Organizational Behavior True or False Quiz

True or False Questions

• 1: Human behavior is a process of choosing among different alternatives.

• True

• 2: Human behavior cannot be predicted.

• True

• 3: Human behavior is driven by motives and stimuli.

• True

• 4: Intensive competition between organizations was a major reason for studying organizational behavior.

• True

• 5: The emergence of trade unions and labor unions is not effective for studying organizational behavior.

• False

• 6: There is no relationship between psychology and organizational behavior.

• False

• 7: An introvert prefers work in marketing, sales, and public relations.

• False

• 8: A person who cooperates with others and offers help is characterized by openness.

• True

• 9: According to the Big Five personality traits theory, an open personality prefers new ideas and challenges.

• True

• 10: Top managers are the only ones who need behavioral skills.

• False

• 11: A person described as decent, cooperative, and helpful to others is an extrovert.

• False

• 12: Wages and incentives are motivational factors.

• True

• 13: Personal behavior depends on how individuals perceive and evaluate things, whether correct or not.

• True

• 14: Self-esteem, according to Maslow, is the drive to achieve one's potential, including growth, and fulfillment.

• True

• 15: Manager X believes employees like their job and have self-control.

• True

• 16: Manager Y believes employees should be controlled.

• True

• 17: An introvert prefers marketing, sales, and public relations.

• False

• 18: A cooperative person is characterized by openness, according to the Big Five personality traits theory.

• True

• 19: Openness, according to the Big Five personality theory, prefers new ideas and challenges.

• True

• 20: People lacking emotional stability can work in customer service.

• True

• 21: McGregor proposed the hierarchy of needs theory.

• False (Maslow proposed it)

• 22: Maslow proposed the (X) and (Y) theory.

• False

• 23: Stereotyping is a limitation of perception.

• True

• 24: The receiver creates and sends a message in communication.

• False

Multiple Choice Questions

• 1: Factors affecting employee behavior include:

• Group level

• Organizational hierarchy

• Leadership style

• Organizational culture

• All of the above

• 2: Factors influencing person-organization behavior include:

• Organizational culture

• Work groups

• Perception

• None of the above

• 3: Important organizational resources include:

• Physical resources

• Human resources

• Intangible resources

• All of the above

• 4: Objectives of studying organizational behavior include:

• Understanding employee behavior

• Predicting employee behavior;

• Directing and controlling employee behavior

• All of the above

• 5: Organizational behavior is defined as:

• Studying human behavior in organizations

• All of the above

• 6: Family and friends affect individual personality through:

• Social factors

• Heredity

• Situational factors

• Biological factors

• 7: A hard-working person, efficiently accomplishing tasks, exhibits:

• Openness

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

• Extroversion

• 8: Family and friends impact individual personality by influencing:

• Social factors

• Heredity

• Situational factors

• Biological factors

• 9: Motivation is defined as:

• Individual experiences and behavioral skills

• 10: Maslow's hierarchy, if a person reaches the satisfaction of physiological needs, they then transfer to:

• Self-actualization

• Self-esteem

• Safety needs

• Social needs

• 11: Perception is defined as:

• Paying attention to surroundings

• Choosing alternatives

• Reaction to others' actions

• How individuals interpret the environment

• 12: Factors influencing perception include:

• Stimulus volume

• Stimulus novelty

• Stimulus mobility

• Motives and interests

• 13: According to the two-factor theory, organization policy and leadership style are among:

• Motivational factors

• Healthy factors

• 14: The possibility of stimulus perception increases when:

• Stimulus volume is high

• Stimulus is mobile

• Stimulus is novel

• All of the above

• 15: Job progress and promotions, in the two-factor theory, are:

• Motivational factors

• (Other options from the text)

• 16: Stimuli are processed through:

• Feelings about stimuli

• Attention to stimuli

• Interpretation of stimuli

• Behavioral reactions to stimuli

• 17: Drawing a general impression based on a single trait is known as:

• Stereotyping;

• Projection

• The halo effect

• First impression

• 18: A hard-working individual is characterized by:

• Openness

• Agreeableness

• Conscientiousness

• Extroversion

• 19: Organizing information selectively is part of the … stage of perception.

• First

• Second

• Third

• Fourth