Organizational Behavior Multiple Choice Questions and Answers for Practice

16. Which of the following is not one of the four primary management functions?

1. Controlling
2. Planning
3. Staffing
4. organizing

17. Which of the following is not true of classical conditioning?

1. Classical conditioning is passive.
2. Classical conditioning can explain simple reflexive behaviors.
3. Learning a conditioned response involves building an association between a conditioned stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus.
4. A neutral stimulus takes on the properties of a conditioned stimulus.

18. Which of the following is one of the relationships proposed in expectancy theory?

1. Reward-satisfaction relationship
2. Satisfaction-performance relationship
3. Rewards-personal goals relationship
4. Effort-satisfaction relationship

19. Which of the following is/are not job related source of stress

1. Role ambiguity
2. Role overload
3. Ethical dilemmas
4. Career concerns

20. Which of the following is/are not organizational factors causing stress

1. Task demand
2. Role demand
3. Role conflict
4. Satisfaction

21. Which of the following is/are OD intervention techniques

1. Sensitivity training
2. MBO
3. Quality of work life
4. All the above

22. Which of the following is/are the key features of organization

1. Social invention
2. Accomplishing goals
3. Group efforts
4. All of these

23. Which of the following leadership behaviours are identified by the path-goal theory?

1. Supportive, employee-oriented, laissez-faire and participative
2. Achievement-oriented, supportive, humanistic, and directive
3. Participative, achievement-oriented, directive, and supportive
4. Directive, participative, supportive, and laissez-faire

24. Which of the following methods is/are used to solve intergroup conflicts indirectly

1. Avoidance
2. Encouragement
3. Bargaining
4. All of these

25. Which of the following OB topics is not central to managing employees fears about terrorism?

1. Emotion
2. Motivation
3. Communication
4. work design

26. Which of the following processes deals with how well an individual remembers a models action after it is no longer readily available?

1. Attitudinal
2. Retention
3. motor reproduction
4. reinforcement

27. Which of the following researchers thought that reinforcement was the central factor involved in behavioural change?

1. Pavlov
2. Fayol
3. Skinner
4. Deming

28. Which of the following statements is true about the term ability, as it is used in the field of organizational behaviour?

1. It refers to an individuals willingness to perform various tasks.
2. It is a current assessment of what an individual can do.
3. It refers exclusively to intellectual skills.
4. It refers exclusively to physical skills

29. Which of the following theory is proposed by Clayton Alderfer?

1. Theory X and Theory Y
2. Hierarchy of Needs
3. ERG Theory
4. Theory

30. Which of the following would be least likely to pose a barrier to cross-cultural communications?

1. Tone difference
2. Word connotations
3. Political correctness
4. Differences among perceptions