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Motivation

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the processes that account for an individual's intensity, direction, and persistence of effort toward attaining a goal?

a)

Happiness

b)

Intensity

c)

Motivation

d)

Direction

2.

Which is NOT a dimension in Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs?

a)

Ego

b)

Physiological

c)

Esteem

d)

Safety

3.

Maslow's hierarchy of needs includes all of the following categories EXCEPT _____.

a)

safety

b)

relatedness

c)

physiological

d)

esteem

4.

Maslow's theory is a hierarchy because ____.

a)

all needs are important

b)

needs are never truly satisfied

c)

needs are satisfied sequentially

d)

all needs are equal

5.

According to Maslow's theory, a person stranded on a desert island would ____ before she worried about making weapons.

a)

establish her status on the island

b)

build a house

c)

look for other people

d)

start a family

6.

An individual who wants to buy a home in a neighbourhood with a low crime rate is satisfying which need?

a)

physiological

b)

safety

c)

self-actualization

d)

esteem

7.

Maslow believes that higher order needs ___.

a)

are satisfied most often

b)

are satisfied internally

c)

are satisfied externally

d)

are satisfied first

8.

Which of the following is a lower-order need in Maslow's hierachy?

a)

personal safety

b)

self worth

c)

love

d)

independence

9.

____ assumes that employees have little ambition, dislike work and avoid responsibility.

a)

Belonging Need theory

b)

Theory X

c)

Theory Y

d)

Self-actualization Need theory

10.

Theory X assumes that people work hard ____.

a)

whether or not that are paid

b)

out of sense of fairness

c)

only when they are forced

d)

because they enjoy a sense of accomplishment

11.

Theory Y assumes that people inherently ____.

a)

are unhappy

b)

don't trust one another

c)

want to control their own destiny

d)

are driven by fear

12.

_______ emphasis that, Unsatisfied need can influence the behavior, satisfied one will not act as a motivator.

a)

Herzberg theory

b)

Maslow theory

c)

Expectancy theory

d)

Equity theory

13.

Salary and basic working condition will come under _____________ .

a)

Safety Need

b)

Physiological need

c)

Social need

d)

Organizational need

14.

An individual who wants to buy a home in a neighbourhood with a low crime rate is satisfying which need?

a)

physiological

b)

safety

c)

self-actualization

d)

esteem

15.

According to Herzberg, which kind of characteristics are most closely associated with job dissatisfaction?

a)

intrinsic things that come from within themselves

b)

the goals of the jobs

c)

lack of advancement

d)

extrinsic things that come from outside

16.

According to Herzberg, hygiene factors ___.

a)

control dissatisfaction but not satisfaction

b)

control motivation and satisfaction

c)

help people avoid infections

d)

control motivation but not satisfaction

17.

According to Herzberg, when an extremely dissatisfied employee gets an improved salary and working conditions, he ____.

a)

becomes more dissatisfied and his motivation increases

b)

become less dissatisfied and his motivation is unaffected

c)

becomes less motivated and less satisfied

d)

becomes more motivated and more satisfied

18.

According to Herzberg, which kind of characteristics are most closely associated with job dissatisfaction?

a)

intrinsic things that come from within themselves

b)

extrinsic things that come from the outside

c)

lack of advancement

d)

the goals of the job

19.

According to Herzberg's Motivation-Hygiene theory, ____are associated with job satisfaction.

a)

punishment

b)

hygiene factors

c)

rewards

d)

motivators

20.

According to Herzberg, which of the following is considered a motivator?

a)

responsibility

b)

hygiene factors

c)

pay

d)

working conditions

21.

According to Herzberg, when an extremely dissatisfied employee gets an improved salary and working conditions, he ____.

a)

becomes more dissatisfied and his motivation increases

b)

becomes less dissatisfied and his motivation is unaffected

c)

becomes less motivated and less satisfied

d)

becomes more motivated and more satisfied

22.

According to Herzberg, hygiene factors ____.

a)

control dissatisfaction but not satisfaction

b)

control motivation and satisfaction

c)

help people avoid infections

d)

control motivation but not satisfaction

23.

Which three needs are recognised in McClelland's three-needs theory?

a)

security, self-interest, affliation

b)

power, comfort, stimulation

c)

achievement, power, security

d)

achievement, power, affiliation

24.

Which of the following suggests that humans have an innate desire for friendly and close interpersonal relationships?

a)

need for achievement

b)

need for fulfillment

c)

need for affiliation

d)

need for power