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WGU C484 ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR AND LEADERSHIP EXAM
PREP 2026 |QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
RATED A+ | NEW !!
Personality - ANSWER- Enduring characteristics that describe an
individual's behavior
Heredity - ANSWER- Factors determined at conception; one's
biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup
Personality traits - ANSWER- Enduring characteristics that describe an
individual's behavior
Big Five model - ANSWER- A personality assessment model that taps
five basic dimensions
Extroversion - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension describing
someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive
Agreeableness - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension that
describes someone who is good-natured, cooperative, and trusting
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Conscientiousness - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension that
describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and
organized
Emotional stability - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension that
characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, secure (positive) versus
nervous, depressed, and insecure (negative)
Openness to experience - ANSWER- A personality dimension that
characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity
Core self-evaluation - ANSWER- Bottom-line conclusions individuals
have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person
Machiavellianism - ANSWER- The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can
justify means
Narcissism - ANSWER- The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose
sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense
of entitlement
Self-monitoring - ANSWER- A personality trait that measures an
individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational
factors
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Proactive personality - ANSWER- People who identify opportunities,
show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs
Other-orientation - ANSWER- A personality trait that reflects the extent
to which decisions are affected by social influences and concerns vs.
Our own well-being and outcomes
Values - 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 (content
& intensity)
Value system - ANSWER- A hierarchy based on a ranking of an
individual's values in terms of their intensity
Terminal values - ANSWER- Desirable end-states of existence; the
goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime
Instrumental values - ANSWER- Preferable modes of behavior or means
of achieving one's terminal values
Personality-job fit theory - ANSWER- A theory that identifies six
personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover
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Person-organization fit - ANSWER- 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
Power distance - ANSWER- A national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society accepts that power in institutions and
organizations is distributed unequally
Masculinity - ANSWER- 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.
Femininity - ANSWER- 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.
Uncertainty avoidance - 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 - ANSWER- A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence
Short-term orientation - ANSWER- A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of
social obligations
WGU C484 ORGANIZATIONAL
BEHAVIOR AND LEADERSHIP EXAM
PREP 2026 |QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS |
RATED A+ | NEW !!
Personality - ANSWER- Enduring characteristics that describe an
individual's behavior
Heredity - ANSWER- Factors determined at conception; one's
biological, physiological, and inherent psychological makeup
Personality traits - ANSWER- Enduring characteristics that describe an
individual's behavior
Big Five model - ANSWER- A personality assessment model that taps
five basic dimensions
Extroversion - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension describing
someone who is sociable, gregarious, and assertive
Agreeableness - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension that
describes someone who is good-natured, cooperative, and trusting
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Conscientiousness - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension that
describes someone who is responsible, dependable, persistent, and
organized
Emotional stability - ANSWER- A Big Five personality dimension that
characterizes someone as calm, self-confident, secure (positive) versus
nervous, depressed, and insecure (negative)
Openness to experience - ANSWER- A personality dimension that
characterizes someone in terms of imagination, sensitivity, and curiosity
Core self-evaluation - ANSWER- Bottom-line conclusions individuals
have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person
Machiavellianism - ANSWER- The degree to which an individual is
pragmatic, maintains emotional distance, and believes that ends can
justify means
Narcissism - ANSWER- The tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose
sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense
of entitlement
Self-monitoring - ANSWER- A personality trait that measures an
individual's ability to adjust his or her behavior to external, situational
factors
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Proactive personality - ANSWER- People who identify opportunities,
show initiative, take action, and persevere until meaningful change
occurs
Other-orientation - ANSWER- A personality trait that reflects the extent
to which decisions are affected by social influences and concerns vs.
Our own well-being and outcomes
Values - 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 (content
& intensity)
Value system - ANSWER- A hierarchy based on a ranking of an
individual's values in terms of their intensity
Terminal values - ANSWER- Desirable end-states of existence; the
goals a person would like to achieve during his or her lifetime
Instrumental values - ANSWER- Preferable modes of behavior or means
of achieving one's terminal values
Personality-job fit theory - ANSWER- A theory that identifies six
personality types and proposes that the fit between personality type and
occupational environment determines satisfaction and turnover
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Person-organization fit - ANSWER- 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
Power distance - ANSWER- A national culture attribute that describes
the extent to which a society accepts that power in institutions and
organizations is distributed unequally
Masculinity - ANSWER- 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.
Femininity - ANSWER- 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.
Uncertainty avoidance - 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 - ANSWER- A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the future, thrift, and persistence
Short-term orientation - ANSWER- A national culture attribute that
emphasizes the past and present, respect for tradition, and fulfillment of
social obligations
