quizzes

Question 1

someone who excels in leadership positions and can delay gratification, is a trait of which personality?

Answer 1

conscientiousness

Question 2

someone who is callous, blunt, rude, or ill tempered, would be on the low-end of which trait persoanlity?

Answer 2

agreeableness

Question 3

according the general stantly mchrystal, if i am transparent with you, so that you know what I know, then you should be able to execute without me telling you. this is an aexample of?

Answer 3

shared consciousness

Question 4

according the the modle of communication, the sender of a message, also decodes a message. true or false?

Answer 4

false

Question 5

from hoffman: the Big # Ceo’s were criticized collectively by congress and the media for doing which of the following?

Answer 5

flying to dc on private jets

Question 6

from hoffman: in 2009 mulallu was thrilled to reintroduce the ___________ after being shocked to learn that it had been discontinued before he arrived as CEO?

Answer 6

ford taurus

Question 7

the ability to combine ideas in a unique way or to make unusual associations between ideas is know as?

Answer 7

creativity

Question 8

accodring to the cultural variables listed for stimulating innovation, which of the following is not a characteristic of an innovation organization?

Answer 8

limits conflict to focus on product

Question 9

someone who loves to learn and enjoys the arts is a trait of which personality?

Answer 9

openness to experience

Question 10

someone who is confident, sure of themselves, and adventurous, would be on the low-end of which trait of personality?

Answer 10

neuroticism

Question 11

performance measurement and management in 2018 looks more like?

Answer 11

coaching and mentoring

Question 12

from hoffman: the biggest difference between mulally and his predecessors is that he attacked the root of the problem in ford, which was what?

Answer 12

fords corporate culture

Question 13

choosing whom to hire from a pool of qualified applicants is known as?

Answer 13

selection

Question 14

true or false? Public opinion is like a private good, when a voter has beliefs about a policy, correctly or mistake, only the voter pays the price or reaps the reward for that individual decision.

Answer 14

false

Question 15

political ignorance is a realtiy, but not in this class, because u know that this apple ceo deanded that bloombeerg retract their story about chinese spies compromising apple servers with malicious microchips. who did it?

Answer 15

tim cook

Question 16

true or false. in a 2014 paper published in the social and personality psychology compass, researchers criticized the use of the trolley dilemma, arguing that the scenario is too extreme and unconnected to real-life moral situations to be useful or education

Answer 16

true

Question 17

political ignorance is most egregious in those groups that need it the most - white, rich, men

Answer 17

false

Question 18

from hoffman: thanks to the advantages of ____________ ford buys parts from toyota - and toyota buys components from american manufacturers like delphi?

Answer 18

globalization

Question 19

ripped from the headlines: explosive devices were sent to the clinton and obama residences, as well as CSPAN

Answer 19

false

Question 20

from hoffman: when negotiating with the unions, addressing their complaint that Ford was investing in too many money-losing brands, mulally wrote the initials of each brand on a piece of paper and marked through 6 of the brands, leaving only ford and ___________?

Answer 20

lincoln

Question 21

ripped from the headlines: US stock markets fell sharply yesterday, erasing all of the gainns made over the course of the year. true or false?

Answer 21

true

Question 22

the anti-foreign bias includes the tendency to underestimate this “law” of economics, which is basically a theory of task allocation, like which member of the house should walk the dog, or doing your own taxes versus turning it over to a tax accountant

Answer 22

law of comparative advantage

Question 23

from hoffman: ford had _________ more employees in their U.S. Factories than was necessary to meet demand?

Answer 23

40,000

Question 24

according to general mchryslar, the us army is too big for one person to make all the decsions. true or false?

Answer 24

true

Question 25

which of the following is not a type of noise?

Answer 25

organic

Question 26

planning, recruitment, and selection fall under which process of human resource management?

Answer 26

attraction