OAM 330 EXAM 1 PRACTICE 2026|2027 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
WITH COMPLETE A+ SOLUTIONS!!!
Openness - Correct Answer -Drawn to art, adventure, unusual ideas, new experiences
High: creative, imaginative, abstract, curious, inventive, value arts and aesthetic experiences
Low: conventional, concrete, traditional
Openness: Potential Strengths - Correct Answer -1. More creative
2. More flexible, autonomous
3. Comfortable with change
At work:
- able to handle ambiguity
- no consistent relationship with performance
Openness: Risks - Correct Answer -1. Losing touch with reality
Emotional Stability - Correct Answer -Calm, stable (opposite of neuroticism)
1|Page
,High: calm, relaxed, able to handle stress
Low: anxious, easily ruffled or upset, worried, moody, vulnerable
Emotional Stability: Potential Strengths - Correct Answer -1. Happier
2. Less stressed
3. More positive emotions
4. Often unfazed
At work:
- strong relationship with performance
- lower turnover rates
Emotional Stability: Risks - Correct Answer -1. Less vigilant
Personality and Job Performance - Correct Answer -1. Conscientiousness
- strong predictor of high performance
- measured in childhood, strong predictor of
occupational level and income
2|Page
, 2. Emotional Stability
- strong predictor across jobs but not as
much as conscientiousness
3. Other traits: depends on occasion
- extraversion can be an advantage in jobs
that involve social interaction/sales
- agreeableness can be an advantage in
service jobs
Personality and Team Effectiveness - Correct Answer -1. Extraversion
- complementary mix
- task and social contributions, focus of
attention
2. Conscientiousness and agreeableness
- more is better
- similarity trumps variability
3. Emotional stability and openness
- trends for weak positive effects
3|Page
WITH COMPLETE A+ SOLUTIONS!!!
Openness - Correct Answer -Drawn to art, adventure, unusual ideas, new experiences
High: creative, imaginative, abstract, curious, inventive, value arts and aesthetic experiences
Low: conventional, concrete, traditional
Openness: Potential Strengths - Correct Answer -1. More creative
2. More flexible, autonomous
3. Comfortable with change
At work:
- able to handle ambiguity
- no consistent relationship with performance
Openness: Risks - Correct Answer -1. Losing touch with reality
Emotional Stability - Correct Answer -Calm, stable (opposite of neuroticism)
1|Page
,High: calm, relaxed, able to handle stress
Low: anxious, easily ruffled or upset, worried, moody, vulnerable
Emotional Stability: Potential Strengths - Correct Answer -1. Happier
2. Less stressed
3. More positive emotions
4. Often unfazed
At work:
- strong relationship with performance
- lower turnover rates
Emotional Stability: Risks - Correct Answer -1. Less vigilant
Personality and Job Performance - Correct Answer -1. Conscientiousness
- strong predictor of high performance
- measured in childhood, strong predictor of
occupational level and income
2|Page
, 2. Emotional Stability
- strong predictor across jobs but not as
much as conscientiousness
3. Other traits: depends on occasion
- extraversion can be an advantage in jobs
that involve social interaction/sales
- agreeableness can be an advantage in
service jobs
Personality and Team Effectiveness - Correct Answer -1. Extraversion
- complementary mix
- task and social contributions, focus of
attention
2. Conscientiousness and agreeableness
- more is better
- similarity trumps variability
3. Emotional stability and openness
- trends for weak positive effects
3|Page
