MCQ Bank
When two parties are in conflict and try to find win- win solution that allows both parties goals to be completely achieved.
Which conflict handling style described above?
- A) Compromising
- B) Competing
- C) Collaborating
- D) Accommodating
Which of the following is NOT a trait of a leader?
- A) Inspiration
- B) Development
- C) Innovation
- D) Short-term view
In leader-follower dyad the individuals who belong to out-group have:
- A) None of the given
- B) High quality relation
- C) Moderate quality relation
- D) Low quality relation
All are true Except:
- A) Arabs try to persuade by appealing to emotions.
- B) North Americans treat deadlines as very important.
- C) Russians tend to ignore deadlines.
- D) Japanese take no period of silence in half an hour meeting.
Asad and Saad are working in a company. There occurs a conflict between the two due to different views on some decisions. Both are indulging in what type of conflict?
- A) Intergroup Conflict
- B) Interorganizational Conflict
- C) Interpersonal Conflict
- D) Person-role Conflict
The process through which we attempt to determine the causes of others’ behavior is referred as:
- A) Attitude
- B) Perception
- C) Attribution
- D) Affect
A stage in negotiation process when both parties have to explain and educate each other on the issues, why they are important, and how they reach on initial demands is __________________
- A) Bargaining and problem solving
- B) Clarification and justification
- C) Preparation and planning
- D) Closure and implementation
Legitimate power is a broader power as compare to other bases of power, it contains ___________ in it.
- A) Coercive and Reward Power
- B) Expert and Referent Power
- C) Reward and Referent Power
- D) Information and Coercive Power
All of the following are the possible outcomes of negotiation EXCEPT:
- A) Closure
- B) Lose-Lose
- C) Win-Win
- D) Win-Lose
Asifa telephones her mother to inform that she will come late from college because of late practical. In this communication process, telephone is the:
- A) Decoder
- B) Receiver
- C) Medium
- D) Message
Which of the following is true for human relations view of conflict?
- A) Conflict should be encouraged and managed
- B) We should accept conflict
- C) Conflict brings life and creativity
- D) Conflict is bad and should be avoided
Which of the following is not used as a source of communication with offsite employees?
- A) Bulletin Board
- B) Fax
- C) Telephone
- D) Email
The key to power is:
- A) Legitimacy
- B) Diplomacy
- C) Dependency
- D) Uncertainty
The tussle between manager finance and manager production due to not giving approval of some unnecessary expenditures is an example of which of the following conflict?
- A) Vertical conflict
- B) Line staff conflict
- C) Horizontal conflict
- D) Diagonal conflict
The managers of a multinational company are located in Taiwan, India, Brazil, and the United States. Which group decision-making technique seems most reasonable for this organization?
- A) An electronic meeting
- B) A brainstorming session
- C) A nominal group
- D) A postal service interaction
Anonymity, honesty and speed are some of the advantages associated with which of the following Group problem solving technique:
- A) Brainstorming
- B) Computer-assisted group
- C) Consensus
- D) Nominal group technique
What is generally the result of groupthink?
- A) More risky decisions
- B) Unpopular decisions
- C) Higher quality decisions
- D) Less critical analysis
A form of negotiation that seeks one or more verdicts, that can create a win/win solution is________________
- A) Distributive Bargaining
- B) Arbitration
- C) None of above
- D) Integrative Bargaining
When all communication is channeled through one person, which of the following communication network exists?
- A) Direct
- B) Chain
- C) Lateral
- D) Wheel
When your work group disagrees, the disagreements usually concern how the group’s work should be accomplished. The type of conflict experienced by your group is:
- A) Reactive conflict
- B) Process conflict
- C) Relationship conflict
- D) Task conflict