Obhr 101 Practice Exam Questions

OBHR 101 Practice Exam Questions

1. If some researchers were to create a new measure of job satisfaction, how would they demonstrate discriminant validity?

1. correlate their measure with other established measures of job satisfaction
2. correlate their measure with facets of job satisfaction like satisfaction with  pay or promotion
3. correlate their measure at time 1 with time 2
4. correlate their measure with other constructs like extraversion*

1. For many months, Sam performed his job excellently. However, just before his performance evaluation, Sam's boss saw him insult a client. In the performance evaluation, the boss gave Sam a very low rating. What happened?

1. Contrast effect
2. Recency effect*
3. Primacy effect
4. Harshness
5. Self-serving bias

1. Tom recently started working at his fifth job in ten years. Tom has been happy at all of these jobs. This suggests that his job satisfaction is _____.

1. mainly due to situational factors.
2. partially due to his disposition.*
3. highest when the employment opportunity is only short term.
4. a product of distributive fairness.

1. An interesting finding of the studies of extrinsic motivation and performance is that:

1. the relationship is a lot weaker and more complex than one might expect*
2. the economists are right.  People are motivated extrinsically and that is all that matters
3. the relationship between financial motivators and performance is much weaker than the relationship between nonfinancial motivators and performance
4. there is a moderately strong but unstable relationship between extrinsic motivators and performance quality

1. According to goal setting theory, if you wanted a group of scientists to come up with as many original ideas as possible what would be the best thing to tell them? Assume that the average number of ideas a group of scientists come up with is 28 per month.

1. “I want 32 original ideas by the end of the month.”*
2. “Do your best.  Give me as many ideas as you can by the end of this month.”
3. “I will pay you 100 dollars for every original idea you come up with.”
4. “This is a competition.  Each one of you has to come up with as many original ideas as possible.  The one who comes up with the least amount of ideas will be fired.”

1. After graduating from university you are planning to get a job as an accountant. Your best friend Jay is planning on opening his own restaurant. He says he has thought a great deal about this and believes he will be very successful and it is a good decision. You explain to him the fact that most new restaurants fail but it does not factor into Jay's decision. What does this demonstrate?

1. base rate neglect*
2. sunk costs
3. anchoring effect
4. hindsight bias
5. perceptual defense

1. Which of the following statements about the cultural value of power distance is FALSE?

1. Superiors tend to be accessible in low power distance cultures.
2. In high power distance cultures the unequal distribution of power is acceptable to members of the culture.
3. Singapore has a relatively high power distance.
4. High power distance cultures tend to also be individualistic rather than collectivistic cultures. *
5. Japan has higher power distance than Canada.

1. Which of the following is NOT true of effective feedback.  It… 

1. provides specifics concerning improvement
2. is linked to previously set goals
3. is linked to future goals
4. is objective, not subjective
5. focuses on the person, not the task*

1. Relating to the psychological contracts of workers, this component of organizational commitment pertains to feelings of obligation to stay (i.e., I ought to stay).

1. Affective Commitment
2. Normative Commitment*
3. Behavioral Commitment
4. Continuance Commitment
5. Instrumental Commitment

1. Gary Reynolds is the CEO of Reynolds Software Limited. He attributes his success to careful planning, hard work, and a good business education. In terms of locus of control, Gary is most likely a(n):    

1. external
2. internal*
3. introvert
4. high self-monitor
5. extravert