Q1: The combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual’s distinctive character
a) Personality
b) Motivation
c) Attitude
d) behaviour
Answer
a) Personality
Q2: The drive to excel, to achieve in relation to a set of standards, to strive to succeed.
a) Need for Power (N Power)
b) Need for Achievement (NAch)
c) Need for Affiliation (NAff):
d) All the above.
Answer
b) Need for Achievement (NAch)
Q3: The everyday tasks of manager
a) planning and creativity
b) planning and leading
c) planning and commanding
d) None of the above
Answer
b) planning and leading
Q4: The field of organisational behaviour examines such questions as the nature of leadership, effective team development, and
a) Interpersonal conflict resolution; motivation of individuals
b) Organisational control; conflict management
c) Motivation of individuals; planning
d) Planning development
Answer
a) Interpersonal conflict resolution; motivation of individuals
Q5: The first step in the process of change is to identify the need for change and the area of changes
a) Planning for change
b) Implementing the change
c) Assessing change forces
d) All of the above
Answer
a) Planning for change
Q6: The Five Stage Model (Group Dynamics/Development
a) Forming, Storming, Norming, Adjourning, Performing
b) Storming, Adjourning, Forming, Norming, Preforming
c) Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
d) Norming, Forming, Storming, Performing, Adjourning.
Answer
c) Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing, Adjourning
Q7: The following is / are method of managing stress
a. Job relocation
c. Recreational facility
b. Career counseling
d. All the above
Answer
d. All the above
Q8: the following is an environmental force that shapes personality
a) Gender
b) Brain size
c) Height
d) Experience
Answer
d) Experience
Q9: The formal conjuration between individuals and groups with respect to the allocation of tasks, responsibilities and authorities within the organization
a) Greenberg and Baron
b) Stephen Robbins
c) Lewis Allen
d) Mc Cleland’s
Answer
a) Greenberg and Baron
Q10: The Framework of Organizational Behaviour are
a) Cognitive, Social and Technical
b) leadership, attribution, motivation
c) Cognitive, Behaviouristic, Social
d) attribution, Perception and motivation
Answer
c) Cognitive, Behaviouristic, Social
Q11: The horizontal expansion of jobs
a) job enrichment
b) Job rotation
c) Job enlargement
d) Job sharing
Answer
c) Job enlargement
Q12: The job satisfaction of an employee is depend on the
a) behaviour
b) attitude
c) personality
d) employer
Answer
b) attitude
Q13: the key word in understanding organization structure
a. Control
b. Change
c. Process
d. Delegation
Answer
a. Control
Q14: The leader is totally focused on organizing, supporting and developing the people in the leader’s team.
a) People-Oriented Leadership
b) Relations-Oriented Leadership
c) Task-Oriented Leadership
d) Autocratic Leadership
Answer
a) People-Oriented Leadership
Q15: The leader will make the final decision, he or she invites other members of the team to contribute to the decision-making process.
a) Participative Leadership
b) Democratic Leadership
c) Both a and c
d) People-Oriented Leadership
Answer
c) Both a and c
Q16: The leaders “work by the book”, ensuring that their staff follow procedures exactly
a) Charismatic Leadership
b) Bureaucratic Leadership
c) Task-Oriented Leadership
d) Autocratic Leadership
Answer
b) Bureaucratic Leadership
Q17: The leadership is an extreme form of transactional leadership, where a leader exerts high levels of power over his or her employees or team members.
a) People-Oriented Leadership
b) Relations-Oriented Leadership
c) Task-Oriented Leadership
d) Autocratic Leadership
Answer
d) Autocratic Leadership
Q18: The leadership style can appear similar to a transformational leadership style, in that the leader injects huge doses of enthusiasm into his or her team
a) Charismatic Leadership
b) Bureaucratic Leadership
c) Task-Oriented Leadership
d) Autocratic Leadership
Answer
a) Charismatic Leadership
Q19: The lower a manager is in the organisational hierarchy, the more important his skills are.
a) human
b) technical
c) conceptual
d) interpersonal
Answer
b) technical
Q20: The mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations
a) Technical skills
b) Conceptual skills
c) Human Skills
d) Individual skills
Answer
b) Conceptual skills
Q21: The model(s) of Organizational Behaviour is (are)
a) Autocratic
b) Supportive
c) Custodial
d) All of the above
Answer
b) Supportive
Q22: The most significant management skills are
a) Technical, Human and Conceptual
b) Systematic, Human and Conceptual
c) Technical,behavioural&Conceptual
d) Technical, Human and cognitive
Answer
a) Technical, Human and Conceptual
Q23: The need to make others behave in a way that they would not have behaved otherwise
a) Need for Power (N Power)
b) Need for Achievement (NAch)
c) Need for Affiliation (NAff):
d) All the above.
