HROB Final Exam Multiple Choice
Practice Questions and Answers
A successful self managed work team would probably NOT be
a) performing an interesting task
b) high in social skills
c) high in expertise
d) highly cohesive
e) extremely large - ANSWER-e) extremely large
According to Path Goal theory, employee effort can be increased by
a) strengthening leader member relations
b) clarifying the path to valued rewards
c) maximizing both consideration and initiating structure
d) using a leadership style that increases job satisfaction
e) always using achievement oriented leadership - ANSWER-b) clarifying the path to
valued rewards
After beginning her job, Mika wanted the work environment to be more predictable and
understandable what theory explains her motivation?
a) uncertainty reduction theory
b) socialization resource theory
c) uncertainty deduction theory
d) social information reduction theory
e) social information processing theory - ANSWER-a) uncertainty reduction theory
After beginning her new job, Mika wasn't sure how she should think, feel and act around
her co workers. she felt very dependent on her co workers. What is this an example of?
a) effect dependence
b) unrealistic expectations
c) psychological contract
d) information dependence
e) socialization - ANSWER-d) information dependence
an emergent and dynamic team phenomenon whereby leadership roles and influence
are distributed among team members is known as
, a) shared leadership
b) dynamic leadership
c) distributed leadership
d)emergent leadership
e) mutual leadership - ANSWER-a) shared leadership
An organization has one production unit. other factors equal it probably relies on
___________ departmentation
a) customer
b) functional
c) geographic
d) organic
e) product - ANSWER-b) functional
An organization that performs a few core functions and outsources non core activities to
specialist and suppliers is called
a) modular organization
b) holacratic organization
c) ambidextrous organization - ANSWER-a) modular organization
as group size increases
a) the time available for verbal participation by each member decreases
b) the group consistently performs better
c) the members become less inhibited about participating gin group activities
d) performance on conjunctive tasks improves
e) members become more satisfied with group membership - ANSWER-a) the time
available for verbal participation by each member decreases
As labour is progressively divided vertically, timely communication and coordination can
become
a) more effective
b) harder to achieve
c) smoother and more efficient - ANSWER-b) harder to achieve
as organizations get bigger
a) they become less formalized
b) functional departmentation is preferable to product departmentation
c) they tend to decentralize
d) they become flatter
e) they tend to centralize - ANSWER-c) they tend to decentralize
At Magno limited a consumer good company, all the sales reps are in the same
department and report to one sales manager. Magno is probably structure according to
________ departmentation - ANSWER-functional
Practice Questions and Answers
A successful self managed work team would probably NOT be
a) performing an interesting task
b) high in social skills
c) high in expertise
d) highly cohesive
e) extremely large - ANSWER-e) extremely large
According to Path Goal theory, employee effort can be increased by
a) strengthening leader member relations
b) clarifying the path to valued rewards
c) maximizing both consideration and initiating structure
d) using a leadership style that increases job satisfaction
e) always using achievement oriented leadership - ANSWER-b) clarifying the path to
valued rewards
After beginning her job, Mika wanted the work environment to be more predictable and
understandable what theory explains her motivation?
a) uncertainty reduction theory
b) socialization resource theory
c) uncertainty deduction theory
d) social information reduction theory
e) social information processing theory - ANSWER-a) uncertainty reduction theory
After beginning her new job, Mika wasn't sure how she should think, feel and act around
her co workers. she felt very dependent on her co workers. What is this an example of?
a) effect dependence
b) unrealistic expectations
c) psychological contract
d) information dependence
e) socialization - ANSWER-d) information dependence
an emergent and dynamic team phenomenon whereby leadership roles and influence
are distributed among team members is known as
, a) shared leadership
b) dynamic leadership
c) distributed leadership
d)emergent leadership
e) mutual leadership - ANSWER-a) shared leadership
An organization has one production unit. other factors equal it probably relies on
___________ departmentation
a) customer
b) functional
c) geographic
d) organic
e) product - ANSWER-b) functional
An organization that performs a few core functions and outsources non core activities to
specialist and suppliers is called
a) modular organization
b) holacratic organization
c) ambidextrous organization - ANSWER-a) modular organization
as group size increases
a) the time available for verbal participation by each member decreases
b) the group consistently performs better
c) the members become less inhibited about participating gin group activities
d) performance on conjunctive tasks improves
e) members become more satisfied with group membership - ANSWER-a) the time
available for verbal participation by each member decreases
As labour is progressively divided vertically, timely communication and coordination can
become
a) more effective
b) harder to achieve
c) smoother and more efficient - ANSWER-b) harder to achieve
as organizations get bigger
a) they become less formalized
b) functional departmentation is preferable to product departmentation
c) they tend to decentralize
d) they become flatter
e) they tend to centralize - ANSWER-c) they tend to decentralize
At Magno limited a consumer good company, all the sales reps are in the same
department and report to one sales manager. Magno is probably structure according to
________ departmentation - ANSWER-functional
