MAN 320F TEST 1 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Score for this quiz: 74 out of 100
Question 1
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As employees progress in organizations from non-managerial positions to higher roles, which of the following occurs:
Their conceptual and human skills begin to take priority over technical skills
Their technical skills become relatively less important
They get paid not for what they specifically do but rather what they get done through others
all of the answer choices are correct
Question 2
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Which of the following is a direct application of goal setting theory?
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Job rotation, enlargement, or enrichment
Merit pay, profit sharing, or employee stock ownership
All three of these are examples of how organizations use motivation theories to keep their employees motivated, but Management
by Objectives is a direct application of goal setting theory.
IncorrectQuestion 3
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and are two critical factors that must be examined to determine the scientific support for the use of any assessment
instrument (personality, aptitude, or interest).
Reliability and metrics
Reliability and validity
Consistency and validity
,Question 4
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The prescriptive model assumes the decision maker possesses certain information and is aware of their preferences and constraints
before beginning the decision-making process. What other assumption does the prescriptive make?
Clear and constant preferences
All answers are correct
No time constraints and unlimited information processing
All relevant information is present
Question 5
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Emotions matter in the workplace because they:
Spread throughout the team or workgroup
Impact all interpersonal aspects of the organization
Influence how we interpret events
all of the answer choices are correct
Question 6
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The result of a broken psychological contract from an employer's perspective is:
Limited promotion and development opportunities
all of the answer choices are correct
Lower productivity or employee turnover
, An employer’s perspective from a broken psychological contract may include lower productivity from employees and increased
employee turnover.
Question 7
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Fortunately, ability and age stereotypes have almost been eliminated from the workplace today.
True
False
Question 8
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Negotiators using a highball (or lowball) tactic start with a ridiculously high (or low) opening offer that they know they will never
receive. The theory is that the extreme offer will cause the other party to reevaluate his/her own opening offer and make less
demanding offers in return. Highball (or lowball) tactics are an example of what type of heuristic in decision-making?
The availability bias
Overconfidence bias
Confirmation bias
Anchoring
Question 9
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Self-esteem is an individual's belief about the likelihood of success in completing a particular task
True
False
Question 10
pts
Commonly used organizational behavior research methods include case studies, survey studies, meta analyses, field studies, and
laboratory studies.
True
Score for this quiz: 74 out of 100
Question 1
pts
As employees progress in organizations from non-managerial positions to higher roles, which of the following occurs:
Their conceptual and human skills begin to take priority over technical skills
Their technical skills become relatively less important
They get paid not for what they specifically do but rather what they get done through others
all of the answer choices are correct
Question 2
pts
Which of the following is a direct application of goal setting theory?
Management by Objectives (MBO)
Job rotation, enlargement, or enrichment
Merit pay, profit sharing, or employee stock ownership
All three of these are examples of how organizations use motivation theories to keep their employees motivated, but Management
by Objectives is a direct application of goal setting theory.
IncorrectQuestion 3
pts
and are two critical factors that must be examined to determine the scientific support for the use of any assessment
instrument (personality, aptitude, or interest).
Reliability and metrics
Reliability and validity
Consistency and validity
,Question 4
pts
The prescriptive model assumes the decision maker possesses certain information and is aware of their preferences and constraints
before beginning the decision-making process. What other assumption does the prescriptive make?
Clear and constant preferences
All answers are correct
No time constraints and unlimited information processing
All relevant information is present
Question 5
pts
Emotions matter in the workplace because they:
Spread throughout the team or workgroup
Impact all interpersonal aspects of the organization
Influence how we interpret events
all of the answer choices are correct
Question 6
pts
The result of a broken psychological contract from an employer's perspective is:
Limited promotion and development opportunities
all of the answer choices are correct
Lower productivity or employee turnover
, An employer’s perspective from a broken psychological contract may include lower productivity from employees and increased
employee turnover.
Question 7
pts
Fortunately, ability and age stereotypes have almost been eliminated from the workplace today.
True
False
Question 8
pts
Negotiators using a highball (or lowball) tactic start with a ridiculously high (or low) opening offer that they know they will never
receive. The theory is that the extreme offer will cause the other party to reevaluate his/her own opening offer and make less
demanding offers in return. Highball (or lowball) tactics are an example of what type of heuristic in decision-making?
The availability bias
Overconfidence bias
Confirmation bias
Anchoring
Question 9
pts
Self-esteem is an individual's belief about the likelihood of success in completing a particular task
True
False
Question 10
pts
Commonly used organizational behavior research methods include case studies, survey studies, meta analyses, field studies, and
laboratory studies.
True
