BU288 OB MIDTERM 1 COMPREHENSIVE TEST
2026 FULL ANSWERS REVIEW GRADED A+
◉ Parminder Singh supervises the sheet metal shop at Globetrotter
Airlines. One of his employees was late for the second time this week
and, in accordance with company policy, Parminder warned him that
if he was late again he would be sent home without pay for the day.
According to Luthans, Hodgetts, and Rosenkrantz, Parminder is
performing which of the following managerial activities?
A) networking
B) human resource management
C) traditional management
D) entrepreneuring
E) routine communication Answer: B
◉ 37) Which of the following is one of the most important
contingency variables in organizational behaviour?
A) work-life conflict
B) employee-organization relationships
C) national culture
D) organizational culture
E) diversity Answer: C
,◉ 38) The Hawthorne studies illustrated how
A) rest pauses can cause employees to lower their productivity.
B) fatigue can be avoided by redesigning work.
C) psychological and social processes affect productivity and work
adjustment.
D) lighting can reduce the quality of employees' work.
E) all of the above. Answer: C
◉ 39) A recent study of Canadian employees estimated that the high
cost of absenteeism is due to which major workplace stressor?
A) violence in the workplace
B) union-management conflict
C) downsizing and layoffs
D) work-life conflict
E) poorly designed jobs Answer: D
◉ 40) Which of the following represents the fastest growing
segment of the Canadian population?
A) women
B) teenagers
C) senior citizens
D) children
,E) visible minorities Answer: E
◉ 41) It is predicted that by the year 2017, the number of visible
minorities in Canada will
A) quadruple
B) be the same as 2006
C) be half of what it was in 2006
D) double
E) triple Answer: D
◉ 42) In less than a decade, the workforce will be dominated by A)
people under the age of 40
B) visible minorities
C) women
D) people over the age of 40
E) men Answer: D
◉ 43) By the year 2015, 48 percent of Canada's working age
population will be between the ages of
A) 45 and 64
B) 25 and 44
C) 15 and 34
, D) 35 and 54
E) 55 and 74 Answer: A
◉ 44) A survey of Canadian workers found that
A) only 30 percent are highly engaged
B) only 10 percent are highly engaged
C) only 50 percent are highly engaged
D) only 17 percent are highly engaged
E) over 50 percent are highly engaged Answer: D
◉ 45) What are the major contributors to absenteeism?
A) poor leadership and downsizing
B) poor leadership and stress
C) stress and downsizing
D) stress and poorly designed jobs
E) poor leadership and poorly designed jobs Answer: D
◉ 46) If an organization wants to improve its flexibility, what should
it do?
A) train workers on all of its equipment
B) emphasize the prevention of errors
C) implement quality control initiatives
2026 FULL ANSWERS REVIEW GRADED A+
◉ Parminder Singh supervises the sheet metal shop at Globetrotter
Airlines. One of his employees was late for the second time this week
and, in accordance with company policy, Parminder warned him that
if he was late again he would be sent home without pay for the day.
According to Luthans, Hodgetts, and Rosenkrantz, Parminder is
performing which of the following managerial activities?
A) networking
B) human resource management
C) traditional management
D) entrepreneuring
E) routine communication Answer: B
◉ 37) Which of the following is one of the most important
contingency variables in organizational behaviour?
A) work-life conflict
B) employee-organization relationships
C) national culture
D) organizational culture
E) diversity Answer: C
,◉ 38) The Hawthorne studies illustrated how
A) rest pauses can cause employees to lower their productivity.
B) fatigue can be avoided by redesigning work.
C) psychological and social processes affect productivity and work
adjustment.
D) lighting can reduce the quality of employees' work.
E) all of the above. Answer: C
◉ 39) A recent study of Canadian employees estimated that the high
cost of absenteeism is due to which major workplace stressor?
A) violence in the workplace
B) union-management conflict
C) downsizing and layoffs
D) work-life conflict
E) poorly designed jobs Answer: D
◉ 40) Which of the following represents the fastest growing
segment of the Canadian population?
A) women
B) teenagers
C) senior citizens
D) children
,E) visible minorities Answer: E
◉ 41) It is predicted that by the year 2017, the number of visible
minorities in Canada will
A) quadruple
B) be the same as 2006
C) be half of what it was in 2006
D) double
E) triple Answer: D
◉ 42) In less than a decade, the workforce will be dominated by A)
people under the age of 40
B) visible minorities
C) women
D) people over the age of 40
E) men Answer: D
◉ 43) By the year 2015, 48 percent of Canada's working age
population will be between the ages of
A) 45 and 64
B) 25 and 44
C) 15 and 34
, D) 35 and 54
E) 55 and 74 Answer: A
◉ 44) A survey of Canadian workers found that
A) only 30 percent are highly engaged
B) only 10 percent are highly engaged
C) only 50 percent are highly engaged
D) only 17 percent are highly engaged
E) over 50 percent are highly engaged Answer: D
◉ 45) What are the major contributors to absenteeism?
A) poor leadership and downsizing
B) poor leadership and stress
C) stress and downsizing
D) stress and poorly designed jobs
E) poor leadership and poorly designed jobs Answer: D
◉ 46) If an organization wants to improve its flexibility, what should
it do?
A) train workers on all of its equipment
B) emphasize the prevention of errors
C) implement quality control initiatives
