WGU C715 Practice Exam Questions and Answers
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Employees A and B work together on the same project team. When the team faces a complex
problem, the team leader usually asks B to generate alternative solutions for the team to consider.
Experience has shown that B is more likely to take initiative, to set ambitious goals, and to feel
that the team can effectively influence its environment. Employee A tends to do well on jobs that
are routine, is plagued with self doubt, and feels that the team is largely powerless over its
environment. Which statement is correct?
A) Employee A exhibits positive core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits negative core self
evaluation.
B) Employee A exhibits negative core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits positive core self
evaluation.
C) Employee A exhibits negative core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits negative core
self evaluation.
D) Employee A exhibits positive core self evaluation and employee B exhibits positive core self
evaluation. ✔✔B) Employee A exhibits negative core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits
positive core self evaluation.
Employee B was upset by Employees A's behavior at the department planning meeting, Which
factors will influence Employee B's perception in this situation?
A) Problem, Criteria, and Alternatives
B) Situation, target, and perceiver
C) Heredity, environment, perceiver
D) Stimulation, task, and skills ✔✔B) situation, target, and perceiver
A person is broadminded courageous and forgiving. Which of the values are these?
A) Transitory values
B) Terminal values
C) Instrumental values
, D) Determinate values ✔✔C) Instrumental Values
An employee enjoys having a large span of responsibility and is motivated to do well because of
personal feelings. Which kind of reward is this?
A) Affiliation reward
B) Intrinsic reward
C) Compensatory reward
D) Extrinsic reward ✔✔B) Intrinsic reward
Manager A supervises 10 district units with 100 employees and receives $100,000 in compensation.
Manager B supervises 5 district units with 50 employees and also receives $100,000 in
compensation. Manager A is upset by the relationship and is looking for a new job. Which theory
explains A's motivation to look for a new job?
A) Inequity theory
B) Perceptual fairness theory
C) Perception theory
D) Equity theory ✔✔D) Equity theory
A manager challenged an employee to produce an average of 24 assemblies each day for a week.
This production goal was higher than the employee had ever achieved during any week. The
manager gave the employee a tally sheet to mark after each assembly was completed.
Considering the goal-setting theory of motivation, the manager was counting on which factors to
influence the employee to achieve the production goal?
A) Feedback and reflection
B) Challenge and power
C) Specificity and feedback
D) Challenge and direction ✔✔C) Specificity and feedback
Which theory of motivation focuses on 5 levels of needs, and further separated those needs by
lower-order needs and higher-order needs?
A) Two-factor theory
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Employees A and B work together on the same project team. When the team faces a complex
problem, the team leader usually asks B to generate alternative solutions for the team to consider.
Experience has shown that B is more likely to take initiative, to set ambitious goals, and to feel
that the team can effectively influence its environment. Employee A tends to do well on jobs that
are routine, is plagued with self doubt, and feels that the team is largely powerless over its
environment. Which statement is correct?
A) Employee A exhibits positive core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits negative core self
evaluation.
B) Employee A exhibits negative core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits positive core self
evaluation.
C) Employee A exhibits negative core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits negative core
self evaluation.
D) Employee A exhibits positive core self evaluation and employee B exhibits positive core self
evaluation. ✔✔B) Employee A exhibits negative core self evaluation, and employee B exhibits
positive core self evaluation.
Employee B was upset by Employees A's behavior at the department planning meeting, Which
factors will influence Employee B's perception in this situation?
A) Problem, Criteria, and Alternatives
B) Situation, target, and perceiver
C) Heredity, environment, perceiver
D) Stimulation, task, and skills ✔✔B) situation, target, and perceiver
A person is broadminded courageous and forgiving. Which of the values are these?
A) Transitory values
B) Terminal values
C) Instrumental values
, D) Determinate values ✔✔C) Instrumental Values
An employee enjoys having a large span of responsibility and is motivated to do well because of
personal feelings. Which kind of reward is this?
A) Affiliation reward
B) Intrinsic reward
C) Compensatory reward
D) Extrinsic reward ✔✔B) Intrinsic reward
Manager A supervises 10 district units with 100 employees and receives $100,000 in compensation.
Manager B supervises 5 district units with 50 employees and also receives $100,000 in
compensation. Manager A is upset by the relationship and is looking for a new job. Which theory
explains A's motivation to look for a new job?
A) Inequity theory
B) Perceptual fairness theory
C) Perception theory
D) Equity theory ✔✔D) Equity theory
A manager challenged an employee to produce an average of 24 assemblies each day for a week.
This production goal was higher than the employee had ever achieved during any week. The
manager gave the employee a tally sheet to mark after each assembly was completed.
Considering the goal-setting theory of motivation, the manager was counting on which factors to
influence the employee to achieve the production goal?
A) Feedback and reflection
B) Challenge and power
C) Specificity and feedback
D) Challenge and direction ✔✔C) Specificity and feedback
Which theory of motivation focuses on 5 levels of needs, and further separated those needs by
lower-order needs and higher-order needs?
A) Two-factor theory
