Groups And Organizations MCQs

Option A: division of labor

Option B: impersonality

Option C: employment based on technical qualifications

Option D: written rules and regulations

Correct Answer: division of labor ✔

Option A: less time to speak

Option B: more points of view to absorb

Option C: a more elaborate structure within which to function

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: normative function by enforcing standards of conduct and belief

Option B: comparison function by serving as a standard against which people can measure themselves and other

Option C: elimination function by dissolving groups that no longer have a social purpose

Option D: both a and b

Correct Answer: both a and b ✔

Option A: primary

Option B: secondary

Option C: out-groups

Option D: formal organizations

Correct Answer: secondary ✔

Option A: a clear-cut hierarchy of authority

Option B: co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate

Option C: fixed salaries associated with each role

Option D: written rules governing conduct

Correct Answer: co-ownership among all workers of the material resource with which they operate ✔

Option A: merging of work and private lives

Option B: job security

Option C: group-oriented production

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: regimes that use repression against their population

Option B: the exclusion of women from the highest levels of politics

Option C: the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top

Option D: the legal system of the former communist countries

Correct Answer: the tendency for power inevitably to flow towards top ✔

Option A: Michel Foucault

Option B: Paul Gay

Option C: Zygmunt Bauman

Option D: Robert Michels

Correct Answer: Paul Gay ✔

Option A: the rules could be upheld at all cost even in the face of a better solution

Option B: people know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment

Option C: adherence to the rules takes precedence over organizational goals

Option D: workers are not encouraged to be flexible in making decisions

Correct Answer: people know they should be guaranteed fair and consistent treatment ✔

Option A: the chaos of informal organizations

Option B: the compulsion to work in offices

Option C: the developing power of officials

Option D: politicians abuse of power and influence

Correct Answer: the developing power of officials ✔

Option A: is compatible with private sector values and includes impartial and equal treatment for all

Option B: ensures administrative responsibility for the public interest and includes impartial and equal treatment for all

Option C: ensures that politicians goals can be met even against opposition and ensures administrative responsibility for the public interest

Option D: is compatible with private sector values and ensures that politicians goals can be met even against opposition

Correct Answer: is compatible with private sector values and includes impartial and equal treatment for all ✔

Option A: cultural capital

Option B: economic capital

Option C: social capital

Option D: symbolic capital

Correct Answer: social capital ✔

Option A: 5,164

Option B: 8,898

Option C: 51,509

Option D: 123,305

Correct Answer: 51,509 ✔

Option A: Max Weber

Option B: Zygmunt Bauman

Option C: Michel Foucault

Option D: Robert Michel’s

Correct Answer: Robert Michel’s ✔

Option A: classical theory

Option B: scientific management approach

Option C: human relations approach

Option D: both A and B

Correct Answer: both A and B ✔

Option A: functionalists

Option B: conflict theorists

Option C: interactionists

Option D: classical theorists

Correct Answer: conflict theorists ✔

Option A: Emile Durkheim

Option B: Max Weber

Option C: Karl Marx

Option D: Ferdinand Tonnies

Correct Answer: Max Weber ✔

Option A: All small groups are primary groups

Option B: All small groups are secondary groups

Option C: Many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships of primary groups

Option D: both b and c

Correct Answer: Many small groups differ from primary groups in that they do not necessarily offer the intimate personal relationships of primary groups ✔

Option A: functionalists

Option B: conflict theorists

Option C: interactionists

Option D: classical theorists

Correct Answer: conflict theorists ✔

Option A: primary group

Option B: secondary group

Option C: out-group

Option D: formal organization

Correct Answer: primary group ✔

Option A: de-differentiation

Option B: network economy

Option C: political corruption

Option D: social capital

Correct Answer: social capital ✔

Option A: polycentric

Option B: egocentric

Option C: geocentric

Option D: ethnocentric

Correct Answer: geocentric ✔

Option A: the Pan-Arab League

Option B: the Hanseatic League

Option C: the Football League

Option D: the League of Nations

Correct Answer: the Hanseatic League ✔

Option A: family capitalism

Option B: managerial capitalism

Option C: welfare capitalism

Option D: institutional capitalism

Correct Answer: institutional capitalism ✔

Option A: that the rules were written down a long time in the past

Option B: that the rules never in fact existed in the first place

Option C: that the rules have little actual substance in reality

Option D: that rules are a hindrance in large organization

Correct Answer: that the rules have little actual substance in reality ✔

Option A: efficiency calculability affordability consistent decor

Option B: efficiency calculability uniformity automation

Option C: efficiency dehumanization automation high calories

Option D: efficiency Big Mac large fries’ milkshake

Correct Answer: efficiency calculability uniformity automation ✔

Option A: surveillance

Option B: meritocracy

Option C: bureaucracy

Option D: transnational organization

Correct Answer: bureaucracy ✔

Option A: polycentric

Option B: ethnocentric

Option C: heliocentric

Option D: geocentric

Correct Answer: heliocentric ✔

Option A: an army barracks

Option B: a prison

Option C: an asylum

Option D: a school

Correct Answer: a prison ✔

Option A: bureaucratic organization could become prohibitively expensive to run

Option B: social organization could become too efficient

Option C: democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power

Option D: bureaucratic officials may be able to abuse their power

Correct Answer: democracy could become a sham if bureaucrats held real power ✔