Uchit Baidhya

MBA 1st semester, SMU

Subject: - Organization Behavior (mb0022)
LBEF campus
OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS
Section A [40*1=40] Multiple Choice Test Items
1. Which of the following is NOT three phase process of perception?
a. Selection b. Organization c. Prediction d. Interpretation
2. Which of the following means ‘the experience of a shaped region in the field’?
a. Form perception b.Motion perception c.Constacy d.Non of the above
3. The degree to which the person behaves the same way in other situation is
a.Distinctiveness b.Consistency c.Consensus d.All of the above
4. The technique which involves mentioning an association with important people in the hopes of
improving one’s image is
aName dropping b.Flattery c.Managing ones appearance d.Self assessment of behavior
5. Who developed attribution theory of perception?
a.Monalisa b.Herald Kelley c.Wolfgang Kohler d.Kurt Koffka
6. Which of the following is the factor in the perceiver for perception?
a.Size b.Novelty c.Work setting d.Motives
7. What is NOT OB discipline area?
a.Psychology b.Political science c.Physiology d.Anthropology
8. What is the function of the personality and behavior?
a.Culture b.Older c.Behavior d.Gender
9. What is NOT indicator of physical abilities?
a.Worries b.Stamina c.Dexterity d.Strength
10. Who is for operant conditioning learning theory?
a.Pavlov b.Skinner c.Steers and Porter d.Munn
11. Cognition does NOT refer
a.Idea generation b.Interpretation c.Operation d.Brain teasing
12.What is more permanent?
a.Attitude b.Value c.Social norms d.Behavior
13. What is marked by pronounced engagement with the external world?
a.Conscientiousness b.Extraversion c.Neuroticism d.Non of the above
14. An individuals generalized belief about internal Vs external control is called as
a.Machiavellianism b.Self esteem c.Self monitoring d.Locus of control
15. Which refers to an individual’s belief that he or she is capable of performing a task?
a.Risk taking b.Type personality c.Self efficacy d.Positive / negative effect
16. What are the most important non verbal ways in which emotions are manifested?
a.Physical responses b.Facial expressions c.Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ d.Non of the above
17 Who developed cognitive theory of emotions?
a.Kook b.Walter cannon c.Jame lange d.Richard Lazarous
18. Management is a form of work that involves coordinating an organization's resources-land, labor and
capital-towards accomplishing organizational ________"
a.Changes b. Structure c. Objectives d. Beliefs
19. The higher amount of conceptual skill is needed to ________ for effective management.
a.Top managers b.Middle managers c.Lower mangers d.Both a and b
20 In which of the following roles of managers, a manager performs liaison work?
a. Interpersonal role
b. Decisional role
c. Informational role
d. Non of the above
21 “Solving problem of workers” is a task of ____________.
 a. Top level management
b. Middle level management
c. Lower level management
d. Workers themselves
22 In ‘IPO’ Model of management, what is black box?
a.I b.P c.O d.All a, b and c
23 What seeks to determine what outcome will result from a given action?
a. Restriction
b. Liberalization
c. Prediction
d. Non of the above
24 Milton Rokeach has given definition of
a. Personality
b. Values
c. Attitude
d. Perception
25 Attention process is a process in
a. Classical conditioning theory
b. Operant conditional theory
c. Social learning theory
d. All of the above theories
26. What roles of the managers link all the managerial work together?
a. Informational role
b. Decisional role
c. Entrepreneurial role
d. Non of the above
27 Which is not the determinants of learning?
a. Motive
b. Stimuli
c. Responses
d. Extinction
Which of the following is a formal group?
a. Interest group
b. Reference group
c. Committee
d. Membership group
29 What is NOT the unit of analysis of OB?
a. Individual
b. Group
c. Society
d. Team
30 Who fosters group solidarity?
a. Compromiser
b. Gate keeper
c. Commentator
d. Encourager
31 If performance norms are high and cohesiveness in the group is low, what will be the impact on
productivity?
a. High productivity
b. Moderate to low productivity
c. Low productivity
d. Moderate productivity
 32 A situation in which an individual is confronted by divergent role expectations is called?
a.Role clarity b.Role ambiguity c.Role conflict d.Role overload
33.In which stage of group formation, group demonstrates cohesiveness?
