Organizational Behavioral
(OB)
MCQs
1. ________ is useful in measuring, understanding, and changing attitudes, communication patterns, the ways in which group activities can satisfy individual needs, and in group-decision making process,
A. Political Science
B. Sociology
C. Social Psychology
D. Psychology
2. An emotional attachment to an organization and a belief in its value is...
A. Psychological empowerment
B. affective commitment
C. Organizational commitment
D. All of the above
3. An employee may be committed to an employer because she is paid well, and it would hurt the family if she quits. This is ________ type of commitment
A. Continuance
B. Normative
C. Affective
D. Standard
4. The belief that "violence is wrong" is an evaluative statement. This constitutes __________ Component of attitude.
A. reflective
B. cognitive
C. affective
D. behavioral
5. _______covers such aspects as personality, attitudes, perception, learning, motivation and job satisfaction
A. Intrapersonal behavior
B. Interpersonal behavior
C. Organizational behavior
D. None of the above
6. Identify the discipline that has most helped us to understand the differences in attitudes and behavior among people indifferent countries.
A. Political science
B. Sociology
C. Psychology
D. Anthropology
7. Study of organization behaviour helps the firms to achieve and improve _______ in the organisation.
A. Skill Of people
B. Physical strength of people
C. Organizational effectiveness
D. Executive skill
8. Motion is a factor in the ________ that influence Perception
A. Perceiver
B. Situation
C. Target
D. Stimuli
9. When we draw general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic _______ is operating.
A. Stereotyping
B. Halo effect
C. Selective Perception
D. Projection
10. Framework of Organisation Behaviour includes _________.
A. Individual Behaviour
B. Group Behaviour
C. Organisation
D. All of these
11. The tendency to attribute one's own characteristics to the people is called ________.
A. Stereotyping
B. Halo effect
C. Selective Perception
D. Projection
12. The determinants of personality include _________.
A. Heredity
B. Environment
C. Situation
D. All of these
13. It is the process by which individuals organize & interpret incoming stimuli to give meaning to their environment
A. Personality
B. Perception
C. Attitude
D. Values
14. Drawing a general impression about an individual on the basis of single characteristics is called ________.
A. Contrast effect
B. Projection
C. Stereotyping
D. Halo effect
15. Judging the individual on the basis of one's perception of the group to which that person belongs is called
A. Contrast effect
B. Projection
C. Stereotyping
D. Halo effect
16. ________ is derived from social and cultural morals and norms
A. Values
B. Perception
C. Behaviour
D. None of these
17. _______ refers to the set of traits and behaviors that characterize an individual.
A. Perception
B. Person
C. Personality
D. Punishment
18. The effect of individual on group member is related with _______ discipline.
A. Psychology
B. Sociology
C. Anthropology
D. Social Psychology
19. Which of the following discipline is not so closely related with behavioral sciences
A. Psychology
B. Sociology
C. Anthropology
D. Economics
20. Which discipline is considered as science that seeks to measure, explain and sometime change the behavior of humans
A. Psychology
B. Sociology
C. Anthropology
D. Social Psychology
21. Social Sciences relates to
A. physical sciences
B. Anthropology discipline
C. political Science
D. None of these
22. _______ refers to the sum total of internal and external traits of an individual, which are relatively stable and which make the individual different from others
A. Learning
B. Perception
C. Motivation
D. Personality
23. Anthropology studies
A. Group Behaviour
B. Effect of Individual behaviour on group members
C. Individual behaviour
D. Effect of group members on individual
24. The intrapersonal aspects of organizational behaviour like motivation, personality, perception, attitude, opinion, and learning owe their study to
A. Anthropology
B. Sociology
C. Social Psychology
D. Psychology
25. _________ is the result of the processes, internal or external to the individual, that rouse enthusiasm and persistence to pursue a certain course of action.
A. Motivation
B. Learning
C. Perception
D. Attitude
26. A perceiver affected by _______ principal tends to see, in another person, traits that they themselves process.
A. Rejection
B. Extraction
C. Projection
D. Contraction
27. ______ can be defined as the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environments,
A. Motivation
B. Learning
C. Perception
D. Systematization
28. ______ is a field of study that investigates the impact that individuals, groups and structure have on behaviour within organizations for the purpose of applying such knowledge towards improving an organization's effectiveness.
