IMT SOLVED ASSIGNMENTS AVAILABLE – HRME002 Test1
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Question 1:
If a manager asks an employee to purchase a gift for his wife, the employee would think this request
a) falls within his zone of indifference
b) falls outside his zone of indifference
c) should be based on the manager’s authority base
d) is in conflict with the employee’s value system
Question 2:
Group polarization results in:
a) group members moving from extreme attitudes toward more moderate attitudes
b) group members driving decisions toward consensus
c) the tendency for group discussion to produce shifts toward more extreme attitudes
among members
d) the tendency for group members who were initially more cautious to become
significantly less cautious
Question 3:
The importance and value placed on a reward in expectancy theory is known as:
a) need satisfaction
b) instrumentality
c) likelihood
d) valence
Question 4:
According to the Jungian approach to personality, the basic preference that reflects what we pay attention to or how we prefer to gather information is:
a) extraversion/introversion
b) sensing/intuiting
c) thinking/feeling
d) judging/perceiving
Question 5:
Social loafing is usually
a) a norm of behavior within a group
b) supportive of the development of group cohesion
c) detrimental to the group and may cause interpersonal conflict within the group
d) a stimulant to increased group performance
Question 6:
The set of authority and task relations among group members is known as:
a) control and sanctions
b) mutual acceptance
c) status structure
d) cohesiveness
Question 7:
Equity theory is a/an:
a) need approach to motivation
b) external approach to motivation
c) process approach to motivation
d) content motivation model
Question 8:
A manager who is considered Machiavellian would rely on what type of power?
a) social
b) reward
c) personal
d) referent
Question 9:
The impoverished manager is one who:
a) exerts just enough effort to avoid being fired.
b) creates a happy, comfortable work environment.
c) emphasizes efficient production.
d) maintains the status quo.
Question 10:
Which of the following is considered a key benefit of diversity?
a) cohesiveness
b) flexibility and adaptation
c) less time in making decisions
d) less thinking that is considered critical
Question 11:
Which of the following personality types would most likely display the most consistent behavior “across situations”?
a) External locus of control
b) High self efficacy
c) High self monitor
d) Low self monitor
Question 12:
All of the following are considered important work process issues except:
a) diversity
b) creativity
c) dissimilarity
d) role specification
Question 13:
Projection occurs most often when you:
a) surround yourself with others similar to you
b) attempt to control the impressions others have of you
c) let your expectations affect your interaction with others in a way that we get what we wish for
d) surround yourself with others dis-similar to you
Question 14:
A problem with the behavioral measure for personality would be:
a) low reliability
b) the fact self-report measures suffer from potential bias
c) their tendency to be too long
d) the observer’s ability to stay focused
Question 15:
Escape from conflict by daydreaming is known as:
a) flight
b) fantasy
c) conversion
d) displacement
Question 16:
People may engage in immoral acts or even violent behavior as committed members of their group when:
a) group cohesion declines
b) social loafing is emphasized
c) there is a loss of individuality
d) there is not a norm for moral behavior
Question 17:
The belief that performance is connected to rewards is known as:
a) expectancy
b) instrumentality
c) valence
d) probability or likelihood
Question18:
Assume you are a senior accounting major. A friend who is taking a Principles of Accounting course seeks you out for tutorial assistance. This is an example of____power.
a) reward
b) expert
c) referent
d) legitimate
Question 19:
Individuals who make external attributions will be more likely to:
a) achieve higher levels of performance
b) rarely quit because they do not feel responsible
c) develop feelings of incompetence which may lead to depression
d) provide a supporting environment for followers
Question 20:
Which of the following statements is most correct?
a) Locus of control has little to do with ethical behavior.
b) Other people control persons who are strong on internal locus of control.
c) Persons with an internal locus of control make more ethical decisions than others.
d) Individuals with an internal locus of control are more likely to exhibit uncontrollable behavior
Question 21:
When employees view managers as being overpaid, workers may:
a) work harder
b) not change
c) reduce their commitment
d) become more efficient
Question 22:
Values reflected in the way individuals actually behave are called:
a) behavioral values
b) enduring values
c) enacted values
d) observable values
Question 23:
A transnational organization is one where:
a) an organization’s nationality is held strongly in the consciousness of managers even
though the organization competes on a global scale
b) the global viewpoint supersedes national issues
c) the global and national interests are linked in an overriding perspective
d) a prevalent ethnic viewpoint begins to be held strongly in the consciousness of managers
Question 24:
Some experts believe that only individuals within a team can be creative, but a professor at Northwestern University suggests that team creativity can be achieved. Which of the following practices would NOT enhance team creativity?
a) building a playground
b) team diversity
c) facilitator training
d) conformity
Question 25:
Which of the following is a characteristic of quality teams?
a) They provide advice to managers who still retain decision-making authority.
b) They operate in parallel fashion to the organization’s structure
c) They emphasize the generation of ideas.
d) They make data-based decisions about improving product and service quality
Question 26:
The first discipline to take the modern corporation as the unit of analysis and emphasize the design, implementation, and coordination of various administrative and organization systems was:
a) psychology
b) sociology
c) management
d) anthropology
Question 27. A key understanding to the relationship between hygiene and motivation factors is:
a) they are interdependent
b) they are positively related
c) they are additive
d) they are independent
Question 28:
As a member of a study group, you feel that others are making minimal contributions. In this situation you are LEAST likely to:
a) praise the inputs of others
b) increase your participation and contribution
c) reduce your contribution
d) withdraw from the group
Question 29.:
Attributional biases implies that managers must:
a) always be correct in their perceptions
b) be very wary of the cognitive process in decision making
c) know as much as possible about individual differences and determine the cause of behavior and perceived source of responsibility
d) take into account the fundamental tendency for people to make external attributions for their behavior
Question 30:
The motivation theory that holds that employee motivation is determined by the belief that a valued outcome will result from effort is called:
a) equity theory
b) goal-setting theory
c) expectancy theory
d) two-factor theory