OBE - Chapter 2

A

(Bảng) You need to choose a lead person for the team. This person must be a visionary; combining an original mind with great drive. Who would be the best candidate based on their Myers-Briggs Type? a. Alan b. Brenda c. Cameron d. Drusilla e. Ellen

D

All of the following are classifications on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator except _______ a. extroverted/introverted b. sensing/intuitive c. perceiving/judging d. independent/dependent e. thinking/feeling

A

As you work with Tom, who is 27 years old, you are likely to find that he _______ a. desires financial success b. prefers leisure time c. sees the company merely as a vehicle for his career d. highly values security e. is not interested in work at all

B

It's more important today that employees' personalities fit with a. their manager's personality b. the overall organization's culture c. the characteristics of the job d. the recruiter's personality

A

Jane Simpson rates low on conscientiousness. This would this lead you to suspect that which of the following statements is most likely to be true about Jane? a. She will be easily distracted b. She will find comfort in the familiar c. She will be nervous, depressed, and insecure d. She will be comfortable with solitude e. She will be very dim-witted

A

Jason is outgoing, sociable, and assertive. According to the MBTI, he is considered a. Extraverted b. Feeling c. perceiving d. Sensing

A

Mary has an opening for a position requiring the individual to demonstrate considerable adaptability in adjusting their behavior by reading external cues. She should identify the employee with a(n) ________ for a good fit. a. high self-monitoring tendency b. low self-monitoring tendency c. internal locus of control d. external locus of control e. high SE

C

Monica is majoring in interior design. Her personality type is "realistic" according to Holland's Typology. Which of the following statements is correct? a. Monica's personality type is well-suited to her major. b. Monica is better suited to be a bank teller c. Interior design is incongruent with her personality type d. Interior design is congruent with a "social" personality type e. Monica prefers activities that do not require strength

A

Researchers have paid so much attention to personality traits in OB in order to ________ a. help in employee selection and in understanding how to more effectively manage people b. enable the easy evaluation of employee performance c. help identify which people in a workforce will work best together d. understand the motivation of outstanding workers e. exclude potential trouble-makers from work

B

Studies of twins separated at birth and raised separately have confirmed the importance of ________ in shaping personality a. Attitudes b. Heredity c. Environment d. parental influence

B

What is the major problem with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as a measure of personality? a. It is very difficult to administer b. It probably should not be used as a selection test for choosing among job candidates since it is not necessarily a valid measure of personality c. It does not include enough dimensions to differentiate all the variety of human personality d. It tends to overemphasize intuitive personality traits over analytical personality traits e. It is very difficult to accurately interpret

D

What is the term used to describe those members of the population whose lives have been shaped by globalization, MTV, AIDS, and computers; and who value flexibility, life options, and the achievement of job satisfaction? a. Veterans b. Boomers c. Nexters d. Xers e. Hexers

A

What term is used to describe the personality of an individual who is aggressively involved in an incessant struggle to achieve more and more in less and less time? a. Type A personality b. Type B personality c. proactive personality d. narcissistic personality e. high Mach personality

C

Which category of dominant work values is most likely to characterize a 55-year-old employee in the United States? a. hard working, conservative, conforming, loyalty to the organization b. team-orientated, honest, self-reliant, loyal to relationships c. success, achievement, ambition, dislike of authority, loyalty to career d. work/life balance, team-oriented, dislike of rules, loyalty to relationships e. confident, financial success, self-reliant but team-oriented, loyalty to both self and relationships

B

Which dimension of Hofstede's framework is the degree to which people prefer to act as individuals rather than as members of groups? a. power distance b. individualism vs. collectivism c. masculinity vs. femininity d. uncertainty avoidance e. long-term vs. short-term orientation

D

Which of the following is a characteristic of the Type B personality? a. A Type B suffers from a sense of time urgency, with its accompanying impatience b. A Type B struggles to achieve more with less c. A Type B strives to always multi-task d. A Type B can relax without guilt e. A Type B needs to discuss his or her achievements

E

Which of the following statements about people with positive core self-evaluations is true? a. They set goals which are easily obtainable b. They do not like themselves c. They seldom persist to reach their goals d. They view themselves as powerless over their environment e. They tend to be more committed to their goals

C

Which of the following statements about personality is correct? a. Personality is always stable b. Personality is a part of a person c. Personality is an aggregate whole d. Personality is for the most part comprised of traits that cannot be measured e. Personality is the primary source of emotions in most people

D

Which of the following statements about values is true? a. Values are flexible b. Values are synonymous with attitudes c. Values tend to be consistent among occupational groups d. Values are fairly stable over time e. Values change easily when they are called into question

C

Which of the following terms best describes people who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs? a. Type A personalities b. high self-esteem c. proactive personalities d. high conscientiousness e. high Mach

D

Which of the following values would be most likely to be considered a terminal value by Rokeach? a. Ambitious b. broad-minded c. Helpful d. a sense of accomplishment e. self-controlled