Industrial Psychology MCQs

Option A: Expectancy

Option B: Relatedness

Option C: Existence

Option D: Growth

Correct Answer: Expectancy ✔

Option A: The approach cannot consistently predict motivation

Option B: The approach makes too many assumptions of behavior

Option C: The approach as little or no role for any cognitive activity

Option D: The approach is not applicable in today’s workplace

Correct Answer: The approach as little or no role for any cognitive activity ✔

Option A: Personal psychology

Option B: Industrial psychology

Option C: Human engineering

Option D: Organizational psychology

Correct Answer: Organizational psychology ✔

Option A: Behaviorist approach

Option B: Instrumental approach

Option C: Nature approach

Option D: Environmental approach

Correct Answer: Behaviorist approach ✔

Option A: Instinct theory

Option B: Maslow’s need theory

Option C: Field theory

Option D: Metaphor theory

Correct Answer: Field theory ✔

Option A: Performance=(Motivation x Ability)+ Situational constraints

Option B: Performance=(Motivation x Ability)- Situational constraints

Option C: Performance=(Motivation x Situational constraints) + Ability

Option D: Performance=(Motivation/Situational constraints) + Ability

Correct Answer: Performance=(Motivation x Ability)- Situational constraints ✔

Option A: A person will respond to whatever satisfies the lowest level unfulfilled need

Option B: Workers in the same department are assumed to be the same needs level

Option C: The behavior of the individual is unconscious and automatic

Option D: The employer needs to know at what need level a worker is operating

Correct Answer: Workers in the same department are assumed to be the same needs level ✔

Option A: A method of distilling job performance into measurable units

Option B: A precursor to the think- aloud protocol

Option C: A job analysis method that focuses on specific tasks

Option D: A technique used to quantity job analysis information

Correct Answer: A method of distilling job performance into measurable units ✔

Option A: Amplitude

Option B: Satisfaction

Option C: Direction

Option D: Learning

Correct Answer: Direction ✔

Option A: Reliance on the status quo

Option B: Globalization

Option C: Changing technologies

Option D: Corporate restricting

Correct Answer: Reliance on the status quo ✔

Option A: Revenge

Option B: Performance monitoring

Option C: Hostile action

Option D: Counterproductive behavior

Correct Answer: Counterproductive behavior ✔

Option A: To determine the necessary human attributes

Option B: To determine how tasks are carried out

Option C: To decide who to hire for a position

Option D: To understand the important tasks of a job

Correct Answer: To decide who to hire for a position ✔

Option A: The desire to make one’s own job look more difficult

Option B: Objective reporting by the SME

Option C: The desire of the SME to conform to what others report

Option D: Mere carelessness

Correct Answer: Objective reporting by the SME ✔

Option A: Degree to which individuals are expected to look after themselves versus the group

Option B: Degree to which members of a culture feel comfortable in unpredictable situations

Option C: Extent of immediate versus delayed gratification of members of a culture

Option D: Tendency to apply American theories to non- American situations

Correct Answer: Tendency to apply American theories to non- American situations ✔

Option A: Demonstrated effort

Option B: Motivation

Option C: Personal accountability

Option D: General proficiency

Correct Answer: Demonstrated effort ✔

Option A: Altruism

Option B: Responsibility

Option C: Generalized compliance

Option D: Contextual performance

Correct Answer: Responsibility ✔

Option A: Motivation

Option B: Procedural knowledge and skill

Option C: Personality factors

Option D: Declarative knowledge

Correct Answer: Personality factors ✔

Option A: The distribution of emotional roles between genders

Option B: A manager or professional assigned to work abroad

Option C: A culture that minimize distances between individuals

Option D: A culture that depends on the distances between individuals

Correct Answer: A manager or professional assigned to work abroad ✔

Option A: United States

Option B: German

Option C: Japan

Option D: France

Correct Answer: Japan ✔

Option A: Power distance

Option B: Uncertainty avoidance

Option C: Conscientiousness

Option D: Masculinity/femininity

Correct Answer: Conscientiousness ✔

Option A: Revery obsession

Option B: Mass group testing

Option C: Manipulating workplace lighting

Option D: Time and motion

Correct Answer: Manipulating workplace lighting ✔

Option A: The influence of an individual’s personality on work and non- work behaviors

