Organizational management and Behavior MCQ,S Q1-20–A basketball team is an example of what kind of interdependence..

Question 1:

Question: A basketball team is an example of what kind of
interdependence?

A Sequential interdependence
B Reciprocal
interdependence
C Integrated interdependence
D Pooled interdependence

Question2: Giving good feedback can help “teach” new behavior:

A True
B False

Question3: Juran and Deming began what has become known as the:

A Quality enhancement program (QEP).
B Total quality management
movement (TQM).
C Structured views of creativity (SVC).
D Socio-technical systems theory of management (STM).

Question 4:

Question: An accommodating approach to dealing
with conflict is the best to use in disputes that are of far greater importance
to the other group than they are to your group.

A True
B False

Question 5

Giving specific performance
goals as opposed to more general ones:

A Tends to create confusion about what exactly
constitutes a person’s job.
B Helps to increase the odds that at least those
goals will be met.
C Makes it less operationalized.
D Is
always best when you want people to be empowered.

Question 6:

Question: Surfing the Internet for personal
reasons is often called:

A
Cyberslacking
B Social loafing
C Group think
D Defamation

Question 7

Question: Strong cohesion is always a good
characteristic relative to team performance.

A True
B False

Question 8:

Question: Making accusations of wrongdoing or
incompetence or derogatory statements on any evaluation –performance or
otherwise, may result in a defamation lawsuit.

A True
B False

Question 9:

Question: Joe, who works in the technology
department, under false pretence tells Mary who works in accounting, that he
needs to know a coworker, Tom’s, social security number to create a new email
for him. Joe has:

A Committed an abuse of power
B
Committed fraud
C Committed defamation
D Committed tortuous interference

Question 10:

Question: The research literature into conflict
has suggested that it all results from someone’s misbehavior.

A True
B False

Question 11

What sort of social influences are used to levy
or gain approval or avoid rejection such as with peer pressure:

A Identification
B Behavioral
C Prescriptive
D
Normative

Question 12

The illusion of power is:

A Someone claiming to make more money and
therefore hold more responsibility than another.
B
Ability to significantly influence others simply because he or she is perceived
to have power.
C A manager empowering his or her employees.
D A temporary position, such as an “acting” vice
president.

Question 13

Which is NOT one of the group development stages
described by Tuckman:

A Storming
B Norming
C Forming
D
Diffusing

Question 14

As people interact they tend to become
increasingly cohesive, where their ideas become increasingly congruent.

A True
B False

Question 15:
As social influences and cohesion increase,
teams tend to diffuse responsibility for risk leading to the taking more
extreme positions than occur otherwise. This is called:

A Extreme shift
B Risk
or risky shift
C Group peer pressure
D Social loafing

Question 16

Actions people take to try to control how others
perceive them is called:

A Interdependence
B Interactional justice
C
Impression management
D A diversionary tactic
Question 17

High interdependence is one potential source of
conflict:

A True
B False

Question 18:

A problem-solving approach to conflict is best
to use when both groups are willing to invest time and effort to reach a
resolution that maximizes everyone’s outcome.

A True
B False

Question 19:

When a company collapses or reduces its pay grades
to the greatest extent possible, this is called:

A Pay equity.
B Pay for performance.
C
Broadbanding.
D A cafeteria-style pay benefit.

Question 20:

Which one is TRUE of group risk-shift:

A Group takes on greater responsibility for the
consequences of an act.
B
Greater chances are taken because risk can be diffused across the group.
C Group takes specific roles of accountability
to isolate the risks to individuals.
D Group takes actions to avoid risks and protect
the group.