WGU C715 ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
1. Which behavioral science discipline makes the most significant contribution to the study of
individual-level behavior within Organizational Behavior?
A. Psychology
B. Social Psychology
C. Sociology
D. Anthropology
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Psychology focuses on understanding and explaining individual
behavior, whereas the other disciplines focus on group or societal processes.
2. Which level of diversity involves differences in values, personality, and work preferences
that become more important as people get to know one another?
A. Surface-level diversity
B. Deep-level diversity
C. Biographical characteristics
,D. Organizational diversity
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: Deep-level diversity refers to internal characteristics that are
not immediately obvious but affect how people work together over time.
3. Which term refers to the incompatibility an individual might perceive between two or
more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes?
A. Affective commitment
B. Job involvement
C. Cognitive dissonance
D. Perceptual bias
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Leon Festinger proposed cognitive dissonance to describe the
internal tension when one’s actions and beliefs do not align.
4. According to the Big Five Personality Model, which dimension is the strongest predictor of
job performance across most occupations?
A. Conscientiousness
B. Agreeableness
C. Emotional Stability
D. Extraversion
, Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Conscientiousness, characterized by reliability and organization,
is the most consistent predictor of high job performance.
5. Which component of the ‘Dark Triad’ is characterized by a grandiose sense of self-
importance and a requirement for excessive admiration?
A. Narcissism
B. Machiavellianism
C. Psychopathy
D. Self-monitoring
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Narcissism involves arrogance and a belief that one is entitled to
special treatment.
6. An individual who is high in this trait is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and
believes that the ends can justify the means.
A. Self-efficacy
B. Risk-taking
C. Machiavellianism
D. Narcissism
Answer: C
BEHAVIOR FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE
1. Which behavioral science discipline makes the most significant contribution to the study of
individual-level behavior within Organizational Behavior?
A. Psychology
B. Social Psychology
C. Sociology
D. Anthropology
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Psychology focuses on understanding and explaining individual
behavior, whereas the other disciplines focus on group or societal processes.
2. Which level of diversity involves differences in values, personality, and work preferences
that become more important as people get to know one another?
A. Surface-level diversity
B. Deep-level diversity
C. Biographical characteristics
,D. Organizational diversity
Answer: B
Conceptual Explanation: Deep-level diversity refers to internal characteristics that are
not immediately obvious but affect how people work together over time.
3. Which term refers to the incompatibility an individual might perceive between two or
more attitudes or between behavior and attitudes?
A. Affective commitment
B. Job involvement
C. Cognitive dissonance
D. Perceptual bias
Answer: C
Conceptual Explanation: Leon Festinger proposed cognitive dissonance to describe the
internal tension when one’s actions and beliefs do not align.
4. According to the Big Five Personality Model, which dimension is the strongest predictor of
job performance across most occupations?
A. Conscientiousness
B. Agreeableness
C. Emotional Stability
D. Extraversion
, Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Conscientiousness, characterized by reliability and organization,
is the most consistent predictor of high job performance.
5. Which component of the ‘Dark Triad’ is characterized by a grandiose sense of self-
importance and a requirement for excessive admiration?
A. Narcissism
B. Machiavellianism
C. Psychopathy
D. Self-monitoring
Answer: A
Conceptual Explanation: Narcissism involves arrogance and a belief that one is entitled to
special treatment.
6. An individual who is high in this trait is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and
believes that the ends can justify the means.
A. Self-efficacy
B. Risk-taking
C. Machiavellianism
D. Narcissism
Answer: C
