WGU C715 Organizational Behavior Exam
Study Guide ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Baby Boomer Generation - CORRECT ANSWERS They give high importance to
achievement and material success.
Proactive Personalities - CORRECT ANSWERS They are more likely than others to be
seen as leaders.
Values - CORRECT ANSWERS They never change irrespective of external factors.
Instrumental Value - CORRECT ANSWERS Personal discipline according to the Rokeach
value survey.
Terminal Values - CORRECT ANSWERS Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
Instrumental Values - CORRECT ANSWERS Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
Personality-Job Fit Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Theory that identifies six personality
types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment
determines satisfaction and turnover.
Externally Caused Behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS An employee is late to work
because of a punctured tire.
, Attribution Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS If a behavior scores low on consistency, we
tend to attribute it to external causes.
Personality - CORRECT ANSWERS Characteristics about an individual that indicate their
nature.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS Ellen Athers is most likely
characterized as extraverted.
Heredity Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS An individual's personality is determined by
molecular structure of the genes.
Conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWERS Is as important for managers as for front-line
employees and is most consistently related to job performance.
Positive Core Self-Evaluations - CORRECT ANSWERS They are committed to their
goals and set ambitious goals.
self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWERS A situation in which a person
inaccurately perceives a second person, and the resulting expectations cause the second person to
behave in ways consistent with the original perception.
rational decision-making model - CORRECT ANSWERS It assumes that an individual is
able to identify all relevant options in an unbiased manner.
Study Guide ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS
Baby Boomer Generation - CORRECT ANSWERS They give high importance to
achievement and material success.
Proactive Personalities - CORRECT ANSWERS They are more likely than others to be
seen as leaders.
Values - CORRECT ANSWERS They never change irrespective of external factors.
Instrumental Value - CORRECT ANSWERS Personal discipline according to the Rokeach
value survey.
Terminal Values - CORRECT ANSWERS Desirable end-states of existence; the goals a
person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime.
Instrumental Values - CORRECT ANSWERS Preferable modes of behavior or means of
achieving one's terminal values.
Personality-Job Fit Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS Theory that identifies six personality
types and proposes that the fit between personality type and occupational environment
determines satisfaction and turnover.
Externally Caused Behavior - CORRECT ANSWERS An employee is late to work
because of a punctured tire.
, Attribution Theory - CORRECT ANSWERS If a behavior scores low on consistency, we
tend to attribute it to external causes.
Personality - CORRECT ANSWERS Characteristics about an individual that indicate their
nature.
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) - CORRECT ANSWERS Ellen Athers is most likely
characterized as extraverted.
Heredity Approach - CORRECT ANSWERS An individual's personality is determined by
molecular structure of the genes.
Conscientiousness - CORRECT ANSWERS Is as important for managers as for front-line
employees and is most consistently related to job performance.
Positive Core Self-Evaluations - CORRECT ANSWERS They are committed to their
goals and set ambitious goals.
self-fulfilling prophecy - CORRECT ANSWERS A situation in which a person
inaccurately perceives a second person, and the resulting expectations cause the second person to
behave in ways consistent with the original perception.
rational decision-making model - CORRECT ANSWERS It assumes that an individual is
able to identify all relevant options in an unbiased manner.
