What is organizational behavior? - ExamTests 1

Questions

Question 1

Which of the following is an output variable according to the OB model?

1. Group roles
2. Power and politics
3. Attitudes
4. Critical thinking

Question 2

Theo’s employees volunteer to do their task and they are willing to negotiate the objectives and procedures. Which feature of the participative management style does it represent?

1. Commitment
2. Mastery
3. Self-management
4. Engagement

Question 3

What are the three primary determinants of behavior in organizations?

1. Profit structure, organizational complexity, and culture
2. Individuals, groups, and structure
3. Individuals, groups, and performance
4. Groups, structure, and profit structure

Question 4

Nero is a manager at a mid-sized consulting first. Within his role, he is responsible for motivating those under him to go out and meet new clients. Which of the four managerial activities is Nero exhibiting?

1. Human resource management
2. Traditional management
3. Communication
4. Networking

Question 5

The belief that "violence is wrong" is an evaluative statement. Such an opinion constitutes the ________ component of an attitude.

1. Cognitive
2. Affective
3. Reflective
4. Behavioral

Question 6

Evidence-based management bases decisions on which of the following?

1. The best available data
2. Employee opinion
3. Gut feelings and intuition
4. Customer opinion

Question 7

Barack is a married, bilingual, African-American construction worker. Based on the organizational behavior model, this data represents which of the following to Barack's new employer?

1. Inputs
2. Outcomes
3. Process
4. Model

Question 8

Measuring an employees' job satisfaction is a topic of organizational psychology ?

1. At the individual level
2. At the group level
3. At the organizational level
4. At all of the above

Answer indication

Question 1

C. Attitudes.

Question 2

A. Commitment.

Question 3

B. Individuals, groups, and structure.

Question 4

A. Human resource management.

Question 5

A. Cognitive.

Question 6

A. The best available data.

Question 7

A. Inputs.

Question 8

A. At the individual level.