MGMT310 - Chapter 10 connect

What is the term for talents that allow people to do a range of related activities? Multiple choice question. - Abilities - Attitudes - Knowledge - Skills

- Abilities.

When hiring potential employees, many organizations give cognitive ______ to determine whether the people will be able to perform specific job tasks. Multiple choice question. - Performance reviews - Rewards - Ability tests - Training

- Ability tests.

Which of the following appear to have an impact on cognitive abilities? Multiple select question. Check all that apply. - Personality traits - Amount of body fat - Amount of education - Childhood malnutrition - Career choices

- Amount of education - Childhood malnutrition - Career choices

What kind of ability refers to an individual's ability to obtain and use information in order to solve problems? Multiple choice question. - Cognitive - Normative - Perceptual - Conceptual - Attributional

- Cognitive

What kind of test measures an individual's verbal, numerical, and abstract reasoning in order to assess an ability to acquire, retain, organize, and apply information? Multiple choice question. - Perceptual - Cognitive - Physical - Quantitative

- Cognitive Reasoning: Capabilities related to the use of knowledge to make decisions and solve problems.

A recent study has found that people who have lower levels of ______ can still succeed at their jobs if they have higher levels of emotional intelligence. Multiple choice question. - Psychomotor abilities - Job satisfaction - Cognitive intelligence - Sensory ability

- Cognitive intelligence.

The type of strength involved in harnessing energy over a long period is known as (BLANK) strength.

- Dynamic Reasoning: It is the ability to exert force for a prolonged period of time without becoming overly fatigued and giving out.

A delivery driver unloads a truck and stacks boxes on shelves in the warehouse. This requires bending to pick up the boxes and stretching to place them on high shelves. Which of the following physical abilities would be most applicable in this job? Multiple choice question. - Explosive strength - Gross body equilibrium - Extent flexibility - Dynamic flexibility

- Dynamic flexibility. Reasoning: When a job requires repeated and somewhat quick bends, stretches, twists, or reaches.

Tomasz appears to have a strong ability to understand and regulate his emotions and to perceive the emotions of others. According to these traits, Tomasz has a high level of what? Multiple choice question. - Reasoning ability - General cognitive ability - The g-factor - Emotional intelligence

- Emotional intelligence Reasoning: A set of abilities related to the understanding and use of emotions that affect social functioning.

What is the term for the ability that determines how humans interact with each other socially? Multiple choice question. - Reasoning ability - Emotional intelligence - Sensory ability - Perceptual ability

- Emotional intelligence.

Keeping disruptive impulses in check, reigning in frustration or anger, and bouncing back from emotional incidents are all consistent with which dimension of emotional intelligence? Multiple choice question. - Emotional regulation - Use of emotions - Other awareness - Self-awareness

- Emotional regulation

Which of the following is the best description of the link between genes, the environment, and cognitive ability? Multiple choice question. - Genetics have only a marginal impact on cognitive ability. - The environment plays a more important role as people get older. - Environmental and genetic factors are equally important. - Negative environmental factors have a greater impact than genetics.

- Environmental and genetic factors are equally important.

Yoga instructor Dihanna is able to slowly twist or turn her body into an incredible variety of positions. This ability is known as which kind of physical ability? Multiple choice question. - Explosive strength - Extent flexibility - Static strength - Dynamic flexibility

- Extent flexibility Reasoning: Dynamic flexibility refers to somewhat quick motions, as in gymnastics or ballet, rather than the ability to move the body in extreme positions.

True or false: There are no tests for measuring emotional intelligence. True false question. - True - False

- False

True or false: Abilities can be readily improved over time with training and practice. True false question. - True - False

- False. Reasoning: People can enhance their skills with training and practice, but their abilities remain more constant.

Marcus is a facial reconstructive surgeon who prides himself on being able to correct conditions, such as cleft palates, with scarring that is barely visible because of his suturing skills. Which psychomotor ability would be the most important for such an occupation? Multiple choice question. - Control movement abilities - Fine manipulative abilities - Response time - Response orientation

- Fine manipulative abilities Reasoning: Keep the arms and hands steady while using the hands to do precise work.

If people can move their bodies in different positions and directions, which physical ability do they possess? Multiple choice question. - Coordination - Flexibility - Strength - Stamina

- Flexibility

What does the term g-factor signify? Multiple choice question. - General emotional state - Gross body equilibrium - General cognitive ability - Gross body coordination

- General cognitive ability

Of the following, which appear to be the strongest determinants of an individual's abilities? Multiple choice question. - Genes and the environment - Values and personality - Experience and attitude - Training and practice

- Genes and the environment.

