Q1. —– involves remembering the subject or object to which an individual pays attention.
a. Attention
b. Retention
c. Reproduction
d. Motivation
Answer
b. Retention
Q2. What is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment?
a. Interpretation
b. environmental analysis
c. Outlook
d. Perception
Answer
d. Perception
Q3. Process or administrative theory of organization is being given by
a. Elton Mayo
b. Henry Fayol
c. F.W. Taylor
d. A. Maslow
Answer
a. Elton Mayo
Q4. Which of the following can job satisfaction lead to at the workplace?
a. Improved brainstorming
b. Better decision making
c. Improved problem solving
d. All of the above
Answer
d. All of the above
Q5. —– is the ability of the individual to select and process a certain part of the information in the sensory memory and ignore irrelevant information.
a. Long Term Memory
b. Pattern Recognition
c. Selection Attention
d. Encoding
Answer
c. Selection Attention
Q6. Which quadrant includes information that we are not aware ourselves but others know about us for ex:- feelings of inadequacy, incompetence, unworthiness or rejection?
a. Hidden area
b. Blind area
c. Open area
d. Unknown area
Answer
b. Blind area
Q7. Which of these approaches argues that there is no single best way to manage behaviour?
a. Hawthorne
b. Scientific management
c. System approach
d. Contingency
Answer
d. Contingency
Q8. Scientific Management approach is developed by
a. Elton Mayo
b. Henry Fayol
c. F.W. Taylor
d. A. Maslow
Answer
c. F.W. Taylor
Q9. —– is the process of relating new information from the short-term memory with the information already existing in the long term memory to make information more memorable
a. Encoding
b. Sensory Memory
c. Selection Attention
d. Pattern Recognition
Answer
a. Encoding
Q10. Vroom Theory does not focus on the following relationship.
a. Valence
b. Expectancy
c. Instrumentality
d. Task Complexity
Answer
d. Task Complexity
Q11. Which conflict occur between two or more groups
a. inter group conflict
b. inter personal conflict
c. intra-individual conflicts
d. none of these
Answer
a. inter group conflict
Q12. Which of these are the problems faced in teamwork?
a. Communication
b. Change
c. Ideas
d. Both a and b
Answer
d. Both a and b
Q13. The term ‘motivation’ is derived from the Latin word —– meaning ‘to move’.
a. Magna
b. Antiqua
c. Motus
d. Movere
Answer
d. Movere
Q14. A —– system provides a mixed element of monetary and non-monetary benefit to match the requirements of individual employees.
a. Administering
b. Reward
c. Financial
d. Benefit
Answer
b. Reward
Q15. —– reduces initiative taking and ability for flexibility in employees
a. Positive Reinforcement
b. Motivation
c. Punishment
d. Negative Reinforcement
Answer
c. Punishment
Q16. Which of the following is not an influence on behaviour in work organization?
a. The individual
b. The building
c. The group
d. The environment
Answer
b. The building
Q17. Which of these leads to the human revolution movement in the evolution of OB?
a. Scientific management
b. Bureaucratic management
c. Administrative management
d. Hawthorne experiments
Answer
d. Hawthorne experiments
Q18. Which of the following is not an influence on behaviour in work organization?
a. The individual
b. The building
c. The group
d. The environment
Answer
b. The building
Q19. —– retains information for a relatively longer period of time
a. Sensory Memory
b. Pattern Recognition
c. Long term memory
d. Short Term Memory
Answer
c. Long term memory
Q20. Which one is not an individual factors contributing to organisational politics?
a. Limited resources
b. Performance pressure
c. Risk-seeking tendency
d. Uncertainty in decision making
Answer
c. Risk-seeking tendency
Q21: Sources of Conflict
a) Scarce Resources
b) Different Values
c) Poor Communication
d) All of the above
Answer
d) All of the above
Q22: Stage, involves the termination of task behaviors and disengagement from relationships.
a) Forming
b) Adjourning
c) Norming
d) Performing
Answer
b) Adjourning
Q23: Strategic planning as a broad concept consists of
a. corporate strategy and business strategy
b. strategy formulation and strategy implementation
c. inputs and outputs
d. environmental analysis and internal analysis
Answer
b. strategy formulation and strategy implementation
Q24: Structure is defined as a design that groups similar or related occupational specialties together
a) Divisional Structure
b) Team Structure
c) Functional Structure
d) Matrix Structure
Answer
c) Functional Structure
Q25: Study areas: structuring of conflicts, allocations of power, how people manipulate power for individual self-interest
a) Sociology
b) Psychology
c) Anthropology
d) Political science
Answer
d) Political science
Q26: Study of Group Behaviour
a) Anthropology
b) Psychology
c) physiology
d) sociology
Answer
d) sociology
Q27: Study of group behaviour in organisations, group dynamics, design of work teams
a) Sociology
b) Psychology
c) Anthropology
d) Social Psychology
Answer
a) Sociology
Q28: study the social system in which individuals fill their roles
a) Sociology
b) Psychology
c) Anthropology
d) Social Psychology
Answer
a) Sociology
Q29: Studying the future and arranging the means for dealing with it is part of the process of
a) organizing
b) commanding
c) controlling
d) planning
Answer
d) planning
Q30: Success of each organization is depending upon the performance of
a) employer
b) management
c) employee
d) All of the above
Answer
c) employee
Q31: Systems approach of Management consists
a) Information requirements
b) Communication methodology
c) Decision Making techniques
d) All of the Above
Answer
d) All of the Above
Q32: Tactics used by change agents in dealing with resistance to change.
a) Education and communication
b) Facilitation and support
c) Participation
d) All of the above
Answer
d) All of the above
Q33: Takes place when a misunderstanding arises among different teams within an organization
a) Intrapersonal conflict
b) Intragroup conflict
c) Interpersonal conflict
d) Intergroup conflict
Answer
d) Intergroup conflict
Q34: The ability of a company’s management to make sound decisions and inspire others to perform well.
a) Directorship
b) Leadership
c) Both a and c
d) None of the above.
Answer
b) Leadership
Q35: The ability of one party to change or control the behavior, attitudes, opinions, objectives, needs, and values of another party
a) Basis of Power
b) Basis of Motivation
c) Basis of Leadership
d) None of the above
Answer
a) Basis of Power
Q36: The ability to apply specialized knowledge or expertise.
a) Technical skills
b) Conceptual skills
c) Human Skills
d) Individual skills
Answer
a) Technical skills
Q37: The ability to work with, understand, and motivate other people, both individually and in groups
a) Technical skills
b) Conceptual skills
c) Human Skills
d) Individual skills
Answer
c) Human Skills
Q38: The act of stimulating someone or oneself to get a get a desired course of action
a) Michael J Juicus
b) Koontz and O’Donnell
c) Lewis Allen
d) William G Scott
Answer
a) Michael J Juicus
Q39: The application of direct threats or force upon the resisters.
a) Facilitation and support
b) Manipulation and co-optation
c) Negotiation
d) Coercion
Answer
d) Coercion
Q40: The Appreciative Inquiry process essentially consists of following steps
a) Discovery
b) Design
c) Dreaming.
d) All of the above
Answer
d) All of the above
Other MCQ set of OB
Organization Behavior NMIMS MCQs with Answer Set 1
Organization Behavior NMIMS MCQs with Answer Set 2
Organization Behavior NMIMS MCQs with Answer Set 4
