FINAL MCQs Flashcards
5 selection methods for choosing new employees
Reliability
Validity
Utility
Generalizability
Legality
Mint Inc. has received several complaints from customers regarding the company’s customer service. Management decides to have the employees take parts and demonstrate how they handle the complaints. This is known as
a. A focus group discussion
b. Role-play
c. Job enlargement
d. A leaderless group discussion
b. Role-play
Which of the following is true about the European Economic Community (EEC)?
a. All European nations are a part of the EEC
b. Commerce within the EEC is regulated entirely by the World Trade Organization
c. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) is the confederation that regulates free trade within the EEC
d. Most members of the EEC share a common currency
d. Most members of the EEC share a common currency
Nadia was about to leave the company because the job was too easy and not challenging her skills. Her manager approached her with a new project that she would be solely responsible for. This decrease in her job dissatisfaction was the result of
a. Job transfer
b. Job rotation
c. Job enlargement
d. Job enrichment
d. Job enrichment
Personality inventories tend to have
a. Moderate reliability, moderate criterion validity, and moderate utility
b. High validity, high generalizability, and high utility
c. High reliability, low to moderate criterion validity, and low generalizability
d. Low reliability, low validity, and low generalizabilit
c. High reliability, low to moderate criterion validity, and low generalizability
________ is what is left after a firm pays its variable costs and fixed costs.
a. Contribution margin
b. Profit
c. Overhead cost d. Variance
b. Profit
According to expectancy theory, which of the following is the main influence of compensation?
a. Expectancy
b. Instrumentality
c. Reinforcement
d. Valence
Instrumentality
Which of the following happens during goal setting in the career management process?
a. Employees identify the steps and timetable to reach their goals.
b. Companies identify the resources that employees need to reach their goals.
c. Companies provide assessment information to identify the interests and values of the employees.
d. Companies ensure that the employees’ goals are specific and measurable.
d. Companies ensure that the employees’ goals are specific and measurable
Which of the following is true of cultures that are highly individualist?
a. In highly individualist cultures, individuals are expected to stand on their own two feet and
protect themselves
b. In highly individualist cultures, individuals are expected to look after the interests of the larger community
c. In highly individualist cultures, individuals are not encouraged to be self-sufficient
d. In highly individualist cultures, individuals are not expected to look after their immediate family
a. In highly individualist cultures, individuals are expected to stand on their own two feet and protect themselves
________ are employees born in a country where neither a company’s headquarters nor a facility islocated but work in the host country.
a. Third-country nationals
b. Parent-country nationals
c. Host-country nationals d. Repatriates
a. Third-country nationals
________ is an example of a presentation training method.
a. Internship
b. Apprenticeship
c. Hands-on
d. Audiovisual training
D.audiovisual traning
Low job involvement and low organizational commitment are
a. What drive employees who create organizational changes
b. Forms of psychological disengagement
c. Examples of physical job withdrawal
d. Forms of behavioral changes aimed at changing policies
b. Forms of psychological disengagement
Which of the following is true of how managers may differ from shareholders?
a. Managers diversify investments more easily.
b. Managers can diversify the risks more easily.
c. Managers are more likely to pursue projects with high potential payoffs.
d. Managers are likely to prefer more emphasis on uncertain incentives than base pay
a. Managers diversify investments more easily
In ________, employees’ behaviors or skills are evaluated not only by subordinates but also by themselves and their peers, customers, and bosses.
a. Paired comparisons systems
b. Reverse mentoring systems
c. 360-degree feedback systems
d. Upward feedback systems
360-degree feedback systems
Which of the following is true of external equity pay comparison?
a. It involves comparisons with employees with lower-level jobs in the organization.
b. It influences employees’ decisions regarding whether to stay or move to another organization.
c. It involves comparisons with employees with higher-level jobs in the organization.
d. It influences whether employees accept transfer
b. It influences employees’ decisions regarding whether to stay or move to another organization.