Option B: The application of psychological principles, theory, and research to the work setting

Option C: The concept of contextual work and organizational citizenship behavior

Option D: The study of ways to maximize productivity

Correct Answer: The application of psychological principles, theory, and research to the work setting ✔

Option A: Time and motion

Option B: Revery obsession

Option C: Hawthorne studies

Option D: Stanford- Binet

Correct Answer: Stanford- Binet ✔

Option A: Telecommuting

Option B: Virtual teams

Option C: Digitization

Option D: Welfare- to- work

Correct Answer: Virtual teams ✔

Option A: Biographical inventory

Option B: Integrity test

Option C: Interviewer illusion

Option D: Structured interview

Correct Answer: Integrity test ✔

Option A: A leniency error

Option B: The halo effect

Option C: A central tendency error

Option D: A severity error

Correct Answer: The halo effect ✔

Option A: Personal psychology

Option B: Industrial technology

Option C: Human engineering

Option D: Organizational psychology

Correct Answer: Industrial technology ✔

Option A: Personal psychology

Option B: Industrial technology

Option C: Human engineering

Option D: Organizational psychology

Correct Answer: Organizational psychology ✔

Option A: A male who has a history of violence

Option B: An individual with high self- esteem who received negative feedback recently

Option C: A person who has a history of conflicts with co- workers

Option D: A female who recently received increased job responsibilities

Correct Answer: A female who recently received increased job responsibilities ✔

Option A: Ergonomics

Option B: Human relation approach

Option C: Scientific management

Option D: Industrial psychology

Correct Answer: Human relation approach ✔

Option A: Skill utilization and job decision latitude

Option B: Role overload and role conflict

Option C: Stressors and job motivators

Option D: Depression and job dissatisfaction

Correct Answer: Stressors and job motivators ✔

Option A: A variable that affects the direction or strength of the association between two other variables

Option B: An objective element in the stressor- strain relationship that starts the stress reaction in individual

Option C: A method by which an individual can consciously halt the stressor- strain reaction

Option D: An element that recognizes the relationship between two variables and serves to magnify the strength of the variables

Correct Answer: A variable that affects the direction or strength of the association between two other variables ✔

Option A: The feel a sense of commitment to their goals

Option B: The feel they are controlled of their lives

Option C: They are critical of their environment

Option D: They see unexpected change as a challenge

Correct Answer: They are critical of their environment ✔

Option A: Primary prevention strategy

Option B: Secondary prevention strategy

Option C: Tertiary prevention strategy

Option D: None of the above

Correct Answer: Primary prevention strategy ✔

Option A: Role conflict

Option B: Role ambiguity

Option C: Job overload

Option D: Job ambiguity

Correct Answer: Role conflict ✔

Option A: Involves avoiding and minimizing the problem

Option B: Has to do with reducing the emotional response to the problem

Option C: Involves creating a new and larger problem as a distraction

Option D: Is directed at managing the problem that is causing the stress

Correct Answer: Is directed at managing the problem that is causing the stress ✔

Option A: Success in one role can buffer the effects of failure in another role

Option B: Multiple role increase the opportunity for social support

Option C: Multiple roles allow an individual to focus more on work success

Option D: Multiple role increase an individual’s cognitive complexity

Correct Answer: Multiple roles allow an individual to focus more on work success ✔

Option A: Eustress; stress

Option B: Stress; eustress

Option C: Distress; eustress

Option D: Eustress; distress

Correct Answer: Eustress; distress ✔

Option A: The sequence of stages varies depending on the trauma

Option B: In the alarm stage, the body releases stress hormones

Option C: While cooping with the source of stress, resistance to other stressors decreases

Option D: Burnout, illness, and death may result unless stress is reduced

Correct Answer: The sequence of stages varies depending on the trauma ✔

Option A: There are fewer decisions to make since there is little to decide about

Option B: The loss of work reduces income and daily variety

Option C: There is a suspension of typical goal setting that guides day to day activity

Option D: New skills are developed while current skills begin to atrophy

Correct Answer: New skills are developed while current skills begin to atrophy ✔

Option A: A desire to contribute positively to the work- life of others

Option B: Acceptance and belief in an organization’s values

Option C: A strong desire to remain in the organization

Option D: A willingness to exert effort on belief of the organization

Correct Answer: A desire to contribute positively to the work- life of others ✔

Option A: Emotion; Models

Option B: Moods; Emotions

Option C: Feelings; Moods

Option D: Moods; Feelings

Correct Answer: Moods; Emotions ✔

Option A: Positive people to be more satisfied with their jobs than negative people

