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This set of Organisational Behaviour Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Personality Set 2

Q1 | The MMPI is used to measure:
  • leadership potential
  • the Big Five traits
  • personality and psychological disorders
  • unconscious drives
Q2 | Which of the following would NOT be useful to a behavioural geneticist?
  • case studies
  • family studies
  • adoption studies
  • twin studies
Q3 | Which one best describes a person. who is sensitive and intellectual? William Sheldon suggestedthat body build was associated with personality traits.
  • endomorph
  • neurotic
  • conservative
  • ectomorph
Q4 | Sheldon proposed the traits that would best describe a football player would be:
  • ectomorph
  • endomorph
  • mesomorph
  • activomorph
Q5 | One trait that dominates a personality so much that it influences nearly everything a person doesis a
  • Global Trait
  • Central Trait
  • Specific trait
  • Cardinal Trait
Q6 | ——— is an external, unstable attribution for why something happens to a person?
  • hard wok
  • bad mood
  • the weather
  • fate
Q7 | which of the following is the Humanistic psychologists embraced the idea of:
  • repression
  • the id
  • unconscious drives
  • free will
Q8 | Adler described that Someone who feels as though they are not living up to expectations would be
  • an inferiority complex
  • low self-realization
  • an Adlerian complex
  • low actualization
Q9 | Which of the following statements is true
  • In small quantities, stress is good
  • Too much stress is harmful
  • All stress is bad
  • Only ‘1’ & ‘2’ are right
Q10 | Stress management is about learning
  • How to avoid the pressures of life
  • How to develop skills that would enhance our body’s adjustment when we are subjected to the pressures of life
  • Both ‘1’ & ‘2’ are true
  • None of the above
Q11 | Which of the following statements is true about stress management
  • Stress management is learning about the connection between mind and body
  • Stress management helps us control our health in a positive sense
  • Stress management teaches us to avoid all kinds of stress
  • Only ‘1’ & ‘2’ are right
Q12 | Which of the following are the basic sources of stress
  • The Environment
  • Social Stressors
  • Physiological
  • Thoughts
Q13 | Examples of environmental stressors are
  • Weather
  • Traffic
  • Financial problems
  • Substandard housing
Q14 | The following are the characteristics of Positive Stress
  • It improves performance
  • It feels exciting
  • It motivates
  • All of the above
Q15 | The following are the characteristics of Negative Stress
  • It causes anxiety
  • It feels unpleasant
  • It decreases performance
  • All of the above
Q16 | Which of the following statements is true
  • Positive stress is short-term
  • Negative stress can be short or long-term
  • Negative stress can lead to mental as well as physical problems
  • Negative stress is perceived within our coping abilities
Q17 | Which of the following statements is true
  • Habitual behaviour patterns like over scheduling, procrastination, etc. Can cause negative stress
  • Thoughts like fear, worrying about future etc. can cause negative stress
  • Both ‘1’ & ‘2’ are true
  • None of the above
Q18 | Which of the following are stress busters
  • Trying to find something funny in a difficult situation
  • Developing a support network
  • Taking a mindful walk
  • All of the above
Q19 | Which of the following is true about ‘deep breathing relaxation technique’
  • It can be self-taught
  • It releases tension from the body and clears your mind
  • You have to do this under-water
  • Only ‘1’ & ‘2’ are true
Q20 | Which of the following are true about ‘mini-relaxation exercises’
  • You can do them anywhere
  • You can do them without eliciting attention from others around you
  • It is most beneficial if you do it on a regular basis
  • All of the above
Q21 | Which of the following Mindfulness meditation techniques can help relieve stress
  • Body Scan
  • Walking Meditation
  • Mindful Eating
  • All of the above
Q22 | Which of the following is true about eliciting the relaxation response
  • Repetition of a word
  • Passive disregard of everyday thoughts
  • Both ‘1’ & ‘2’ are true
  • Doing weight training
Q23 | What are the questions you need to ask yourself while you are assessing yourself forstress
  • Where do you feel stress in your body
  • How do you know when you are stress
  • How do you react to stress
  • All of the above
Q24 | The following are true about the effects of stress
  • Hair loss and baldness
  • Spasmodic pains in the neck and shoulders
  • Hypertension
  • All of the above
Q25 | The symptoms of stress can be divided in to the following categories
  • Cognitive
  • Emotional
  • Physical
  • All of the above