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SEMESTER - 5
ORGANIZATION BEHAVIORAL
(OB)
MCQs
1. 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
2. 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
3. The belief that 'violence is wrong‘ is an evaluative statement. This constitutes ________ Component of attitude.
(a) reflective
(b) cognitive
(c) affective
(d) behavioral
4. _________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
5. Identify the discipline that has most helped us to understand the differences attitudes and behavior among people indifferent countries.
(a) Political science
(b) Sociology
(c) Psychology
(d) Anthropology
6. Study of organization behaviour helps the firms to achieve and improve____ in the
organization.
(a) Skill Of people
(b) Physical strength of people
(c) Organizational effectiveness
(d) Executive skill
7. Motion is a factor in the________ that influence Perception.
(a) Perceiver
(b) Situation
(c) Target
(d) Stimuli
8. When we have a 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
9. Framework of Organization Behaviour includes _______.
(a) Individual Behaviour
(b) Group Behaviour
(c) Organisation
(d) All of these
10. The tendency to attribute one's own characteristics to the people is called __________
(a) Stereotyping
(b) Halo effect
(c) Selective Perception
(d) Projection
11. The determinants of personality includes_______
(a) Heredity
(b) Environment
(c) Situation
(d) All of these
12. 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
13. Drawing a general impression about individual on the basis of single characteristics is
called
(a) Contrast effect
(b) Projection
(c) Stereotyping
(d) Halo effect
14. 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
15. ________ is derived from social and cultural morals and norms
(a) Values
(b) Perception
(c) Behaviour
(d) None of these
16. ________ refers to the set of traits and behaviors that characterize an individual.
(a) Perception
(b) Person
(c) Personality
(d) Punishment
17. The effect of individual on group member is related with _________ discipline.
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Social Psychology
18. ________ 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
19. 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) Perceives
(c) Timing
(d) None of the above
20. 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
21. 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
22. OB focuses achievement of individual objective at cost of organizational objectives
(a) True statement
(b) False statement
(c) None
(d) Both
23. 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.
24. What is so true about Social Psychology?
(a) It studies about human beings 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
25. Identify the false statement
(a) Affective is the emotional or feeling segment of the attitude.
(b) Behavioral component of an attitude sets the stage for the more critical
part of the 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.
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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.
29. ________ 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
30. The study of people in relation to their fellow beings is known as________
(a) Psychology
(b) Social Psychology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Sociology
31. ___________ are derived from person experiences & thus they are relatively less enduring.
(a) Values
(b) Attitudes
(c) Value & attitudes
(d) None of the above
32. 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 Organisation
33. Which of the following discipline is not so closely related with behavioral sciences
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Economics
34. 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
35. Social Sciences relates to
(a) physical sciences
(b) Anthropology discipline
(c) political Science
(d) None of these
36. _________ 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
37. Anthropology studies
(a) Group Behaviour
(b) Effect of Individual behaviour on group members
(c) Individual behaviour
(d) Effect of group members on individual
38. 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
39. Mixed feelings about a situation are explained by __________ principle of perception.
(a) Interest
(b) Repetition
(c) Ambivalence
(d) Familiarity
40. 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
41. _________ 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
42. Which discipline is considered as science that seeks to measure, explain and sometimes change the behavior of humans
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Social Psychology
43. Psychology studies:
(a) Group Behaviour
(b) Effect of individual behaviour on group members
(c) Individual behaviour
(d) Effect of group members on individual
44. Sociology studies:
(a) Group Behaviour
(b) Effect of individual behaviour on group members
(c) Individual behaviour
(d) Effect of group members on individual
45. Social Psychology studies:
(a) Group Behaviour
(b) Effect of individual behaviour on group members
(c) Individual behaviour
(d) Effect of group members on individual
46. ________ 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
47. _______ is concerned with the initial contact between organisms & their physical
environment,
(a) Stimuli
(b) Unconditioned Stimuli
(c) Sensation
(d) Shaping
48. Nature, location, size, contrast, repetition, motion, novelty and familiarity are _________
factors influencing perception.
