Organizational Behaviour MCQ Answers

 

 

Answers for Organizational Behavior MCQ’s

 

Unit I: Introduction to Organizational Behaviour:

 

1. a) Organizational Behaviour 

2. d) Marketing Strategy 

3. d) All of the above 

4. a) Employee Behavior 

5. a) Sociology 

6. b) Differences in individual traits and behaviors 

7. a) Psychology 

8. b) Organizational effectiveness 

9. d) Organizational Profit 

10. a) Organization 

11. b) Organizational Profit 

12. a) Elton Mayo 

13. a) Human behavior and interaction 

14. a) Personality 

15. a) Scientific Management 

16. b) Improve understanding of human behavior within organizations 

17. a) Individuals, groups, and organizational structure 

18. a) Motivation, personality, and learning 

19. a) Interdisciplinary field 

20. a) Human behavior in organizations 

21. c) Physics 

22. a) Foundations of Individual Behavior 

23. a) A social science discipline that deals with human behavior in organizations 

24. a) Human behavior and social dynamics 

25. a) Motivation 

26. a) Scientific Management 

27. a) Social Science 

28. a) Work Environment 

29. a) Increasing market share 

30. a) Scientific Management 

31. a) 20th century 

32. a) Human behavior at work 

33. a) Personality 

34. a) Organizational Performance 

35. a) Individual and Group Behavior 

36. a) Human Behavior and Causation 

37. a) Group Behavior 

38. a) Employees and their interactions in organizations 

39. a) Understand employee behavior and improve organizational performance 

40. a) Behavior of individuals and groups in an organizational setting 

41. a) Human behavior 

42. a) Employee behavior and how to manage it effectively 

43. a) Psychology 

44. a) Employee performance 

45. a) Personality 

46. a) The evolution of human behavior in organizations 

47. a) Individual Differences 

48. a) Leadership

Unit II: Personality and Perception:

1. a) An individual's character and behavior 

2. c) Both genetics and environment 

3. a) We interpret and organize sensory information 

4. d) All of the above 

5. a) Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral 

6. c) Leadership style 

7. a) Beliefs about what is important or desirable 

8. d) All of the above 

9. d) All of the above 

10. b) What we believe about something 

11. a) Heredity and Environment 

12. a) Psychoanalytic Theory 

13. a) Personality is stable; attitude can change 

14. d) All of the above 

15. a) Enthusiasm for work 

16. a) Halo Effect 

17. a) Personality 

18. a) Motivation 

19. a) A learned tendency to respond consistently toward a given object 

20. a) It is subjective 

21. a) Explaining an individual's behavior 

22. a) Personality 

23. d) All of the above 

24. a) Decision making 

25. a) Behavioral 

26. a) Self-efficacy 

27. c) Leadership 

28. d) All of the above 

29. a) Self-serving bias 

30. a) The process of interpreting and understanding sensory information 

31. a) A person’s feelings or emotions about an object 

32. a) They are learned early in life 

33. a) Stable over time 

34. a) Social Learning Theory 

35. a) Intending to vote in an election 

36. d) All of the above 

37. a) Interpret and organize information 

38. a) Job description 

39. a) Increased productivity 

40. d) All of the above 

41. a) Early life experiences 

42. a) Bright lighting in a room 

43. a) Focusing on only a part of the available information 

44. a) Decision-making process 

45. a) Predicting employee behavior 

46. a) Perceptual organization 

47. d) All of the above 

48. a) Positive attitude towards work 

49. a) Heredity 

50. a) Resist change

Unit III

1. a) A change in behavior due to experience 

2. d) All of the above 

3. a) Operant Conditioning 

4. a) Giving a reward for good performance 

5. a) Decrease undesirable behavior 

6. a) The reason behind behavior 

7. a) An internal drive that prompts action 

8. a) Intrinsic and Extrinsic 

9. c) Taylor's Scientific Management 

10. a) Operant Conditioning 

11. a) Social Learning Theory 

12. a) Self-actualization 

13. a) Motivators and Hygiene factors 

14. a) Self-actualization 

15. a) Doing a job for personal satisfaction 

16. a) Reinforcement 

17. a) Association of a neutral stimulus with a meaningful one 

18. a) Need 

19. a) A reason for acting or behaving in a particular way 

20. a) Decrease undesirable behavior 

21. c) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 

22. a) Cognitive Learning Theory 

23. a) Receiving a bonus for good performance 

24. a) Strengthening a behavior by providing a consequence 

25. a) It is a relatively permanent change in behavior 

26. a) Giving a bonus for good performance 

27. a) Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs 

28. a) Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs 

29. a) Social Learning Theory 

30. a) An unconditioned stimulus 

31. d) All of the above 

32. a) Weakening behavior by applying a negative consequence 

33. a) A need or desire 

34. a) To strengthen behavior 

35. a) Self-actualization 

36. a) Vroom’s Expectancy Theory 

37. a) Need 

38. a) Motivation that comes from internal rewards 

39. a) Operant Conditioning 

40. a) Vroom’s Expectancy Theory 

41. a) Classical Conditioning 

42. a) Removing an undesirable stimulus to increase behavior 

43. a) Physiological needs 

44. a) To decrease undesirable behavior 

45. a) Social Learning Theory 

46. d) All of the above 

47. a) Classical Conditioning 

48. a) Social needs 

49. a) To increase behavior by removing a negative stimulus 

50. a) Leadership

 

Unit IV

1. a) A disagreement between individuals or groups 

2. a) Scarcity of resources 

3. a) Intra-individual conflict 

4. a) Beneficial for organizational performance 

5. a) Conflict that negatively affects the organization 

6. d) Mutual respect 

7. a) Perceived conflict 

8. c) Job frustration 

9. a) Functional conflict 

10. a) Intra-individual conflict 

11. a) Resolving disagreements peacefully 

12. a) Role ambiguity 

13. a) Reducing stress to improve performance 

14. a) Intergroup conflict 

15. a) Better decision-making 

16. a) Perceived conflict 

17. a) Unclear job expectations 

18. a) Decreased productivity 

19. a) Resolving disputes efficiently 

20. d) Avoidance 

21. a) Interpersonal conflict 

22. a) To reduce stress and enhance well-being 

23. a) Promotes organizational goals 

24. a) Inconsistent job demands 

25. a) Role overload 

26. a) Time management 

27. a) Finding a solution to a disagreement 

28. a) Intragroup conflict 

29. b) Higher levels of stress 

30. a) Too many job responsibilities 

31. a) To minimize the negative effects of conflict 

32. a) Dissatisfaction resulting from work-related issues 

33. a) Functional conflict 

34. d) Mutual collaboration 

35. a) Increased absenteeism 

36. a) The process of identifying and reducing stressors in the workplace 

37. a) Conflict resolution 

38. a) Collaboration 

39. a) Intergroup conflict 

40. a) It leads to improved performance 

41. a) Personality differences 

42. a) Negotiation 

43. a) Functional or Dysfunctional 

44. a) Improved problem-solving 

45. a) Decreased organizational effectiveness 

46. a) Intergroup conflict 

47. a) Conflict aftermath 

48. a) Clear job expectations 

49. a) Perceived conflict 

50. b) Role ambiguity

Communication

1. a) Exchange of information 

2. a) To share information and ideas 

3. a) Sender 

4. a) Sender 

5. d) Recruitment 

6. a) Email 

7. a) To evaluate the message 

8. a) Noise 

9. a) Anything that blocks the flow of communication 

10. b) Clear message 

11. a) When the message is understood as intended 

12. a) Patterns through which information flows 

13. a) Wheel network 

14. a) Official email 

15. a) Grapevine 

16. a) To share information and ideas 

17. a) The medium through which a message is sent 

18. a) Manager giving instructions to employees 

19. a) Noise 

20. a) To interpret the message 

21. a) Grapevine 

22. a) Communication network 

23. a) The message is understood by the receiver 

24. a) Employee giving feedback to manager

 

 Leadership

 

25. a) The ability to influence and guide others 

26. a) Autocratic leadership 

27. a) Involves employees in decision-making 

28. a) Laissez-faire leader 

29. a) Transactional leadership 

30. a) Clear communication 

31. a) Decision-making involvement 

32. a) Inspiring and motivating employees to achieve more 

33. a) Democratic leadership

Unit V

Organizational Structure

 

34. a) The formal arrangement of tasks and responsibilities 

35. b) Laissez-faire structure 

36. a) Specialization by function 

37. a) Organization divided by product lines 

38. a) Dual reporting relationships 

39. a) Matrix structure

Organizational Culture

 

40. a) The shared values, beliefs, and norms in an organization 

41. a) Shared values 

42. a) Employee behavior and interactions 

43. a) High employee commitment 

44. a) Lack of shared values and commitment 

45. a) To guide employee behavior and decision-making 

46. a) Leadership styles 

47. a) Consistent behavior patterns among employees 

48. a) Dress code 

49. a) The personality of the organization 

50. a) Clear communication and shared goals