Organizational Behavior Test 7

_______ is (are) the damage(s) resulting from experienced stress.

Strain

_______ can be defined as a physical and emotional reaction to potentially threatening aspects of the environment.

Stress

A _______ person has a work psychopathology involving no motivation to work.

Type I

Susan's predominating response to the demand to be productive is fear or anxiety. The work psychopathology would classify Susan as which of these?

Type II

Role _______ is experienced when individuals have inadequate information concerning their roles.

ambiguity

The feeling of inability to deal with anticipated harm is _______.

anxiety

At which stage of the general adaptation syndrome does the body prepares for a "fight or flight" response?

Alarm

Which of these is the first stage of the general adaptation syndrome?

Alarm

_____ are individual investors or groups of experienced investors who provide funding for start-up businesses.

Angel Investors

_____ are individual investors or groups of experienced investors who provide funding for start-up businesses.

Angel investors

__________ is a general feeling of exhaustion that can develop when a person simultaneously experiences too much pressure to perform and too few sources of satisfaction.

Burnout

Which of the following is an individual strategy for coping with work-related stress?

Cognitive perspective

Which term signifies beneficial stress?

Eustress

List five reasons why small businesses thrive in the United States.

Independence and flexible life style Personal satisfaction Route to success Technology quickly improving Outsourcing

_____ are entrepreneurs who start a series of companies.

Multipreneurs

Once you have decided to go into business for yourself, there are three ways that you can acquire this business. List them.

Purchase and existing business Brand new startup Franchise

_______ role overload, on the other hand, consists of being taxed beyond one's skills, abilities, and knowledge.

Qualitative

Which of the following is an organizational influence factor on the job-related stress?

Role ambiguity

Which of these refers to the extent to which organization members feel their peers can be trusted, are interested in one another's welfare, respect one another, and have a genuine positive regard for one another?

Social support

One of the advantages of owning a small business is:

flexibility

In the management assistance area, the Small Business Administration (SBA) provides all of the following EXCEPT:

free college credit courses in management

A psychological reaction to an obstruction or impediment to goal-oriented behavior refers to ________.

frustration

The Small Business Administration (SBA) offers a broad range of aids to small businesses. They include:

guarantees on loans made by private lenders

The Small Business Administration (SBA):

helps people start and manage small businesses

Marc Adler is the owner of Macquarium, a multimillion-dollar communications company that does everything from video productions to creating Web sites to public relations campaigns. Macquarium has done this sort of work for BellSouth and SnapOn Tools. Even though these companies could have prepared their videos and created their Web sites in-house, these tasks were:

outsourced

After graduating from college, Joseph Tantillo decided to start a retail Web site that specializes in personalized Greek apparel. To fund his Web site, he borrowed money from his parents (who expect to be repaid with interest). In other words, he used _____ financing.

debt

Jill Hansom borrowed $40,000 from a credit union to start a company that makes and sells peach salsa. Hansom used _____ financing.

debt

Andy Yocom saw prime advertising space on the flags on the golf course. He reasoned that any marketing messages would get prominent attention if they were placed on the flags since golfers focus on them when they take their shots. As a result, Yocom used his own initiative and money to start Invision Golf Group Inc. Yocom is an example of a(n):

entrepreneur

The person who takes the risk of starting and managing a business to make a profit is called a(n):

entrepreneur

Who provides the start-up financing for the majority of new small businesses?

the business owner and his or her family and friends