Organizational Behaviour - 19

LIST OF ATTEMPTED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS


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


True/False
Question Feeling of insecurity usually makes a man under-productive.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Ideal self Roger Roger

Per sonare to sound through to sound through

Ego Frend Frend

Traits All port All port

Physical structuring Sheldon Sheldon

Select The Blank
Question Individual initiative, flexibility and freedom are
encouraged in________culture.
Correct Answer entrepreneurial
Your Answer entrepreneurial


True/False
Question OB is mainly concerned with the study of human behavior at
work.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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


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


Match The Following
Question Correct Answer Your Answer

Wagner Act Labour movement Labour movement

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

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.


True/False
Question Maximum adaptation occurs during the stage of resistance.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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


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


True/False
Question If the stress persists, or the defensive reaction proves
ineffective, the organism develops itself for the fight mechanism.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


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 first stage of alarm reaction includes an initial
________ phase, in which the resistance is lowered.
Correct Answer Shock
Your Answer Shock


True/False
Question Repetitive tasks give rise to the same degree of boredom in
all persons.
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question The philosophy that guides an organization's policies
towards its employees and customers is an important part of
Correct Answer Organizational culture
Your Answer Organizational culture


Select The Blank
Question The ________ leadership style is an expression of the
leader's trust in the abilities of his subordinates.
Correct Answer Participative
Your Answer Participative


Select The Blank
Question ________ in one form of dominance, in which the followers
more or less willingly accept direction and control by another person.
Correct Answer Leadership
Your Answer Leadership


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question Basic Organizational Behaviour concepts take into
consideration
Correct Answer Nature of people , Nature of organization
Your Answer Nature of people , Nature of technology , Nature of
organization


True/False
Question A manager can be effective by just having a sound knowledge
of his area of work
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question During which phase it is seen that the adaptation energy is
exhausted and the resistance level begins to decline in an irreversible
manner?
Correct Answer State of exhaustion
Your Answer State of exhaustion


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 Multiple Answer
Question Name the groups of core needs identified by Alderfer
Correct Answer Existence , Relatedness , Growth
Your Answer Existence , Relatedness , Growth


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 Emergence of conflicts , Seeking task related guidance from
the leader , Deciding the responsibilities of each team member


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 What are the principles of job enlargement?
Correct Answer Rotating the assignments , Challenging the employees
by increasing the expected production , Adding other tasks to the job
Your Answer Challenging the employees by increasing the expected
production , Adding other tasks to the job , Rotating the assignments


True/False
Question Rest pauses provide an opportunity to talk and think only
about job-related activities
Correct Answer False
Your Answer False


Select The Blank
Question The multinationals which come on the Indian scene enjoy
superior resources in terms of________technology as well as market network.
Correct Answer money
Your Answer money


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 , Scientific management movement ,
Human relations movement


Select The Blank
Question The ________ motivator includes introducing new and more
difficult tasks to an employee, who will be doing them for the first time.
Correct Answer Growth and learning
Your Answer Growth and learning


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.


True/False
Question Career development of employees facilitates development of
whole person concept.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


True/False
Question Illumination Experiment is a part of Hawthorne experiments.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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


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 Single Answer
Question High competitiveness and profit orientation is a
characteristic of which type of organizational culture?
Correct Answer Market
Your Answer Market


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 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


Select The Blank
Question The communication process can be improved by ________.
Correct Answer Reducing status barriers
Your Answer Reducing status barriers


Select The Blank
Question ________ is caused because of the modern life and anxiety to
cope with them.
Correct Answer Distress
Your Answer Distress


Multiple Choice Multiple Answer
Question According to Likert, few variables characterize the
leadership style. Select these variables.
Correct Answer Casual , Intervening , End-result
Your Answer Casual , Intervening , End-result


True/False
Question Effective communication can be seen as the foundation of
modern organizations.
Correct Answer True
Your Answer True


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 Single Answer
Question Contribution of Walter Dill Scot towards industrial
psychology is:
Correct Answer He showed how psychology can be applied to
advertising and selling.
Your Answer He showed how psychology can be applied to advertising and
selling.


Multiple Choice Single Answer
Question In the discipline Organizational Behaviour the fundamental
concept is:
Correct Answer Based on the nature of people and organization
Your Answer Based on the nature of people and organization


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