Organizational Behaviour - A05

   LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS  
   
 True/False
  Question   Human behaviour is simple to understand
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   In Custodial organization model, managerial orientation is:
  Correct Answer   Money
  Your Answer   Money
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   From the following which is classified as a hygiene factor according to Herzberg's theory of motivation.
  Correct Answer   Salary
  Your Answer   Salary
 
 True/False
  Question   Organizational culture exists on different levels which differ in terms of visibility and resistance to change.
  Correct Answer   True
  Your Answer   True
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   In Bank wiring room studies were carried out by:
  Correct Answer   an observer and an interviewer
  Your Answer   an observer and an interviewer
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   One of the factors causing decrement in work is ________.
  Correct Answer   fatigue
  Your Answer   fatigue
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   Organizational Behaviour studies human behavior as well as group________.
  Correct Answer   dynamics
  Your Answer   dynamics
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   To be efficient every manager must try to
  Correct Answer   Understand human behaviour , Predict human behaviour , Control human behaviour
  Your Answer   Understand human behaviour , Predict human behaviour , Control human behaviour
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   How would you analyze the situation where the morale of employees is high but their productivity is low?
  Correct Answer   Improper planning function
  Your Answer   Improper planning function
 
 Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer
Harold Kelley - Attribution theory
Herzberg -Two factor theory of motivation
Douglas McGregor - Theory X and theory Y
J.Stacy Adams - Equity theory

 
 True/False
  Question   According to Vroom's expectancy theory of motivation, when an individual desires a particular outcome the value of valence is negative.
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   In older days employees were referred to as ________
  Correct Answer   Hands
  Your Answer   Hands
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Anand is the new CEO of ABC Ltd. Whatever suggestions or recommendations are given by his subordinate managers, all are rejected by Anand. What sort of role is being portrayed by Anand?
  Correct Answer   Negativist
  Your Answer   Negativist
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Ego controls
  Correct Answer   The gateway of actions , Select the feature of environment , Decides what instincts will be satisfied.
  Your Answer   The gateway of actions , Select the feature of environment , Decides what instincts will be satisfied.
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The discipline of Organizational________tries to synchronize internal organizational environment with external social environment.
  Correct Answer   Behaviour
  Your Answer   Culture
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The communication between managers and workers located in different functional divisions is known as ________ communication.
  Correct Answer   Diagonal
  Your Answer   Diagonal
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   A communication media is said to rich when which of the given parameters are satisfied?
  Correct Answer   It facilitates rapid feedback
  Your Answer   It facilitates rapid feedback
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Ego reduces tension by performing task of
  Correct Answer   Perceiving outside world. , Remembering experience with outside world , Acting to satisfy the instinctual wishes
  Your Answer   Perceiving outside world. , Remembering experience with outside world , Acting to satisfy the instinctual wishes
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   In Organizational Behaviour, 'caused behaviour' means
  Correct Answer   By his own behaviour, a manager can affect how an employee behaves.
  Your Answer   By his own behaviour, a manager can affect how an employee behaves.
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Fiedler has described situational favorableness in terms of three empirically derived dimensions, viz:
  Correct Answer   The leader member relationship , The degree of task structure , The leader's positional power
  Your Answer   The leader member relationship , The degree of task structure , The leader's positional power
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Good match between individual personality and organization is essential because of
  Correct Answer   Some people have passion for bureaucracy , Some people prefer autonomy flexibility in operation
  Your Answer   Some people have passion for bureaucracy , Some people prefer autonomy flexibility in operation , Some people prefer job dynamism
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   From the given information identify the morale indicator.
  Correct Answer   Exit interviews
  Your Answer   Exit interviews
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   Frequent absenteeism of manager who talks about punctuality to his subordinate is a way of ________ behaviour.
  Correct Answer   Autocratic
  Your Answer   Autocratic
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   What are the principles of job enlargement?
  Correct Answer   Challenging the employees by increasing the expected production , Adding other tasks to the job , Rotating the assignments
  Your Answer   Challenging the employees by increasing the expected production , Adding other tasks to the job , Rotating the assignments
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The scuffle in the organization for achieving the organizational status ant the power, is the essence of the ________ needs.
  Correct Answer   Esteem
  Your Answer   Esteem
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   It is said that a manager should be so skillful that he should be able to develop and motivate even an inefficient employee. This expectation is said to come from which concept?
  Correct Answer   Pygmalion
  Your Answer   Personification
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Mismatch between personality and organization may lead to
  Correct Answer   Confusion and chaos , Loss of interest by members in organization , Low morale and job satisfaction
  Your Answer   Confusion and chaos , Loss of interest by members in organization , Low morale and job satisfaction
 
 True/False
  Question   F. W. Taylor published a book titled "Psychology and Industrial Efficiency"
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   Individual initiative, flexibility and freedom are encouraged in________culture.
  Correct Answer   entrepreneurial
  Your Answer   entrepreneurial
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   An atmospheric condition that is critical in a good working environment is-
  Correct Answer   air circulation
  Your Answer   air circulation
 
 True/False
  Question   If the human element is handled properly by the manager he can make two plus equal to five.
  Correct Answer   True
  Your Answer   True
 
 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   When an organism is confronted with a threat, according to the general adaptation theory states, the physiological response will occur in which of the three stages?
  Correct Answer   Alarm reaction , Resistance reaction , State of exhaustion
  Your Answer   Alarm reaction , Resistance reaction , State of exhaustion
 
 True/False
  Question   Rest provides the opportunity to recover from fatigue.
  Correct Answer   True
  Your Answer   True
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Culture of an organization is also affected by
  Correct Answer   National culture
  Your Answer   Technology used in production
 
 Match The Following
Question Correct Answer

Theory X - Autocratic organization

Paternalistic attitude - Custodial organization

Participation - Supportive organization

Scientific and professional employees - Collegial organization

 
 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
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The stress which refers to a state of happiness is known as ________.
  Correct Answer   Eustress
  Your Answer   Eustress
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Organizational socialization includes
  Correct Answer   Developing competencies , Developing organizational values , Developing social and working relationship
  Your Answer   Developing competencies , Developing organizational values , Developing social and working relationship
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Different kinds of work like heavy and muscular work, or light work, or clerical work yield curves that are-
  Correct Answer   different from each other
  Your Answer   different from each other
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Organizational culture includes:
  Correct Answer   Organizational rituals and ceremonies , Norms shared by the teams , Commonly used language
  Your Answer   Organizational rituals and ceremonies , Norms shared by the teams , Commonly used language
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Cultural diversity brings with it concerns like
  Correct Answer   Intra organizational conflicts , Communication difficulties , Intra organizational Turnovers
  Your Answer   Intra organizational conflicts , Communication difficulties , Intra organizational Turnovers
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Identify the process influence personality development.
  Correct Answer   Socialization process , Identification process
  Your Answer   Socialization process , Home environment , Identification process
 
 True/False
  Question   It is said that the technical skill plays a major part in the leadership behaviour.
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   True
 
 True/False
  Question   Laissez faire leader is very directive in his approach.
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Frederick W. Taylor developed
  Correct Answer   Wage payment plans , Internal parity of wages , External parity of wages
  Your Answer   Wage payment plans , Internal parity of wages , Non-financial incentives
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The ________ stressors relate to the personal health and family life of an individual.
  Correct Answer   Personal
  Your Answer   Personal