(a) Neutral
(b) Internal
(c) External
(d) Genuine
49. A loud noise or bright light is described as the ________ of the external type of factors of affecting perception.
(a) Intensity
(b) Location
(c) size
(d) Nature
50. The stimuli standing out against the background describes the _________ of the object
affecting the perception process.
(a) Nature
(b) Size
(c) Intensity
(d) Contrast
51. The _______principle, of perception, is stated when supervisors have to give directions to workers over and over again for even simple tasks.
(a) Direction
(b) Leadership
(c) Controlling
(d) Repetition
52. Job Rotation is an example of __________ Principle of the external factors influencing
perceptual process of an individual.
(a) Familiarity
(b) Repetition
(c) Novelty
(d) Satisfaction
53. A perceiver affected by __________ principle tends to see in another person, traits that
they themselves possess.
(a) Rejection
(b) Extraction
(c) Projection
(d) Contraction
54. _______ refers to the set of traits and behaviors that characterize an individual.
(a) Perception
(b) Person
(c) Personality
(d) Punishment
55. ________ is the study of societies, to learn about human beings and their activities.
(a) Psychology
(b) Social psychology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Sociology
56. The contribution of Psychology in the field of learning, motivation, personality, perception individual decision making etc. facilitate the study and understanding of
(a) group
(b) individual
(c) organizational system
(d) Human relations
57. Who is known as the father of Human Relations ?
(a) Rothelisberger
(b) F.W. Taylor
(c) Fredrick Herzberg
(d) Elton Mayo
58. __________ is science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the
behaviour of human.
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Social Psychology
59. The perception when influenced by the group to which the stimuli belong, is called as
(a) Halo Effect
(b) Attrition
(c) Stereo-type
(d) Projection
60. _____________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
61. ____________ addresses itself to the study of group behaviour.
(a) Sociology
(b) Social Psychology
(c) Psychology
(d) Political Science
62. Which of the following discipline is not so closely related with behavioral sciences
(a) Psychology
(b) Sociology
(c) Anthropology
(d) Economics
63. Which Behavioural science is the study of people in relation to their fellow human beings?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Sociology
(c) Social Psychology
(d) Political Science
64. ________ 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
65. _________ 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
66. A perceiver affected by_______ principal tends to see in another person, traits that
they themselves process.
(a) Rejection
(b) Extraction
(c) Projection
(d) Contraction
67. _________ 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
68. ________ 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
69. ________ is concerned with initial contact between organisms & their physical environment.
(a) Stimuli
(b) Sensation
(c) Response
(d) Unconditioned Stimuli
70. Organizational Behaviour is basically __________ approach
(a) An Uni-Disciplinary
(b) Multi Disciplinary
(c) An Inter-Disciplinary
(d) A Behaviour-Disciplinary
71. Organization Behavior is
(a) An interdisciplinary approach
(b) A humanistic approach
(c) Total system approach
(d) All of these
72. 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
73. 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
74. 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
75. The subject of organizational culture has been most influenced by which behavioral science discipline?
(a) Anthropology
(b) Psychology
(c) social psychology
(d) political science
76. ________ is the process of screening out information that we are uncomfortable with
or that contradict to our beliefs
(a) Perceptual context
(b) Selective perception
(c) Halo effect
(d) Stereotyping
77. I don't like that company'- is _________ components of attitude.
(a) Affective component
(b) Cognitive component
(c) Intentional component
(d) None of these
78. They are the worst firm I have ever dealt with is _________ components of attitude.
(a) Affective component
(b) Cognitive component
(c) Intentional component
(d) None of these
79. I will never do business with them again is ___________ component of attitude.
(a) Affective component
(b) Cognitive component
(c) Intentional component
(d) None of these
80. If Halo effect is related to 'Trait' then _______ is related to projection.
(a) Generalization
(b) Comparison
(c) Similarity
(d) None of the above
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