Marissa always seems to know who to talk to in her organization to get things done. When her immediate supervisor seemed less

High social monitors

a. tend to be more successful in their careers.

b. tend to experience lower levels of stress.

c. are very accurate at conducting performance evaluations.

d. are more committed to their companies.

(a) Medium/Comprehension

76. All of the following are accurate about those with a proactive personality EXCEPT

a. they have higher levels of performance in their firms.

b. they adjust to new jobs quickly.

c. they may try to change things others are not willing to let go.

d. they often have difficulty making friends.

(d) Medium/Analysis

77. Self-esteem is

a. the belief that one can perform a specific task successfully.

b. the degree to which a person has overall positive feelings about him or herself.

c. the degree to which people feel accountable for their own behaviors.

d. the inclination to change the status quo.

(b) Easy/Knowledge

78. Ned keeps saying to his coach, “I am really concerned that I won’t be able to remember the plays when you put me in. Maybe you should play someone else.” Ned seems to be demonstrating

a. low openness to experience.

b. low self-monitoring.

c. a proactive personality.

d. low self-efficacy.

(d) Medium/Evaluation

79. John said, “If I just hadn’t had that argument with my girlfriend last night, I wouldn’t have been so upset and I would have done much better on my finance exam.” John exhibits

a. high internal locus of control.

b. high self-esteem.

c. high self-monitoring.

d. high external locus of control.

(d) Medium/Synthesis

80. Individuals with an internal locus of control

a. have an inclination to change the status quo.

b. believe that what happens to them is their own doing.

c. understand what the situation demands and act accordingly.

d. feel that things happen to them because of luck.

(b) Medium/Synthesis

81. Which of the following statements about self-efficacy is INCORRECT?

a. Self-efficacy is job specific.

b. People with high self-efficacy tend to procrastinate.

c. Self-efficacy is related to job performance.

d. Training people to increase their self-efficacy can be effective.

(b) Difficult/Analysis

82. Marissa always seems to know who to talk to in her organization to get things done. When her immediate supervisor seemed less than enthusiastic about her proposal, she made sure to mention it to the manager in another department who shared it with his boss. Marissa was just approached about implementing her proposal. Marissa seems to have

a. low self-efficacy.

b. a proactive personality.

c. low self-esteem.

d. an internal locus of control.

(b) Medium/Synthesis

83. Which of the following is NOT a sound piece of advice to help build your self-confidence?

a. Set challenging, not impossible goals.

b. Ignore negative advice, especially when it comes from a negative person.

c. Take a self-inventory.

d. Act confident only when you feel confident.

(d) Medium/Evaluation

84. All of the following statements regarding personality testing in employee selection are correct EXCEPT

a. job interviewers are very adept at assessing conscientiousness in candidates, so the personality test is not really needed in employee selection.

b. there are mixed feelings as to whether candidates’ faking responses on personality tests is a serious problem.

c. self-reporting measures of personality may not be the best way to measure personality.

d. personality is a better predictor of job satisfaction than job performance.

(a) Difficult/Synthesis

85. Among the limitations associated with using personality tests in employee selection is

a. candidate inability to understand the purpose of the personality test.

b. candidates faking their answers.

c. candidates refusing to take personality tests.

d. finding that performance cannot be predicted by personality testing.

(b) Difficult/Synthesis