Section 6 on Ch4: Personality

Question (I): True or False.

1. According to the Big Five Personality Model, extraversion is a
personality trait that characterized by sociability & the level of
relationships.

2. According to the Big Five Personality Model, agreeableness refers to an

individual’s propensity to defer or accept to others.

3. According to the Big Five Personality Model, emotional stability is a

measure of individuals’ reliability.

4. According to the Big Five Personality Model, a person with high level of
openness to experience enjoys going beyond his or her comfort zone.

5. One of the most important things that matter most to companies is the
employees’ persistence.

6. One of the most important things that matter most to companies is

teamwork among employees.

7. Usually, individuals who have high emotional stability suffers from

negative thinking & negative emotions.

8. Persons with high extroversion personality have better interpersonal skills

than persons with low extroversion personality.

9. People who have high openness to experience personality are less

creative and less flexible than people with low openness to experience
personalities.

10.People with high agreeableness personality are better liked, more

compliant, and conforming than people with low agreeableness
personality.

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Question (II): Choose the correct answer:

11.The person that believes that ends can justify means is called ……….
a) Narcissism b) Machiavellianism
c) Psychopathy d) Self-monitoring

12.------------------ is the tendency of an individuals to be arrogant and have a

high sense of their own importance.
a) Psychopathy b) Machiavellianism
c) Narcissism d) Proactive personality

13.------------- measures an individual’s ability to adjust his or her behavior

to external factors.
a) Core self- evaluation b) Narcissism
c) Proactive personality d) Self- monitoring

14.People with positive …. ……perform better than others because they set
more ambitious goals and persist longer to reach them.
a) self -monitoring b) proactive personality
c) Machiavellianism d) core self -evaluation

15.The people who show initiative and take actions are called ------------.
a) Machiavellianism b) proactive personality
c) core self- evaluation d) psychopathy

16.The person who has lack of concern for others and has a lack of guilt can
be considered as --------------.
a) Machiavellianism b) Narcissism
c) Proactive personality d) Psychopathy

17.The approach that addresses that individuals are attracted to positive

stimuli and escape from negative stimuli is called ……….…
a) person job fit theory b) person org fit theory
c) big five theory d) approach-avoidance framework

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18.------------- indicates that the way personality translates into behaviors
depends on the strength of situation.
a) trait activation theory b) approach – avoidance framework
c) big five theory d) situation strength theory
19.--------------- a theory that predicts that some situations activate a
character more than others.
a) approach – avoidance framework b) trait activation theory
c) personality & situation d) big five theory

Question (III): Case Studies:

20.Mr. Ahmed has good interpersonal skills. He has good relationship with
his friends. This means that Ahmed has high----------- personality.
a) extroversion b) agreeableness
c) conscientiousness d) emotional stability

21.Mrs. Sozana is responsible person, and her supervisors and coworkers

rely on her to accomplish their jobs. This means that Sozana has high ----
-----------personality.
a) emotional stability b) openness to experience
c) extroversion d) conscientiousness

22.Mr. Hassan can manage his stress and he can express his emotions in a
health way. Therefore, Hassan is characterized by high ----------------
personality.
a) emotional stability b) agreeableness
c) extroversion d) openness to experience

23. Mrs. Rawan is passioned about learning in general. She likes traveling to
different countries to learn about different human cultures and traditions.
Therefore, Rawan has high --------------personality.
a) extroversion b) agreeableness
c) conscientiousness d) openness to experience

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24.Mr. Essam is too ambition in a harmful way that he might use his friends
and his position for his own favor regardless of these friends’ benefits.
He beliefs that ends can justify means. Therefore, Essam can be
described as -------------- personality.
a) narcissism b) Machiavellianism
c) psychopathy d) self – monitoring

25. Mrs. Rana has an arrogant personality; she has a sense of exaggerated
self-importance. Therefore, Rana is considered to suffer from -----------
personality.
a) psychopathy b) Machiavellianism
c) self- monitoring d) narcissism

26. Terrorists are sometimes called ………. They have lack of guilt or regret
when their actions cause harm to other innocent people.
a) narcissism b) Machiavellianism
c) core self- evaluation d) psychopathy

27. --------------represent the positivity individuals make about their self-

worth and capabilities.
a) Machiavellianism b) psychopathy
c) narcissism d) core self- evaluation

28. Mr. Kareem likes to make his conscience clear. He can watch his
behavior toward others. He listens to people criticism and think about
them and adjust his behaviors if he is wrong. Therefore, Kareem has ------
-------- personality.
a) proactive personality b) self -monitoring
c) narcissism d) psychopathy

29. If a person is …………., this person would start new initiatives before
anyone. He usually take that risk instead of waiting for others to take that
risk for him. This personality trait is called ----------------.
a) Machiavellianism b) self- monitoring
c) psychopathy d) proactive personality