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Question 1 of 95

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Work, I/O or Occupational Psychology is a branch of:

Select one of the following:

  • Cognitive Psy

  • Business Psy

  • Applied Psy

  • Developmental Psy

Explanation

Question 2 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT a core value in Work, I/O, occupational psy?

Select one of the following:

  • Science

  • Ethics

  • Profit

  • Pragmatism

Explanation

Question 3 of 95

1

The measurement and management of human behaviour in basic elementary chunks is a hallmark of

Select one of the following:

  • Psychology

  • Taylorism

  • Post-Modernism

  • Pragmaticism

Explanation

Question 4 of 95

1

Elton Mayo is most famous for his connection with

Select one of the following:

  • Cybernetics

  • Hawthorne studies

  • Scientific management

  • Time and motions studies

Explanation

Question 5 of 95

1

Which of the following is not an organisation assosciated with work, I/o and occup psychology?

Select one of the following:

  • BPS - DOP

  • EAWOP

  • SIOP

  • GDP

Explanation

Question 6 of 95

1

The roots of modern work, I/O, occupational psychology can be traced back to ?

Select one of the following:

  • WW1

  • WW2

  • Medieval Times

  • The 1960's

Explanation

Question 7 of 95

1

Work, I/O, occup psychology is principally concerned with ?

Select one of the following:

  • Individuals

  • Teams

  • Organisations

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 8 of 95

1

Some useful principles of ethical conduct for work, I/O occupational psychologists include the following:

Select one of the following:

  • Recognising levels of analysis, integrity and competence

  • Respect, responsibility and leadership

  • Respect, competence, responsibility and integrity

  • Honesty, integrity, perspective and leadership

Explanation

Question 9 of 95

1

The war of talent is a phrase that expresses:

Select one of the following:

  • How an organisations sucess is based on its ability to attract, develop and reatain talented employees

  • Business is similar to war

  • An organisations ability to succeed is based on adopting management techniques used in the armed forces

  • Importance of talent pool

Explanation

Question 10 of 95

1

Compencty Frameworks should

Select one of the following:

  • include competencies with clear behavioural indicators

  • Include at least 8 competencies

  • A and B

  • None

Explanation

Question 11 of 95

1

What is considered to be the foundation of selection

Select one of the following:

  • Job rotation

  • Job evaluation

  • Job analysis

  • Job satisfaction

Explanation

Question 12 of 95

1

What does KSAO stand for when analysing job roles?

Select one of the following:

  • Knowledge, scores, ability and other interests

  • Knowledge, skills, ability and other characteristics

  • Knowledge, scores, attidues and other characteristics

  • Knowledge, scales, ability and other skills

Explanation

Question 13 of 95

1

Selection processes should take into account methods that are:

Select one of the following:

  • Valid

  • Reliable

  • Fair

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 14 of 95

1

BARS are _________ rating scales that assess behaviour

Select one of the following:

  • Ability

  • Actual

  • Anchored

  • Accurate

Explanation

Question 15 of 95

1

Job interviews are most effective in predicting job performance when they are:

Select one of the following:

  • Long

  • Semi-Structured

  • Structured

  • Intense

Explanation

Question 16 of 95

1

Organisations are most likely to use these selection methods:

Select one of the following:

  • Biodata, work sample tests and references

  • Application forms and biodata

  • Graphology and polygraph tests

  • References, psychometrics, interviews

Explanation

Question 17 of 95

1

An example of output performance criteria is:

Select one of the following:

  • Sales volume

  • creativity

  • Initiative

  • Absenteeism

Explanation

Question 18 of 95

1

Research on performance ratings indicates that:

Select one of the following:

  • peer ratings are more reliable than supervisor ratings

  • supervisor ratings are more reliable than peer ratings

  • peer and supervisor ratings are equally reliable

  • self-ratings are more reliable than peer or supervisor ratings

Explanation

Question 19 of 95

1

Multi-source performance ratings can also be referred to as:

Select one of the following:

  • 360 feedback

  • 180 feedback

  • all round feedback

  • A and B

Explanation

Question 20 of 95

1

Which of the following is not a way of increasing the chances of success when introducing multi-source performance ratings?

Select one of the following:

  • give the appraisee a comprehensive pack containing all of the feedback and ratings from each rater to review on their own and plan their development

  • evaluate the system

  • give the apraisee a one to one feedback session

  • use multi source ratings primarily for development

Explanation

Question 21 of 95

1

Albert Bandura explanation of how we learn by others is called:

Select one of the following:

  • Social learning theory

  • Operant Conditioning

  • Behaviour modelling training

  • All of the above

Explanation

Question 22 of 95

1

Who is known for the instructional systems design model?

Select one of the following:

  • Schmidt and Hunter

  • Smith and Carter

  • Goldstein and Ford

  • Bakker and Schaurfeli

Explanation

Question 23 of 95

1

Which is not a phase in the training cycle?

Select one of the following:

  • Training needs analysis

  • Training evaluation

  • Training design

  • Training development

Explanation

Question 24 of 95

1

What does HTA stand for?

Select one of the following:

  • Hierarchal Task Analysis

  • Higher Training Attitude

  • Hitting Target Aim

  • Hierarchal Training Analysis

Explanation

Question 25 of 95

1

Hackman and Oldham core job dimensions include:

Select one of the following:

  • Task variety, Skill identity and autonomy

  • Task identity, Skill variety and skill significance

  • Autonomy, Skill identity, and task variety

  • Feedback, Skill variety and task significance

Explanation

Question 26 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT true of intrinsic rewards?

Select one of the following:

  • They are a way of undestanidng why some activities are inherently rewarding

  • Their effect can be undermined by extrinsic rewards

  • They were first decribed and understood in behaviourist

  • They are important for understanding why people will freely choose to do tasks

Explanation

Question 27 of 95

1

Which of the following theorists developed a theory specifically for work motivation?

Select one of the following:

  • Herzberg

  • Maslow

  • McCellend

  • Rorschach

Explanation

Question 28 of 95

1

Which of these personality traits is assosciated with higher performance motivation?

Select one of the following:

  • Agreeableness

  • Contientousness

  • Extraversion

  • Psyhcotism

Explanation

Question 29 of 95

1

Self efficiancy is an important part of goal setting theory because:

Select one of the following:

  • it determines what kind of deefback we need

  • it affects how committed we are to the goasls

  • it can counteract goal complexity

  • it improves our level of satisfaction with the goals

Explanation

Question 30 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT one of McCellands needs?

Select one of the following:

  • Need for Achievement

  • Need for Esteem

  • Need for Affiliation

  • Need for Power

Explanation

Question 31 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT a component of Vrooms expectancy theory?

Select one of the following:

  • Valence

  • Instrumentality

  • Expectancy

  • Efificacy

Explanation

Question 32 of 95

1

Locke and Latham are best known or which approach to motivation?

Select one of the following:

  • Equity Theory

  • Self determination Theory

  • Goal Setting Theory

  • Need Theory

Explanation

Question 33 of 95

1

The mechanist view of communication in organisations

Select one of the following:

  • Sees people as passive recipients of the message

  • focuses on the different ways a message can be intepreted

  • Recognises that we suffer from information overload

  • Explores the impact of IT on communication

Explanation

Question 34 of 95

1

Proxemics is the study of

Select one of the following:

  • Body Language

  • The role of interpersonal space in communication

  • Personal relationship at work

  • The impact of personal apperrance on communication

Explanation

Question 35 of 95

1

The kinesic communication channel is often used to

Select one of the following:

  • express emotion

  • reduce anxiety

  • enhance brand awareness

  • pass on a complex message

Explanation

Question 36 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT one of the four main structural of dimensions of communication in organisations

Select one of the following:

  • Clarity

  • Complexity

  • Centralisation

  • Configuration

Explanation

Question 37 of 95

1

Jargon is often used

Select one of the following:

  • As a shorthand for common work elements

  • To speed up communication with outsiders

  • To avoid having to use email

  • To explain a complex issue in plain language

Explanation

Question 38 of 95

1

Which of the folloing examples of organisational communication are assosociated with a regulative functional network?

Select one of the following:

  • Bulletin Boards

  • Policy Statements

  • Verbal Praise

  • Suggestion Boxes

Explanation

Question 39 of 95

1

Paralanguage is

Select one of the following:

  • The words we use when we speak

  • The sounds, noise and way we say words not the words themselves

  • The meaning of the words

  • The sumbolic use of the words

Explanation

Question 40 of 95

1

Informal communication networks

Select one of the following:

  • Tend to have longer communication chains than formal networks

  • Often contain much of the important communication at work

  • Usually have more women than ment in them

  • Tend to take the form of a wheel

Explanation

Question 41 of 95

1

Real teams can be distinguised from peuedo teams by

Select one of the following:

  • The interdependence of the team members

  • Team members having independent objectives

  • Members not being sure whether they are in the team or not

  • The frequence of meetings

Explanation

Question 42 of 95

1

For conceptual tasks, teams perform best when interdependence is

Select one of the following:

  • high

  • low

  • medium

  • a and b

Explanation

Question 43 of 95

1

Self leadership is beneficial for

Select one of the following:

  • Manual tasks only

  • All team tasks

  • conceptual tasks only

  • behavioural tasks only

Explanation

Question 44 of 95

1

The google Re. Work project identified which characteristic as the most important in team effectiveness?

Select one of the following:

  • Team Cohesion

  • Dependability

  • Psychological Safety

  • Task meaning

Explanation

Question 45 of 95

1

Which of the following has NOT been found to be an important climate element creatice teams?

Select one of the following:

  • risk-taking

  • open comunication

  • strong leadership

  • Acceptance of ambiguity

Explanation

Question 46 of 95

1

According to Tuckman's model, what process often follows the initial forming of a team?

Select one of the following:

  • Norming

  • Storming

  • Performing

  • Adjourning

Explanation

Question 47 of 95

1

West and Unsworth propose which two dimensions are important to understanding effective teams?

Select one of the following:

  • Task reflecivity and Social reflexivity

  • Task reflexivity and Team viability

  • Performance Reflexivity and Social Reflexivity

  • Social Reflexivity and Team Viaibility

Explanation

Question 48 of 95

1

In West's model of team effectiveness 'organisational climate' is considered as what sort of factor?

Select one of the following:

  • Input Factor

  • Process Factor

  • Outcome Factor

  • Irrelevant Factor

Explanation

Question 49 of 95

1

According to Kotter (2001), good leadership is about coping with _____ while good management is about coping with ________

Select one of the following:

  • Complexity, implentation

  • Strategy, implementation

  • Change, Complexity

  • Complexity, Change

Explanation

Question 50 of 95

1

The Ohio and Michigan studies identified two dimensions of leader behaviour, which together can broadly be labelled

Select one of the following:

  • Task focus and time focus

  • initiating stucture and itiating change

  • Employee orientation and consideration

  • People orientation and task orientation

Explanation

Question 51 of 95

1

In Fielders contingency theory of leadership, there are three variables in the leaders situation that need to be assessed. which of the following is NOT one of these variables

Select one of the following:

  • Leader-member relations

  • Least preferered coworker

  • Task structure

  • Position power

Explanation

Question 52 of 95

1

Passive Management by exception is

Select one of the following:

  • One of the leader styles identified by Blake and Mouton

  • A form of transactional leadership

  • Also known as contingent reward leadership

  • A form of trandormational leadersip

Explanation

Question 53 of 95

1

The GLOBE project identified some leader attributes that were endorsed positively in most cultures these were

Select one of the following:

  • Participative and team oriented

  • Autonomous and humane oriented

  • Team oriented and charismatic

  • Charismatic and participative

Explanation

Question 54 of 95

1

According to the SIT perspective on leadership, which of the following is a key dimension for effective leadership?

Select one of the following:

  • Leadership prototypicality

  • Transformational leadership

  • Management by exception

  • Team orientation

Explanation

Question 55 of 95

1

According to Walumbwa, the four key components of authentic leadership include:

Select one of the following:

  • Self awareness and Balanced processing

  • Idealised influence and ispirational motivation

  • Internalised Moral perspective and idealised influence

  • Self awareness and individualsised consideration

Explanation

Question 56 of 95

1

According to implicit Leadership Theory, which of the folloing are sources of prejudice

Select one of the following:

  • Leadership is associated as more strereotypical of men than women

  • Men feel that women are less interested in leadership positions than men

  • Women displaying leadership behaviours are evaluated less favourably then men

  • A + C

Explanation

Question 57 of 95

1

Gersicks punctuated equilibrium model of chance considers three main compoments which of there is NOT one of them?

Select one of the following:

  • Deep Structure

  • Status Quo

  • Reloutionary periods

  • Equilibrium periods

Explanation

Question 58 of 95

1

The first two steps in kotters change model are:

Select one of the following:

  • Never let up, incoporate change into the culture

  • Establish a sense of urgency, develop a change vision

  • Establish a sense of urgency, create a guiding coalition

  • Develop a change vision, generate short-term wins

Explanation

Question 59 of 95

1

Action research was developed by Lewin as

Select one of the following:

  • A way for ther practioner to implement change

  • A wayfor researchers to identidy clear step-change plans

  • An approach to understanding how groups interact

  • A compromise between the scientific method and intuition

Explanation

Question 60 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT one of the four factors in Oreg resistance to change measure?

Select one of the following:

  • Routine seeking

  • Dsitrust

  • Emotional Reaction

  • Cognitive Rigidity

Explanation

Question 61 of 95

1

Psychosocial transition theory is a way of understanding

Select one of the following:

  • The impact of change on social groups

  • Our psychological reactions to change

  • How organisational change affects employees' home lives

  • How change causes mental illness

Explanation

Question 62 of 95

1

In terms of organisational culture, what name does Schien give to the visible organisational structures and processess as manifestations of culture

Select one of the following:

  • Features

  • Artefacts

  • Elements

  • Assumptions

Explanation

Question 63 of 95

1

Which of the following is NOT a dimension in Hostedes model of national culture?

Select one of the following:

  • Individualism

  • Masculinity

  • Future thinking

  • Power distance

Explanation

Question 64 of 95

1

The GLOBE study of cultural influences at work focused on whcih elements of organisations?

Select one of the following:

  • Motivation

  • Selection

  • Climate

  • Leadership

Explanation

Question 65 of 95

1

Changing expectations about careers means that the job for _______ no longer applies to many organisations

Select one of the following:

  • Development

  • Learning

  • Life

  • Career

Explanation

Question 66 of 95

1

The _____ is an unwritten set of expectations about how the employee will perform at work, and what they expect from the organisation in return

Select one of the following:

  • Psychological contract

  • Cognitive contract

  • Employee contract

  • Proxy contract

Explanation

Question 67 of 95

1

How many stages of development are there in Erikkson's stags of development model?

Select one of the following:

  • 10

  • 8

  • 7

  • 5

Explanation

Question 68 of 95

1

Career ____ is the process of guiding people about their career choices

Select one of the following:

  • interviweing

  • assessment

  • consultancy

  • counselling

Explanation

Question 69 of 95

1

What is the fourth stage in Super's model?

Select one of the following:

  • Exploration

  • Growth

  • Maintenance

  • Decline

Explanation

Question 70 of 95

1

What type of career intervention would allow people to better understand their individual differences and the kind of work that would appeal to their traits, skills, abilities and interests?

Select one of the following:

  • Career-counselling

  • Prep for tranisiton

  • Mentoring

  • Developmental programmes

Explanation

Question 71 of 95

1

Which of the activities below could be encouraged to facilitate career progression?

Select one of the following:

  • Extra pay

  • Joining a recruitment agency

  • Networking

  • Turning up early for work

Explanation

Question 72 of 95

1

Nicholsons model is called the ___ cycle

Select one of the following:

  • transition

  • socialisation

  • consultancy

  • change

Explanation

Question 73 of 95

1

in the cognitive appraisal of stress, Folman and Lazarus distinguish between primary and secondary appraisal. Secondary appraisal refers to:

Select one of the following:

  • An appraisal of an event as potentiallly harmful or beneficial

  • An evaluation of our coping options

  • Listing pros and cons of a situation

  • A decision about whther or not an enxounter is relevant to our well-being

Explanation

Question 74 of 95

1

The cost of work-related stress in organisations can be estiamted in terms of?

Select one of the following:

  • Absenteeism

  • Lost productivirty

  • Compensation claims

  • All of them

Explanation

Question 75 of 95

1

Which of the following is an example of personal resources than can eb drawn on in the job demands resoirce model?

Select one of the following:

  • Self efficacy

  • Rewards

  • Social support

  • Workload

Explanation

Question 76 of 95

1

Burnout is _______ correlated with engagement and _____ correlated with workaholism

Select one of the following:

  • Negatively, Positively

  • Neg, Neg,

  • Pos, Pos,

  • Positively, Negatively

Explanation

Question 77 of 95

1

Which of the following could be an organisational symptom of stress?

Select one of the following:

  • Reduced absenteeism

  • High performance

  • Long hours culture

  • Good staff morale

Explanation

Question 78 of 95

1

According to Palmer et al (2004) there are six potential hazards in the workplace, which of these is NOT one of them?

Select one of the following:

  • control

  • support

  • responsibility

  • change

Explanation

Question 79 of 95

1

The three stages in Seyle's general adaptaion syndrome model of stress are:

Select one of the following:

  • Alarm, resistance, exhaustion

  • Alarm, reaction, exhaustion

  • Alarm, resistance, emotion

  • Alarm, response, exhaustion

Explanation

Question 80 of 95

1

Secondary interventions to manage stress in the workplace focus on :

Select one of the following:

  • trying to remove the source of stress

  • providing counselling to employees

  • Encouraging a participative management style

  • Helping employees to modify their reaction to stressors

Explanation

Question 81 of 95

1

In positive psychology, Eudaimonia is the name given to one of the paths to authentic happiness. It involves:

Select one of the following:

  • seeking to use and develop the best in ourselves

  • seeking pleasure in our activities

  • seeking to contribute to the wider community

  • seeking to work towards a higher purpose

Explanation

Question 82 of 95

1

students who were categorised as flourishing in Howell's 2009 research were found to have:

Select one of the following:

  • higher levels of perseverance

  • slightly lower grades

  • lower levels of helplessness

  • lower absence rates

Explanation

Question 83 of 95

1

According to Maslow, self-actualisation is:

Select one of the following:

  • A good way of motiating people at work

  • Engaged in by the majority of students and young adults

  • A long, difficult process

  • A simple model of motivation

Explanation

Question 84 of 95

1

Humanistic Psychology has been criticised for:

Select one of the following:

  • being too optimistic about people

  • not being scientifically rigorous

  • being overly simplistic

  • not tkaing account of the 'dark side' of human nature

Explanation

Question 85 of 95

1

in the broaden-and-build theory of positive emotions, experiencing emotions such as joy or pride can help us develop personal resources such as:

Select one of the following:

  • social relationships

  • a higher salary

  • instinctive response to threats

  • none of the above

Explanation

Question 86 of 95

1

which of these is NOT a feature of strengths-based development?

Select one of the following:

  • identifying your strengths

  • finding ways to use strenghts in your work

  • developing your weaknesses

  • improving relationships with others

Explanation

Question 87 of 95

1

Of all the strengths defined in the Character Strengths and Virtues (CSV) guiide, which virtue is most strongly associated with work satisfaction in jobs directly involving other peple?

Select one of the following:

  • Justice

  • Humour

  • Forgiveness

  • Humanity

Explanation

Question 88 of 95

1

The best way to increase the likelihood of flow experiences at work is to:

Select one of the following:

  • give employees more holidays

  • give employees more autonomy

  • ensure that employyes have clear goals

  • Introduce flexitime

Explanation

Question 89 of 95

1

Ethical psychological research should be based around these principles:

Select one of the following:

  • Informed consent, confidentiality, withdrawal and debriefing

  • Informed consent, confidentiality, clarity and debriefing

  • Informed consent, confidentiality, clarity and rapport

  • Informed consent, consent, rapport, support services

Explanation

Question 90 of 95

1

Which one of the following are examples of the sources of information that evidence based practitioners should use?

Select one of the following:

  • The perspectives of those who may be affected by an intervention

  • The practitioners own experience

  • both a and b

  • neither

Explanation

Question 91 of 95

1

A challenge for many occupational psychologists in promoting evidence-based practice is:

Select one of the following:

  • Research results are so contradictory

  • They are often acting in a consultative capacity rather than as final decision makers

  • It is usually better to follow 'gut instinct' than use evidence to make decisions

  • Managers think they know best

Explanation

Question 92 of 95

1

How many questions beginning with A should you ask when considering evidence based practice?

Select one of the following:

  • 4

  • 5

  • 6

  • 17

Explanation

Question 93 of 95

1

What evidence should you consider for evidence based practice?

Select one of the following:

  • scientific research

  • professional judgement

  • organisational data

  • all of the above

Explanation

Question 94 of 95

1

Which one is NOT what Frese considers to be a factor of the changing nature of work?

Select one of the following:

  • Faster rate of innovation

  • Enhanced bureaucracy

  • Global competition

  • Increased teamwork

Explanation

Question 95 of 95

1

Who used the term soulful when talking about reinventing organisations?

Select one of the following:

  • Laloux

  • Lashey

  • Latham

  • Lewis

Explanation

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