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81) Audrey Smith is a renowned psychiatrist in New Jersey. While interacting with patients, she
needs to understand their points of view by listening intently to what they say. It is important that
she understands their problems so that she can offer advice. In such a situation, Smith is using
the ________ dimension of intellectual ability.
A) number aptitude
B) perpetual speed
C) spatial visualization
D) verbal comprehension
E) lateral thinking
82) ________ refers to an overall factor of intelligence as suggested by the positive correlations
among specific intellectual ability dimensions.
A) General mental ability
B) Malleable intelligence
C) Extelligence
D) The Flynn effect
E) Virtual memory
83) The ________ is the most widely used intelligence test in hiring decisions and takes only
twelve minutes to be completed.
A) Wonderlic Cognitive Ability Test
B) Ammons Quick Test
C) Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales
D) Kohs block design test
E) Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale
84) ________ may be referred to as the capacity to undertake tasks that demand stamina,
dexterity, and strength.
A) Cognitive abilities
B) Intellectual abilities
C) Mental abilities
D) Physical abilities
E) Emotional intelligence
85) ________ refers to the ability to exert force against external objects.
A) Body coordination
B) Dynamic flexibility
C) Static strength
D) Extent flexibility
E) Cognitive ability
86) Which of the following is a kind of physical ability which refers to the ability to make rapid,
repeated flexing movements?
A) equilibrium
B) balance
C) dynamic flexibility
D) static strength
E) body coordination
87) Which of the following best describes the physical ability known as trunk strength?
A) the ability to maintain equilibrium despite forces pulling off balance
B) the ability to coordinate the simultaneous actions of different parts of the body
C) the ability to expend a maximum of energy in one or a series of explosive acts
D) the ability to exert muscular strength using the abdominal muscles
E) the ability to move the trunk and back muscles as far as possible
88) Which of the following best describes the physical ability known as dynamic strength?
A) the ability to maintain equilibrium despite forces pulling off balance
B) the ability to coordinate the simultaneous actions of different parts of the body
C) the ability to exert muscular force repeatedly or continuously over time
D) the ability to expend a maximum of energy in one or a series of explosive acts
E) the ability to move the trunk and back muscles as far as possible
89) Which of the following best describes the physical ability known as dynamic flexibility?
A) the ability to exert force against external objects
B) the ability to make rapid, repeated flexing movements
C) the ability to exert muscular force repeatedly or continuously over time
D) the ability to expend a maximum of energy in one or a series of explosive acts
E) the ability to move the trunk and back muscles as far as possible
90) The ability to move the trunk and back muscles as far as possible is known as ________.
A) static strength
B) stamina
C) trunk strength
D) extent flexibility
E) balance
91) The physical ability that allows a body to maintain equilibrium despite opposing forces is
known as ________.
A) stamina
B) extent flexibility
C) static strength
D) body coordination
E) balance
92) The physical ability that allows a body to continue maximum effort at maintaining prolonged
effort over time is known as ________.
A) stamina
B) extent flexibility
C) static strength
D) body coordination
E) balance
93) The less complex a job in terms of information-processing demands, the more general
intelligence and verbal abilities are necessary to perform successfully.
94) The structures and measures of intellectual abilities generalize across cultures.
95) Perceptual speed is the ability to imagine how an object would look if its position in space
were changed.
96) Inductive reasoning is the ability to identify a logical sequence in a problem and then solve
the problem.
97) Memory is not a component of intelligence and is considered as a separate faculty.
98) There is a strong correlation between intelligence and job satisfaction.
99) Physical abilities may be defined as the capacity to do tasks that demand stamina, dexterity,
strength, and similar characteristics.
100) Compare and contrast four different kinds of physical abilities.
101) What is the relevance of the various types of intellectual ability for organizational behavior?
102) Define any four dimensions of intellectual ability.
103) Diversity management refers to being unbiased by overlooking the differences between
individuals in an organization.
104) Because most multinational companies have greatly reduced their short-term and longer-
term international assignments, ensuring expatriate assignments go smoothly is no longer a
priority.
105) Improving recruiting practices and making selection systems more transparent are ways of
preventing target groups from being underutilized.
106) A method of enhancing workforce diversity is to target recruiting messages to specific
demographic groups who are underrepresented in the workforce.
107) Describe some ways by which management can attract, select, and recruit diverse
employees in an organization.
108) Discuss the effects of diversity within a group on group performance.
109) Discuss the basic components necessary for a workforce program to encourage diversity
within the organization.
110) Explain why affirmative action and attempts to encourage diversity within organizations
may be received unfavorably by employees. What can organizations do to minimize unfavorable
reactions to policies?