A performer who is able to juggle balls while on a unicycle is demonstrating which of the following? Multiple choice question. - Sensory ability - Extent flexibility - Static strength - Gross body coordination

- Gross Body Coordination Reasoning: Synchronize the movements of the body, arms, and legs to do something while the whole body is in motion.

People using ______ look at specific information to reach a general conclusion, whereas people using ______ apply general rules to specific information. Multiple choice question. - Problem sensitivity; originality - Originality; inductive reasoning - Inductive reasoning; deductive reasoning - Deductive reasoning; originality

- Inductive reasoning; deductive reasoning.

How are cognitive intelligence and emotional intelligence related? Multiple choice question. - It appears that people with high emotional intelligence are better at solving problems than people with high cognitive intelligence. - It appears that they are strongly linked, as people with high cognitive intelligence always have high emotional intelligence. - It appears that people with high cognitive intelligence are better in social situations than people with high emotional intelligence. - It appears that they can be separate, since people with high cognitive intelligence might not have high emotional intelligence.

- It appears that they can be separate, since people with high cognitive intelligence might not have high emotional intelligence.

Kenyatta's Spanish course requires her to spend considerable time in the language lab at school to listen to Spanish language passages and then answer questions to assess her level of understanding. What type of verbal ability is being assessed? Multiple choice question. - Oral expression - Written comprehension - Oral comprehension - Written expression

- Oral comprehension.

One of Bob's strengths as a sales engineer is that he is quick to pick up on his client's feelings. He seems to know when they'll be receptive to his message and when he should "back off" and give them space. This is an example of which element of emotional intelligence? Multiple choice question. - Self-awareness - Emotion regulation - Emotion responsiveness - Other awareness

- Other awareness

The ability to identify, understand, and remember arrangements of information is referred to as what kind of ability? Multiple choice question. - Spatial - Perceptual - Reasoning - Quantitative

- Perceptual Reasoning: The capacity to perceive, understand, and recall patterns of information.

Tests that measure ______ assess how fast an individual can execute the mental processes needed by the task at hand, such as examining letters, numbers, or objects. Multiple choice question. - Perceptual speed - Inductive reasoning - Visualization - Spatial ability

- Perceptual speed

Anika's job as a proofreader for a large textbook publishing firm requires her to read copy and transcripts to make sure that there are no spelling, grammar, or typographical errors. Which of the following abilities directly relates to her ability to examine and compare words and letters quickly? Multiple choice question. - Spatial orientation - Quantitative ability - Deductive reasoning - Perceptual speed

- Perceptual speed. Reasoning: Being able to examine and compare numbers, letters, and objects quickly.

An emergency medical technician (EMT) must be able to assess quickly whether an accident victim has a medical problem even when the victim insists that everything is all right. This requires which type of reasoning ability? Multiple choice question. - Problem sensitivity - Quantitative - Visualization - Originality

- Problem sensitivity Reasoning: The ability to sense that there's a problem right now or likely to be one in the near future.

______ ability includes two types of mathematical capabilities: mathematical reasoning and number facility. Multiple choice question. - Quantitative - Perceptual - Deductive - Reasoning

- Quantitative

What kind of ability involves the ability to sense and solve issues using perception, guidelines, and logic? Multiple choice question. - Reasoning - Verbal - Emotional - Quantitative

- Reasoning

Alberto took an online assessment that measured his ______ by asking him to click an icon as quickly as he could when a red box on the screen turned green. Multiple choice question. - Gross body coordination - Depth perception - Fine manipulative abilities - Response time

- Response time

What is the term for the ability to perceive and understand the meaning of your own emotions? Multiple choice question. - Cognitive ability - Emotion regulation - Perceptual ability - Self-awareness

- Self-awareness

hat type of ability enables a person to look at a diagram or layout of an area and determine his or her position in that area? Multiple choice question. - Problem sensitivity - Spatial orientation - Deductive reasoning - Perceptual ability

- Spatial orientation

Mikayla was sure that she was going to be able to run the entire 5K race, but she became exhausted halfway through the race and was unable to continue. This showed that Mikayla lacked the necessary Multiple choice question. - Stamina. - Strength. - Coordination. - Flexibility.

- Stamina.

What is the term for the level to which a person can demonstrate physical force? Multiple choice question. - Strength - Flexibility - Stamina - Coordination

- Strength

Which assessment of general cognitive ability has been widely used for employee selection, training, and placement? Multiple choice question. - The Myers-Briggs Temperament Indicator (MBTI) - The Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test - The Wechsler Intelligence Scale - The Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)

- The Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test.

