Answers 2023/2024
Which of the following statements is true of two-way linkages?
A. The two-way linkage level is the lowest level of integration
B. The human resource function is limited to monitoring day-to-day activities
C. The strategic planning function and human resource management function are
completely dependent
D. The strategic planning function and the human resource management function are
interdependent ✅D. The strategic planning function and the human resource
management function are interdependent
Jeremy is working at Vroom Vroom Motors. He was hired to conduct consumer
research; however, he spends most of his time answering phones, filing and getting his
boss coffee. Jeremy is unhappy and frequently thinks about quitting. Jeremy's thought
process is best characterized as:
A. Normal
B. Withdrawal cognitions
C. Perceived stress
D. Job dissatisfaction ✅B. Withdrawal cognitions
_______________ are the key links between _____________ in Ajzen's Theory of
Planned Behavior.
A. Attitudes; intentions and planned behavior
B. Intentions; norms and attitudes
C. Intentions; attitudes and planned behavior
D. Norms; intentions and planned behavior ✅C. Intentions; attitudes and planned
behavior
The director of a movie auditions only females to play the role of Rosa Parks in a
biographical film of her life during the Civil Rights Movement. This is an example of:
A. Bona fide occupational qualification
B. Disparate impact
C. Disparate treatment
D. Reasonable accommodation ✅A. Bona fide occupational qualification
________ provides broad and useful ways to describe personality in terms of our
individual differences in self-efficacy, self-esteem, locus of control, and emotional
stability.
A. Personality
B. Emotional intelligence
C. Practical intelligence
D. Core self-evaluation ✅D. Core self-evaluation
,Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) harms other employees, the organization as a
whole, and organizational stakeholders such as customers and shareholders. Which of
the following is not an example of CWB?
A. Checking your personal stocks
B. Reporting unethical behavior poor financial results at the quarterly meeting
C. Treating your friend to dinner on your expense account
D. Talking about a co-worker behind his/her back ✅B. Reporting unethical behavior
poor financial results at the quarterly meeting
____________ is the combination of stable physical, behavioral, and mental
characteristics that gives individuals their unique identity.
A. self-efficacy
B. personality
C. emotional stability
D. emotional intelligence ✅B. personality
Which of the following is not a driver or cause of organizational culture?
A. industry environment
B. organizational vision
C. work attitudes and behaviors
D. national culture ✅C. work attitudes and behaviors
Which of the following is a statement that contains information on the customers that will
be served, the needs that will be satisfied, and the technology that will be used by the
company?
A. code of conduct
B. vision
C. goal
D. mission ✅D. mission
Under ________, intent is irrelevant.
A. disparate treatment
B. disparate discrimination
C. reasonable accommodations
D. disparate impact ✅D. disparate impact
Which type of organizational culture has been shown by research to be most strongly
related to job satisfaction?
A. adhocracy
B. clan
C. market
D. hierarchy ✅B. clan
________ is the process through which an organization seeks applicants for potential
employment.
A. selection
, B. recruitment
C. appraisal
D. anticipation ✅B. recruitment
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 prohibits discrimination against
employees over the age of ________.
A. 16
B. 35
C. 40
D. 65 ✅C. 40
External analysis and internal analysis combined constitute the ________.
A. strategy development
B. mission statement
C. vision statement
D. SWOT analysis ✅D. SWOT analysis
During the strategic implementation stage of the strategic management process, an
organization
A. ensures that it has skilled employees in place
B. defines its mission and goals
C. decides on a strategic direction
D. determines its internal strengths and weaknesses ✅A. ensures that it has skilled
employees in place
Dora is a manager at DrinkUp Corporation. Every day, she eats lunch in the company
cafeteria so that she can learn the latest news and rumors. Dora is exhibiting her:
A. voyeurism
B. social awareness
C. introversion
D. self-awareness ✅B. social awareness
Which of the following statements about self-efficacy is true?
A. Self-efficacy is the same as self-esteem.
B. The biggest predictor of a person's self-efficacy is his or her emotional state.
C. Self-efficacy can be developed.
D. A person with high self-efficacy is likely to work less hard than a person with low self-
efficacy because he or she is already confident of good results. ✅C. Self-efficacy can
be developed.
Joe creates advertising slogans for an advertising firm. He works with beliefs,
perceptions, and informal obligations about what he is entitled to receive in return for
what he provides to the organization. A(n) ________ represents Joe's beliefs.
A. high level of emotional labor
B. high affective commitment
C. psychological contract