HCM 401 PREP EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Managers need to be conscious of the fact that all employees are not driven by
the same needs, nor is any employee driven by the same need, at the same time.
True
False
True
Alder's ERG theory like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs requires an individual to
satisfy a lower level need for a higher-level need to become the driver of a
person's behavior.
True
False
False
The three categories of Alderfer's ERG theory are:
A) Existence, relatedness, and gain
B) Existence, relatedness, and growth
C) Extrinsic, recognition, and growth
D) Environment, recognition, and gain
B) Existence, Relatedness, and Growth
The frustration-regression principle of the ERG theory explains that when a
barrier prevents an individual from obtaining a higher level need, a person may
"regress" to a lower-level need (or visa versa) to achieve satisfaction.
True
False
True
,Although an employee may have multiple needs to satisfy, managers must focus
exclusively on one need at a time will to be effective in motivating an employee.
True
False
False
According to Herzberg's Two-Factor theory, motivators do not include:
A) Salary
B)Recognition
C)Responsibility
D) Work itself
E)Advancement
A) Salary
According to Herzberg, the opposite of job satisfaction is job dissatisfaction.
True
False
False
Hygiene factors relate to job content and motivators/satisfiers relate to job
context.
True
False
True
Employees will be motivated to do work that they perceive to be significant.
True
False
True
,Which of the following is not one of the five core motivational job characteristics
identified by Hackman and Oldham?
A) Skill variety
B) Task Significance
C) Autonomy
D) Feedback
E)Advancement
E) Advancement
The three types of motivational needs identified by McClelland are:
A) Advancement, power, and affiliation
B) Power, affiliation, and growth
C) Affiliation, growth, and advancement
D) Achievement, power, and affiliation
D) Achievement, Power, and Affiliation
Each content theory of motivation is separate, distinct, and unrelated.
True
False
False
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs had a great influence on the study of organizational
behavior.
True
False
True
Process theories of motivation assist managers in predicting employees'
behavior so the behavior may be influenced, if necessary.
, True
False
False *
According to Vroom, the forces that drives a person to perform is dependent
upon four forces: motivation, valence, instrumentality, and expectancy.
True
False
False
According to Vroom's VIE theory, an individual's perception that his or her
performance is related to other outcomes, either positively or negatively, is
referred to as:
A) Expectancy
B) Instrumentality
C) Valence
B) Instrumentality
According to Vroom's VIE theory, an individual's perception that his or her efforts
will positively influence his or her performance, is referred to as:
A) Expectancy
B) Instrumentality
C) Valence
A) Expectancy
One of the major criticisms of the Expectancy Theory is that it does not take into
account the relationship between employee performance and job satisfaction.
True
False
True
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED
Managers need to be conscious of the fact that all employees are not driven by
the same needs, nor is any employee driven by the same need, at the same time.
True
False
True
Alder's ERG theory like Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs requires an individual to
satisfy a lower level need for a higher-level need to become the driver of a
person's behavior.
True
False
False
The three categories of Alderfer's ERG theory are:
A) Existence, relatedness, and gain
B) Existence, relatedness, and growth
C) Extrinsic, recognition, and growth
D) Environment, recognition, and gain
B) Existence, Relatedness, and Growth
The frustration-regression principle of the ERG theory explains that when a
barrier prevents an individual from obtaining a higher level need, a person may
"regress" to a lower-level need (or visa versa) to achieve satisfaction.
True
False
True
,Although an employee may have multiple needs to satisfy, managers must focus
exclusively on one need at a time will to be effective in motivating an employee.
True
False
False
According to Herzberg's Two-Factor theory, motivators do not include:
A) Salary
B)Recognition
C)Responsibility
D) Work itself
E)Advancement
A) Salary
According to Herzberg, the opposite of job satisfaction is job dissatisfaction.
True
False
False
Hygiene factors relate to job content and motivators/satisfiers relate to job
context.
True
False
True
Employees will be motivated to do work that they perceive to be significant.
True
False
True
,Which of the following is not one of the five core motivational job characteristics
identified by Hackman and Oldham?
A) Skill variety
B) Task Significance
C) Autonomy
D) Feedback
E)Advancement
E) Advancement
The three types of motivational needs identified by McClelland are:
A) Advancement, power, and affiliation
B) Power, affiliation, and growth
C) Affiliation, growth, and advancement
D) Achievement, power, and affiliation
D) Achievement, Power, and Affiliation
Each content theory of motivation is separate, distinct, and unrelated.
True
False
False
Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs had a great influence on the study of organizational
behavior.
True
False
True
Process theories of motivation assist managers in predicting employees'
behavior so the behavior may be influenced, if necessary.
, True
False
False *
According to Vroom, the forces that drives a person to perform is dependent
upon four forces: motivation, valence, instrumentality, and expectancy.
True
False
False
According to Vroom's VIE theory, an individual's perception that his or her
performance is related to other outcomes, either positively or negatively, is
referred to as:
A) Expectancy
B) Instrumentality
C) Valence
B) Instrumentality
According to Vroom's VIE theory, an individual's perception that his or her efforts
will positively influence his or her performance, is referred to as:
A) Expectancy
B) Instrumentality
C) Valence
A) Expectancy
One of the major criticisms of the Expectancy Theory is that it does not take into
account the relationship between employee performance and job satisfaction.
True
False
True
