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Theories of Motivation

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The need of individuals for food, clothing, shelter, and others that will make her/him survive.

a)

Security Need

b)

Social Need

c)

Physiological Need

d)

Self-Esteem Need

2.

Social Needs

a)

Recognition, status

b)

Loving, affection, belongingness

c)

Shelter (safety from danger)

d)

Achievement self-fulfillment

3.

Self-Esteem Needs

a)

Recognition, status

b)

Loving, affection, belongingness

c)

Shelter (safety from danger)

d)

food, water, air, sleep

4.

Security Needs

a)

Recognition, status

b)

Loving, affection, belongingness

c)

Shelter (safety from danger)

d)

food, water, air, sleep

5.

Physiological Needs

a)

Recognition, status

b)

Loving, affection, belongingness

c)

Shelter (safety from danger)

d)

food, water, air, sleep

6.

This theory states that the best way to motivate someone is to organize the job so that doing it provides the feedback and challenge that help satisfy the person's "higher level" needs for things like accomplishment and recognition.

a)

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

b)

Frederick Herzberg’s Theory

c)

Victor Vrooms Expectancy Theory

d)

B.F. Skinners Modification and Reinforcement

7.

This theory classified people's need into five types; physiological needs, security, self-esteem, and self-actualization.

a)

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

b)

Frederick Herzberg’s Theory

c)

Victor Vrooms Expectancy Theory

d)

B.F. Skinners Modification and Reinforcement

8.

Money, admiration and recognition are

a)

Intrinsic rewards

b)

Extrinsic rewards

c)

Motivators

d)

Hygienes

9.

The presence of a hygiene will

a)

motivate employees to do their best

b)

bring about job satisfaction

c)

result in job dis-satisfaction

d)

leave the worker neither satisfied nor dis-satisfied

10.

A worker in a local business is paid very well. However, he is not satisfied with his job as there is limited room for advancement and there is limited recognition. This may due to

a)

his physiological needs are not being satisfied

b)

there is an absence of motivator factors

c)

there is an absence of hygiene factors

d)

all his needs are already fulfilled

11.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a motivator according to the Two Factor Theory?

a)

recognition of work well done

b)

the nature of the job

c)

additional responsibility

d)

safety in the workplace

12.

The absence of a hygiene factor will

a)

motivate employees to do their best

b)

bring about job satisfaction

c)

result in job dis-satisfaction

d)

leave the worker neither satisfied nor dis-satisfied

13.

Taylor's views on worker motivation suggested that:

a)

workers will work harder when they have clean and hygiene conditions

b)

workers will work harder when they have a job contract

c)

workers will work harder when they are recognised

d)

workers will work harder when they are paid more

14.

One of the best definition of 'piece rate' of pay is:

a)

workers are paid according to the duration of their work

b)

workers are paid according to the quantity of their work

c)

workers are paid according to the quality of their work

d)

workers are paid when they do not make any pieces of output

15.

In this theory, others are motivated by coercion

a)

Laissez-faire

b)

Servant-Leader

c)

Authoritarian

d)

Interactional

16.

This theory provides little or no direction

a)

Laissez-faire

b)

Transformational

c)

Transactional

d)

Servant-Leader

17.

It involves assessing the nature of the task and the follower's motivation or readiness to learn and using that to determine the particular style the leader should use

a)

Situational

b)

Transactional

c)

Transformational

d)

Democratic

18.

Which type of reward is paid to the employee in addition to their salary, such as a company car, housing allowance or free meals?

a)

Fringe benefits

b)

Wages (piece work)

c)

Commission

d)

Employee share-ownership scheme

19.

Which of the following is NOT a need as identified by Maslow?

a)

Esteem

b)

Social

c)

Hygiene

d)

Self-actualisation

20.

A health insurance fund would primarily be catering to which need of the consumer according to Maslow:

a)

Physiological

b)

Safety

c)

Belongingness

d)

Self-actualisation

21.

Which management theory runs organizations on the basis of knowledge, fairness and logical rules

a)

Scientific Management Theory

b)

Bureaucratic Management Theory

c)

Administrative Management Theory

22.

This study is used to simplify work.

a)

Time Study

b)

Motion Study

c)

Work Study

23.

Who proposed the Illumination Experiment?

a)

George Gregory Mayo

b)

George Elton Mayo

c)

George Mc Mayo

d)

George Van Mayo