Subject: Management Function and Behavior – Organization Behavior
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Q1: Which of the following refers to changing a task to make it inherently more rewarding , motivating and satisfying
Answer
Answer: Enrichment
Q2: When people are resisting because of adjustment problem, the___method for dealing with resistance to change is commonly used
Answer
Answer: Facilitation and support
Q3: According to Fieldler’s contingency model, leadership situations can be analyzed in terms of three elements. What are they
Answer
Answer: The quantity of leader-member relationships, task structure and position power
Q4: Which of the following characteristic distinguishes authority
Answer
Answer: Subordinates accept it
Q5: Which of these refers to the set of characteristics that underlie a relatively stable pattern of behavior in response to ideas, objects or people in the environment
Answer
Answer: Halo effect
Q6: The tendency to place the primary responsibility for one’s success or failure either within oneself or on outside forces is referred to as
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Answer: Locus of control
Q7: The tendency to see one’s own personal traits in other people is called
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Answer: Projection
Q8: Which of the following theories deals with employee’s perception of fairness
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Answer: Equity
Q9: A financial budget that estimates cash flows on a daily basis or weekly basis to ensure that the company can meet its obligations is called a
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Answer: Balance sheet budget
Q10: ___is a process whereby companies find how others do something better than they do and then try to imitate or improve on it
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Answer: Benchmarking
Q11: Standing plans are
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Answer: Plans that are used to provide guidance for tasks performed repeatedly within the organization
Q12: Which of the following is not a perceptual distortion
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Answer: Extinction
Q13: Nonverbal communication behaviors includes
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Answer: Twitching, Scratching, rolling your eyes
Q14: Democratic leadership is also known as
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Answer: Participative
Q15: A significant part of a manager’s job is an orgnisation is to use the tools and techniques developed through OB research to increase organizational
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Answer: Effectiveness
Q16: John Kotter and James Heskett
a. opine that adaptive cultures showed significantly better long term economic performance
b. opine that strong cultures showed significantly better long term economic performance
c. opine that fit cultures showed significantly better long term economic performance
d. opine that company specific cultures showed significantly better long term economic performance
Answer
Answer: b. opine that strong cultures showed significantly better long term economic performance
Q17: Power situation in which the agent and target agree that the agent has the right to influence the target, it is known as
a. Authoritative power
b. Legitimate power
c. Personal Power
d. Reputation power
Answer
Answer: b. Legitimate power
Q18: What links the three parts of circle organization, developed in Harley Davidson
a. create demand
b. leadership and strategic council
c. produce product
d. BOD
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Answer: c. produce product
Q19: Job satisfaction results from one’s job experiences, which of the following is NOT a dimension of job that leads to satisfaction
a. Pay
b. Promotion opportunities
c. Behaviour of supervisor
d. Coworkers
Answer
Answer: c. Behaviour of supervisor
Q20: Position power is obtained by a combination of one’s;
a. Job Title or designation, Performance evaluation and prescribed responsibilities
b. Performance Evaluation, Job Description and prescribed responsibilities
c. Job Title or designation, Job Description and prescribed responsibilities
d. Job Title or designation, Job Description and Performance evaluation
Answer
Answer: c. Job Title or designation, Job Description and prescribed responsibilities
Q21: The critical tradition to studying organizations does NOT require which of the following to be included
a. embedded
b. socially transforming
c. multi-purpose
d. reflexive
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Answer: c. multi-purpose
Q22: Which of the following is NOT one of the sociological perspectives on management, identified by Reed :
a. technical
b. critical
c. political
d. social
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Answer: d. social
Q23: Personality is shaped by
a. Heredity and environment
b. Thinking and feelings
c. The person and situation
d. Consequences of behaviour and environment
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Answer: b. Thinking and feelings
