Management 3070 - Management and Organizational Behavior » Spring 2022 » Quiz 10

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Question #1
According to the integrated model, motivation is affected by both personal factors and ________ ones.
A.   incentive
B.   historic
C.   irrational
D.   subconscious
E.   contextual
Question #2
Margot enjoys reading to the Kindergarten class at the local elementary school and tutoring math in the third-grade class. She is also a Girl Scout leader with a small group from the same school. How would you describe the feeling she receives from these activities?
A.   extrinsic
B.   job enrichment
C.   gainsharing
D.   valence
E.   intrinsic
Question #3
________ is NOT included in the four major perspectives on motivation.
A.   Process
B.   Job satisfaction
C.   Reinforcement
D.   Content
E.   Job design
Question #4
According to ______ theory, competence, autonomy, and relatedness are the primary motivations for behavior.
A.   self-determination
B.   two-factor
C.   hierarchy of needs
D.   acquired needs
E.   expectancy
Question #5
All of the following are contextual factors in the integrated model of motivation EXCEPT
A.   group norms.
B.   rewards and reinforcement.
C.   leader behavior.
D.   core self-evaluations.
E.   organizational culture.
Question #6
According to equity theory, which type of justice reflects the perceived fairness of how resources and rewards are distributed or allocated?
A.   distributive
B.   interactional
C.   motivational
D.   procedural
E.   poetic
Question #7
When one department store authorized thousands of its sales clerks to handle functions normally reserved for store managers, such as handling merchandise-return problems and approving customers’ checks, they gave them more responsibility, a job _________ technique.
A.   simplification
B.   productivity
C.   enlargement
D.   significance
E.   enrichment
Question #8
Which of the following is a motivating factor according to Herzberg’s two-factor theory?
A.     
B.   company policies
C.   pay and security
D.   working conditions
E.   the work itself
F.   supervisors
Question #9
______ proposed people were driven by the three innate needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness.
A.   McClelland’s acquired needs theory
B.   Deci and Ryan’s self-determination theory
C.   McGregor’s Theory X/Theory Y
D.   Expectancy theory
E.   Herzberg’s two-factor theory
Question #10
According to Victor Vroom, the three primary elements that determine how willing an employee is to work hard at tasks important to an organization are
A.   achievement, affiliation, and power.
B.   expectancy, instrumentality, and valence.
C.   safety, esteem, and self-actualization.
D.   motivation, recognition, and hygiene.
E.   existence, relatedness, and growth.
Question #11
According to expectancy theory, your ______ is low if you don’t think a bonus or raise is going to be big enough to justify working evenings and weekends.
A.   valence
B.   instrumentality
C.   esteem
D.   expectancy
E.   reinforcement
Question #12
The goal-setting theory suggests that employees can be motivated by goals that are specific and challenging, but achievable.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #13
There are two different approaches to job design. The traditional approach to job design is to fit people to the jobs; the modern way is to fit the jobs to the people.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #14
Job enlargement enables workers to focus on doing more of the same task to increase productivity.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #15
Assuming they have choices, people will make the choice that promises them the greatest reward if they think they can get it.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #16
Reinforcement theory attempts to explain behavior change by suggesting that behavior with negative consequences tends to be repeated, whereas behavior with positive consequences tends not to be repeated.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #17
According to Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, taking a sabbatical leave to further personal growth is an example of the self-actualization need.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #18
Autonomy describes the extent to which a job allows an employee to make choices about scheduling different tasks and deciding how to perform them.
A.   False
B.   True

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