Option B: Affectivity as measured in adolescence predicts later job satisfaction

Option C: Neuroticism is often referred to as positive affectivity

Option D: Job satisfaction and affectivity have reciprocal influences on each other

Correct Answer: Neuroticism is often referred to as positive affectivity ✔

Option A: Locus of control

Option B: Self- efficacy

Option C: Stimuli observation

Option D: Absence of neuroticism

Correct Answer: Stimuli observation ✔

Option A: Extrinsic satisfaction; intrinsic satisfaction

Option B: Intrinsic satisfaction; extrinsic satisfaction

Option C: Facet satisfaction; extrinsic satisfaction

Option D: Extrinsic satisfaction; facet satisfaction

Correct Answer: Intrinsic satisfaction; extrinsic satisfaction ✔

Option A: Actual goal accomplished and expected goal accomplishment of peers

Option B: Actual goal accomplishment and the failures the person has experienced

Option C: Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed

Option D: Actual goal accomplishment and the actual goal accomplishment of peers

Correct Answer: Actual goal accomplishment and the goal to which the person was committed ✔

Option A: Quality improvement interventions

Option B: Differential distributions of rewards

Option C: Setting goals and making decisions for employees

Option D: Design and redesign of jobs and organizations

Correct Answer: Setting goals and making decisions for employees ✔

Option A: Nice- factor theory

Option B: Face satisfaction theory

Option C: Dissatisfaction theory

Option D: Opponent process theory

Correct Answer: Opponent process theory ✔

Option A: Group decision- making

Option B: Group cohesiveness

Option C: Organizational culture

Option D: Group effectiveness

Correct Answer: Group decision- making ✔

Option A: Depression

Option B: Negative self-esteem

Option C: Anxiety

Option D: All of the above

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Organizational culture can be described as shared values, attitudes and beliefs held by organizational numbers

Option B: Play levels are not a manifestation of organizational culture

Option C: Organizational psychologists have adopted three approaches to understanding culture

Option D: We can best understand organizational culture by adopting a multi-dimensional perspective

Correct Answer: Play levels are not a manifestation of organizational culture ✔

Option A: The advent of the internet

Option B: The influx of women into the workforce

Option C: World War I

Option D: The industrial revolution

Correct Answer: World War I ✔

Option A: Performance appraisal

Option B: Leadership

Option C: Job analysis

Option D: Training

Correct Answer: Training ✔

Option A: Finding a job that is not challenging

Option B: Engaging in meaningful leisure activities outside of work

Option C: “Sucking it up” and just doing the job

Option D: Focusing on work demands at the expense of getting adequate sleep

Correct Answer: Engaging in meaningful leisure activities outside of work ✔

Option A: the internet

Option B: the newspaper

Option C: head hunters

Option D: career fairs

Correct Answer: the internet ✔

Option A: The halo effect

Option B: Selection bias

Option C: Central tendency bias

Option D: Interviewer illusion

Correct Answer: Interviewer illusion ✔

Option A: A worker who is going through a divorce and is unable to complete his job responsibilities

Option B: A worker who is having conflict with one of her subordinates

Option C: A worker who has just been promoted to supervisor and who is having problems relating to her supervisees

Option D: A worker who is being sexually harassed by his co-worker

Correct Answer: A worker who is going through a divorce and is unable to complete his job responsibilities ✔

Option A: Dissonance theory

Option B: Equity theory

Option C: Comparison theory

Option D: Incompatibility theory

Correct Answer: Dissonance theory ✔

Option A: An employee receiving feedback on her ability to successfully

Option B: An employee receiving feedback that has been completed by two supervisors, so as to avoid rating errors

Option C: An employee evaluating her own performance and sharing that with her supervisor

Option D: An employee receiving feedback from her supervisor, her peer, and her subordinate

Correct Answer: An employee receiving feedback from her supervisor, her peer, and her subordinate ✔

Option A: Career, job, calling

Option B: Calling, job, career

Option C: Job, career, calling

Option D: Career, calling, job

Correct Answer: Job, career, calling ✔