IOP DX BOOSTER (FINALIZED) (2/4/24)

Question 1

The teachers in a school were told by the administration that if they were able to gain a high performance score in the next quarter, they would be given the opportunity to make their own schedule. This is an example of

a. Expectancy theory
b. Premack principle
c. An incentive
d. A benefit

Answer 1

b. Premack principle

Question 2

The ERG theory is developed in order to fill the inadequacies in the industrial setting of which of the following theories?

a. Equity Theory
b. Acquired Needs theory
c. Path-goal theory
d. Needs Hierarchy

Answer 2

d. Needs Hierarchy

Question 3

Birdie was a new employee in a firm. She just joined the company 4 months ago. How many more months before Birdie would have a chance to become a regular employee?

a. 6 more months
b. 34 more months
c. 8 more months
d. 2 more months

Answer 3

d. 2 more months

Question 4

For the first four months since he entered the company, Robbie wanted to impress his employers and so he always came very early to the office. However, for the next two months, he lost his drive to work hard and thus he was always late. If his performance evaluation shows very high in punctuality, which of the following would be observed?

a. Primacy effect
b. Distribution error
c. Recency effect
d. Contrast effect

Answer 4

a. Primacy effect

Question 5

Wolfie needed to gather a large pool of applicants for an executive post in a prestigious company. At the very least, he needed to gather at least five prospective applicants with a college degree. Pressured by the deadline set by his department head, he turned to many methods in order to source applicants. He was able to find five applicants, all of which were high school graduates trying their luck, and accommodated them to the office. Wolfie completed what aspect of the hiring process?

a. Recruitment
b. Placement
c. Selection
d. None, he just wasted his time

Answer 5

d. None, he just wasted his time

Question 6

In order to help increase production, a manager always makes his rounds to observe his subordinates. The manager is employing which of the following?

a. Recency effect
b. Hawthorne effect
c. Primacy effect
d. Contrast effect

Answer 6

b. Hawthorne effect

Question 7

This is the foundation of all human resources activities.

a. Job evaluation
b. Job analysis
c. Job description
d. Job design

Answer 7

b. Job analysis

Question 8

Jehn wanted to conduct a training, but before she began, she started reviewing the company finances in order to ensure adequate resources. She coordinated with the different departments for a prospective schedule. Jehn is conducting which of the following?

a. Organizational analysis
b. Task Analysis
c. Person Analysis
d. Training Needs Analysis

Answer 8

a. Organizational analysis

Question 9

To support her family, Jehn began working as an ESL teacher in the morning and a waitress in a 24-hr diner. This is an example of what?

a. Job sharing
b. Part-time
c. Outsourcing
d. Moonlighting

Answer 9

d. Moonlighting

Question 10

Every doll house Jehn makes, she will receive 150 pesos. This is an example of what type of incentive?

a. Gainsharing
b. Merit pay
c. Pay-for-performance
d. Profit sharing

Answer 10

c. Pay-for-performance

Question 11

11. Merit pay is based on ______.

a. The amount of production
b. Number of products they can individually produce
c. Employee performance
d. The profit of the company

Answer 11

c. Employee performance

Question 12

Jehn decided to stop going to group studies because she realized that she cannot study as much when surrounded by other people. This is an example of

a. Social interdependence
b. Social inhibition
c. Social facilitation
d. Coaction

Answer 12

b. Social inhibition

Question 13

Jehn is a guidance counselor in a school. Which of Jehn’s actions is not considered as an organizational citizenship behavior?

a. Jehn gets along well with her workmates.
b. Jehn washes the plates she used in the office.
c. Jehn offers her help to her workmates whenever they ask for it
d. None of the above

Answer 13

d. None of the above

Question 14

Which of the following is based on Murray’s psychogenic needs?

a. Two-factor theory
b. Equity theory
c. Acquired Needs theory
d. IMPACT theory

Answer 14

c. Acquired Needs theory

Question 15

What should you assess if you have an applicant for the police officer position?

a. Cognitive ability
b. Psychomotor ability
c. Physical ability
d. All of the above

Answer 15

d. All of the above

Question 16

Jehn learned that an employee from another department would be fired due to violation of rules. She immediately went to her close friends in the company and shared the news. What type of informal communication would be observed?

a. Single-strand grapevine
b. Probability grapevine
c. Cluster grapevine
d. Gossip grapevine