Which of the following is the best description of the perceptual ability known as speed and flexibility of closure? Multiple choice question. - The ability to imagine how something will look after it has been rearranged. - The ability to identify an arrangement of information even in the presence of other information that is potentially confusing. - The ability to consider multiple pieces of specific information and determine how they were created. - The ability to sense if a problem exists or is likely to exist in the very near future.

- The ability to identify an arrangement of information even in the presence of other information that is potentially confusing.

rue or false: Research suggests that emotional intelligence is positively correlated with counterproductive behaviors. True false question. - True - False

- True. Reasoning: The dark side to emotional intelligence is that people who have a gift of being able to influence how other people feel may be able to use that ability toward selfish ends that are not necessarily beneficial to an organization or society.

The degree to which people can use their emotions in a positive manner in order to reach their goals successfully is what component of emotional intelligence? Multiple choice question. - Use of emotions - Emotion regulation - Other awareness - Self-awareness

- Use of emotions

Keri works best under pressure. The more important a proposal is or the tighter her time deadline, the more focused she becomes. Which dimension of emotional intelligence does this represent? Multiple choice question. - Flexibility - Use of emotions - Emotion regulation - Other awareness

- Use of emotions Reasoning: The degree to which people can harness emotions and employ them to improve their chances of being successful in whatever they are seeking to do.

The ability known as (BLANK) ability refers to talents related to the comprehension and discussion of words spoken out loud and written on paper.

- Verbal.

Certain questions on the test to become a New York City firefighter ask the test taker to imagine how something would look when parts are moved or rearranged, such as how a fire scene would be affected if a portion of the building collapsed. What would such questions assess? Multiple choice question. - Deductive reasoning - Visualization - Mathematical reasoning - Problem sensitivity

- Visualization

The two main types of spatial ability are (BLANK) and spatial orientation.

- Visualization Reasoning: The ability to imagine how separate things will look if they were put together in a particular way.

Erich is taking the dental admission test and encounters a question that displays a 3-dimensional object and asks which of five holes it could fit through. What is this question assessing? Multiple choice question. - Problem sensitivity - Visualization - Deductive reasoning - Mathematical reasoning

- Visualization.

The term abilities refers to which of the following? Multiple choice question. - What people are likely to do - What people are like - What people want to do - What people can do

- What people can do.

Johanna's professor asked the class to read a short passage and answer questions designed to test their understanding of the material. What type of verbal ability test did the professor use? Multiple choice question. - Oral comprehension - Written comprehension - Oral expression - Written expression

- Written comprehension.

One of the reasons Jake is a great sports journalist is that he is able to capture the excitement of a sporting event and convey it to his readers in just a few paragraphs. This is an example of which type of verbal ability? Multiple choice question. - Oral comprehension - Written comprehension - Oral expression - Written expression

- Written expression

Match the type of reasoning ability (at left) with its description (at right). - Deductive reasoning - Originality - Problem sensitivity - Inductive reasoning - The ability to determine if something is wrong or is likely to go wrong - The ability to use less specific guidelines to arrive at conclusions - The ability to process specific items of evidence and determine how they are connected - The ability to produce creative and unique methods to resolve dilemmas

Deductive reasoning - The ability to use less specific guidelines to arrive at conclusions Originality - The ability to produce creative and unique methods to resolve dilemmas Problem sensitivity - The ability to determine if something is wrong or is likely to go wrong Inductive reasoning - The ability to process specific items of evidence and determine how they are connected

Match the type of verbal ability (at left) with its description (at right). - Oral expression - Oral comprehension - Written comprehension - Written expression - The ability to comprehend what other people are saying out loud - The ability to discuss information by writing it - The ability to comprehend information when reading it - The ability to discuss information by stating it out loud

Oral expression - The ability to discuss information by stating it out loud Written expression - The ability to discuss information by writing it Written comprehension - The ability to comprehend information when reading it Oral comprehension - The ability to comprehend what other people are saying out loud

Match the sensory ability (at left) with its definition (at right). - Speech recognition - Auditory attention - Depth perception - Hearing sensitivity - The ability to identify and understand the sounds produced in human speech - The ability to accurately judge relative distances between things - The ability to hear sounds that vary in volume and other auditory qualities - The ability to examine one sound among other sounds

Speech recognition - The ability to identify and understand the sounds produced in human speech Auditory attention - The ability to examine one sound among other sounds Depth perception - The ability to accurately judge relative distances between things Hearing sensitivity - The ability to hear sounds that vary in volume and other auditory qualities

when hiring potential employees, many organizations give cognitive ____ to determine whether the people will be able to perform specific job tasks

ability tests

When do employers usually tend to give cognitive tests?

before they hire their employees

According to research, which of the following appears to have the strongest positive correlation with task performance?

general cognitive ability