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This set of Organisational Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Organisational Behaviour Set 7

Q1 | Four processes have been found to determine the influence that a model will have on anindividual. Which of the following is not one of those processes?
  • attention processes
  • retention processes
  • motor reproduction processes
  • consequential processes
Q2 | Which of the following processes deals with how well an individual remembers a model’s actionafter it is no longer readily available?
  • attitudinal
  • retention
  • motor reproduction
  • reinforcement
Q3 | What do we call the practice of reinforcing closer and closer approximations of a desiredbehaviour?
  • modeling
  • shaping
  • classical conditioning
  • social learning
Q4 | Suspending an employee for dishonest behaviour is an example of which method of shapingbehaviour?
  • extinction
  • negative reinforcement
  • punishment
  • reaction
Q5 | The application of reinforcement concepts to individuals in the work setting is referred to as
  • classical conditioning
  • self-management
  • reengineering
  • ob mod
Q6 | Who said “Give me a child at birth and I can make him into anything you want”?
  • b.f. skinner
  • ivan pavlov
  • sigmund freud
  • james emery
Q7 | Syam is always late coming to work and the manager cut his increment. This is an example of.
  • positive reinforcement
  • negative reinforcement
  • punishment
  • extinction
Q8 | What is the process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions inorder to give meaning to their environment?
  • interpretation
  • environmental analysis
  • outlook
  • perception
Q9 | Two people see the same thing at the same time yet interpret it differently. Where do the factorsthat operate to shape their dissimilar perceptions reside?
  • the perceivers
  • the target
  • the timing
  • the context
Q10 | What is the most relevant application of perception concepts to OB?
  • the perceptions people form about each other
  • the perceptions people form about their employer
  • the perceptions people form about their culture
  • the perceptions people form about society
Q11 | What is the name of the theory that deals with how we explain behaviour differently dependingon the meaning we assign to the actor?
  • behavioral theory
  • judgment theory
  • selective perception theory
  • attribution theory
Q12 | In attribution theory, what is distinctiveness?
  • whether an individual displays consistent behaviors in different situations
  • whether an individual displays different behaviors in different situations
  • whether an individual displays consistent behaviors in similar situations
  • whether an individual displays different behaviors in similar situations
Q13 | ………………..is once view of reality
  • attitude
  • perception
  • outlook
  • personality
Q14 | …………is the dynamic organization within the individual that determine his unique adjustmentto the environment
  • perception
  • attitude
  • behavior
  • personality
Q15 | Which is also known as a non- reinforcement
  • punishment
  • negative reinforcement
  • extinction
  • all the above
Q16 | Most of the learning that takes place in the Class room is
  • classical conditioning
  • operant conditioning
  • cognitive learning
  • social learning
Q17 | …………..are those factors that exists in the environment as perceived by the individual
  • physiological drive
  • psychological drive
  • cue stimuli
  • reinforcement
Q18 | …………..is the process of screening out information that we are uncomfortable with or thatcontradict to our beliefs
  • perceptual context
  • selective perception
  • halo effect
  • stereotyping
Q19 | The extent to which individuals consistently regard themselves as capable, worthy, successful etc. is
  • self esteem
  • authoritarianism
  • tolerance for ambiguity
  • workhollism
Q20 | A learned pre-disposition to respond in a consistently favourable or unfavourable manner withrespect to a given object
  • perception
  • attitude
  • behavior
  • personality
Q21 | “I don’t like that company”- is ………components of attitude.
  • affective component
  • cognitive component
  • intentional component
  • none of these
Q22 | “They are the worst firm I have ever dealt with” is ………components of attitude.
  • affective component
  • cognitive component
  • intentional component
  • none of these
Q23 | “I will never do business with them again” is ………components of attitude.
  • affective component
  • cognitive component
  • intentional component
  • none of these
Q24 | Which of the following is a method of measuring attitude?
  • opinion survey
  • interview
  • scaling techniques
  • all the above
Q25 | Basis of “Autocratic Model of OB is
  • economic resources
  • power
  • leadership
  • partnership