Answer 16

d. Gossip grapevine

Question 17

A group was instructed by the department head to organize a play for the upcoming Christmas party. A man, who was a member of the theater guild in college, was chosen by his group mates to be the leader. The man would be said to have

a. Expert power
b. Referent power
c. Legitimate power
d. Coercive power

Answer 17

a. Expert power

Question 18

Harvey, a senior in the firm, helps Mike, a new employee, not only to adapt to the policies but to also climb the corporate ladder. This type of training is referred to as

a. Apprenticeship
b. Coaching
c. Mentoring
d. Internship

Answer 18

c. Mentoring

Question 19

Before the integrity test was developed, which among the following was conducted in order to assess the honesty of the applicants?

a. Trustworthiness scale
b. Polygraph test
c. Realistic job previews
d. Woodworth Personal Data Sheet

Answer 19

b. Polygraph test

Question 20

Julia learned that her aunt, Gretchen, was seeing her cousin Nicole’s boyfriend, Atong, behind her back. She immediately shared this news to her mother, Marjorie. Julia can be called what?

a. Julia is a liaison
b. Julia is a deadender
c. Julia is an isolate
d. Julia is a well-raised daughter

Answer 20

a. Julia is a liaison

Question 21

During their father’s wake, Gretchen and Marjorie were summoned by Duterte regarding their feud. They talked for hours about it until the two of them reached a conclusion. Before separating, Duterte asked the two of them to shake hands. What did Gretchen and Marjorie employ?

a. Arbitration
b. Mediation
c. Counseling
d. None of the above because a fight ensued afterwards

Answer 21

b. Mediation

Question 22

Claudine is a famous lawyer. She knows all there is to know about the law, and she can recite from memory all the provisions of the Constitution easily. Due to this, she always wins her case because of her vast knowledge. However, Claudine finds her life and her career boring because she feels that there is no challenge anymore. She is currently experiencing

a. Career plateau
b. Structural plateau
c. Life plateau
d. Content plateau

Answer 22

d. Content plateau

Question 23

Which of the following is not preferred by the employees?

a. Job rotation
b. Job enrichment
c. Job enlargement
d. Job appraisal

Answer 23

c. Job enlargement

Question 24

All the new employees of Barretto Company are tasked to perform a dance routine in the upcoming company Christmas party. The employees are participating in the company’s

a. Ritual
b. Annual socialization
c. Hazing procedure
d. Performance appraisal

Answer 24

a. Ritual

Question 25

The HR department’s priority in hiring is the top 1 applicant, followed by the top 2, then the top three applicants. This is called which method of hiring selection?

a. Top-down
b. Rule of three
c. Passing score
d. Banding

Answer 25

a. Top-down

Question 26

Which of the following is a question considered to be as biased and unfair to the applicants?

a. In case of fire and the fire alarm would not work, what should you do?
b. You are assisting a band to their performance schedule when unfortunately, one member got lost on the way to the venue. What would be the best step to do as the manager?
c. What is the next action to take when a band member falls down from the stage and loses consciousness?
d. While handling the payroll, the computer crashed. Can you give me a similar encounter in your past where you have to be resourceful?

Answer 26

d. While handling the payroll, the computer crashed. Can you give me a similar encounter in your past where you have to be resourceful?

Question 27

Employees who feel good about themselves desire to perform better than those who see themselves of lesser worth. This idea is seen in what theory?

a. Consistency theory
b. Equity theory
c. Expectancy theory
d. IMPACT theory

Answer 27

a. Consistency theory

Question 28

John believes that he is intelligent while Michael sees himself as dumb. In testing, we can expect that John should do better while Michael should do poorly based on which of the following?

a. Galatea effect
b. Golem effect
c. Pygmalion effect
d. Rosenthal effect

Answer 28

a. Galatea effect

Question 29

The concept of frustration-regression is applied by which of the following theories?

a. Maslow’s theory
b. Alderfer’s theory
c. Hackman’s theory
d. Herzberg’s theory

Answer 29

b. Alderfer’s theory

Question 30

Benny is the CEO of Benny Industries, the primary manufacturer of musical instruments in the Philippines. He is always involved in planning, organizing, and controlling the activities of employees. According to the path-goal theory, Benny employs what leadership style?

a. Instrumental-style
b. Participative style
c. Supportive style
d. Achievement oriented style

Answer 30

a. Instrumental-style

Question 31

Leaders who obtained their power on the basis of their position have _____.

a. Expert power
b. Legitimate power
c. Coercive power
d. Referent power

Answer 31

b. Legitimate power

Question 32

Groups perform at their optimum capacity when group size is small. According to research, groups have greatest member satisfaction and performance when they have approximately _______.

a. 8 members
b. 5 members
c. 10 members
d. 3 members

Answer 32

b. 5 members

Question 33

When the group believes that someone from the outside is intentionally trying to influence them to do a particular action, they often react by doing the opposite. This phenomenon is referred to as ______.

