DEOMI MAIN EXAM SET QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
RATED A+
✔✔What are the three basic needs that motivate people according to McClelland's
Needs Theory? - ✔✔- Achievement
- Affiliation
- Power
✔✔What are the characteristics associated with needs based on achievement? - ✔✔1)
Welcomes challenges
2) Wants ensured success
3) Has conservative goals
4) Plans ahead
5) Takes personal responsibility
6) Needs hard data reinforcement
✔✔What are the three levels in which every group operates? - ✔✔-Task,
-Maintenance,
-Individual Functions
✔✔What are the three principles of systems theory that describe how a group operates
within its environment? - ✔✔-Interdependence
-Nonsummativity
-Interdependence
✔✔Which part of a small group system provides resources, expertise, and a supportive
atmosphere to the group? - ✔✔Environmental Factors
✔✔Which group task function includes developing an idea previously expressed by
giving examples, illustrations, and explanations? - ✔✔Elaborating
Note(SFC DAVIS): Couldn't find it in the study guide but found it online
✔✔What are the decision-making procedures a group should follow? - ✔✔1) Discuss
how decisions will be made (e.g., when it's time to take a poll, when to decide by
consensus).
2) Explore important issues by polling (e.g., asking members to vote verbally or in
writing).
3) Decide important issues by consensus,
4) Test for consensus.
5) Use data as the basis for decisions when possible.
✔✔How does DoD Directive 1020.02 define diversity? - ✔✔The different characteristics
and attributes of individuals
, ✔✔The term diversity has evolved over the years and its meaning has expanded in
scope. What is the overall common theme to all definitions? - ✔✔Answer is specific to
person anwering
✔✔How is diversity critical to readiness? - ✔✔1) Current combat missions and terrorism
operate among diverse cultures.
2) Increased need for specialized talent (i.e. foreign language interpreters and medical
professionals)
3) Increased use of collaborative work structures.
✔✔What is the definition of inclusion? - ✔✔Inclusion enables us to strive to have all
people represented and included in the Federal workforce, and make all members feel
welcomed and valued, not only for their abilities, but also for their unique qualities and
perspectives.
✔✔Which dimension of diversity is made up of age, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual
orientation? - ✔✔Loden's primary dimension
✔✔What lies outside of the core of the diversity wheel that plays an important role in our
values and experiences but can change over time? - ✔✔Secondary dimensions
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1) Communication style
2) Education
3) Family status
4) Military experience
5) Religion
6) First language
7) Income
8) Work experience
9) Work style
10) Geographic Location
11)Organization role and level
✔✔How do the primary and secondary dimensions of diversity help shape our lives? -
✔✔The first and second dimensions form an individual's self-image and the filters
through which he or she views the rest of the world.
✔✔What is an assumption made by individuals within the ethnocentric stage of the
Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity? - ✔✔In the ethnocentric stage,
individuals assume that their respective culture is central to the reality perceived by all
others.
RATED A+
✔✔What are the three basic needs that motivate people according to McClelland's
Needs Theory? - ✔✔- Achievement
- Affiliation
- Power
✔✔What are the characteristics associated with needs based on achievement? - ✔✔1)
Welcomes challenges
2) Wants ensured success
3) Has conservative goals
4) Plans ahead
5) Takes personal responsibility
6) Needs hard data reinforcement
✔✔What are the three levels in which every group operates? - ✔✔-Task,
-Maintenance,
-Individual Functions
✔✔What are the three principles of systems theory that describe how a group operates
within its environment? - ✔✔-Interdependence
-Nonsummativity
-Interdependence
✔✔Which part of a small group system provides resources, expertise, and a supportive
atmosphere to the group? - ✔✔Environmental Factors
✔✔Which group task function includes developing an idea previously expressed by
giving examples, illustrations, and explanations? - ✔✔Elaborating
Note(SFC DAVIS): Couldn't find it in the study guide but found it online
✔✔What are the decision-making procedures a group should follow? - ✔✔1) Discuss
how decisions will be made (e.g., when it's time to take a poll, when to decide by
consensus).
2) Explore important issues by polling (e.g., asking members to vote verbally or in
writing).
3) Decide important issues by consensus,
4) Test for consensus.
5) Use data as the basis for decisions when possible.
✔✔How does DoD Directive 1020.02 define diversity? - ✔✔The different characteristics
and attributes of individuals
, ✔✔The term diversity has evolved over the years and its meaning has expanded in
scope. What is the overall common theme to all definitions? - ✔✔Answer is specific to
person anwering
✔✔How is diversity critical to readiness? - ✔✔1) Current combat missions and terrorism
operate among diverse cultures.
2) Increased need for specialized talent (i.e. foreign language interpreters and medical
professionals)
3) Increased use of collaborative work structures.
✔✔What is the definition of inclusion? - ✔✔Inclusion enables us to strive to have all
people represented and included in the Federal workforce, and make all members feel
welcomed and valued, not only for their abilities, but also for their unique qualities and
perspectives.
✔✔Which dimension of diversity is made up of age, ethnicity, gender, race, and sexual
orientation? - ✔✔Loden's primary dimension
✔✔What lies outside of the core of the diversity wheel that plays an important role in our
values and experiences but can change over time? - ✔✔Secondary dimensions
----------------------
1) Communication style
2) Education
3) Family status
4) Military experience
5) Religion
6) First language
7) Income
8) Work experience
9) Work style
10) Geographic Location
11)Organization role and level
✔✔How do the primary and secondary dimensions of diversity help shape our lives? -
✔✔The first and second dimensions form an individual's self-image and the filters
through which he or she views the rest of the world.
✔✔What is an assumption made by individuals within the ethnocentric stage of the
Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity? - ✔✔In the ethnocentric stage,
individuals assume that their respective culture is central to the reality perceived by all
others.