Q24: Use of power requires minimum two parties ? ;
a. an actor or agent, and an influence
b. an influence, and a subject
c. an actor or agent, and a subject
d. an action, and a subject
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Answer: c. an actor or agent, and a subject
Q25: Who amongst the following have not commented upon any motivation theory/is is
a. Maslow
b. Herzberg
c. Vroom
d. Friedman
Answer
Answer: d. Friedman
Q26: Power having negative face is
a. referent power
b. legitimate power
c. personal power
d. coercive power
Answer
Answer: d. coercive power
Q27: Organisational citizenship Behaviour is result of
a. Job Satisfaction and involvement
b. Job Satisfaction and Commitment
c. Attitude and Behaviour
d. Behaviour and job performance
Answer
Answer: d. Behaviour and job performance
Q28: If an employee is hostile to her supervisor, it reflects
a. Emotional component of attitude
b. Behavioural component of attitude
c. Perception component of attitude
d. All the above
Answer
Answer: d. All the above
Q29: Feelings, physiological changes and inclination to act are referred as Or Mental states that include feeling, physiological changes, and inclination to act
a. Mental State
b. Emotions
c. Moods
d. Cognitions
Answer
Answer: b. Emotions
Q30: An achievement-oriented sales representative might attribute his failure to meet a monthly sales quota to:
a. changing economic conditions
b. a short list of prospects provided by the company
c. a lack of effort
d. a cutback in product advertising
Answer
Answer: c. a lack of effort
Q31: Based on previous knowledge, perceivers also plug additional data so that the information they have at hand for making;
a. meaning becomes connected and the unconnected becomes connected
b. meaning becomes complete and the unconnected becomes complete
c. meaning becomes complete and the unconnected becomes connected.
d. meaning becomes connected and the unconnected becomes complete
Answer
Answer: a. meaning becomes connected and the unconnected becomes connected
Q32: Which of the following is the cause of organizational politics?
a. lust for power
b. ethical role model
c. understanding the aspirations of employees
d. transparent appraisal system
Answer
Answer: c. understanding the aspirations of employees
Q33: Power culture draws from:
a. defined jobs, rules and procedures
b. the power and influence of a central figure or a select few such that power radiates form the power – center like a web
c. logic and rationality
d. project oriented and adaptability
Answer
Answer: b. the power and influence of a central figure or a select few such that power radiates form the power – center like a web
Q34: Which of the following is NOT a task function in a team
a. Seeking Information
b. Setting Standards
c. Initiating activities
d. Coordinating activities
Answer
Answer: b. Setting Standards
Q35: When a company changes its corporate logo ( Symbol ), it reflects
a. That a new company has taken over the power
b. That new markets or products are being launched
c. That a new culture is taking shape in organisation
d. That old logo has lost its significance.
Answer
Answer: c. That a new culture is taking shape in organisation
Q36: In which of the conflict handling style the quick decision action is vital
a. collaborating
b. competing
c. avoiding
d. compromising
Answer
Answer: b. competing
Q37: Which of the following is NOT a part of Hofstede’s five dimensions of cultural differences
a. Power distance
b. Individualism
c. Concern for others
d. Time Orientation
Answer
Answer: c. Concern for others
Q38: Emotional intelligence, as an ability, does not contain one of the following branches. Which is it?
a. use emotions to facilitate thinking
b. manage emotions so as to achieve specific goals
c. perceive emotions accurately in self and others
d. understand emotional outburst in others and the signals conveyed by them
Answer
Answer: d. understand emotional outburst in others and the signals conveyed by them
Q39: The tension produced by a conflict between attitudes and behaviour is
a. Affect dissonance
b. Attitude dissonance
c. Cognitive dissonance
d. Behavioural dissonance
Answer
Answer: c. Cognitive dissonance
Q40: People and environmental factors introduce which of the following to the process of management?
a. complexity and uncertainty
b. complexity and conflict
c. conflict and uncertainty
d. Resistance and unpredictabilitya.
Answer
Answer: a. complexity and uncertainty
Q41: Assertive skills refer to acting or communicating in ways that are realistic and polite, aimed at maintaining respect for self as well as others and not being either;
a. aggressive or calm
b. aggressive or polite
c. aggressive or subjective
d. aggressive or submissive.
Answer
Answer: d. aggressive or submissive.
Q42: A negotiation approach in which the goals of the parties are in conflict , and each party seeks to maximize its resources is called
a. integrative negotiation
b. distributive bargaining
c. due process nonaction
d. none of the above
Answer
Answer: b. distributive bargaining
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