Busad 110 - Human Relations in Business » Fall 2020 » Chapter 1 Quiz

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Question #1
Interpersonal skills are quite important because they enable you to
A.   become successful in business without working so hard.
B.   trick people into believing that you are competent.
C.   connect with other people leading to business success.
D.   cover up for deficiencies in technical skills.
Question #2
A competency related to soft skills is
A.   being able to accurately interpret other people's emotions.
B.   developing software for measuring employee attitudes.
C.   statistically analyzing employee turnover.
D.   conducting an inventory of employee theft.
Question #3
Which one of the following is not a specific competency related to soft skills?
A.   avoiding negative gossip
B.   being able to cooperate with others to meet objectives (teamwork)
C.   being able to accurately interpret other people's emotions
D.   examining a person's Internet history to look for credit problems
Question #4
The difference between soft skills and hard skills refers to the distinction between
A.   interpersonal and technical skills.
B.   irrelevant and relevant skills.
C.   intellectual and mechanical skills.
D.   personal and job-related skills.
Question #5
Conrad has a specific goal related to his job as a police detective, so he is likely to
A.   improve his performance.
B.   decrease his performance.
C.   forget the purpose of being a police detective.
D.   question why he became a police detective.
Question #6
Sara sets the stretch goal of increasing her productivity on evaluating claims forms by 20 percent, meaning that
A.   with some concentrated effort she can reach the 20 percent.
B.   her chances of increasing productivity by 20 percent are quite small.
C.   she will have to improve her motivation to even try to attain the 20 percent.
D.   it will be quite easy for her to attain the 20 percent improvement.
Question #7
Troy establishes the following goal: "I am going to be a great success in my job next year." The biggest flaw in his goal is that it.
A.   is too negative.
B.   will not stretch him.
C.   is not specific enough.
D.   is set for different time periods.
Question #8
Ashley, a customer service supervisor, has high self-efficacy. She is therefore more likely to think that her goal of becoming a CEO is
A.   too mercenary.
B.   too people-oriented.
C.   realistic.
D.   ridiculous.
Question #9
Charlie is applying the model for improving interpersonal skills to become a better listener. He assesses reality by
A.   asking a few people how good his listening skills are right now.
B.   doing research on how well listening contributes to career success.
C.   observing how well interviewers on television listen to their guests
D.   conducting an Internet search of the feasibility of improving listening skills.
Question #10
An example of an action plan to help Jack become more patient would be for him to
A.   set a goal of becoming more patient.
B.   receive counseling about his impatience.
C.   ask friends if he is really impatient.
D.   figure out how far he is from his goal of being more patient.

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