HROB 101 MIDTERM SET QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS!!
Which of the following is true of the attraction-selection-attrition framework?
A. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to economic stability.
B. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to a sense of uniformity.
C. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to market penetration.
D. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to production stability. -
ANSWER B. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to a sense of
uniformity.
Which of the following best describes a conventional clan culture organization?
A. It is any organization that acts like an extended family favoring teamwork, loyalty,
commitment, and cohesion.
B. It is any organization that is held together by internal processes, formal procedures,
policies, and rules.
C. It is any organization that has open systems that value risk-taking, innovating, and
staying on the cutting edge of the market.
D. It is any organization that is dynamic in nature, similar to entrepreneurial set ups. -
ANSWER A. It is any organization that acts like an extended family favoring teamwork,
loyalty, commitment, and cohesion.
Which of the following is true of clan culture?
A. It is secretive and results-oriented.
B. It is a rule-based bureaucracy.
C. It is participative and comfortable.
D. It is monopolistic and controlling - ANSWER C. It is participative and comfortable.
What are the terms on which a clan culture defines its success?
, A. Efficiency, cost of production, and dependable delivery
B. Market penetration and market share
C. Having the newest product and technology and being a product leader.
D. Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people - ANSWER D.
Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people
Which of the following is true of a sustainable clan culture?
A. It places less emphasis on top-down organizational goals originating from leaders.
B. It focuses on benefitting the community by means of finance.
C. It promotes autocracy and centralization of organizational goals.
D. It focuses on increasing profits and reducing the turnover costs of the organization.
- ANSWER A. It places less emphasis on top-down organizational goals originating from
leaders.
A difference between a conventional clan culture and a sustainable clan culture is that:
A. a sustainable clan culture involves improving methods to increase profits, whereas a
conventional clan culture involves benefitting the community by non-finance terms.
B. a sustainable clan culture involves benefitting the community by non-finance terms,
whereas a conventional clan culture involves improving methods to increase profits.
C. a conventional clan culture promotes collaboratively chosen goals, whereas a
sustainable clan culture has autocratic methods of choosing goals.
D. a conventional clan culture promotes collaboratively chosen goals, whereas a
sustainable clan culture has more autocratic methods of choosing goals. - ANSWER B. a
sustainable clan culture involves benefitting the community by non-finance terms,
whereas a conventional clan culture involves improving methods to increase profits.
Which of the following is true of hierarchy organization cultures?
A. They are rule-based bureaucracies.
B. They are much like an extended family.
C. They are based on self-managed systems.
D. They are based on informal procedures. - ANSWER A. They are rule-based
,bureaucracies.
Which of the following terms are the bases on which hierarchy organization cultures
define their success?
A. Market penetration and market share
B. Efficiency, low-cost production, and dependable delivery
C. Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people
D. Having the newest product and technology and being a product leader - ANSWER B.
Efficiency, low-cost production, and dependable delivery
Which of the following is a difference between a conventional hierarchy culture and a
sustainable hierarchy culture?
A. A conventional hierarchy culture focuses on a 360-degree feedback, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture focuses on monitoring employees.
B. A conventional hierarch culture is more like an extended family, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture is more autocratic.
C. A conventional hierarchy culture focuses on monitoring employees, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture focuses on a 360-degree feedback.
D. A conventional hierarchy culture is more like an extended family, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture is more autocratic. - ANSWER C. A conventional hierarchy
culture focuses on monitoring employees, whereas a sustainable hierarchy culture
focuses on a 360-degree feedback.
Which of the following best describes an adhocracy culture?
A. It is an organizational culture that treats members like an extended family and values
developing human resources, loyalty, commitment, participation, and teamwork to meet
organizational goals.
B. It is an organizational culture that is goal-focused and results-oriented; it
emphasizes productivity as well as the organization's position in the marketplace, while
avoiding risk-taking.
C. It is an organizational culture that has a rule-based bureaucracy that values
efficiency, low-cost production, predictability, low turnover, and formal procedures.
D. It is an organizational culture that promotes entrepreneurial open systems that value
, innovation, risk-taking, bringing new products and services to the market, and staying
on the cutting edge of the market. - ANSWER D. It is an organizational culture that
promotes entrepreneurial open systems that value innovation, risk-taking, bringing new
products and services to the market, and staying on the cutting edge of the market.
Which of the following terms are the bases on which an adhocracy culture defines its
success?
A. Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people
B. Having the newest product and technology and being a product leader
C. Market penetration and market share
D. Efficiency, low-cost production, and dependable delivery - ANSWER B. Having the
newest product and technology and being a product leader
Which of the following is true of a conventional adhocracy culture?
A. It emphasizes instrumental organizational goals that enhance competitiveness.
B. It emphasizes innovations that enhance ecological well-being.
C. It emphasizes community benefits and treating people with dignity.
D. It emphasizes seeking new opportunities to enhance stakeholders' well-being. -
ANSWER A. It emphasizes instrumental organizational goals that enhance
competitiveness.
Which of the following is a difference between a conventional adhocracy culture and a
sustainable adhocracy culture?
A. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes community well-being, whereas a
sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes profit maximization.
B. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes community well-being, whereas a
sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes instrumental organizational goals to
enhance competitiveness.
C. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes profit maximization, whereas a
sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes community well-being.
D. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes instrumental organizational goals to
enhance competitiveness, whereas a sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes profit
maximization. - ANSWER C. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes profit
ANSWERS!!
Which of the following is true of the attraction-selection-attrition framework?
A. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to economic stability.
B. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to a sense of uniformity.
C. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to market penetration.
D. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to production stability. -
ANSWER B. It sheds light on how organizational cultures can contribute to a sense of
uniformity.
Which of the following best describes a conventional clan culture organization?
A. It is any organization that acts like an extended family favoring teamwork, loyalty,
commitment, and cohesion.
B. It is any organization that is held together by internal processes, formal procedures,
policies, and rules.
C. It is any organization that has open systems that value risk-taking, innovating, and
staying on the cutting edge of the market.
D. It is any organization that is dynamic in nature, similar to entrepreneurial set ups. -
ANSWER A. It is any organization that acts like an extended family favoring teamwork,
loyalty, commitment, and cohesion.
Which of the following is true of clan culture?
A. It is secretive and results-oriented.
B. It is a rule-based bureaucracy.
C. It is participative and comfortable.
D. It is monopolistic and controlling - ANSWER C. It is participative and comfortable.
What are the terms on which a clan culture defines its success?
, A. Efficiency, cost of production, and dependable delivery
B. Market penetration and market share
C. Having the newest product and technology and being a product leader.
D. Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people - ANSWER D.
Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people
Which of the following is true of a sustainable clan culture?
A. It places less emphasis on top-down organizational goals originating from leaders.
B. It focuses on benefitting the community by means of finance.
C. It promotes autocracy and centralization of organizational goals.
D. It focuses on increasing profits and reducing the turnover costs of the organization.
- ANSWER A. It places less emphasis on top-down organizational goals originating from
leaders.
A difference between a conventional clan culture and a sustainable clan culture is that:
A. a sustainable clan culture involves improving methods to increase profits, whereas a
conventional clan culture involves benefitting the community by non-finance terms.
B. a sustainable clan culture involves benefitting the community by non-finance terms,
whereas a conventional clan culture involves improving methods to increase profits.
C. a conventional clan culture promotes collaboratively chosen goals, whereas a
sustainable clan culture has autocratic methods of choosing goals.
D. a conventional clan culture promotes collaboratively chosen goals, whereas a
sustainable clan culture has more autocratic methods of choosing goals. - ANSWER B. a
sustainable clan culture involves benefitting the community by non-finance terms,
whereas a conventional clan culture involves improving methods to increase profits.
Which of the following is true of hierarchy organization cultures?
A. They are rule-based bureaucracies.
B. They are much like an extended family.
C. They are based on self-managed systems.
D. They are based on informal procedures. - ANSWER A. They are rule-based
,bureaucracies.
Which of the following terms are the bases on which hierarchy organization cultures
define their success?
A. Market penetration and market share
B. Efficiency, low-cost production, and dependable delivery
C. Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people
D. Having the newest product and technology and being a product leader - ANSWER B.
Efficiency, low-cost production, and dependable delivery
Which of the following is a difference between a conventional hierarchy culture and a
sustainable hierarchy culture?
A. A conventional hierarchy culture focuses on a 360-degree feedback, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture focuses on monitoring employees.
B. A conventional hierarch culture is more like an extended family, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture is more autocratic.
C. A conventional hierarchy culture focuses on monitoring employees, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture focuses on a 360-degree feedback.
D. A conventional hierarchy culture is more like an extended family, whereas a
sustainable hierarchy culture is more autocratic. - ANSWER C. A conventional hierarchy
culture focuses on monitoring employees, whereas a sustainable hierarchy culture
focuses on a 360-degree feedback.
Which of the following best describes an adhocracy culture?
A. It is an organizational culture that treats members like an extended family and values
developing human resources, loyalty, commitment, participation, and teamwork to meet
organizational goals.
B. It is an organizational culture that is goal-focused and results-oriented; it
emphasizes productivity as well as the organization's position in the marketplace, while
avoiding risk-taking.
C. It is an organizational culture that has a rule-based bureaucracy that values
efficiency, low-cost production, predictability, low turnover, and formal procedures.
D. It is an organizational culture that promotes entrepreneurial open systems that value
, innovation, risk-taking, bringing new products and services to the market, and staying
on the cutting edge of the market. - ANSWER D. It is an organizational culture that
promotes entrepreneurial open systems that value innovation, risk-taking, bringing new
products and services to the market, and staying on the cutting edge of the market.
Which of the following terms are the bases on which an adhocracy culture defines its
success?
A. Teamwork, human resource development, and concern for people
B. Having the newest product and technology and being a product leader
C. Market penetration and market share
D. Efficiency, low-cost production, and dependable delivery - ANSWER B. Having the
newest product and technology and being a product leader
Which of the following is true of a conventional adhocracy culture?
A. It emphasizes instrumental organizational goals that enhance competitiveness.
B. It emphasizes innovations that enhance ecological well-being.
C. It emphasizes community benefits and treating people with dignity.
D. It emphasizes seeking new opportunities to enhance stakeholders' well-being. -
ANSWER A. It emphasizes instrumental organizational goals that enhance
competitiveness.
Which of the following is a difference between a conventional adhocracy culture and a
sustainable adhocracy culture?
A. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes community well-being, whereas a
sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes profit maximization.
B. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes community well-being, whereas a
sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes instrumental organizational goals to
enhance competitiveness.
C. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes profit maximization, whereas a
sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes community well-being.
D. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes instrumental organizational goals to
enhance competitiveness, whereas a sustainable adhocracy culture emphasizes profit
maximization. - ANSWER C. A conventional adhocracy culture emphasizes profit