Answer
a) Need for Power (N Power)
Q24: The Objective(s) of Organisational behaviour includes
a) To describe the actions and reactions of individuals and groups in the system as they interact with each other in the course of their working day
b) To describe the role of capital and location
c) To describe the role of man and machines
d) All of the Above
Answer
a) To describe the actions and reactions of individuals and groups in the system as they interact with each other in the course of their working day
Q25: The obligation to perform any assigned duties.
a) Unity of command
b) Authority
c) Responsibility
d) All of these
Answer
c) Responsibility
Q26: The organization is comprised of many independent decentralized business units, each with its own products, clients, competitors, and profit goals.
a) Divisional Structure
b) Autonomous Internal Units
c) Functional Structure
d) Matrix Structure
Answer
b) Autonomous Internal Units
Q27: The periodic shifting of a worker from one task to another.
a) Job Rotation
b) Flexitime
c) Job Enrichment
d) Job Salary
Answer
a) Job Rotation
Q28: The person will try for the complex level need when his satisfied.
a) Basic need
b) family
c) Income
d) Job
Answer
a) Basic need
Q29: The philosophy that guides an organization’s policies towards its employees and customers is an important part of
a) Management strategy
b) Organizational culture
c) Organization behavior
d) Organization development
Answer
c) Organization behavior
Q30: The planned organizational change process may comprise of following steps”
a) Planning for change
b) Implementing the change
c) Assessing change forces
d) All of the above
Answer
d) All of the above
Q31: the process of stimulating people to actions to accomplish the goals.
a) Bonus
b) Motivation
c) Performance-based Incentive
d) Promotion
Answer
b) Motivation
Q32: The purpose of job enrichment is to
a) Expand the number of tasks
b) increase job efficiency
c) increase job effectiveness
d) increase job satisfaction
Answer
b) increase job efficiency
Q33: The reactions of individuals to new or threatening factors in their work environments”
a. Attitude
b. Stress
c. Behaviour
d. Disappointment
Answer
b. Stress
Q34: The selection, organisation, and interpretation of sensory is called
a) aptitude.
b) perception
c) ability.
d) awareness
Answer
b) perception
Q35: The stage characterized by competition and conflict in the personal-relations dimension an organization in the task-functions dimension.
a) Forming
b) Storming
c) Norming
d) Performing
Answer
b) Storming
Q36: The stage, personal relations are characterized by dependence
a) Forming
b) Adjourning
c) Norming
d) Performing
Answer
a) Forming
Q37: The stage, which Tuckman calls is characterized by competition and conflict in the personal-relations dimension an organization in the task-functions dimension.
a) Forming
b) Storming
c) Norming
d) Performing
Answer
b) Storming
Q38: The structure of an OB model includes three levels of analysis: individual, group, and organization systems
A. change and stress.
b. organizational culture and commitment
c. power and politics.
D.work design and technology
Answer
A. change and stress.
Q39: The study of societies to learn about human beings and their activities.
a) Sociology
b) Psychology
c) Anthropology
d) Political science
Answer
c) Anthropology
Q40: The well-known psychologist Douglas McGregor has given his theory of motivation
a) Theory X
b) Theory Y
c) Both a and c
d) None of the above.
Answer
c) Both a and c
Q41: Theory is a precursor of self-determination theory and centers on the distinction between intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
a) Self-Efficacy Theory
b) Goal Setting Theory
c) Expectancy Theory
d) Cognitive Evaluation Theory
Answer
d) Cognitive Evaluation Theory
Q42: Theory X is a theory of
A. Controlling
b. Financial Planning
c. Motivation
D.Planning
Answer
c. Motivation
Q43: Theory Y includes
a) In general, for most people, the excuse of physical and mental effort in work and play is as natural in play or rest
b) Man will exercise self control in those spheres where the objectives tally with his own
c) The capacity for developing and utilising their capacities, knowledge and skill does exist in people
d) All of the above
Answer
a) In general, for most people, the excuse of physical and mental effort in work and play is as natural in play or rest
Q44: These are the needs connected with the psychological fear of loss of job, property, natural calamities or hazards
a) Security / Safety Needs
b) Physiological Needs
c) Self-Actualization Needs
d) Social Needs
Answer
a) Security / Safety Needs
Q45: These needs include food, shelter, clothing, rest, air, water, sleep and sexual satisfaction.
a) Security / Safety Needs
b) Physiological Needs
c) Self-Actualization Needs
d) Social Needs
Answer
b) Physiological Needs
Q46: They enjoy being with people and being accepted and liked by the people around them.They prefer cooperation over competition.
a) Need for Power (N Power)
b) Need for Achievement (NAch)
c) Need for Affiliation (NAff)
d) All the above.
