Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies MCQs

Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies MCQs

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1: A subgroup that forms between group members, enabling them to dominate the group in their own interest is called _____.

A.   Alliance

B.   Og

C.   Horde

D.   Payp

2: Organizations in which members are forced to give unquestioned obedience to authority are called _____ organizations.

A.   Coercive

B.   Formal

C.   Informal

D.   None of these

3: A group consisting of two persons is called ____.

A.   Dyad

B.   Triad

C.   Uniad

D.   Throuple

4: Money and material that can be used to access valued goods and services is called ____.

A.   Economic capital

B.   Regional capital

C.   Crime capital

D.   Financial capital

5: An organization that is rationally designed to achieve particular objectives, often by means of explicit rules, regulations, and procedures are called ____ organizations.

A.   Formal

B.   Informal

C.   Regional

D.   Government

6: A process by which the members of a group ignore ways of thinking and plans of action that go against the group consensus is called ____

A.   Groupthink

B.   Groupshift

C.   Polarization

D.   Polythink

7: An international organization established to facilitate and regulate trade between the member countries, promote national security, protect social welfare and human rights is called the International governmental organization.

A.   True

B.   False

8: An international organization established by agreements between the individuals or private organizations making up the membership and existing to fulfill an explicit mission is known as _____ non government organization.

A.   International

B.   National

C.   Regional

D.   Provincial

9: Robert Michels’s theory that there is an inevitable tendency for a large-scale bureaucratic organization to become ruled undemocratically by a handful of people is known as Iron law of oligarchy.

A.   True

B.   False

10: A type of power that is recognized as deserved or earned is called _____ authority.

A.   Legitimate

B.   Illegitimate

C.   Valid

D.   Expert

11: Organizations that people join of their own will to pursue morally worthwhile goals without expectation of material reward is called _____ organizations.

A.   Normative

B.   Positive

C.   Descriptive

D.   Empirical

12: Power that depends on the ability to persuade rather than the ability to command is called ____ power.

A.   Personal

B.   Positional

C.   Social

D.   Graphical

13: Power that depends on the leader’s role in the group is called ____ power.

A.   Positional

B.   Functional

C.   Behavioral

D.   Natural

14: The personal connections and networks that enable people to accomplish their goals and extend their influence is called Social capital.

A.   True

B.   False

15: The idea that an overarching structure exists within which culture and other aspects of society must be understood is called _____.

A.   Structuralism

B.   Functionalism

C.   Behaviorism

D.   Gestalt

16: A leader who is concerned with accomplishing the group’s tasks, getting group members to do their jobs is called _____ leader.

A.   Transactional

B.   Transformational

C.   Charismatic

D.   Narcissist

17: A leader who is able to instill in group members a sense of mission or higher purpose, thereby changing (transforming) the nature of the group itself is called ____ leader.

A.   Transformational

B.   Transactional

C.   Servant

D.   Narcissist

18: A group consisting of three persons is called ____.

A.   Triad

B.   Dyad

C.   Mafia

D.   Throuple

19: Organizations that people join primarily because of some material benefit they expect to receive in return for membership are called Utilitarian organizations.

A.   True

B.   False