PALARIS COLLEGES

San Carlos City, Pangasinan

Mgt 2 Human Behavior in Organizations

Midterm Exam

I. Multiple Choice
Choose the letter of the correct answer.
1. It is the intrinsic inducement that propels an individual to think feel and perform in
certain ways.
a. Human resource management c. Motivation
b. Human behavior management d. Management
2. The belief that pervaded the early 1900 during the days of Frederick Taylor that
man worked to fulfill his economic needs.
a. The complex man c. The motivated man
b. The economic man d. The social man
3. The experiments by Roethlisberger and Mayo at the Hawthorne plant of the
Western Electric Company in the 1930’s showed that man is largely gratified in a
social milieu.
a. The complex man c. The motivated man
b. The economic man d. The social man
4. The theory on the complex nature of man was posited by Maslow who averred that
man’s needs fall into hierarchy of relative prepotency.
a. The complex man c. The motivated man
b. The economic man d. The social man
5. Herzberg found out from his Pittsburgh studies that individual workers have two
different categories of needs that are essentially independent of each other but
affect in different ways.
a. The complex man c.The three-tiered satisfied man
b. The motivated man d. The achiever
6. McClelland postulated in his theory that people with high need to achieve do
achieve more than those with low need and with no need at all.
a. The complex man c.The three-tiered satisfied man
b. The motivated man d. The achiever
7. Alderfer postulate a model of needs progressing from existence to relatedness and
last to growth (ERG).
a. The complex man c.The three-tiered satisfied man
b. The motivated man d. The achiever
8. He espoused and explained management by values (MBV).
a. Jaime Bulatao c. Martires
b. Thomas Andres d. De Jesus
9. Conducted a study in 1985 with regard to which factor ( situational or worker
characteristics; ability or motivation) better explain job satisfaction and
performance.
a. Jaime Bulatao c. Martires
b. Thomas Andres d. De Jesus
10. Studied the need satisfaction level of the work force in 57 multinational
corporations in Metro manila in 1980-1984.
a. Jaime Bulatao c. Martires
b. Thomas Andres d. De Jesus
11. Evaluated the needs and satisfaction of managers in selected domestic private
commercial banks located in Makati in 1982 that showed sociological factors
affect some job factors.
a. Torralba c. Lopez
b. Marzan d. Magn0-Miguel
12. Made an empirical study on job satisfaction factors among workers in a five-star
hotel in Metro Manila in 1981-1982 that showed that workers derived more
satisfaction from hygiene factors than from motivational variables.
a. Torralba c. Lopez
b. Marzan d. Magno-Miguel
13. Conducted a study in 1981 on the relationship between organizational climate, job
performance and job satisfaction of the ministry of Education, Culture and Sports
(MECS).
a. Torralba c. Lopez
b. Marzan d. Magno-Miguel
14. Presented case studies on motivating Filipino workers in 1975. The results showed
that” job and income security are the most important factors for motivation.”
a. Torralba c. Lopez
b. Marzan d. Magno-Miguel
15. Delved into the influence of personal background, educational background, work
nackground and social status on job satisfaction and job performance of the
nursing staff of the Philippines Heart Center for Asia in 1979-80. The results
revelaed that “job performance is significantly dependent on job satisfaction.”
a. Cabigao c. Arce
b. Velasco d. Patricia Alano

II. Case Study

Read the case and answer the questions below.

Prepared by:

MARILYN F. DE GUZMAN
Instructor