Organizational Behaviour - 1

1. The relationship in which one person influences others to work together willingly on related
tasks is known as ________.
Correct Answer
Leadership
2. Congruent change in attitude means movement in:-
Correct Answer
The same direction
3. Commanlities and differences suggest in certain respects, every person is like
Correct Answer
All other people , Some other people , No other person
4. In the case of intra-organizational negotiations, groups often negotiate as representatives.
Correct Answer
True
5. Cultural elements and their relationships create a pattern that is identical in all organizations.
Correct Answer
False
6. Social displacement and ________ are the important social reasons to be considered by a
manager while dealing with resistance to change.
Correct Answer
Peer pressure
7. Research activity emphasizes least collaboration and team work among workers.
Correct Answer
False
8. The discipline of Organizational ________ tries to synchronize internal organizational
environment with external social environment.
Correct Answer
Behaviour
9. The different types of defense mechanisms are :-
Correct Answer
Rationalization , Aggression , Fantasy
10. Half page advertisement is given in the newspaper by XYZ Ltd. This is done to attract attention
of customers. Which external attention seeking factor is being emphasized in this case?
Correct Answer
Size
11. In the counter shock phase, the defensive mechanism becomes passive.
Correct Answer
False
12. Major determinants of personality
Correct Answer
Biological , Situation
13. Which type of motivators are involved in granting additional authority to an employee in his
activity?
Correct Answer
Responsibility and recognition
14. The people who cre________te unnecessary stress for themselves pertain to type A category.
Correct Answer
A

15. Match The Following

Correct Answer
Your Answer
Ideal self
Roger

Per sonare
to sound through

Ego
Frend

Traits
All port

Physical structuring
Sheldon

16. The more successful the organization is, the less effective is its internal communication.
Correct Answer
False
17. Select the organizational stressors which are intrinsic to the job :-
Correct Answer
Boredom , Time pressures and deadlines , Exorbitant work demands
18. Whenever the manager of the assembly shop left for a meeting, his subordinates reacted in one
of the two ways; either aggressively or apathetically. This group exhibited outbursts of aggression
whenever their manager left the shop. Which style of leadership is being followed by the concerned
assembly shop manager?
Correct Answer
Authoritarian
19. The ________ job loading is also known as job enlargement.
Correct Answer
Horizontal
20. Which of the following is the best way to deal with frustration?
Correct Answer
Defense mechanism
21. According to Frend the human mind is composed of
Correct Answer
Preconscious mind , Conscious mind , Unconscious mind
22. Ego controls
Correct Answer
The gateway of actions , Select the feature of environment , Decides what instincts will be satisfied.
23. In a strong organizational culture :-
Correct Answer
Goals are aligned , Employees are highly motivated , Performance is outstanding
24. The primary concern of ego is to determine whether the action proposed by superego is right or
wrong.
Correct Answer
False
25. Good match between individual personality and organization is essential because of
Correct Answer
Some people have passion for bureaucracy , Some people prefer autonomy flexibility in operation
26. Perception of others will be more accurate if the perceiver can avoid:
Correct Answer
Generalizing from a single trait to many traits , Placing too much reliance on physical appearance ,
Assuming that a single behavior will show itself in all situations
27. Cohesiveness is influenced by the degree of compatibility between team goals and individual
member's goals.
Correct Answer
True
28. What are the important ideas mentioned in the Salvatore Maddi's definition of personality?
Correct Answer
Each employee in an organization is unique and may respond differently to a situation , Personality
influences are not limited to behaviors, situations or people , Personality is stable and has continuity
in time
29. The stress which refers to a state of happiness is known as ________.
Correct Answer
Eustress
30. Select the morale indicators :-
Correct Answer
Rate of finished goods rejections , Rate of raw material wastage , Resignation by skilled employees
31. The social needs are so strong that even the cruelest criminals dread the punishment of solitary
confinement.
Correct Answer
True
32. Whatever an individual does, there is always some sort and some amount of stress on him.
Correct Answer
True
33. Noise is regarded as a distracter, because it interferes with/affects :-
Correct Answer
Work efficiency
34. What is the other name for vertical job loading?
Correct Answer
Job enrichment
35. The discipline of Organizational Behaviour is based on ________ studies of human behaviour
at the work settings.
Correct Answer
Empirical
36. Match The Followin
Correct Answer

Affiliation motive
Desire to be accepted by others

Achievement motive
Desire to be successful

Primary motive
Avoidance of pain

Power motive
Desire to control others

38. Rest periods are important because :-

Correct Answer
They help the worker to recover from fatigue , They provide an opportunity to talk about non-job
activities , They are a break from a seemingly interminable activity
39. The scuffle in the organization for achieving the organizational status ant the power, is the
essence of the ________ needs.
Correct Answer
Esteem
40. According to Freud's theory, what is considered to be the executive part of the personality only
because it controls the gateway of action, selects the features of the environment to which it will
respond and decides what instincts will be satisfied?
Correct Answer
Ego
41. In Organizational Behaviour, 'caused behaviour' means :-
Correct Answer
By his own behaviour, a manager can affect how an employee behaves.
42. In Bank wiring room studies were carried out by :-
Correct Answer
An observer and an interviewer
43. Cultural diversity brings with it concerns like :-
Correct Answer
Intra organizational conflicts , Communication difficulties , Intra organizational Turnovers
44. The ________ skills relate to a person's knowledge and ability in any organizational
functional area.
Correct Answer
Technical
45. It is important to create a work environment that is :-
Correct Answer
Favourable
46. Motivation represents a relationship between need, drive and goal.
Correct Answer
True
47. To change organizational culture successfully we need to :-
Correct Answer
Find the most effective sub-culture and use it as an example , Practice what we preach , Include
employees in the change process
48. On the managerial grid, a manager falling in the ________ category will have maximum
concern for both people and production.
Correct Answer
9.9
Your Answer
9.9