BU288 OB MIDTERM 1 TESTBANK ACTUAL EXAM
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1) An individual's personality encompasses
A) all aspects of the individual's physical and emotional response to their environment.
B) behaviours which are mostly learned through childhood experience.
C) a relatively stable set of psychological characteristics.
D) a constantly shifting set of personal characteristics.
E) all aspects of the individual's consciousness. - ANSWER-C
1) In which of the following is work viewed as most important and central in life?
A) Netherlands
B) Germany
C) USA
,D) Britain
E) Japan - ANSWER-E
1) The most important goal of virtually all organizations is
A) employee development.
B) profit.
C) increased productivity.
D) survival.
E) cost reduction. - ANSWER-D
1) Which of the following statements most accurately defines "perception"?
A) Perception is the tendency to generalize about people and ignore variations between individuals.
B) Perception is reality.
C) Perception is the process by which motives are assigned to explain people's behaviour.
D) Perception is the tendency to attribute one's own thoughts and feelings to others.
E) Perception is the process of interpreting messages of our senses to provide meaning. - ANSWER-E
10) Gary Reynolds is the CEO of Reynolds Software Limited. He attributes his success to careful
planning, hard work, and a good business education. In terms of locus of control, Gary is most likely a(n)
A) internal.
B) external.
C) extravert.
,D) introvert.
E) high self- monitor. - ANSWER-A
10) Knowing that a person falls into some social category, we might assume that he or she possesses
certain traits, and that everyone in this category possesses these traits. This is an example of
A) a situational attribution.
B) a stereotype.
C) projection.
D) reliance on central traits.
E) consensus cues. - ANSWER-B
10) The contemporary view of the relationship between job satisfaction and performance suggests that
A) job satisfaction and performance are not related.
B) performance contributes to job satisfaction and job satisfaction contributes to performance.
C) performance contributes to job satisfaction.
D) job satisfaction contributes to performance.
E) job satisfaction and performance are impossible to measure adequately. - ANSWER-B
10) The idea of bureaucracy was developed by
A) Henri Fayol.
B) Lyndall Urwick.
C) Mary Parker Follett.
, D) Frederick Taylor.
E) Max Weber. - ANSWER-E
11) A person who is a high self-monitor will
A) have difficulty regulating their behaviour in social situations.
B) ignore the situation when determining how to behave.
C) be rather rigid in his or her leadership style.
D) be prone to uncontrollable emotional outbursts.
E) observe the situation when determining how to behave. - ANSWER-E
11) Alice perceives her job inputs as high and her job outcomes as high. Alice perceives Jane's inputs as
low and her outcomes as low. Jane's perceptions are identical to Alice's in all respects. According to
equity theory
A) Jane experiences inequity but Alice doesn't.
B) both women are experiencing inequity.
C) both women are experiencing equity.
D) both women should earn exactly the same income.
E) Alice experiences inequity but Jane doesn't. - ANSWER-C
11) Driving home from an auto repair shop, you find that the repair you just paid for wasn't done properly.
Which of the following would increase your tendency to blame the mechanic's error on dispositional
factors?
A) This mechanic has done poor repairs on your car twice before.
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1) An individual's personality encompasses
A) all aspects of the individual's physical and emotional response to their environment.
B) behaviours which are mostly learned through childhood experience.
C) a relatively stable set of psychological characteristics.
D) a constantly shifting set of personal characteristics.
E) all aspects of the individual's consciousness. - ANSWER-C
1) In which of the following is work viewed as most important and central in life?
A) Netherlands
B) Germany
C) USA
,D) Britain
E) Japan - ANSWER-E
1) The most important goal of virtually all organizations is
A) employee development.
B) profit.
C) increased productivity.
D) survival.
E) cost reduction. - ANSWER-D
1) Which of the following statements most accurately defines "perception"?
A) Perception is the tendency to generalize about people and ignore variations between individuals.
B) Perception is reality.
C) Perception is the process by which motives are assigned to explain people's behaviour.
D) Perception is the tendency to attribute one's own thoughts and feelings to others.
E) Perception is the process of interpreting messages of our senses to provide meaning. - ANSWER-E
10) Gary Reynolds is the CEO of Reynolds Software Limited. He attributes his success to careful
planning, hard work, and a good business education. In terms of locus of control, Gary is most likely a(n)
A) internal.
B) external.
C) extravert.
,D) introvert.
E) high self- monitor. - ANSWER-A
10) Knowing that a person falls into some social category, we might assume that he or she possesses
certain traits, and that everyone in this category possesses these traits. This is an example of
A) a situational attribution.
B) a stereotype.
C) projection.
D) reliance on central traits.
E) consensus cues. - ANSWER-B
10) The contemporary view of the relationship between job satisfaction and performance suggests that
A) job satisfaction and performance are not related.
B) performance contributes to job satisfaction and job satisfaction contributes to performance.
C) performance contributes to job satisfaction.
D) job satisfaction contributes to performance.
E) job satisfaction and performance are impossible to measure adequately. - ANSWER-B
10) The idea of bureaucracy was developed by
A) Henri Fayol.
B) Lyndall Urwick.
C) Mary Parker Follett.
, D) Frederick Taylor.
E) Max Weber. - ANSWER-E
11) A person who is a high self-monitor will
A) have difficulty regulating their behaviour in social situations.
B) ignore the situation when determining how to behave.
C) be rather rigid in his or her leadership style.
D) be prone to uncontrollable emotional outbursts.
E) observe the situation when determining how to behave. - ANSWER-E
11) Alice perceives her job inputs as high and her job outcomes as high. Alice perceives Jane's inputs as
low and her outcomes as low. Jane's perceptions are identical to Alice's in all respects. According to
equity theory
A) Jane experiences inequity but Alice doesn't.
B) both women are experiencing inequity.
C) both women are experiencing equity.
D) both women should earn exactly the same income.
E) Alice experiences inequity but Jane doesn't. - ANSWER-C
11) Driving home from an auto repair shop, you find that the repair you just paid for wasn't done properly.
Which of the following would increase your tendency to blame the mechanic's error on dispositional
factors?
A) This mechanic has done poor repairs on your car twice before.
