence. Answer: 1. self-awareness
2. self-management 3. self-motivation 4. empathy 5. social skills
● T/F emotional intelligence can be learned and developed. Answer: true
● what 4 criteria must be met to be considered a POB construct. Answer: 1. based on
theory and research 2. valid measures 3. "state-like"; open to development 4. managed for
performance improvement
● what are the 6 positive psychological capacities that meet POB. Answer: 1. efficacy 2.
optimism 3. hope 4. resiliency 5. SWB/happiness 6. emotional intelligence
● what term is people reflect back on their actions/experience with a specific
event/task to then cognitively process how strongly they believe they can successfully
accomplish this even/task in the future. Answer: self-reflection
● what type of efficacy represents a task-and situation-specific cognition, state-like.
Answer: self-efficacy
● what type of efficacy is trait-like. Answer: general efficacy
WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
● what term is defined as the study and application of positive oriented human
resource strengths and psychological capacities that can be measured, developed, and
effectively managed for performance in today's workplace. Answer: positive
organizational behavior
● what are the three levels of positive psychology. Answer: 1. valued subjective
experiences 2. positive individual traits 3. civic virtues and citizenship
● the HRW model is made up of what three things. Answer: 1. health 2. relationships 3.
work performance
● what percentage of HRW is genetic. Answer: 50%
● what percentage of HRW is from life circumstances. Answer: 10%
● what percentage of HRW is from intentional activity. Answer: 40%
● what term is defined as the personal belief in how well one can execute courses of
action required to deal with prospective situations. Answer: self-efficacy
● what are the types of self-efficacy. Answer: 1. specific (task) 2. general (trait)
● what are the 4 things that make up self-efficacy. Answer: 1. master experiences or
performance attainments 2. vicarious experiences or modeling 3. social persuasion 4.
physiological and psychological arousal
● what are three types of training on efficacy. Answer: 1. guided mastery 2. cognitive
mastery 3. self-regulatory competencies
● what term is defined as a positive motivational state that is based on an interactively
derived sense of successful agency and pathways. Answer: hope
● what term is defined as the capacity to rebound or bounce back from adversity,
conflict, failure, of even positive events, progress, and increased responsibility.
Answer: resiliency
, ● what are the three factors that resiliency is influenced and developed by. Answer: 1.
assets 2. risks 3. adaptational process
● what are the 4 characterizations of PsyCap. Answer: 1. having confidence to take on and
put in effort to succeed at challenging tasks 2. making a positive attribution about succeeding
now and in the future 3. persevering toward goals and redirecting paths to goals in order to
succeed 4. sustaining and bouncing back and even beyond to attain success
● what term involves flexibility, adjustment, adaptability, and continuous
responsiveness to change and uncertainty that can otherwise represent a source of
psychological strain and challenge one's well being over the long term. Answer:
bouncing back
● what term is described as a positive appraisal of circumstances and probability for
success based on motivated effort and perseverance. Answer: psycap
● what term is defined as the subset of social intelligence that involves the ability to
monitor one's own and others' feelings and emotions, to discriminate among them, and
to use this information to guide one's thinking and actions. Answer: emotional
intelligence
● what are goleman's 5 dimensions to emotional intelligence. Answer: 1. self-awareness
2. self-management 3. self-motivation 4. empathy 5. social skills
● T/F emotional intelligence can be learned and developed. Answer: true
● what 4 criteria must be met to be considered a POB construct. Answer: 1. based on
theory and research 2. valid measures 3. "state-like"; open to development 4. managed for
performance improvement
● what are the 6 positive psychological capacities that meet POB. Answer: 1. efficacy 2.
optimism 3. hope 4. resiliency 5. SWB/happiness 6. emotional intelligence
● what term is people reflect back on their actions/experience with a specific
event/task to then cognitively process how strongly they believe they can successfully
accomplish this even/task in the future. Answer: self-reflection
● what type of efficacy represents a task-and situation-specific cognition, state-like.
Answer: self-efficacy
● what type of efficacy is trait-like. Answer: general efficacy