Answer
c) Need for Affiliation (NAff)
Q47: They make decisions, allocate resources, and direct the activities of others to attain goals
a) Managers
b) Employer
c) Employee
d) Investors
Answer
a) Managers
Q48: This category of needs include the need to be respected by others, need to be appreciated by others
a) Security / Safety Needs
b) Physiological Needs
c) Self-Actualization Needs
d) Esteem Needs
Answer
d) Esteem Needs
Q49: This is the highest among the needs in the hierarchy of needs advocated by Maslow
a) Security / Safety Needs
b) Physiological Needs
c) Self-Actualization Needs
d) Social Needs
Answer
c) Self-Actualization Needs
Q50: This is the “win-lose” approach
a) Avoiding
b) Collaborating
c) Accommodating
d) Competing
Answer
d) Competing
Q51: This is where you partner or pair up with the other party to achieve both of your goals
a) Avoiding
b) Collaborating
c) Accommodating
d) Competing
Answer
b) Collaborating
Q52: This role includes hiring, training, motivating, and disciplining employees.
a) Interpersonal roles
b) Informational roles
c) Decisional roles
d) Individual roles
Answer
a) Interpersonal roles
Q53: This stage involves creating the right conditions for change to occur
a) Unfreeze Stage
b) Freeze Stage
c) Change stage
d) All of the above
Answer
a) Unfreeze Stage
Q54: What are Potential Sources of Stress
a) Group Stress
b) Individual Stress
c) Both a and b
d) None of the above
Answer
a) Group Stress
Q55: Which is not the Maslow’s needs
A. Esteem
b. Control
c. Self-actualisation
D. Social
Answer
b. Control
Q56: Which is the process to resolve conflict
a) Problem solving
b) Persuation
c) Politics
d) All of these
Answer
d) All of these
Q57: Which of the following forms the basis for the autocratic leader model
a. Obedience
b. Authority
c. Power
d. Dependence on manager
Answer
c. Power
Q58: Which of the following is / are method of managing stress
a. Job relocation
b. Career counseling
c. Recreational facility
d. All the above
Answer
c. Recreational facility
Q59: Which of the following is not a contributing discipline of OB
a) Anthropology
b) Psychology
c) physiology
d) sociology
Answer
c) physiology
Q60: Which of the following is/are importance of Motivation
A. Success in competition
b. Increases Morale
c. Measurement of Managerial action
D. All of the above
Answer
D. All of the above
Q61: Which of the following is/are not organizational factors causing stress
a. Task demand
b. Role demand
c. Role conflict
d. Satisfaction
Answer
d. Satisfaction
Q62: Which of the following is/are OD intervention techniques
a. Sensitivity training
b. MBO
c. Quality of work life
d. All the above
Answer
c. Quality of work life
Q63: Which of these suggestions is an effective way to deal with stress?
a. Meditation
b. Exercise
c. Talking with others
d. All of the above
Answer
d. All of the above
Q64: While managing political behaviours in organization, the manager requires discouraging
a. Negotiation
b. Relationships
c. Self interest
d. Dialogue Medium Difficulty Level/ Medium
Answer
c. Self interest
Q65: Who proposed “bureaucratic structure” is suitable for all organization
a. Elton Mayo
b. Henry Fayol
c. F.W. Taylor
d. Max Weber
Answer
d. Max Weber
Q66: Work attitudes can be reflected in an organization through
a) Job satisfaction
b) Organizational commitment
c) Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
d) None of the above
Answer
c) Both ‘A’ and ‘B’
Q67: Work is as natural as play or rest, provided the conditions are favourable; the average human being does not inherently dislike work.
a) Theory X
b) Theory Y
c) Both a and c
d) None of the above.
Answer
b) Theory Y
Q68: “let them do” and is used to describe a leader who leaves his or her colleagues to get on with their work.
a) Charismatic Leadership
b) Bureaucratic Leadership
c) Task-Oriented Leadership
d) Laissez-Faire Leadership
Answer
d) Laissez-Faire Leadership
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 3
