ODS Comprehensive Exam – 100 Questions with
Correct and Verified Answers (2025 Edition)
Section 1: Foundations of Organizational Development (Questions 1-25)
1. What is the primary goal of Organizational Development (OD)?
A) To increase short-term profits
B) To implement the latest management fads
C) To improve organizational effectiveness and health through planned,
systemic change
D) To restructure the organization annually
2. The action research model is a cornerstone of OD. What is its core cyclical
process?
A) Plan, Act, Observe, Reflect
B) Hire, Train, Evaluate, Terminate
C) Sell, Market, Distribute, Support
D) Budget, Forecast, Report, Audit
3. Who is considered one of the founding fathers of OD, known for his work
on T-groups and action research?
A) Frederick Taylor
B) Kurt Lewin
C) Henry Ford
D) Michael Porter
4. Lewin's Change Model consists of three stages. What are they?
A) Analysis, Design, Implementation
B) Unfreezing, Changing, Refreezing
C) Start, Stop, Continue
D) Plan, Do, Check, Act
5. An OD practitioner acting as a "facilitator" is primarily focused on:
A) Making key decisions for the client
, B) Providing expert content knowledge
C) Helping the client improve their processes for managing change
D) Implementing new software systems
6. What is a key ethical responsibility of an OD consultant?
A) Guaranteeing specific business outcomes
B) Maintaining confidentiality of client information
C) Sharing client data with industry peers for benchmarking
D) Always agreeing with the CEO's perspective
7. "Readiness for change" refers to:
A) The financial resources available for an initiative
B) The organization's motivation and capacity to undertake change
C) The completion of the project charter
D) The technological infrastructure in place
8. In the Contextualist perspective of OD, change is understood through the
interplay of:
A) Time and Space
B) Internal and External Forces
C) Intended and Emergent Strategy
D) Leadership and Followership
9. A key output of the "Unfreezing" stage in Lewin's model is:
A) A fully implemented solution
B) Creating a sense of urgency and reducing resistance to change
C) A detailed project plan
D) The final performance metrics
10.Which of the following is a characteristic of a learning organization?
A) Rigid departmental boundaries
B) Systems thinking and shared vision
C) Punishment for failed experiments
D) Top-down communication only
, 11.The primary purpose of diagnostic activities in OD is to:
A) Assign blame for past failures
B) Understand the current state and identify gaps
C) Write the final report for stakeholders
D) Justify the consultant's fees
12.A SWOT analysis examines:
A) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
B) Sales, Workforce, Operations, Technology
C) Strategy, Willpower, Objectives, Tactics
D) Systems, Workflows, Outputs, Throughputs
13.Which intervention is typically used for improving inter-group relations
within an organization?
A) Job Enrichment
B) Inter-group Conflict Resolution
C) MBO (Management by Objectives)
D) Six Sigma
14.Team building interventions are designed to improve:
A) Only the team's social relationships
B) The team's task accomplishment and interpersonal processes
C) Individual performance reviews
D) The budget allocated to the team
15.What does "Future Search" conferencing aim to do?
A) Find new markets for products
B) Get a whole system in one room to create a shared future vision
C) Conduct a competitive analysis
D) Search for and hire new executive talent
16.Sensitivity Training (T-Groups) primarily focuses on:
A) Technical skill development
B) Increasing personal awareness of one's own behavior and its impact on
others
Correct and Verified Answers (2025 Edition)
Section 1: Foundations of Organizational Development (Questions 1-25)
1. What is the primary goal of Organizational Development (OD)?
A) To increase short-term profits
B) To implement the latest management fads
C) To improve organizational effectiveness and health through planned,
systemic change
D) To restructure the organization annually
2. The action research model is a cornerstone of OD. What is its core cyclical
process?
A) Plan, Act, Observe, Reflect
B) Hire, Train, Evaluate, Terminate
C) Sell, Market, Distribute, Support
D) Budget, Forecast, Report, Audit
3. Who is considered one of the founding fathers of OD, known for his work
on T-groups and action research?
A) Frederick Taylor
B) Kurt Lewin
C) Henry Ford
D) Michael Porter
4. Lewin's Change Model consists of three stages. What are they?
A) Analysis, Design, Implementation
B) Unfreezing, Changing, Refreezing
C) Start, Stop, Continue
D) Plan, Do, Check, Act
5. An OD practitioner acting as a "facilitator" is primarily focused on:
A) Making key decisions for the client
, B) Providing expert content knowledge
C) Helping the client improve their processes for managing change
D) Implementing new software systems
6. What is a key ethical responsibility of an OD consultant?
A) Guaranteeing specific business outcomes
B) Maintaining confidentiality of client information
C) Sharing client data with industry peers for benchmarking
D) Always agreeing with the CEO's perspective
7. "Readiness for change" refers to:
A) The financial resources available for an initiative
B) The organization's motivation and capacity to undertake change
C) The completion of the project charter
D) The technological infrastructure in place
8. In the Contextualist perspective of OD, change is understood through the
interplay of:
A) Time and Space
B) Internal and External Forces
C) Intended and Emergent Strategy
D) Leadership and Followership
9. A key output of the "Unfreezing" stage in Lewin's model is:
A) A fully implemented solution
B) Creating a sense of urgency and reducing resistance to change
C) A detailed project plan
D) The final performance metrics
10.Which of the following is a characteristic of a learning organization?
A) Rigid departmental boundaries
B) Systems thinking and shared vision
C) Punishment for failed experiments
D) Top-down communication only
, 11.The primary purpose of diagnostic activities in OD is to:
A) Assign blame for past failures
B) Understand the current state and identify gaps
C) Write the final report for stakeholders
D) Justify the consultant's fees
12.A SWOT analysis examines:
A) Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
B) Sales, Workforce, Operations, Technology
C) Strategy, Willpower, Objectives, Tactics
D) Systems, Workflows, Outputs, Throughputs
13.Which intervention is typically used for improving inter-group relations
within an organization?
A) Job Enrichment
B) Inter-group Conflict Resolution
C) MBO (Management by Objectives)
D) Six Sigma
14.Team building interventions are designed to improve:
A) Only the team's social relationships
B) The team's task accomplishment and interpersonal processes
C) Individual performance reviews
D) The budget allocated to the team
15.What does "Future Search" conferencing aim to do?
A) Find new markets for products
B) Get a whole system in one room to create a shared future vision
C) Conduct a competitive analysis
D) Search for and hire new executive talent
16.Sensitivity Training (T-Groups) primarily focuses on:
A) Technical skill development
B) Increasing personal awareness of one's own behavior and its impact on
others
