MGT502 Current Quiz
Monday, July 19, 2010 Posted In MGT Edit ThisQuestion # 1 of 15 ( Start time: 06:02:06 AM ) Total Marks: 1
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Upward communication
Downward communication
Diagonal communication
Horizontal communication
Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 06:03:20 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is not a core topic of organizational behavior?
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Motivation
Attitude development
Conflict
Resource allocation
Question # 3 of 15 ( Start time: 06:04:35 AM ) Total Marks: 1
When all communication is channeled through one person, which of the following communication network exists?
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Direct
Chain
Lateral
Wheel
Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 06:05:22 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT one of the six universal emotions, as agreed upon by most contemporary researchers?
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Anger
Fear
Hate
Sadness
Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 06:05:56 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Decrease in tenure can increase
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Innovation
Productivity
Creativity
Absenteeism
Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 06:07:23 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The Fiedler model proposes:
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Changing the leader
Changing the situation
Matching leaders and situations
Changing the employees
Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 06:08:49 AM ) Total Marks: 1
While managing political behaviors in organization, the manager requires discouraging:
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Negotiation
Relationships
Self interest
Dialogue
Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 06:10:11 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Mr.Adnan is an effective and good manager because he has the ability to handle emotions of employees.Which element of Emotional intelligence is Mr.Adnan equipped with?
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Social Skill
Empathy
Self Motivation
Self Management
Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 06:11:01 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following conflicts are almost always dysfunctional?
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Task
Relationship
Process
Personal
Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 06:12:27 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is an important moderator of the satisfaction-turnover relationship?
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Organization’s culture
Management style
Employee’s level of performance
Employee’s values and attitudes
Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 06:13:38 AM ) Total Marks: 1
If everyone who is faced with a similar situation responds in the same way,attribution theory states that the behavior shows _____.
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Consensus
Similarity
Reliability
Consistency
Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 06:14:00 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is NOT an individual factor related to political behavior?
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Organizational investment
Perceived job alternatives
Zero-sum reward practices
Level of self-monitoring
Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 06:15:24 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following statements is NOT true about the difference between men and women when it comes to emotional reactions?
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Women show greater emotional expression
Men express emotions more intensely
Women express emotions more intensely
Men express anger more frequently
Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 06:16:27 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Mr.Ajmal is considered as one of the most organized and self-disciplined employee of XYZ company. He is exhibiting which of the following dimension of the Big five model of personality?
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Agreeableness
Open to Experience
Conscientiousness
Emotional Stability
Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 06:17:50 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which one of the following Group types is organizationally determined?
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Task
Work
Authority
Social
In the late 1940s, most manufacturing jobs in industrialized countries were being done with high _____.
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Departmentalization
Decentralization
Work specialization
Generalized structure
Question # 2 of 15 ( Start time: 06:43:01 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Ali wants to buy a motor bike. He goes to the showroom and sees different models of bikes. He likes one of them very much and wants to purchase it. He asks the price from dealer which is more then his range. Both of them then negotiate over price. This is an example of:
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BATNA
Distributive negotiation
Integrative negotiation
Third party negotiation
Question # 3 of 15 ( Start time: 06:44:07 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Self-managed teams are typically comprised of how many members?
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2-5
5-10
10-15
Over 100
Question # 4 of 15 ( Start time: 06:44:55 AM ) Total Marks: 1
In Ravi trading company, there is low formalization, a comprehensive information network, and high participation in decision making. What is its organizational structure?
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Simple
Mechanistic
Organic
Matrix
Question # 5 of 15 ( Start time: 06:46:23 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Mr. Rahman discusses job related problems with supervisor and attempts to improve conditions actively. It is an example of which of the following ways through which employees express dissatisfaction?
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Neglect
Loyalty
Exit
Voice
Question # 6 of 15 ( Start time: 06:47:05 AM ) Total Marks: 1
What term is used for the extent to which an individual displays different behaviors in different situations?
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Continuity
Integrity
Stability
Distinctiveness
Question # 7 of 15 ( Start time: 06:47:33 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following term is used to define tendency to draw a general impression about an individual on the basis of a single characteristic?
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Contrast Effect
Halo effect
Self-Serving bias
Selective Perception
Question # 8 of 15 ( Start time: 06:47:51 AM ) Total Marks: 1
All of the following are characteristics of the organic model except:
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Cross-functional teams
Narrow spans of control
Cross-hierarchical teams
Employee discretion
Question # 9 of 15 ( Start time: 06:49:01 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Emotional intelligence appears to be especially relevant in jobs that demand which of the following?
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Social Interaction
Commitment
Charisma
Leadership Skills
Question # 10 of 15 ( Start time: 06:49:18 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Zahid is undergoing a great deal of stress at his job. Zahid performs several duties during the course of a day and finds that the accomplishment of one duty directly competes or interferes with the successful accomplishment of another duty. It can be said that Zahid is most probably experiencing:
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Role ambiguity
Role conflict
Personal conflict
Relationship conflict
Question # 11 of 15 ( Start time: 06:50:20 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Which of the following is one of the most popular ways to ***** activities?
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Product
Function
Geography
Process
Question # 12 of 15 ( Start time: 06:51:37 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Imran is the head of a ***** at an advertising agency working with artists and designers to come up with effective branding of new products. Why is it particularly important for him to keep his team happy?
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People are more conscientious when they are in a good mood
People are more efficient when they are in a good mood
People are more productive when they are in a good mood
People are more creative when they are in a good mood
Question # 13 of 15 ( Start time: 06:51:56 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The organizational design of ZIA enterprise is characterized by a low degree of departmentalization, wide spans of control, authority centralized in a single person, and little formalization. What is the organizational design of ZIA enterprise?
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Bureaucracy
Matrix organization
Simple structure
Team structure
Question # 14 of 15 ( Start time: 06:52:58 AM ) Total Marks: 1
The divisional head of P&B Corporation notices that some managers with wide spans of control seem to perform more effectively than other managers with similarly-sized spans of control. Which of the following statements is most likely true regarding the high-performing managers?
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These managers are paid higher salaries than the low-performing managers
The employees within their departments have poor communication with each other
These managers discourage employee autonomy, which produces uniform results
The employees within their departments are highly skilled and knowledgeable
Question # 15 of 15 ( Start time: 06:54:26 AM ) Total Marks: 1
Management roles(Interpersonal, Informational,Decisional) were coined by
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Henry Mintzberg
Peter Drucker
Michael E. Porter
Bill Gates