WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR OA PREP
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following does the heredity approach state?
a) An individual's personality is determined by the social background one is brought up in.
b) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.
c) An individual's personality is influenced by the economic settings one is surrounded by.
d) A person's personality traits are created by the company one keeps i.e., friends and family.
Answer:
B) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.
Question:
2. ________ is as important for managers as for front-line employees and, among all Big Five Model traits,
is most consistently related to job performance.
a. Extroversion
b. Agreeableness
c. Conscientiousness
d. Emotional stability
Answer:
C) Conscientiousness
Question:
3. Individuals scoring ________ have a strong ability to adjust behavior to external, situational factors and
can behave differently in different situations.
a) High in internal locus of control
b) high on narcissism
c) low on agreeableness
d) high on self-monitoring
Answer:
D) high on self monitoring
Question:
4. Which of the following is true of values?
a) They are void of a judgmental element.
b) They are invariably fluid and flexible in nature.
c) They have content and intensity attributes.
d) They never change irrespective of external factors.
Answer:
C) They have content and intensity attributes.
, Question:
5. Which of the following is an instrumental value?
a) personal discipline
b) social recognition
c) economic success
d) world peace
Answer:
A) personal discipline
Question:
6. Which of the following statements is true regarding perception?
a) Perception of reality is independent of one's personality.
b) Our perception of a target is not affected by the context of the situation in which the perception is made.
c) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective reality.
d) Our perception of reality is independent of our past experiences.
Answer:
C) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective reality.
Question:
7. Which of the following is an example of internally caused behavior?
a) An employee was late for a team meeting because of a heavy downpour.
b) An employee was laid off because the company was attempting to cut costs by laying off employees.
c) An employee was fired from work because they violated a company policy.
d) An employee could not attend an interview because of a delayed flight.
Answer:
C) An employee was fired from work because they violated a company policy.
Question:
8. A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the essential features from
problems without capturing all their complexity is known as ________.
a) rational decision making
b) bounded rationality
c) active selection
d) incremental decision making
Answer:
B) bounded rationality
Question:
9. ________ bias refers to the tendency for people to base their judgments on information that is easily
accessible.
a) Availability
b) Overconfidence
c) Confirmation
d) Hindsight
Answer:
A) Availability
UPDATED ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Question:
1. Which of the following does the heredity approach state?
a) An individual's personality is determined by the social background one is brought up in.
b) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.
c) An individual's personality is influenced by the economic settings one is surrounded by.
d) A person's personality traits are created by the company one keeps i.e., friends and family.
Answer:
B) An individual's personality is determined by molecular structure of the genes.
Question:
2. ________ is as important for managers as for front-line employees and, among all Big Five Model traits,
is most consistently related to job performance.
a. Extroversion
b. Agreeableness
c. Conscientiousness
d. Emotional stability
Answer:
C) Conscientiousness
Question:
3. Individuals scoring ________ have a strong ability to adjust behavior to external, situational factors and
can behave differently in different situations.
a) High in internal locus of control
b) high on narcissism
c) low on agreeableness
d) high on self-monitoring
Answer:
D) high on self monitoring
Question:
4. Which of the following is true of values?
a) They are void of a judgmental element.
b) They are invariably fluid and flexible in nature.
c) They have content and intensity attributes.
d) They never change irrespective of external factors.
Answer:
C) They have content and intensity attributes.
, Question:
5. Which of the following is an instrumental value?
a) personal discipline
b) social recognition
c) economic success
d) world peace
Answer:
A) personal discipline
Question:
6. Which of the following statements is true regarding perception?
a) Perception of reality is independent of one's personality.
b) Our perception of a target is not affected by the context of the situation in which the perception is made.
c) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective reality.
d) Our perception of reality is independent of our past experiences.
Answer:
C) Our perception of reality can be different from the objective reality.
Question:
7. Which of the following is an example of internally caused behavior?
a) An employee was late for a team meeting because of a heavy downpour.
b) An employee was laid off because the company was attempting to cut costs by laying off employees.
c) An employee was fired from work because they violated a company policy.
d) An employee could not attend an interview because of a delayed flight.
Answer:
C) An employee was fired from work because they violated a company policy.
Question:
8. A process of making decisions by constructing simplified models that extract the essential features from
problems without capturing all their complexity is known as ________.
a) rational decision making
b) bounded rationality
c) active selection
d) incremental decision making
Answer:
B) bounded rationality
Question:
9. ________ bias refers to the tendency for people to base their judgments on information that is easily
accessible.
a) Availability
b) Overconfidence
c) Confirmation
d) Hindsight
Answer:
A) Availability
