WGU C484 Organizational Behavior and Leadership Exam 260
Questions with Verified Answers
Enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior - CORRECT ANSWER
personality
Factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent
psychological makeup - CORRECT ANSWER Heredity
Enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior - CORRECT ANSWER
personality traits
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions - CORRECT
ANSWER Big Five model
A Big Five personality dimension describing someone who is sociable, gregarious,
and assertive - CORRECT ANSWER extroversion
A Big Five personality dimension that describes someone who is good-natured,
cooperative, and trusting - CORRECT ANSWER agreeableness
A Big Five personality dimension that describes someone who is responsible,
dependable, persistent, and organized - CORRECT ANSWER conscientiousness
,A Big Five personality dimension that characterizes someone as calm, self-
confident, secure (positive) versus nervous, depressed, and insecure (negative) -
CORRECT ANSWER emotional stability
A personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity - CORRECT ANSWER openness to experience
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence,
and worth as a person - CORRECT ANSWER core self-evaluation
The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and
believes that ends can justify means - CORRECT ANSWER Machiavellianism
The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement - CORRECT ANSWER
narcissism
A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors - CORRECT ANSWER self-monitoring
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs - CORRECT ANSWER proactive personality
A personality trait that reflects the extent to which decisions are affected by social
influences and concerns vs. our own well-being and outcomes - CORRECT
ANSWER Other-orientation
,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 (content & intensity) - CORRECT ANSWER values
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity -
CORRECT ANSWER value system
Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime - CORRECT ANSWER terminal values
Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values -
CORRECT ANSWER instrumental values
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between
personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover - CORRECT ANSWER personality-job fit theory
Argues that people are attracted to and selected by organizations that match their
values, and they leave organizations that are not compatible with their
personalities - CORRECT ANSWER person-organization fit
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally - CORRECT
ANSWER power distance
, A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which the culture favors
traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power, and control. Societal
values are characterized by assertiveness and materialism. - CORRECT ANSWER
masculinity
A national culture attribute that indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; a high rating indicates that women are treated as the equals of men
in all aspects of the society. - CORRECT ANSWER femininity
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society feels
threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them. -
CORRECT ANSWER uncertainty avoidance
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence -
CORRECT ANSWER long-term orientation
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present, respect for
tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations - CORRECT ANSWER short-term
orientation
A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in
order to give meaning to their environment - CORRECT ANSWER perception
The factors in these three areas influence perception - CORRECT ANSWER
perceiver, situation, target
Questions with Verified Answers
Enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior - CORRECT ANSWER
personality
Factors determined at conception; one's biological, physiological, and inherent
psychological makeup - CORRECT ANSWER Heredity
Enduring characteristics that describe an individual's behavior - CORRECT ANSWER
personality traits
A personality assessment model that taps five basic dimensions - CORRECT
ANSWER Big Five model
A Big Five personality dimension describing someone who is sociable, gregarious,
and assertive - CORRECT ANSWER extroversion
A Big Five personality dimension that describes someone who is good-natured,
cooperative, and trusting - CORRECT ANSWER agreeableness
A Big Five personality dimension that describes someone who is responsible,
dependable, persistent, and organized - CORRECT ANSWER conscientiousness
,A Big Five personality dimension that characterizes someone as calm, self-
confident, secure (positive) versus nervous, depressed, and insecure (negative) -
CORRECT ANSWER emotional stability
A personality dimension that characterizes someone in terms of imagination,
sensitivity, and curiosity - CORRECT ANSWER openness to experience
Bottom-line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence,
and worth as a person - CORRECT ANSWER core self-evaluation
The degree to which an individual is pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and
believes that ends can justify means - CORRECT ANSWER Machiavellianism
The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require
excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement - CORRECT ANSWER
narcissism
A personality trait that measures an individual's ability to adjust his or her
behavior to external, situational factors - CORRECT ANSWER self-monitoring
People who identify opportunities, show initiative, take action, and persevere until
meaningful change occurs - CORRECT ANSWER proactive personality
A personality trait that reflects the extent to which decisions are affected by social
influences and concerns vs. our own well-being and outcomes - CORRECT
ANSWER Other-orientation
,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 (content & intensity) - CORRECT ANSWER values
A hierarchy based on a ranking of an individual's values in terms of their intensity -
CORRECT ANSWER value system
Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a person would like to achieve during
his or her lifetime - CORRECT ANSWER terminal values
Preferable modes of behavior or means of achieving one's terminal values -
CORRECT ANSWER instrumental values
A theory that identifies six personality types and proposes that the fit between
personality type and occupational environment determines satisfaction and
turnover - CORRECT ANSWER personality-job fit theory
Argues that people are attracted to and selected by organizations that match their
values, and they leave organizations that are not compatible with their
personalities - CORRECT ANSWER person-organization fit
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society accepts
that power in institutions and organizations is distributed unequally - CORRECT
ANSWER power distance
, A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which the culture favors
traditional masculine work roles of achievement, power, and control. Societal
values are characterized by assertiveness and materialism. - CORRECT ANSWER
masculinity
A national culture attribute that indicates little differentiation between male and
female roles; a high rating indicates that women are treated as the equals of men
in all aspects of the society. - CORRECT ANSWER femininity
A national culture attribute that describes the extent to which a society feels
threatened by uncertain and ambiguous situations and tries to avoid them. -
CORRECT ANSWER uncertainty avoidance
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence -
CORRECT ANSWER long-term orientation
A national culture attribute that emphasizes the past and present, respect for
tradition, and fulfillment of social obligations - CORRECT ANSWER short-term
orientation
A process by which individuals organize and interpret their sensory impressions in
order to give meaning to their environment - CORRECT ANSWER perception
The factors in these three areas influence perception - CORRECT ANSWER
perceiver, situation, target
