Ldr 531 Week 1 – Quiz

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LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 1 – Quiz

1. With reference to John Holland’s personality-job it theory, people belonging to investigative type prefer

1. Activities involved in helping others
2. Physical activities that require skill, strength, and coordination
3. Activities that involve thinking, organizing, and understanding
4. Ambiguous and imaginative that allow creative expression
5. Stronger satisfaction with the leader
6. Stronger organizational commitment
7. Better coordination among subordinates
8. Better performance by subordinates
9. Conscientiousness
10. Agreeableness
11. Extroversion
12. Emotional stability
13. They are unlikely to engage in numerous risky behaviors such as smoking and drinking
14. They emphasize excessively in being creative
15. They do not adapt well to changing contexts
16. They focus on learning instead of performing a job
17. Core self-evaluation
18. Machiavellianism
19. Self-monitoring
20. Authoritarianism

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6. Which of the following guidelines for recognizing an employee’s performance was recommended?

1. Actively look for effective behavior or contributions to recognize
2. Provide more recognition to people in essential, high-visibility jobs
3. Provide recognition only for outstanding performance
4. Give praise in private to avoid embarrassing the recipient
5. Salary
6. Recognition
7. Responsibility
8. Flexibility
9. Extraversion
10. Narcissism
11. Machiavellianism
12. Agreeableness
13. The autocratic style of managing people
14. The use of recognition and achievements to motivate employees
15. The principles of participative management
16. The vertical enhancement of jobs to enhance autonomy
17. Stoicism
18. Cynicism
19. Asceticism
20. Narcissism

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11.With reference to the job characteristics model, which of the following defines skill variety?

1. The degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities tapping different abilities
2. The degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work
3. The degree to which a job provides the worker freedom in scheduling and procedure
4. The degree to which work activities generate direct and clear information about performance
5. Proactive
6. High Mach
7. Type A
8. High self-monitoring
9. Flexible; essential
10. Fluid; stable
11. Flexible; enduring
12. Instrumental; terminal
13. Uncertainty avoidance
14. Long term orientation
15. Collectivism
16. Masculinity
17. A small portion of the workers at the facility belong to the Baby Boomers generation.
18. There is an unequal distribution of power in the company
19. The employees are genuinely concerned about improving their lot
20. Alex was sent to Beijing as he was one of the few employees conversant in the local language.
21. A typical merit based pay plan provides no base salary and pays the employee only for what he or she produces
22. It is also called competency-based plan
23. Unions typically resist merit-based pay plans
24. It bases pay levels on how many skills employees have or how many jobs they can do
25. Ask specific questions to help the person analyze his or her performance
26. Provide constructive feedback about effective and ineffective behavior
27. A provide detailed instructions on how to carry out each assignment
28. Provide opportunities to learn from experience
29. A high concern for both the task and the relationships
30. A moderate concern for the task high concern for relationships
31. A moderate concern for both the task and relationships
32. A high concern for the task and a moderate concern for relationships.
33. Meaning in life
34. Social recognition
35. Economic success
36. Personal discipline
37. Adam’s job has low role definition
38. Adam’s job has low task identity
39. Adam’s job has a high span of control
40. Adam’s job has high task complexity.