A. Organization Behaviour
B. Management
C. Mathematics
D. Science
29. _________ is concerned with initial contact between organisms & their physical environment.
A. Stimuli
B. Sensation
C. Response
D. Unconditioned Stimuli
30. Organizational Behaviour is basically ________ approach.
A. An Uni-Disciplinary
B. Multi Disciplinary
C. An Inter-Disciplinary
D. A Behaviour-Disciplinary
31. Organization Behavior is
A. An interdisciplinary approach
B. A humanistic approach
C. A Total system approach
D. All of these
32. 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?
A. Contrast effect
B Halo effect
C. Stereotyping
D. Projection
33. Sathish has a low absenteeism rate. He takes responsibility for his health and has good health habits. He is likely to have a(an):
A. Internal locus of control
B. External locus of control
C. Core locus of control
D. High emotional stability level
34. Raju believes that men perform better in oral presentations than women. What shortcut has been used in this case?.
A. The halo effect
B. The contrast effect
C. Projection
D. Stereotyping
35. The subject of organizational culture has been most influenced by which behavioral science discipline?
A. Anthropology
B. Psychology
C. social psychology
D. political science
36. _______cover/s such aspects as personality; perception, teaming, motivation & attitudes
A. Intrapersonal behavioral studies
B. Psychology
C. Both (a) & (b)
D. None of the above
37. Two people see the same thing at the same time, yet interpret it differently Where do the factors that operate to shape their dissimilar perceptions reside
A. Target
B. Perceiver
C. Timing
D. None of the above
38. Which of the following is applicable to OB
A. OB is a discipline
B. OB is not a pure science
C. OB is pessimistic
D. All of the above
39. Which approach assumes that the ultimate explanation of an individual's personality is the molecular structure of genes located in the chromosomes
A. Environmental
B. Cultural
C. Situational
D. None of the above
40. OB focuses achievement of individual objective at cost of organizational objectives
A. True statement
B. False statement
C. None
D. Both
41. Jane interprets what she sees exclusively on the basis of her interests, backgrounds, experiences and attitudes. This is -_________.
A Selective perception
B. Halo effect
C Cognitive dissonance
D. None of the above
42. What is so true about Social Psychology?
A. It studies about human being's ad their activities in different societies
B. More recently its contribution has been expanded to include motivational forces, job satisfaction, performance appraisal and work design.
C. One of the major areas it is receiving attention on is change - how to implement change and reduce barriers to its acceptance
D. All of the above
43. Identify the false statement
A. Affective is the emotional or feeling segment of the attitude.
B. The behavioral component of an attitude sets the stage for the more critical part of attitude, i.e. the Affective component.
C. The cognitive component of an attitude reflects the description of a belief in the way things are.
D. None of the above
44. In the "S-O-B-C" Model. "O" represents _________.
A. Overt and covert stimuli
B. Overt and covert response
C. Consequences - both overt & covert
D. Physiological & cognitive mediator
45. Attitudes are, __________ where as Values are ________.
A. Judgmental, pre-dispositional
B. Relatively enduring, relatively less enduring
C. Per- dispositional, judgmental
D. None of the above
46. OB is a field of study and not a discipline because
A. It helps in understanding, predicting and controlling behavior at work place.
B. It has developed a strong theoretical base.
C. it integrates the relevant knowledge drawn from other behavioral sciences for some specific purpose.
D. not all employees can be disciplined due to their unpredictable behavior.
47. ________ takes place when objects are chosen on the basis of one's own interests, background, experiences and attitudes,
A. Cognitive dissonance
B. Stereotyping
C. Situational factors
D. Selective perception
48. The study of people in relation to their fellow beings is known as ________.
A. Psychology
B. Social Psychology
C. Anthropology
D. Sociology
49. ________ are derived from person experiences & thus they are relatively less enduring.
A. Values
B. Attitudes
C. Value & attitudes
D. None of the above
50. The 3 level analysis of OB constitutes
A. individual, Group and Society
B. Individual, Group and Organization
C. District, Group arid Society
D. Individual, Culture and Organization
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