a. Audience effect
b. Coaction
c. Psychological reactance
d. Social loafing

Answer 33

c. Psychological reactance

Question 34

In order to reduce groupthink, the group should apply which of the following?

a. Make the leader say his opinion first.
b. Assign gatekeepers to keep their information away from other members.
c. Devil’s advocate approach
d. Use individual dominance

Answer 34

c. Devil’s advocate approach

Question 35

Using the Two-Factor theory, in which situation will the employee be unmotivated?

a. An employee who is paid a lot of money but has no control over his job.
b. An employee who performs a challenging task under his preferred work schedule.
c. An employee who has complete responsibility over his job and has to perform it under undesirable working conditions.
d. An employee with an uninteresting job who became friends with his coworkers.

Answer 35

c. An employee who has complete responsibility over his job and has to perform it under undesirable working conditions.

Question 36

The following are legal reasons for terminating an employee except when

a. The employee is in the probationary period.
b. The company needs to reduce employees due to cost.
c. The employee was unable to perform tasks.
d. When an employee violated a rule not addressed in the policy manual.

Answer 36

d. When an employee violated a rule not addressed in the policy manual.

Question 37

“It says on your resume that you are proficient in the MS Word. If the MS Word will not open, what could have gone wrong?” This type of interview question is called

a. Clarifier
b. Skill-level determiner
c. Disqualifier
d. Future-focused

Answer 37

b. Skill-level determiner

Question 38

Promoting employees until they reach their highest level of incompetence

a. Jonah complex
b. Peter Principle
c. John doctrine
d. Paul’s precept

Answer 38

b. Peter Principle

Question 39

Rated as the most effective recruitment method.

a. Newspaper ads
b. Internal recruitment
c. TV advertisements
d. Employee referrals

Answer 39

d. Employee referrals

Question 40

Based on Douglas McGregor, which of the following best described Theory X?

a. Participative Management style
b. Belief that people take pride of their work
c. It involves micromanaging people’s work
d. Trust people to take ownership of their work

Answer 40

b. Belief that people take pride of their work

Question 41

The Job Diagnostic Survey (JDS) measures the extent of which of the following characteristics?

a. The importance or meaning of a tasks
b. If the job allows employees to make decisions
c. If a variety of skills is needed to be used
d. All of the above

Answer 41

d. All of the above

Question 42

The minimum age for an apprentice is

a. 12 years old
b. 18 years old
c. 14 years old
d. 17 years old

Answer 42

c. 14 years old

Question 43

For the highest level of learning, the training should be

a. Always differ from one employee to another
b. Distributed over a period of time
c. Learned all at once
d. Any of the above

Answer 43

b. Distributed over a period of time

Question 44

According to the Vroom-Yetton Model, this is the decision-making strategy employed when the leaders obtain necessary information from their subordinates and then make their own decisions.

a. Autocratic I
b. Autocratic II
c. Consultative I
d. Consultative II

Answer 44

b. Autocratic II

Question 45

A type of appraisal dimension in performance evaluation that focuses on the effort an employee makes to get along with peers, improve the organization, and even perform tasks that are not a part of his job description.

a. Tasks-focused performance dimensions
b. Contextual Performance
c. Trait-focused dimension
d. Competency-focused dimensions

Answer 45

b. Contextual Performance

Question 46

This type of rating scale uses critical incidents in order to provide meaning to numbers in a rating scale.

a. Behavioral Observation Scales
b. Graphic rating scales
c. Behavioral checklist
d. Behaviorally Anchored Graphic Rating Scales

Answer 46

d. Behaviorally Anchored Graphic Rating Scales

Question 47

Daenerys enjoys being a leader because she loves being in charge and leading people. Her motivation to become a leader is an aspect referred to as

a. Non-calculative motivation
b. Affective identity motivation
c. Social-normative motivation
d. None of the above

Answer 47

b. Affective identity motivation

Question 48

An employee was told by her boss that they have decided to fire her, unless she agrees to sleep with him. This type of harassment is called

a. Quid pro quo
b. Hostile environment`
c. Threat
d. Blackmailing

Answer 48

a. Quid pro quo

Question 49

Which of the following is the best example of a practice that requires a sacred cow hunt?

a. When the employees are tasked to create daily reports even though it isn’t necessary
b. When there is always a scheduled meeting every couple of days but nothing to be discussed
c. When employees are always given an impossible deadline for even the little things they do
d. All of the above

Answer 49

d. All of the above

Question 50

Among the following, which one is the most difficult to manage?

a. Machine
b. Money
c. Man
d. All of the above

Answer 50

c. Man