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“MANAGEMENT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
“ NEWEST UPDATED EXAM 2025 – 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+ (LATEST
VERSION)
Management Exam Practice Questions
Perception is ____________.
A. influenced by the target and the context
B. determined solely by the object being examined
C. determined by an individual's personality, not previous experiences
D. usually shared by most employees at a firm
E. less important than the objective reality of a situation
A (influenced by the target and the context)
Our perceptions are influenced strongly by ______________.
A. problems
B. decisions
C. expectations
D. objectives
E. attributions
C (expectations)
Which term defines a process by which individuals organize and interpret
sensory impressions for the purpose of understanding their environment?
A. Perception
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B. Cognition
C. Affect
D. Attitude
E. Personality
A (Perception)
Which of these is an individual's personal characteristic that influences what
is being perceived?
A. Location
B. Lighting effect
C. Attitude
D. Heat
E. Attractiveness
C (Attitude)
Which of these is a characteristic of the target being perceived that influences
the perception process?
A. Lighting effect
B. Heat
C. Location
D. Attitude
E. Attractiveness
E (Attractiveness)
Which of these is a situational context factor that influences the perception
process?
A. Personality
B. Past experience
C. Attitude
D. Location
E. Attractiveness
D (Location)
Which of the following is true of fundamental attribution error?
A. The theory displays our internal biases against making snap judgments.
B. It always results in self-serving bias.
C. The theory explains why people make errors on the job.
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D. It can easily be applied in Eastern and Western cultures.
E. It can cause people to underestimate the influence of external factors on
others.
E (It can cause people to underestimate the influence of external factors on others)
Which of the following is a true statement about selective perception?
A. It is based on our perception of a group as a whole.
B. It helps us process large amounts of information quickly.
C. It usually results in significant distortion of information.
D. It allows us to take in and understand everything we see.
E. It causes us to draw conclusions based on a single characteristic.
B (It helps us process large amounts of information quickly)
Which theory tries to explain the ways we judge people differently, depending
on the meaning we assign to a behavior?
A. Machiavellian theory
B. Personality-job fit theory
C. Emotional dissonance theory
D. Attribution theory
E. Affective events theory
D (Attribution theory)
Which of these represent the three factors of attribution theory?
A. Agreeable, conscientious, and emotional stability
B. Intra, internal, and external
C. Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy
D. Distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency
E. Intuitive, sensing, and judging
D (Distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency)
According to attribution theory, which of the following refers to whether an
individual displays different behaviors in different situations?
A. Narcissism
B. Distinctiveness
C. Consensus
D. Conscientious
E. Consistency
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B (Distinctiveness)
Which term describes the tendency to underestimate the influence of external
factors and overestimate the influence of internal or personal factors when
making judgments about the behavior of others?
A. Selective perception
B. Stereotyping
C. Self-serving bias
D. Halo effect
E. Fundamental attribution error
E (Fundamental attribution error)
Better decisions can be made by ____________.
A. weighing every possible alternative to a solution before acting
B. reacting only to problems that everyone agrees upon
C. selecting information from only one source
D. seeking to validate an idea already held by many in the organization
E. recognizing potential perceptual biases during the decision process
E (recognizing potential perceptual biases during the decision process)
We generally need to make decisions when we perceive there is a(n)
_________.
A. stereotype
B. bias
C. perception
D. problem
E. alternative
D (problem)
Which of the following is the result of a choice from among two or more
alternatives?
A. Distinctiveness
B. A problem
C. Consensus
D. A decision
E. Consistency
D (A decision)
“MANAGEMENT EXAM PRACTICE QUESTIONS
“ NEWEST UPDATED EXAM 2025 – 2026
SOLVED QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
VERIFIED 100% GRADED A+ (LATEST
VERSION)
Management Exam Practice Questions
Perception is ____________.
A. influenced by the target and the context
B. determined solely by the object being examined
C. determined by an individual's personality, not previous experiences
D. usually shared by most employees at a firm
E. less important than the objective reality of a situation
A (influenced by the target and the context)
Our perceptions are influenced strongly by ______________.
A. problems
B. decisions
C. expectations
D. objectives
E. attributions
C (expectations)
Which term defines a process by which individuals organize and interpret
sensory impressions for the purpose of understanding their environment?
A. Perception
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B. Cognition
C. Affect
D. Attitude
E. Personality
A (Perception)
Which of these is an individual's personal characteristic that influences what
is being perceived?
A. Location
B. Lighting effect
C. Attitude
D. Heat
E. Attractiveness
C (Attitude)
Which of these is a characteristic of the target being perceived that influences
the perception process?
A. Lighting effect
B. Heat
C. Location
D. Attitude
E. Attractiveness
E (Attractiveness)
Which of these is a situational context factor that influences the perception
process?
A. Personality
B. Past experience
C. Attitude
D. Location
E. Attractiveness
D (Location)
Which of the following is true of fundamental attribution error?
A. The theory displays our internal biases against making snap judgments.
B. It always results in self-serving bias.
C. The theory explains why people make errors on the job.
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D. It can easily be applied in Eastern and Western cultures.
E. It can cause people to underestimate the influence of external factors on
others.
E (It can cause people to underestimate the influence of external factors on others)
Which of the following is a true statement about selective perception?
A. It is based on our perception of a group as a whole.
B. It helps us process large amounts of information quickly.
C. It usually results in significant distortion of information.
D. It allows us to take in and understand everything we see.
E. It causes us to draw conclusions based on a single characteristic.
B (It helps us process large amounts of information quickly)
Which theory tries to explain the ways we judge people differently, depending
on the meaning we assign to a behavior?
A. Machiavellian theory
B. Personality-job fit theory
C. Emotional dissonance theory
D. Attribution theory
E. Affective events theory
D (Attribution theory)
Which of these represent the three factors of attribution theory?
A. Agreeable, conscientious, and emotional stability
B. Intra, internal, and external
C. Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy
D. Distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency
E. Intuitive, sensing, and judging
D (Distinctiveness, consensus, and consistency)
According to attribution theory, which of the following refers to whether an
individual displays different behaviors in different situations?
A. Narcissism
B. Distinctiveness
C. Consensus
D. Conscientious
E. Consistency
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B (Distinctiveness)
Which term describes the tendency to underestimate the influence of external
factors and overestimate the influence of internal or personal factors when
making judgments about the behavior of others?
A. Selective perception
B. Stereotyping
C. Self-serving bias
D. Halo effect
E. Fundamental attribution error
E (Fundamental attribution error)
Better decisions can be made by ____________.
A. weighing every possible alternative to a solution before acting
B. reacting only to problems that everyone agrees upon
C. selecting information from only one source
D. seeking to validate an idea already held by many in the organization
E. recognizing potential perceptual biases during the decision process
E (recognizing potential perceptual biases during the decision process)
We generally need to make decisions when we perceive there is a(n)
_________.
A. stereotype
B. bias
C. perception
D. problem
E. alternative
D (problem)
Which of the following is the result of a choice from among two or more
alternatives?
A. Distinctiveness
B. A problem
C. Consensus
D. A decision
E. Consistency
D (A decision)
