BUSI 240 QUIZ 1: Liberty University,
Organizational Behavior/ BUSI 240 QUIZ 1
• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
The open systems anchor of organizational behavior states that
Selected Answer: organizations affect and are affected by their
external environments.
Response Feedback: The open systems perspective views
organizations as complex organisms that "live" within an external
environment. As open systems, organizations depend on the external
environment for resources, including raw materials, employees,
financial resources, information, and equipment.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
________ refers to economic, social, and cultural connectivity with
people in other parts of the world.
Selected Answer: Globalization
Response Feedback: Globalization refers to economic, social, and
cultural connectivity with people in other parts of the world.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
The best yardstick of organizational effectiveness is a composite of
these four perspectives.
,Selected Answer: open systems, organizational learning, high-
performance work practices, and stakeholders.
Response Feedback: The best yardstick of organizational
effectiveness is a composite of four perspectives: open systems,
organizational learning, high-performance work practices, and
stakeholders.
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
________ refers to the study of moral principles or values that
determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good
or bad.
Selected Answer: Ethics
Response Feedback: Ethics refers to the study of moral principles or
values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and
outcomes are good or bad.
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Which expert wrote about rational organizations, the work ethic, and
charismatic leadership?
Selected Answer: Max Weber
Response Feedback: German sociologist Max Weber (early 1900s)
wrote about rational organizations, the work ethic, and charismatic
leadership.
• Question 6
2 out of 2 points
,Organizational behavior theories are used to
Selected Answer: adopt accurate models of workplace behavior.
Response Feedback: OB does make a difference to one's career
success. OB helps us to make sense of and predict the world in which
we live. We use OB theories to Question our personal beliefs and
assumptions and to adopt more accurate models of workplace
behavior.
• Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a form of knowledge acquisition?
Selected Answer: experimentation
Response Feedback: Knowledge acquisition includes extracting
information and ideas from the external environment as well as
through insight. It involves individual learning, environment
scanning, grafting, and experimentation.
• Question 8
0 out of 2 points
A person's decisions, statements, and actions are evident in
Selected Answer: workplace diversity.
Response Feedback: Diversity also includes differences in
personalities, beliefs, values, and attitudes. We can't directly see this
deep-level diversity, but it is evident in a person's choices, words, and
actions. Deep-level diversity is revealed when employees have
different perceptions and attitudes about the same situation and when
they form like-minded informal social groups.
• Question 9
0 out of 2 points
, Scenario A
Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a non-business major. When she
discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior,
she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB
and what it entails. Based on what you have studied, can you help
Allison obtain knowledge of organizational behavior?
To help Allison understand some preliminary information about OB,
which of these statements about the field is true?
Selected Answer: Given the specific utility of the field, OB is
useful for the managers in the organizations but not for the
employees.
Response Feedback: Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of
what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations.
• Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Which perspective emphasizes the external dependence of
organizations?
Selected Answer: open system
Response Feedback: The word "open" describes this permeable
relationship, whereas closed systems operate without dependence on
or interaction with an external environment.
• Question 11
2 out of 2 points
What is the most common indicator of effective internal subsystems?
Selected Answer: efficiency
Response Feedback: The most common indicator of effective
internal subsystems is their efficiency.
Organizational Behavior/ BUSI 240 QUIZ 1
• Question 1
2 out of 2 points
The open systems anchor of organizational behavior states that
Selected Answer: organizations affect and are affected by their
external environments.
Response Feedback: The open systems perspective views
organizations as complex organisms that "live" within an external
environment. As open systems, organizations depend on the external
environment for resources, including raw materials, employees,
financial resources, information, and equipment.
• Question 2
2 out of 2 points
________ refers to economic, social, and cultural connectivity with
people in other parts of the world.
Selected Answer: Globalization
Response Feedback: Globalization refers to economic, social, and
cultural connectivity with people in other parts of the world.
• Question 3
2 out of 2 points
The best yardstick of organizational effectiveness is a composite of
these four perspectives.
,Selected Answer: open systems, organizational learning, high-
performance work practices, and stakeholders.
Response Feedback: The best yardstick of organizational
effectiveness is a composite of four perspectives: open systems,
organizational learning, high-performance work practices, and
stakeholders.
• Question 4
2 out of 2 points
________ refers to the study of moral principles or values that
determine whether actions are right or wrong and outcomes are good
or bad.
Selected Answer: Ethics
Response Feedback: Ethics refers to the study of moral principles or
values that determine whether actions are right or wrong and
outcomes are good or bad.
• Question 5
2 out of 2 points
Which expert wrote about rational organizations, the work ethic, and
charismatic leadership?
Selected Answer: Max Weber
Response Feedback: German sociologist Max Weber (early 1900s)
wrote about rational organizations, the work ethic, and charismatic
leadership.
• Question 6
2 out of 2 points
,Organizational behavior theories are used to
Selected Answer: adopt accurate models of workplace behavior.
Response Feedback: OB does make a difference to one's career
success. OB helps us to make sense of and predict the world in which
we live. We use OB theories to Question our personal beliefs and
assumptions and to adopt more accurate models of workplace
behavior.
• Question 7
2 out of 2 points
Which of the following is a form of knowledge acquisition?
Selected Answer: experimentation
Response Feedback: Knowledge acquisition includes extracting
information and ideas from the external environment as well as
through insight. It involves individual learning, environment
scanning, grafting, and experimentation.
• Question 8
0 out of 2 points
A person's decisions, statements, and actions are evident in
Selected Answer: workplace diversity.
Response Feedback: Diversity also includes differences in
personalities, beliefs, values, and attitudes. We can't directly see this
deep-level diversity, but it is evident in a person's choices, words, and
actions. Deep-level diversity is revealed when employees have
different perceptions and attitudes about the same situation and when
they form like-minded informal social groups.
• Question 9
0 out of 2 points
, Scenario A
Your roommate, Allison Albright, is a non-business major. When she
discovered that you are taking a course in Organizational Behavior,
she was thoroughly confused as to why one would need to study OB
and what it entails. Based on what you have studied, can you help
Allison obtain knowledge of organizational behavior?
To help Allison understand some preliminary information about OB,
which of these statements about the field is true?
Selected Answer: Given the specific utility of the field, OB is
useful for the managers in the organizations but not for the
employees.
Response Feedback: Organizational behavior (OB) is the study of
what people think, feel, and do in and around organizations.
• Question 10
2 out of 2 points
Which perspective emphasizes the external dependence of
organizations?
Selected Answer: open system
Response Feedback: The word "open" describes this permeable
relationship, whereas closed systems operate without dependence on
or interaction with an external environment.
• Question 11
2 out of 2 points
What is the most common indicator of effective internal subsystems?
Selected Answer: efficiency
Response Feedback: The most common indicator of effective
internal subsystems is their efficiency.