a.Forming b.Adjourning c.Performing d.Norming
34.Which team type consist of groups of 5-10 employees form the same department to discuss ways of
improving quality, efficacy and work environment?
a. Cross functional team
b. Self managed work teams
c. Problem solving teams
d. Non of the above
35 According to Maslow, what is the first thing to arouse motivation?
Safety and security needs
Physiological needs
Social needs
Self actualization
36. Norms are
a. Systems
b. Standards
c. Principles
d. Processes
37 When two horizontal lines of equal length appear unequal, it is
Poggendorff illusion
Ponzo illusion
Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
Non of the above
38 What is the appropriate group size for high quality decision making?
1-3
3-5
5-8
8-12
39 What is intuition?
Spending time in inner space of heart
Rely on inner voice
Belief in stamina of body
Capacity of thinking
40 What is status?
Rank
Position
Hierarchy
All of the above
Section B [20*2=40] Multiple Choice Test Items
41 Performance is not a reflection of
a. Individual's capacity to perform
b. Individual willingness to perform
c. Organizational support
d. Individual’s personality to perform.
42. A major input into who is hired and who is rejected in any organization is the
a. Head hunting for employment
b. Bio data collection for employment
c. Employment position setting
d. Employment interview
43 Which is the correct sequence of the stages of group development?.
 a. Forming, norming, adjourning, performing, storming
b. Forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning
c. Forming, norming, adjourning, storming, performing
d. Forming, norming, performing, adjourning, storming
44 When the person is perceived on the basis of one trait, the perception error is known as
a. Projection
b. Stereotype
c. Contrast effect
d. Halo effect.
45 The approach to assessment evaluation and alteration of behavior is called
a. Behavior modeling
b. Behavior gap analysis
c. Behavior data collection
d. Behavior modification
46 Which theory of motivation advocates hygiene and motivation factors?
a. Maslow’s theory
b. Hezberg’s theory
c. Alderfer
d. Mc Clelland
47.What refers to those factors that were determined at conception?
a. Heredity
b. Environment
c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’
d. Non of ‘the above
48 What starts with initial contact between a mother and her new infant?
a. Liberalization
b. Generalization
c. Socialization
d. Mobilization
49 In What is a primordial source of drives and impulses that operates in an uncensored manner?
a.Id b.Ego c.Super ego d.All of the above
50 William Sheldon classified personality according to
a. Personality traits
b. Body type
c. Jungian type
d. All of the above
51 What is the keystone of Aurvedic medicine in personality determination?
a.Constitution b.Body type c.Neuroticism d.Openness
52 Brainstorming is done to
a.Make decision b.Gain consensus on a decision
c.Defend criticism d.Generate ideas
53 What does self monitoring do?
a. Makes situational factors reliable
b. Changes situational factors
c. Adjusts someone to situational factors
d. Keeps away some one from situational factors
54 The primary source of value is?
a. Primary school
b. Home
c. Friends
d. Religious organizations
When people use a group as a basis for comparison in making decisions or forming opinions, it is
