Organizational Psychology MCQs

Option A: Depression

Option B: Negative self – esteem

Option C: Anxiety

Option D: Low levels of daily functioning

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: The unemployed have poorer mental health than comparable groups of employed people

Option B: The unemployed have poorer physical health than comparable groups of employed people

Option C: The psychological effects of unemployment do not usually affect anyone apart from the unemployed person

Option D: none of the above – all are correct

Correct Answer: The psychological effects of unemployment do not usually affect anyone apart from the unemployed person ✔

Option A: Group decision – making

Option B: Group cohesiveness

Option C: Organizational culture

Option D: Group effectiveness

Correct Answer: A. Group decision – making ✔

Option A: Integration

Option B: Pluralist

Option C: Fragmentation

Option D: Differentiation

Correct Answer: Differentiation ✔

Option A: Women earn 20% less than man, on the average, for the same work

Option B: Stereotyping of women into “female” jobs

Option C: Women may be dismissed from work if pregnant

Option D: Sexual harassment

Correct Answer: All of the above ✔

Option A: Having a variety of tasks to perform

Option B: Feedback about job performance

Option C: Type of leadership

Option D: a and b

Correct Answer: a and b ✔

Option A: Team process

Option B: Psychological safety

Option C: Team availability

Option D: Groupthink

Correct Answer: Psychological safety ✔

Option A: Coercive power

Option B: Reward power

Option C: Legitimate power

Option D: Expert power

Correct Answer: Coercive power ✔

Option A: Stereotyping is no longer problem for women at work

Option B: It is illegal to treat pregnancy as a cause for dismissal

Option C: Women’s representation in the ranks of executives has remained the same in recent years

Option D: Women tend to use a transactional leadership style

Correct Answer: It is illegal to treat pregnancy as a cause for dismissal ✔

Option A: 1 & 2

Option B: 1,2 & 3

Option C: 2,3 & 4

Option D: 1 & 4

Correct Answer: 2,3 & 4 ✔

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

Option B: Pay 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: Pay levels are not a manifestation of organizational culture ✔

Option A: Legitimate power is weeded by someone whose persuasiveness, popularity or charisma lead others to accede to his/her wishes or suggestions

Option B: Expert power results from access to knowledge and information, so the computer wizard often gains considerable power in an organization

Option C: Reward power is the power to force others into action or inaction by the threat of punishment such as delaying the payment of expenses claims

Option D: Referent power comes from position in the hierarchy and is imposed by authority

Correct Answer: Expert power results from access to knowledge and information, so the computer wizard often gains considerable power in an organization ✔

Option A: 1,2 & 3

Option B: 1 & 2

Option C: 2 & 3

Option D: 3 & 4

Correct Answer: 1,2 & 3 ✔

Option A: There was very little change in work environments over the last quarter of the twentieth century

Option B: most people at work need continual training to update their skills

Option C: The approach to training in many organizations is often reactive

Option D: Psychologists have much to offer organizations in making training effective

Correct Answer: There was very little change in work environments over the last quarter of the twentieth century ✔

Option A: Organizational psychologists have recently changed their focus on leadership from personality to environmental factors and back to personality again

Option B: Charismatic leadership and transformational leadership are opposing leadership styles

Option C: Charismatic leaders exercise intense influence over others and have high expectations of their followers’ performance, but usually communicate their goals and visions in a confused way

Option D: Some studies suggest that transformational leaders inspire dissatisfaction amongst their employees, resulting in lower productivity

Correct Answer: Organizational psychologists have recently changed their focus on leadership from personality to environmental factors and back to personality again ✔

Option A: Social roles

Option B: Transactional leadership

Option C: Transformational leadership

Option D: Hawthorne effect

Correct Answer: Transformational leadership ✔

Option A: Role ambiguity

Option B: Socialization

Option C: Hawthorne effect

Option D: Social roles

Correct Answer: Socialization ✔

Option A: Socialization is the process by which members of society are taught how to behave and feel by influential members of that society

Option B: Socialization can occur in a country, organization or even in a family

Option C: In the past, socialization theory research has concentrated on the development of adults, but more recently, it has become clear that children are socialized

Option D: When employees start work, they learn to align their work values with those of the organization

Correct Answer: In the past, socialization theory research has concentrated on the development of adults, but more recently, it has become clear that children are socialized ✔

Option A: Work- sample tests

Option B: Biodata

Option C: Psychometric test

Option D: Work load tests

Correct Answer: Work load tests ✔

Option A: job selection is based on the premise that there are differences between people which can be identified

Option B: job selection is based on the premise that there are differences between people that have an impact on how effective people are in a particular job

Option C: Psychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods

Option D: Failure to achieve a fit between the person and the organization can lead to a feeling of low esteem on the part of the employee

Correct Answer: Psychologists are beginning to come to the fore in terms of developing and using personal selection methods ✔