Organizational Behaviour - A04

   LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
   
 True/False
  Question   External adaptation and survival has to do with the establishment and maintenance of effective working relationships among the members of the organization.
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   True
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Multiple Choice Single Response
  Correct Answer   Negative
  Your Answer   Negative
 
 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 Single Answer
  Question   Eleven piles are used in a scale for measuring attitude is known as
  Correct Answer   Thurstone’s scale
  Your Answer   Thurstone’s scale
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Resistance to Cultural Change is directly depends on:
  Correct Answer   Magnitude of change , Strength of the prevailing culture
  Your Answer   Magnitude of change , Strength of the prevailing culture
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   The least visible and deepest level of organizational culture is:
  Correct Answer   Shared assumptions
  Your Answer   Shared assumptions
 
 Match The Following
Question Correct Answer

Free rein leaders - Avoid power and responsibility

Negative leaders - Act domineering and superior with their subordinates

Autocratic leaders - Provide security and satisfaction to his subordinates

Participative leaders - Exercise control mostly by using forces within the group

 
 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
 
 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
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   Job ________ is an individual phenomenon.
  Correct Answer   Satisfaction
  Your Answer   Satisfaction
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Which of the given factors are also known as dissatisfiers?
  Correct Answer   Hygiene factors
  Your Answer   Motivational factors
 
 True/False
  Question   Psychology is the science of human behaviour.
  Correct Answer   True
  Your Answer   True
 
 True/False
  Question   All parts of the organizational system are independent.
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Organization with a strong culture has
  Correct Answer   Practices that include employee participation
  Your Answer   Practices that include employee participation
 
 True/False
  Question   Rest pauses provide an opportunity to talk and think only about job-related activities
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Basic Organizational Behaviour concepts take into consideration
  Correct Answer   Nature of people , Nature of technology , Nature of organization
  Your Answer   Nature of people , Nature of organization , Nature of production
 
 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
 
 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 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
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The concept of organizational stress was first evolved in the classic work of ________.
  Correct Answer   Kahn et al
  Your Answer   Kahn et al
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The discipline of Organizational________tries to synchronize internal organizational environment with external social environment.
  Correct Answer   Behaviour
  Your Answer   Behaviour
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   We can maintain organizational culture by
  Correct Answer   Recruiting and removal , Role modeling and coaching , Allocating rewards
  Your Answer   Recruiting and removal , Role modeling and coaching , Allocating rewards
 
 True/False
  Question   Any change occurring in our life is a reason to get stressed.
  Correct Answer   True
  Your Answer   True
 
 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. , Peers relations.
 
 True/False
  Question   The process theories in general lack explanatory power over the complexities of work motivation.
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   True
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Noise is regarded as a distracter, because it interferes with/affects-
  Correct Answer   work efficiency
  Your Answer   work efficiency
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   A ________ person has a cause and an ideology to fight for achieving the set goal.
  Correct Answer   Self-actualized
  Your Answer   Self-actualized
 
 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
 
 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 Multiple Answer
  Question   According to Frend the human mind is composed of
  Correct Answer   Preconscious mind , Conscious mind , Unconscious mind
  Your Answer   Preconscious mind , Conscious mind , Unconscious mind
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   ________ is caused because of the modern life and anxiety to cope with them.
  Correct Answer   Distress
  Your Answer   Distress
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   According to Vroom's theory, ________ is the result of multiplication of valence and expectancy.
  Correct Answer   Motivation
  Your Answer   Motivation
 
 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
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   What sort of communication is considered to be more effective in modern organization?
  Correct Answer   On-going , Informal , Dynamic
  Your Answer   On-going , Informal , Dynamic
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   The levels at which studies of Organizational Behaviour have been carried out rotate to
  Correct Answer   Individual , Small group , Inter-group
  Your Answer   Inter-group , Intra-group
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Hawthorne studies point out that:
  Correct Answer   The need for recognition and security exert greater impact on productivity than the physical working conditions.
  Your Answer   The need for recognition and security exert greater impact on productivity than the physical working conditions.
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Identify which of the given theories pertain to the category of content theories.
  Correct Answer   Maslow's hierarchy theory , Alderfer's ERG needs theory , Fredrick Herzberg's two factor theory
  Your Answer   Maslow's hierarchy theory , Alderfer's ERG needs theory , Fredrick Herzberg's two factor theory
 
 True/False
  Question   F. W. Taylor published a book titled "Psychology and Industrial Efficiency"
  Correct Answer   False
  Your Answer   False
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   The stage which relates to development of decision making abilities, interpersonal and technical competencies is known as :
  Correct Answer   Storming
  Your Answer   Storming
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The pension plans, gratuity contribution and mandatory provident fund rules are framed basically to take care of ________ needs.
  Correct Answer   Security
  Your Answer   Security
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Major determinants of personality
  Correct Answer   Biological , Situation
  Your Answer   Biological , Cultural , Situation
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   Manager's role changed from that of a leader to that of partner in a ________ type of organization.
  Correct Answer   Collegial
  Your Answer   Collegial
 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   In an example of the erection of a stone wall, the work curve shows the following
  Correct Answer   an initial warming up before reaching peak productivity , the leveling off of productivity , eventual decrement in productivity, probably ending in a spurt again
  Your Answer   an initial warming up before reaching peak productivity , the leveling off of productivity , eventual decrement in productivity, probably ending in a spurt again
 
 Select The Blank
  Question   The communication process can be improved by ________.
  Correct Answer   Reducing status barriers
  Your Answer   Reducing status barriers
 
 True/False
  Question   Employees and organization can prosper if they help each other.
  Correct Answer   True
  Your Answer   True
 
 Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer
Noise - is a distracter
Repetitive task - is a cause of boredom
Peak output - is a result of efficiency
Soft music - increases productivity

 
 Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
  Question   Select the factors which are treated as motivators by Herzberg in his theory of motivation.
  Correct Answer   Achievement , Possibility of growth , Responsibility
  Your Answer   Achievement , Possibility of growth , Responsibility
 
 Multiple Choice Single Answer
  Question   Term LOC in the study of personality stand for
  Correct Answer   Locus of control
  Your Answer   Locus of control