MGMT 3080 EXAM 1 STUDY GUIDE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
What are the two primary outcomes of Organizational Behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Job
Performance and Organizational Commitment
Much of what we know about OB _____ (is/is not) considered universal. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is not
What is organizational behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an interdisciplinary field of study devoted to
understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and
groups in organizations
What are causal inferences? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Establishing that one variable causes another
Resource-based view of organizations:
Resources are valuable when they are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rare and imitable
What is correlation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A statistical relationship between two variables
The strength of a correlation can be inferred by the... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅compactness on a scatter
plot
OB questions ______ (are/are not) yes or no in nature - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are not
Resource-based view of organizations:
People are _______ because they make many small decisions that can't be replicated. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅imitable
What is the rule of 1/8ths? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅At best, 12% of organizations implement change
that puts people first
, What are the four ways of which people know things? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Experience, Intuition,
Authority, Science
True or False: Evaluating an employee's performance based on results alone provides the best picture of
an employee's work. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
What is the most common form of production deviance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Wasting resources
Knowledge work tends to be more _______ in nature - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fluid and dynamic
What is adaptive task performance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When an employee responds to tasks that
are novel or unpredictable
What is creative task performance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When an employee develops ideas that are
novel and useful *is relevant across many industries and a variety of jobs
Gig work accounts for a _____ (large/small) percentage of US jobs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅large
What is the correlation between employees with side hustles and their feelings towards their primary
job? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Employees with side hustles are proven to have more positive feelings in
the work they do at their primary job
What is task performance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The explicit obligations and behaviors included in
one's job description
A person in responding to an online advertisement and doing specific tasks. What type of performance
is this? (Task Performance, Counter Productive Behavior, Citizenship Behavior) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Task Performance
What is Management by Objectives? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The traditional performance management
method based on the evaluation of specific performance goals
ANSWERS
What are the two primary outcomes of Organizational Behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Job
Performance and Organizational Commitment
Much of what we know about OB _____ (is/is not) considered universal. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅is not
What is organizational behavior? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅an interdisciplinary field of study devoted to
understanding, explaining, and ultimately improving the attitudes and behaviors of individuals and
groups in organizations
What are causal inferences? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Establishing that one variable causes another
Resource-based view of organizations:
Resources are valuable when they are... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅rare and imitable
What is correlation? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A statistical relationship between two variables
The strength of a correlation can be inferred by the... - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅compactness on a scatter
plot
OB questions ______ (are/are not) yes or no in nature - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅are not
Resource-based view of organizations:
People are _______ because they make many small decisions that can't be replicated. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅imitable
What is the rule of 1/8ths? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅At best, 12% of organizations implement change
that puts people first
, What are the four ways of which people know things? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Experience, Intuition,
Authority, Science
True or False: Evaluating an employee's performance based on results alone provides the best picture of
an employee's work. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅False
What is the most common form of production deviance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Wasting resources
Knowledge work tends to be more _______ in nature - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅fluid and dynamic
What is adaptive task performance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When an employee responds to tasks that
are novel or unpredictable
What is creative task performance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅When an employee develops ideas that are
novel and useful *is relevant across many industries and a variety of jobs
Gig work accounts for a _____ (large/small) percentage of US jobs - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅large
What is the correlation between employees with side hustles and their feelings towards their primary
job? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Employees with side hustles are proven to have more positive feelings in
the work they do at their primary job
What is task performance? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The explicit obligations and behaviors included in
one's job description
A person in responding to an online advertisement and doing specific tasks. What type of performance
is this? (Task Performance, Counter Productive Behavior, Citizenship Behavior) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅Task Performance
What is Management by Objectives? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The traditional performance management
method based on the evaluation of specific performance goals
