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This section includes 23 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Master of Commerce (MDotcom) knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.
| 1. |
Hawthrone experiment which was a real beginning of applied research in OB was conducted by |
| A. | Elton Mayo |
| B. | Henry Fayol |
| C. | F.W. Taylor |
| D. | Max Weber |
| Answer» B. Henry Fayol | |
| 2. |
. If everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same way, attribution theory states that the behaviour shows _____. |
| A. | Consensus |
| B. | Similarity |
| C. | Reliability |
| D. | Consistency |
| Answer» B. Similarity | |
| 3. |
The cognitive process through which an individual selects, organizes but misinterprets environmental stimuli is known as_________ |
| A. | Perception |
| B. | Projection |
| C. | Selective Perception |
| D. | Mis-Perception |
| Answer» E. | |
| 4. |
..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 |
| Answer» C. Halo effect | |
| 5. |
According to Robert Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations, they possess _____________ skills. |
| A. | Technical |
| B. | Leadership |
| C. | Problem-solving |
| D. | Conceptual |
| Answer» E. | |
| 6. |
. People with which type of personality trait commonly make poor decisions because they make them too fast? |
| A. | Type A |
| B. | Type B |
| C. | Self-monitors |
| D. | Extroverts |
| Answer» B. Type B | |
| 7. |
. --------is an attempt through a formal program to integrate employees needs and wellbeing with the intention of improved productivity, better involvement and satisfaction |
| A. | Quality of Work life |
| B. | Quality Circle |
| C. | Alternative Work schedule |
| D. | Job Redesign |
| Answer» B. Quality Circle | |
| 8. |
____________ refers to the network of personal and social relations that is developed spontaneously between people associated with each other. |
| A. | Formal organization |
| B. | Informal organization |
| C. | Business organization |
| D. | Government organization |
| Answer» C. Business organization | |
| 9. |
is the dynamic organization within the individual that determine his unique adjustment to the environment |
| A. | Perception |
| B. | Attitude |
| C. | Behavior |
| D. | personality |
| Answer» E. | |
| 10. |
In Maslow s hierarchy needs which of the following pair of needs is ranked as lower order needs ? |
| A. | Physiological and safety needs |
| B. | Physiological and social need |
| C. | Self actualization and safety needs |
| D. | Social and esteem needs |
| Answer» C. Self actualization and safety needs | |
| 11. |
What is the name of the theory that deals with how we explain behaviour differently depending on the meaning we assign to the actor? |
| A. | behavioral theory |
| B. | judgment theory |
| C. | selective perception theory |
| D. | attribution theory |
| Answer» E. | |
| 12. |
Which of the following researchers thought that reinforcement was the central factor involed in behavioural change? |
| A. | Pavlov |
| B. | Fayol |
| C. | Skinner |
| D. | Deming |
| Answer» D. Deming | |
| 13. |
Suspending an employee for dishonest behaviour is an example of which method of shaping behaviour? |
| A. | Extinction |
| B. | negative reinforcement |
| C. | punishment |
| D. | reaction |
| Answer» D. reaction | |
| 14. |
According to operant conditioning, when behaviour is not reinforced, what happens to the probability of that behaviour occurring again? |
| A. | It increases. |
| B. | It declines. |
| C. | It remains unchang |
| D. | It becomes zero |
| Answer» C. It remains unchang | |
| 15. |
A learned pre-disposition to respond in a consistently favourable or unfavourable manner with respect to a given object |
| A. | Perception |
| B. | Attitude |
| C. | Behavior |
| D. | personality |
| Answer» C. Behavior | |
| 16. |
______ is discretionary behaviour that is not part of an employee s formal job requirement, but that promotes the effective functioning of the organization. |
| A. | Productivity |
| B. | Motivation |
| C. | Organizational citizenship |
| D. | Organizational behavior |
| Answer» D. Organizational behavior | |
| 17. |
If everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same way, attribution theory states that the behaviour shows. |
| A. | consensus |
| B. | similarity |
| C. | reliability |
| D. | consistency |
| Answer» B. similarity | |
| 18. |
According to Katz, when managers have the mental ability to analyze and diagnose complex situations, they possess skills. |
| A. | Technical |
| B. | Leadership |
| C. | problem-solving |
| D. | conceptual |
| Answer» E. | |
| 19. |
Which of the following processes deals with how well an individual remembers a model s action after it is no longer readily available? |
| A. | Attitudinal |
| B. | Retention |
| C. | motor reproduction |
| D. | reinforcement |
| Answer» C. motor reproduction | |
| 20. |
An extent to which an organisation achieves its predetermined objectives within given resources and without undue strain to its members |
| A. | Organization behavior |
| B. | Organizational culture |
| C. | Organizational spirit |
| D. | Organizational effectiveness |
| Answer» E. | |
| 21. |
What term is used to describe voluntary and involuntary permanent withdrawal from an organization? |
| A. | Absenteeism |
| B. | Turnover |
| C. | Downsizing |
| D. | truancy |
| Answer» C. Downsizing | |
| 22. |
. ..is the tendency of individual, which directs them to be inward and process ideas and thought within themselves |
| A. | extroversion |
| B. | Introversion |
| C. | internal locus of control |
| D. | external locus of control |
| Answer» C. internal locus of control | |
| 23. |
The science that seeks to measure, explain, and sometimes change the behaviour of humans and other animals is known as. |
| A. | Psychiatry |
| B. | Psychology |
| C. | Sociology |
| D. | organizational behavior |
| Answer» C. Sociology | |