MCQ Bank
Umar has to measure the organization-wide motivation level of employees towards working in cross-functional teams. He decides to choose every 4th member from the list of all 200 employees. What is this method called?
- A) Stratified sampling
- B) Simple Random sampling
- C) Quota sampling
- D) Cluster sampling
Results of a training workshop on self-accountability revealed that employees’ performance on individual as well group tasks improved. This perceptual change is called
- A) Alpha change
- B) Beta change
- C) Positive change
- D) Gamma change
Ali is described by his peers as shy and relaxed. Which of the following quadrants of the Johari window will this description be placed?
- A) Blind area
- B) Closed area
- C) Unknown area
- D) Public area
All of the following pertain to force-field analysis, EXCEPT:
- A) Forces for change
- B) Forces for maintaining the status quo
- C) Contact forces
- D) Forces for resisting change
During the process of evaluation the organization members provide __________ about interventions.
- A) Feedback
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Reliability
- D) Selecting variables
Which one of the following identities related to intervention characteristics?
- A) Unionization
- B) Socialization
- C) Programmability
- D) Knowledge
Which of the following methods is NOT related to qualitative tool for analyzing data?
- A) Force-field analysis
- B) Scatter grams and Correlation Coefficients
- C) Performance
- D) Content analysis
Group members are free to express their ideas and feelings in which of the following?
- A) Implicit norm
- B) Authority
- C) Leadership
- D) Explicit norm
For effective OD intervention it is important to address the matter of effective coordination and interaction among people. Which type of issue is this?
- A) Strategic issue
- B) Human resource issue
- C) Human process issue
- D) Structural issue
Which of the following is NOT a reason for employees to resist change?
- A) Opinion that change is “useless”
- B) Uncertainty
- C) Personal failure concerns
- D) High productivity
__________is concerned with providing feed-back to practitioners and organization members about the progress and impact of interventions.
- A) Evaluation
- B) Diagnosis
- C) Feedback
- D) Institutionalization
Interpersonal conflict often occurs in iterative, cyclical stages known as __________.
- A) All of the given options
- B) Consequences
- C) Episode
- D) Issues
__________ should be specific, measurable and attainable.
- A) Objectives
- B) Strategies
- C) Mission
- D) Goals
Which of the following methods of collecting data is considered as the most "objective" of all the rest?
- A) Unobtrusive measures
- B) Questionnaires
- C) Observations
- D) Interviews
Which one of the following is NOT type of interpersonal relationships and group dynamics?
- A) Team building
- B) Process consultation
- C) Third-party intervention
- D) Communication
Which of the following is NOT true for the episodic model:
- A) Conflict may be concealed made to look more legitimate
- B) • The first strategy for conflict resolution is to identify the root cause of the problem
- C) Both B,C
- D) Conflict may be latent and settled down after sometime with positive consequences
Which of the following is/are NOT the major potential problem(s) of questionnaires?
- A) Easy to use with large samples
- B) Over-interpretation of data
- C) Non-empathy
- D) Predetermined questions/missing issues
The behavioral measure for ‘below budget’ is
- A) Actual versus budgeted variance
- B) Actual versus budgeted standard
- C) Actual versus engineered standard
- D) Actual versus below standard variance
Umar has to measure the organization-wide motivation level of employees towards working in cross-functional teams. Size of organization= 350 employees, confidence required= high. Which of the following data collection method would be most suitable in this case?
- A) Interviews
- B) Observations
- C) Questionnaires
- D) Unobtrusive measures
Which of the following may NOT be a strategy to deal with resistance to change?
- A) Empathy and communication
- B) Employee involvement
- C) Facilitation
- D) Diversification