WGU C483 - Principles of Management OA
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1. In the five dimensions of Hackman and Oldham's model of job design, what
does autonomy describe?
Choose 1 answer
a) Information about job performance
b) Independence and discretion in making decisions
c) Important and positive impact on the lives of others
d) Different job activities involving several skills and talents - ANSWER b]
Independence and discretion in making decisions
2. A store that has had a high rate of employee theft wants to use an employee
selection technique to hire new employees who are less likely to steal from them.
Which type of employee selection instrument is most appropriate in this
situation?
Choose 1 answer
a) Validity test
b) Integrity test
c) Reliability test
d) Personality test - ANSWER Integrity test
,3. When selecting an organizational structure, which key elements should be
considered?
Choose 1 answer
a) Economics and ethics
b) Diversity and dynamics
c) Differentiation and integration
d) Job specification and segmentation - ANSWER Differentiation and
integration
4. What is the best way to succeed in a matrix organizational structure?
Choose 1 answer
a) Collaboration
b) Unity of command
c) Top-down communication
d) Centralized decision making - ANSWER Collaboration
5. What is a reason to create a boundaryless organizational structure?
Choose 1 answer
a) To differentiate position titles
b) To allow for the delegation of tasks
c) To limit the amount of collaboration
d) To make information available as needed - ANSWER To make
information available as needed
6. Four small, independent organizations, each with its own type of expertise, plan
to work together for six months for the sole purpose of developing a new product
,that will help each of them improve their ability to compete with larger
organizations.
Which type of organization does their relationship characterize?
a) Matrix organization
b) Virtual organization
c) Functional organization
d) Bureaucratic organization - ANSWER Virtual organization
7. Which formal structure allows job holders to have broad responsibilities,
accommodates decentralized and informal decision making, and values expertise?
a) Modern
b) Flexible
c) Organic
d) Mechanistic - ANSWER Organic
8. One manager is responsible for all functional areas allowing the company to
sell Product A, and another manager is responsible for all functional areas that
allow the company to sell Product B.
Which type of design does this corporation use?
Choose 1 answer
a) Virtual
b) Network
c) Divisional
d) Horizontal - ANSWER Divisional
, 9. Which entities protect the rights of employees and potential employees from
discrimination in the workplace?
a) Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
b) National Labor Relations and Labor Management Relations
c) Fair Labor Standards and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
d) Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure and Labor Management
Relations - ANSWER Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative
Action
10. During an international executive meeting, an executive used a word that did
not translate into English.
What type of cross-cultural communication barrier is this?
a) Barrier caused by semantics
b) Barrier caused by tone differences
c) Barrier caused by word association
d) Barrier caused by differences among perceptions - ANSWER Barrier
caused by word association
11. A younger employee becomes irritated by the sound of an older employee's
voice and finds it difficult to work on projects with the older employee. This has
caused conflict in the department.
What is the source of conflict between the older and younger employees?
Choose 1 answer
a) Structure
b) Differing values
c) Communication
d) Personal variables - ANSWER Personal variables
Frequently Tested Exam Questions With
Verified Multiple Choice and Conceptual
Actual 100% Correct Detailed Answers
Guaranteed Pass!!Current Update!!
1. In the five dimensions of Hackman and Oldham's model of job design, what
does autonomy describe?
Choose 1 answer
a) Information about job performance
b) Independence and discretion in making decisions
c) Important and positive impact on the lives of others
d) Different job activities involving several skills and talents - ANSWER b]
Independence and discretion in making decisions
2. A store that has had a high rate of employee theft wants to use an employee
selection technique to hire new employees who are less likely to steal from them.
Which type of employee selection instrument is most appropriate in this
situation?
Choose 1 answer
a) Validity test
b) Integrity test
c) Reliability test
d) Personality test - ANSWER Integrity test
,3. When selecting an organizational structure, which key elements should be
considered?
Choose 1 answer
a) Economics and ethics
b) Diversity and dynamics
c) Differentiation and integration
d) Job specification and segmentation - ANSWER Differentiation and
integration
4. What is the best way to succeed in a matrix organizational structure?
Choose 1 answer
a) Collaboration
b) Unity of command
c) Top-down communication
d) Centralized decision making - ANSWER Collaboration
5. What is a reason to create a boundaryless organizational structure?
Choose 1 answer
a) To differentiate position titles
b) To allow for the delegation of tasks
c) To limit the amount of collaboration
d) To make information available as needed - ANSWER To make
information available as needed
6. Four small, independent organizations, each with its own type of expertise, plan
to work together for six months for the sole purpose of developing a new product
,that will help each of them improve their ability to compete with larger
organizations.
Which type of organization does their relationship characterize?
a) Matrix organization
b) Virtual organization
c) Functional organization
d) Bureaucratic organization - ANSWER Virtual organization
7. Which formal structure allows job holders to have broad responsibilities,
accommodates decentralized and informal decision making, and values expertise?
a) Modern
b) Flexible
c) Organic
d) Mechanistic - ANSWER Organic
8. One manager is responsible for all functional areas allowing the company to
sell Product A, and another manager is responsible for all functional areas that
allow the company to sell Product B.
Which type of design does this corporation use?
Choose 1 answer
a) Virtual
b) Network
c) Divisional
d) Horizontal - ANSWER Divisional
, 9. Which entities protect the rights of employees and potential employees from
discrimination in the workplace?
a) Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action
b) National Labor Relations and Labor Management Relations
c) Fair Labor Standards and Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification
d) Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure and Labor Management
Relations - ANSWER Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative
Action
10. During an international executive meeting, an executive used a word that did
not translate into English.
What type of cross-cultural communication barrier is this?
a) Barrier caused by semantics
b) Barrier caused by tone differences
c) Barrier caused by word association
d) Barrier caused by differences among perceptions - ANSWER Barrier
caused by word association
11. A younger employee becomes irritated by the sound of an older employee's
voice and finds it difficult to work on projects with the older employee. This has
caused conflict in the department.
What is the source of conflict between the older and younger employees?
Choose 1 answer
a) Structure
b) Differing values
c) Communication
d) Personal variables - ANSWER Personal variables
