Management 3070 - Management and Organizational Behavior » Spring 2022 » Quiz 9

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Question #1
____________ is(are) defined as those stable psychological and behavioral attributes that give you your identity.
A.   Personality
B.   Attitude
C.   Values
D.   Individual behavior
E.   Character
Question #2
All of the following are informal aspects of the workplace EXCEPT
A.   conflicts.
B.   culture.
C.   personalities.
D.   hierarchy.
E.   values.
Question #3
What is the last step of the perceptual process?
A.   interpretation and evaluation
B.   storage in memory
C.   selective attention
D.   feedback (formal and informal)
E.   retrieval from memory
Question #4
Because Fiona is not influenced by merit pay or sales commissions and she performs better in a highly structured job, Fiona has
A.   low self-monitoring.
B.   low self-esteem.
C.   an external locus of control.
D.   high self-esteem.
E.   high self-efficacy.
Question #5
When much of her work was automated with a new computerized system, Louisa became unsure of her ability to do her job. Melody, her boss, has been mentoring her to improve her
A.   conscientiousness.
B.   agreeableness.
C.   internal locus of control.
D.   self-efficacy.
E.   learned helplessness.
Question #6
Empathy and organizational intuition are a part of which emotional intelligence (EI) trait?
A.   social awareness
B.   relationship management
C.   self-monitoring
D.   self-awareness
E.   self-management
Question #7
“I’m going to buy a Ford to support the U.S. auto industry” is an example of which component of attitude?
A.   behavioral
B.   actionable
C.   value
D.   cognitive
E.   affective
Question #8
When physically attractive people are also assumed to be smarter and nicer, which perception distortion has occurred?
A.   selective perception
B.   recency effect
C.   self-serving bias
D.   stereotyping
E.   halo effect
Question #9
Gestures such as constructive statements about the department, expression of personal interest in the work of others, suggestions for improvement, training of new people, the caring for organizational property, and punctuality and attendance well beyond standard or enforceable levels are examples of organizational citizenship behaviors.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #10
Role ambiguity occurs when a job description and criteria for promotion are vague.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #11
Research reveals that emotional people tend to be more satisfied with their jobs, committed to their employer, and produce more work than conscientious individuals.
A.   False
B.   True
Question #12
Low self-efficacy is associated with learned helplessness, the debilitating lack of faith in one’s ability to control one’s environment.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #13
Because internals seem to have a greater belief that their actions have a direct effect on the consequences of that action, they likely would prefer and respond more productively to incentives such as merit pay or sales commissions.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #14
A person’s emotional stability refers to how intellectual, imaginative, curious, and broad-minded he or she is.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #15
A person who scores high on the conscientiousness dimension is typically dependable, persistent, and oriented toward achievement.
A.   True
B.   False
Question #16
Thought is the process of interpreting and understanding one’s environment.
A.   True
B.   False

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