 Interest group
Friendship group
Reference group
Membership group
56 What is job rotation?
a.Rotation in working shift b.Rotation of employee in similar task
c.Rotation of employees in varieties of tasks d.Prioritization of tasks
57 What is social loafing?
a. Group efforts in social work
b. Cheating in group task
c. Inclusion of group members from community
d. Socializing a group work
58 Which of the following is notable characteristic of type ‘A’ personalities?
a. Can relax without guilt
b. Never suffers from a sense of time urgency
c. Less self seeking on achievements
d. Can not cope with leisure
59 Which of the following derives motivation?
a. Needs + situation
b. Knowledge + skill + ability
c. Knowledge + emotion + action
d. Non of the above
60 What is mentoring?
a. Helping people to learn in their initiation
b. Supervising
c. Evaluating
d. Teach people in the classroom
Section C [15*4=60] Matching Test Items: Put a, b.c, and d where appropriate in the brackets
61.Match the following definitions to their authors
a. Innovation and representation as two additional management function ( ) Earnest Dale
b. Characteristics of a profession ( ) M. Parker Follet
c. Management is getting things done by the people ( ) Mintzberg
d. Management is comprehensive generic term ( ) EFL Brech
62 Match the following theories to the learning ways
Operant conditioning theory of learning ( ) Imitation
Classical conditioning theory of learning security ( ) Learning by study and reasoning
Social learning theory ( ) Learning by doing
Cognitive learning theory ( ) Learning by associating with something
63 Match the following management functions to the tasks
a. Planning ( ) Coach, guide, counsel
b. Organizing ( ) Correct deviations
c. Leading ( ) Adjust organizational structures
d. Controlling ( ) Set organizational objectives
64.The followings are the different disciplines in
a. Sociology
b. Psychology
c. Political science
d. Anthropology
The followings are the contributions
1 Interpersonal Blames
1. Comparative value
2. Job satisfaction
 3. Organizational culture
Which is the right set?
a.1a, 2b, 3c, 4d b.1c, 3b, 2a, 4d
b. c, 3b, 4a, 2d d.1c, 4b, 3a, 2d
65 Match the following personality determinants to the results
a. Heredity ( ) Transfer of attributes of model
b. Environment ( ) Transfer of culture
c. Socialization process ( ) Transfer of temperament
d. Identification process. ( ) Transfer of values
66 Match the following reinforcement methods to the strategies
a. Positive reinforcement ( ) Reprimandasion
b. Negative reinforcement ( ) Withholding praise
c. Extinction ( ) Reward
d. Punishment ( ) Removal of harassment
67 Match the following task roles to their descriptions
a. Initiator ( ) Prods group accomplish more
b. Energizer ( ) Promotes greater understanding
c. Recorder ( ) Suggest new goals or ideas
d. Elaborator ( ) Performs a group memory function status
68 Match the following productivity status to the given situations
b. Moderate productivity ( ) High performance norms and low group cohesiveness
c. Low productivity ( ) High cohesiveness and low norms
d. Moderate to low productivity ( ) Low norms and low cohesiveness
e. High productivity ( ) High norms and high cohesiveness
69 Match the following power types to their attributes
a. Legitimate power
b. Expert power
c. Referent power
d. Coercive power
The following represent the above powers
Power provided by personal charisma
Power provided by law
Power of force
Power of talent and KSA
Which is the right set?
a. 1a, 2b, 3c, 4d
b. 2a, 3b, 4c, 1d
c. 3d, 2a, 1c, 4b
d. 3d, 2a, 4c, 1b
70.Match the following roles characteristics to their descriptions
e. Role identity ( ) Individuals view of how he or she is supposed to act
f. Role perception ( ) How others believe you should act on a given situation
g. Role expectations ( ) Confronted situation by divergent role expectations
h. Role conflict ( )Attitudes and behaviors consistent with a role
71. Match the following Johari window selves to their situations
a. Public self ( ) Unknown to self and unknown to others
b. Blind self ( ) Known to self and unknown to others
c. Private self ( ) Unknown to self and known to others
d. Unknown self. ( ) Known to self and unknown to others
72 Match the following Factors to job satisfaction to their descriptions
a. Personality job fit ( ) Opposing unethical work
b. Equitable rewards ( ) Work comfort
 c. Supportive working conditions ( ) Fairness in employee treatment
d. Whistle blowing ( ) Suitable task assignment
73 Match the following group structure elements to their structural needs
a. Leadership ( ) Socially defined rank
b. Status ( ) Ability to influence
c. Size ( ) Varieties of skills and knowledge
d. Composition ( )Group objectives
74 Match the following team type to their identity
a. Problem solving team
b. Self managed work team
c. Cross functional teams
The followings are the
1. Members are self directed
2. Members are from different backgrounds
3. Members have investigation ability
The right set is
a. 3a, 1b, 2c
b. 2a, 1b, 3c
c. 3a, 2b, 1c
d. 1a, 2b, 3c

75 Match the following individual behavior components to their factors

a. Environment ( ) Expression of emotions
b. Person ( ) Reactions to others
c. Behavior ( ) Events
d. Consequences ( ) Skills