WEEK 9 QUIZ – CHAPTER 9 QUIZ
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Question 1
Which of the following is true?Selected Answer: media sensationalism and political posturing can get in the way of sensible answers to the drug problemCorrect Answer: -
Question 2
Which of the following is a true statement about the information gained from polygraph tests?Selected Answer: Not only should the organization have job-related grounds for using the polygraph, but these must be compelling enough to justify violating the individual’s privacy and psychic freedom.Correct Answer: -
Question 3
When it comes to obtaining information about employees, a key concept isSelected Answer: informed consent.Correct Answer: -
Question 4
When employees at all occupational levels are asked to rank what is important to them, the order that put them in is:Selected Answer: interesting work; sufficient help, support, and information to accomplish the job; enough authority to carry out the work; and good payCorrect Answer: -
Question 5
The right to privacy of employeesSelected Answer: may conflict with an organization’s legitimate interests.Correct Answer: -
Question 6
The United States has more of what per employee than any other industrial nation?Selected Answer: managersCorrect Answer: -
Question 7
One key questionable premise underlying personality tests isSelected Answer: that all individuals can usefully and validly be placed into a relatively small number of categories of personality types and character traits.Correct Answer: -
Question 8
The most common reason that people leave their jobs isSelected Answer: a poor relationship with their immediate supervisor.Correct Answer: -
Question 9
An early 1970s government study (“Work in America”) identified three chief sources of worker dissatisfaction. Which of the following is one of those sources?Selected Answer: the rigidity of rules and regulationsCorrect Answer: -
Question 10
One of the three chief sources for dissatisfaction in the workplace isSelected Answer: lack of opportunities to be one’s own boss.Correct Answer: -
Question 11
The Hawthorne effect shows thatSelected Answer: attention and recognition can enhance worker productivity and motivation.Correct Answer: -
Question 12
Douglas McGregor rejects Theory X, which holds thatSelected Answer: workers essentially dislike work and will do everything they can to avoid it.Correct Answer: -
Question 13
Out of these four, which one is the only correct statement concerning OSHA?Selected Answer: Critics call OSHA a “toothless tiger”.Correct Answer: -
Question 14
Businesses cite several reasons for using polygraphs to detect lying. Which of the following is one of those reasons?Selected Answer: the polygraph is a fast and economical way to verify the information provided by a job applicant.Correct Answer: -
Question 15
PrivacySelected Answer: must be respected if we are to function as complete, self-governing agents.Correct Answer: