Motivating the employees - MCQs with answers

Motivating the employees - MCQs with answers

1. Rearrange the six steps of motivation logically.

A. Engages in goal - directed behaviour
B. Reassess needs deficiencies
C. Performs
D. Identifies needs
E. Searches for ways to satisfy the needs
F. Receives either rewards or punishment

a. DFCAEB
b. BCDEAF
c. DEACFB
d. ABCDEF

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2. ___________ is the name given to a philosophy and set of methods and techniques that stressed the scientific study and organisation of work at the operational level.

a. Scientific Management
b. Human Relations Model
c. Two factor theory
d. Achievement motivation theory

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3. Rearrange the steps of Maslow's Need Hierarchy Theory.

A. Self - Actualisation Needs
B. Physiological needs
C. Belongingness and love needs
D. Self - esteem needs
E. Safety needs

a. ABCDE
b. ADCBE
c. DCBEA
d. ADCEB

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4. Which of the following is a content theory?

a. Expectancy theory
b. ERG Theory
c. Equity theory
d. None of the above

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5. State true or false

i. Needs reflect either physiological or psychological deficiencies.

a. True
b. False

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6. Who propounded the Need's Theory

a. Frederick Herzberg
b. Alderfer
c. Abraham Harold Maslow
d. None of the above

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7. The two factor theory is based on which factors?

a. Hygiene and behavioural
b. Safety and self - esteem
c. Self - actualisation and status quotient
d. None of the above

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8. What does "E", "R" and "G" stand for in the ERG theory?

a. Export, Risk and Guarantee
b. Exponential, Reliability and Growth
c. Existence, Relatedness and Growth
d. None of the above

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9. Which of the following is a need that motivates human behaviour as per the achievement motivation theory?

a. Power
b. Affiliation
c. Achievement
d. All of the above

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10. Which of the following is a process theory?

a. Achievement Motivation theory
b. Performance - satisfaction model
c. ERG theory
d. Two factor theory

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11. What are the alternate names used for the expectancy model?

a. Instrumentality theory
b. Path - goal theory
c. Valence - instrumentality - expectancy theory
d. All of the above

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12. State true or false

i. First level and second level outcomes, expectancy, valence and instrumentalists are the four important variables of the achievement motivation theory.

a. True
b. False

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13. Which of the following option, is an important term used in the theory?

a. Inputs
b. Promotion
c. Working condition
d. Responsibility

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14. _________ and ___________ came out with a comprehensive theory of motivation called the performance - satisfaction model.

a. Festinger and Heider
b. Jacques and Patchen
c. Porter and Lawler
d. Weick and Adams

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15. Which of the following options is a factor which the equity theory is not clear about?

a. How does a person choose the comparison other?
b. Carefully explaining to the employees what their roles are
c. Making sure the rewards dispersed are valued by the employees
d. None of the above

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