Organizational Behaviour - 18

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The cost of tensions and worries created by wrong kind of
personalities are enormous in terms of.
Correct Answer Employee-employer relation. , Supervisor-subordinate
relation. , Peers relations.
Your Answer Employee-employer relation. , Supervisor-subordinate
relation.


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Commanlities and differences suggest in certain respects,
every person is like
Correct Answer All other people , Some other people , No other
person
Your Answer All other people , Some other people , No other person


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Major determinants of personality
Correct Answer Biological , Situation
Your Answer Biological , Cultural , Situation


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Identify the process influence personality development.
Correct Answer Socialization process , Identification process
Your Answer Socialization process , Identification process


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question 'I' refers to the personal self and 'me' refers to the
social self in the theory of
Correct Answer Roger
Your Answer Roger


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Fundamental force motivating the human organism is
Correct Answer Self actualization
Your Answer Fulfillment of basic need


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Indicate the developmental stages that the teams are
required to go through.
Correct Answer Forming , Storming , Norming
Your Answer Forming , Storming , Norming


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The storming stage relating to development of a team is
characterised by which of the following aspects?
Correct Answer Emergence of conflicts , Seeking task related
guidance from the leader , Deciding the responsibilities of each team member

Your Answer Understanding the team goals , Seeking task related guidance
from the leader , Deciding the responsibilities of each team member


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The features of team empowerment are as follows:
Correct Answer Potency , Autonomy , Impact
Your Answer Potency , Autonomy , Impact


Select The Blank
Question The ________ teams are concerned with rotating tasks and
assignments amongst its members.
Correct Answer Self-managed
Your Answer Cross-functional


True/False
Question The self-managed teams usually consist of employees whose
work is related to manufacturing an entire product.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer False


True/False
Question Norms are often more liberally defined.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Identify the situations which reflect upward communication.
Correct Answer Performance reports of workers, to be reviewed by
the supervisor , Suggestion boxes kept in the worker's canteen , Employee
attitude surveys
Your Answer Performance reports of workers, to be reviewed by the
supervisor , Suggestion boxes kept in the worker's canteen , Employee
attitude surveys


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Identify the steps involved in achieving improvement in
communication within the organization.
Correct Answer Simple messages , Use of multiple channels ,
Promoting inter-group communication
Your Answer Simple messages , Use of multiple channels , Promoting
inter-group communication


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Face-to-face conversation is often regarded as the richest
communication media, because:
Correct Answer Handles multiple cues simultaneously
Your Answer It encourages people to communicate


True/False
Question The more successful the organization is, the less effective
is its internal communication.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


True/False
Question Research has found that all communication channels are equal
in their capacity to convey information.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


Select The Blank
Question A non-specific response of the body to a situation is known
as ________.
Correct Answer Stress
Your Answer Perception


Select The Blank
Question The concept of organizational stress was first evolved in
the classic work of ________.
Correct Answer Kahn et al
Your Answer James Carter


Select The Blank
Question Decrease in productivity and increase in interpersonal
conflicts are some of the ________ symptoms of stress.
Correct Answer Behavioral
Your Answer Behavioral


Select The Blank
Question It is observed that ________has an adverse impact on
executive efficiency in the organizations.
Correct Answer Distress
Your Answer Distress


Select The Blank
Question Sidha Samadhi Yog is one of the modern therapies of
________.
Correct Answer Meditation
Your Answer Perception


True/False
Question Eustress is very harmful to the person suffering from it.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True


Select The Blank
Question The ________ studies were the first to emphasize the
importance of task and human dimensions in assessing leadership.
Correct Answer Ohio State
Your Answer Ohio State


Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Katz and Kahn Advocated varied meanings of leadership Advocated varied
meanings of leadership

Keith Davis Defined leadership as human factor that binds people
together Series of motivation and leadership studies

Ronald Lippitt and Ralph K. Series of pioneering leadership studies
Series of pioneering leadership studies

Kurt Lewin Father of group dynamics Defined leadership as human
factor that binds people together

Select The Blank
Question Organizational Behaviour studies human behavior as well as
group________.
Correct Answer dynamics
Your Answer dynamics


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The results of bank wiring room study done under the
Hawthorne experiments were:
Correct Answer Small group of people emerge as a team , The group
is indifferent towards financial incentives , The group norms are more
important for the members
Your Answer Small group of people emerge as a team , The group is
indifferent towards financial incentives , The group norms are more
important for the members


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The major contributors to the development of Organizational
Behaviour are:
Correct Answer Industrial psychology , Scientific management
movement , Human relations movement
Your Answer Industrial psychology , Human relations movement


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The blue print of human behaviour at work is represented by
Correct Answer Rules , Regulations , Procedures
Your Answer Status


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question The great depression contributed to the rise of:
Correct Answer Human relations movement
Your Answer Trade unionism


True/False
Question Fred Luthans is known as the father of "Scientific
Management".
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True


Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Scientific Management movement Wage payment plans Wage payment plans

Hawthorne Experiments Human relations Human relations

Hugo Munsteberg Psychology and industrial efficiency Psychology and
industrial efficiency

Wagner Act Labour movement Labour movement

Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question The four different models of organizational behaviour
denote:
Correct Answer The responses of the employees to the various
orientations of the managers , The general behavioural climate prevailing in
the manager-employee relationship , The evolution of the thinking and
behaviour of the management and the managers alike
Your Answer The general behavioural climate prevailing in the
manager-employee relationship , The evolution of the thinking and behaviour
of the management and the managers alike , The many roles that employees
perform have affect on the behaviours of each other


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question In which organization models, managers did not bother to
create an atmosphere which was conducive to the development of the
employees?
Correct Answer Autocratic , Custodial
Your Answer Autocratic


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Select the needs which are discussed by the need hierarch
theory.
Correct Answer Physiological needs , Security needs , Self
realization needs
Your Answer Physiological needs , Security needs , Self realization
needs


Select The Blank
Question The ________ job loading is also known as job enlargement.
Correct Answer Horizontal
Your Answer Vertical


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Which of the given factors are also known as dissatisfiers?
Correct Answer Hygiene factors
Your Answer Social factors


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question What is the other name for vertical job loading?
Correct Answer Job enrichment
Your Answer Job enrichment


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question State the drawback of Vroom's theory.
Correct Answer Does not provide specific solution to the
motivational problems
Your Answer Does not provide specific solution to the motivational
problems


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Which theory assumes that the manager's role is to coerce
and control employees?
Correct Answer Theory X
Your Answer Theory X


True/False
Question While physiological need have a reference to the future, the
safety needs take care of the present.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True


True/False
Question The social needs are so strong that even the cruelest
criminals dread the punishment of solitary confinement.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


True/False
Question According to Herzberg's factor, hygiene factor for one
employee is the hygiene factor for all the employees within the
organization.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer True


Select The Blank
Question Organizational________represents a complex pattern of
beliefs, expectations, ideas, values and attitudes shared by the members of
the organization.
Correct Answer culture
Your Answer culture


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question Internal integration involves addressing the issue of:
Correct Answer Determining rules related to power and status
Your Answer Determining rules related to power and status


True/False
Question Organization culture and performance is directly related.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question An important factor in implementing rest pauses lies in its-
Correct Answer placement
Your Answer placement

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