Organizational Behavior Questions and Answers in Quiz Form 10 for Practice

136. Process or administrative theory of organization is being given by

1. Elton Mayo
2. Henry Fayol
3. F.W. Taylor
4. Max Weber

137. Psychologys major contributions to the field of organizational behavior have been primarily at what level of analysis?

1. the level of the group
2. the level of the individual
3. the level of the organization
4. the level of the culture

138. Raju believes that men perform better in oral presentations than women. What shortcut has been used in this case?

1. The halo effect
2. The contrast effect
3. Projection
4. Stereotyping

139. Responsible, dependable, persistent and achievement oriented are features of

1. introversion
2. agreeableness
3. extroversion
4. conscientiousness

140. Robert Katz identified three essential skills that managers need to have in order to reach their goals. What are these skills?

1. technical, decisional and interpersonal
2. technical, human, and conceptual
3. interpersonal, informational and decisional
4. conceptual, communication and networking

141. Sathish has a low absenteeism rate. He takes responsibility for his health and has good health habits. He is likely to have a(an):

1. Internal locus of control
2. External locus of control
3. Core locus of control
4. High emotional stability level

142. Scientific Management approach is developed by

1. Elton Mayo
2. Henry Fayol
3. F.W. Taylor
4. A. Maslow

143. Select the correct hierarchical order of qualities of an individual

1. Ability-Skills- Aptitude- Competency
2. Aptitude-Ability- Skills- Competency
3. Skills- Aptitude- Competency- Ability
4. Competency-Ability-Skills- Aptitude

144. S-O- B-A Model combines the S-R Model and

1. Stimuli
2. Response
3. Human being
4. drive

145. Sobha is an honest and straightforward person. She believes her employees are all similarly honest and straightforward, ignoring signs that they may be manipulating her. What perceptual shortcut is Sobha most likely using?

1. Contrast effect
2. Halo effect
3. Stereotyping
4. Projection

146. Sociable, talkative, assertive etc are features of

1. introversion
2. agreeableness
3. extroversion
4. conscientiousness

147. Some people strongly believe that each person have control of his own life. This is

1. extroversion
2. conscientiousness
3. internal locus of control
4. external locus of control

148. Some people think that what happens to them is a result of fate, chance, luck etc, this is

1. extroversion
2. conscientiousness
3. internal locus of control
4. external locus of control

149. Suspending an employee for dishonest behaviour is an example of which method of shaping behaviour?

1. Extinction
2. negative reinforcement
3. punishment
4. reaction

150. Syam is always late coming to work and the manager cut his increment. This is an example of.

1. positive reinforcement
2. negative reinforcement
3. Punishment
4. extinction