Wgu C715 Organizational Behavior Exam
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior.
Personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWER A personality test that
taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - CORRECT ANSWER A personality assessment model that taps five
basic dimensions. Extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
Extraversion - CORRECT ANSWER A personality describing someone who is
sociable and assertive (confident and forceful )
Agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that describes someone who is
good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
Conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that describes someone who
is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
Emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that characterizes someone
as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
Openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that characterizes
someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
,Core self-evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER Bottom-line conclusions individuals have
about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWER The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
Narcissism - CORRECT ANSWER The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
Self-monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER where an individual's has ability to adjust his
or her behavior to external, situational factors.
Proactive personality - CORRECT ANSWER People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
Values - CORRECT ANSWER Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or
end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of
conduct or end-state of existence.
Value system - CORRECT ANSWER A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
values in terms of their intensity.
Terminal values - CORRECT ANSWER Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
Instrumental values - CORRECT ANSWER Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
Personality Job-fit theory - CORRECT ANSWER A theory that identifies six
personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational
environment determines satisfaction and turnover.
, Power distance - CORRECT ANSWER where society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
Individualism - CORRECT ANSWER where people prefer to act as individuals rather
than as members of groups.
Collectivism - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that describes a tight
social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
Masculinity - CORRECT ANSWER where culture favors traditional masculine work
roles of achievement, power, and control.
Femininity - CORRECT ANSWER indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
Uncertainty avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that
describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations
and tries to avoid them.
Long-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
Short-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.
People value the here and now; they accept change more readily and don't see commitments
as impediments to change.
Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER A process by which individuals organize and
interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
UPDATED QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior.
Personality traits - CORRECT ANSWER characteristics that describe an individual's
behavior in a large number of situations
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWER A personality test that
taps four characteristics and classifies Behavior
Big Five Model - CORRECT ANSWER A personality assessment model that taps five
basic dimensions. Extraversion, agreeableness, openness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism.
Extraversion - CORRECT ANSWER A personality describing someone who is
sociable and assertive (confident and forceful )
Agreeableness - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that describes someone who is
good natured, cooperative, and trusting.
Conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that describes someone who
is responsible, dependable, persistent, and organized.
Emotional stability - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that characterizes someone
as calm, self-confident, and insecure.
Openness to experience - CORRECT ANSWER A personality that characterizes
someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity.
,Core self-evaluation - CORRECT ANSWER Bottom-line conclusions individuals have
about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person.
Machiavellianism - CORRECT ANSWER The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can justify means.
Narcissism - CORRECT ANSWER The tendency to be arrogant, self-importance,
require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement.
Self-monitoring - CORRECT ANSWER where an individual's has ability to adjust his
or her behavior to external, situational factors.
Proactive personality - CORRECT ANSWER People who identify opportunities, show
initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change occurs.
Values - CORRECT ANSWER Basic convictions that a specific mode of conduct or
end-state of existence is personally or socially preferable to an opposite or converse mode of
conduct or end-state of existence.
Value system - CORRECT ANSWER A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's
values in terms of their intensity.
Terminal values - CORRECT ANSWER Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
Instrumental values - CORRECT ANSWER Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
Personality Job-fit theory - CORRECT ANSWER A theory that identifies six
personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational
environment determines satisfaction and turnover.
, Power distance - CORRECT ANSWER where society accepts that power in
institutions and organizations is distributed unequally.
Individualism - CORRECT ANSWER where people prefer to act as individuals rather
than as members of groups.
Collectivism - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that describes a tight
social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look
after them and protect them.
Masculinity - CORRECT ANSWER where culture favors traditional masculine work
roles of achievement, power, and control.
Femininity - CORRECT ANSWER indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; where women are treated as the equals of men in all aspects of the society.
Uncertainty avoidance - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that
describes the extent to which a society feels threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations
and tries to avoid them.
Long-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence.
Short-term orientation - CORRECT ANSWER A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations.
People value the here and now; they accept change more readily and don't see commitments
as impediments to change.
Heredity - CORRECT ANSWER factors determined at conception; one's biological,
physiological, and inherent psychological makeup.
Perception - CORRECT ANSWER A process by which individuals organize and
interpret their sensory impressions in order to give meaning to their environment.
