Quiz 3 (Ch 9-11)

The National Football League (NFL) makes players entering the draft take a popular cognitive ability test known as the -Myers-Briggs. -Wonderlic. -Big Five. -GLAT. -SAT.

Wonderlic.

Gideon is a jeweler who makes precision repairs on expensive jewelry and luxury watches. Gideon's job requires highly refined ____ abilities. -strength -stamina -flexibility -coordination -psychomotor

psychomotor

Which of the following is a "veiled purpose" test item in an integrity test? -Have you ever borrowed something from work without telling anyone? -If you were sent an extra item with an order, would you send it back? -Do you agree with the statement, "I don't feel I've had control over my life"? -Do most employees take small items from work? -What dollar value would a worker have to steal before you would fire them?

Do you agree with the statement, "I don't feel I've had control over my life"?

Which of the following statement concerning personality and cultural values is not true? -Cultural values capture what cultures are like. -Adjectives such as "polite" and "reserved" are examples of traits summarizing a person's personality. -Personality traits are a function of both your genes and your environment. -Personality captures what people are like, while ability captures what people can do. -Employees are the same anywhere in the world—responsible, easygoing employees from the United States act the same as responsible, easygoing employees in China.

Employees are the same anywhere in the world—responsible, easygoing employees from the United States act the same as responsible, easygoing employees in China.

One of the taxonomies used to describe cultural values is the -RIASEC Model. -Big Five Approach. -Myers-Briggs Types. -Hofstede Dimensions. -CANOE Acronym Classification.

Hofstede Dimensions.

Which of the following is true with regard to emotional intelligence? -Individuals with higher levels of emotional intelligence are less likely to engage in counterproductive behaviors. -People with low levels of emotional intelligence are more likely to try to influence other people in order to achieve personal goals. -People with high levels of cognitive ability are more likely to also have high levels of emotional intelligence. -Emotional intelligence is a more important determinant of job performance for people with higher levels of cognitive intelligence. -In many circumstances, high emotional intelligence can compensate somewhat for low cognitive intelligence.

In many circumstances, high emotional intelligence can compensate somewhat for low cognitive intelligence.

Frank and Daniel both agreed to volunteer for a company project cleaning and organizing the district warehouse. There were to be 50 volunteers. Upon arrival, they discovered volunteer turnout was low. They were assigned to the northwest corner of the warehouse where they were to meet Trixie, who would give them their assignment. When they arrived, Trixie was nowhere to be found but they did find two push-brooms leaning against the wall. Frank took a seat on a box to wait for Trixie and his assignment. Daniel grabbed one of the push-brooms and began sweeping. While he was sweeping, Daniel thought, "This is why my desk looks so tidy, while Frank's desk looks like a disaster." Which of the following statements is likely true of this scenario? -In this weak situation, Frank's laziness trait is activated. -In this strong situation, Daniel's neurotic trait is activated. -In this weak situation, Daniel's introversion trait is activated. -In this strong situation Frank's conscientiousness trait is activated. -In this weak situation, Daniel's extraversion trait is activated.

In this weak situation, Frank's laziness trait is activated.

Which of the following accurately describes the correlation between task interdependence and team performance? -It is weak and positive. -It is moderate and negative. -It is strong and negative. -It is moderate and positive. -It is weak and negative.

It is moderate and positive.

Orla took a test and found out she has an investigative personality type. According to the RIASEC model, Orla will probably enjoy -practical, hands-on, real-world tasks and tend to be frank, practical, determined, and rugged. -abstract, analytical, theory-oriented tasks and tend to be analytical, intellectual, reserved, and scholarly. -persuading, leading, or outperforming others and tend to be energetic, sociable, ambitious, and risk-taking. -entertaining and fascinating others using imagination and tend to be original, independent, impulsive, and creative. -organizing, counting, or regulating people or things and tend to be careful, conservative, self-controlled, and structured.

abstract, analytical, theory-oriented tasks and tend to be analytical, intellectual, reserved, and scholarly.

At his sales firm, Merle tends to have a negative attitude and deflates his group members by being hostile toward their ideas and accomplishments. Merle fills the individualistic role of -blocker. -recognition seeker. -aggressor. -slacker. -dominator.

aggressor.

Perceptual speed refers to -being able to pick out a pattern of information quickly in the presence of distracting information. -the use of general rules or hypotheses as a starting point to solve a problem. -being able to examine and compare numbers, letters, and objects quickly. -the ability to develop clever and novel ways to solve problems. -being able to recover quickly from emotional experiences.

being able to examine and compare numbers, letters, and objects quickly.

Hybrid outcome interdependence bases employee compensation on -both years of experience and level of education. -both team and individual performance. -individual performance alone. -team performance alone. -years of experience.

both team and individual performance.

Which of the Big Five personality traits has the greatest effect on typical performance? -conscientiousness -openness -extraversion -neuroticism -agreeableness

conscientiousness

Chris is at a leadership conference where he has just met Gina for the first time. In this situation, he will most easily be able to judge if Gina has the personality trait of -conscientiousness. -agreeableness. -neuroticism. -extraversion. -openness.

extraversion.

Sharon joined a team that was responsible for boosting sales on last year's electronic models. The team began in January and was scheduled to run until May, meeting once a week. The team consisted of four women, all with marketing and sales background. When the group first met, they learned they had much in common, outside of work. Now, the majority of time each meeting was spent talking about spouses, children, shopping, and hobbies. At the first meeting in March, one of the four said, "You know, we have to have a presentation ready in less than two month." That seems to set everyone in motion. The group quickly divided responsibilities and set to work. The presentation was a success. This scenario describes -punctuated equilibrium. -parallel teams. -the storming stage of team development. -sequential interdependence. -similarity-attraction approach.

punctuated equilibrium.

Ted's company recently named a new Chief Financial Officer, Tonya Mays. It is likely that Tonya scores high on which type of cognitive ability? -verbal -perceptual -reasoning -spatial -quantitative

quantitative

Which of the following represents the correlation between cognitive ability and job performance? -weak, negative -strong, positive -moderate, negative -weak, positive -strong, negative

strong, positive

Project teams are formed to -take on "one-time" tasks that are often complex and require input from members with different types of training and expertise. -perform tasks that are normally limited in duration but are quite complex and take place in contexts that are highly visible. -provide recommendations to managers about important issues that correspond to the organization's production processes. -produce goods or provide services, generally requiring a full-time commitment from their members. -integrate the activities and employees of subunits across business functions on a permanent basis.

take on "one-time" tasks that are often complex and require input from members with different types of training and expertise.

Ability refers to -skills that can be improved over time with training, practice, and experience. -a strong desire to accomplish task-related goals as a means of expressing personality. -the relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities. -a dispositional tendency to experience pleasant, engaging moods such as enthusiasm, excitement, and elation. -the structures and propensities inside people that explain their characteristic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior.

the relatively stable capabilities people have to perform a particular range of different but related activities.

Which of the following describes the purpose and activities of a parallel team? -to provide recommendations and resolve issues not specifically connected to production -to perform complex tasks that take place in highly visible or challenging circumstances -to produce a one-time output (product, service, plan, design, etc.) -to integrate activities of subunits across business functions -to produce goods or provide services for consumers

to provide recommendations and resolve issues not specifically connected to production