1. According to the Equity Theory, how do employees become more motivated based on their outputs(O) and inputs(I)?

a. I is high relative to O and to peers with same O

b. I is higher than O

c. O and I are the same

d. O is higher than I

e. Both O and I are higher relative to their peers

f. O is high relative to I and to peers with same I

2. Which of the following would NOT reduce the likelihood or the effects of Groupthink?

a. Coordinate team building/bonding activities

b. Assign a devil's advocate

c. Hold second chance meetings

d. Create subgroups within the larger group

e. Utilize nominal group

3. You are at a carnival with your friends. You all visit a card game station in which the host presents you with four cards that are faced up: one dog, one lizard, the letter O, and the letter N. The host tells you that every card with a reptile on it should have a vowel on the other side.

Which are the minimum cards you need to turn over to prove this hypothesis?

a. Lizard, Dog, Letter N, and Letter O cards

b. All of the cards

c. Lizard, Letter N, Letter O cards

d. Lizard and Dog cards

e. Lizard and the letter O cards

f. Lizard and the letter N cards

4. Which of the following scenarios is NOT the correct way to measure employee engagement?

a. Dan completes an exit interview where he gives feedback about his experience at the company.

b. Becky measures how successful the marketing team is by calculating the profit they have attained.

c.Ellen participates greatly by giving inputs during meetings and always making 1-1 coffee chats with her coworkers.

d.Abby fills out a survey about the company culture and how they can work to increase the number of target customers.

e.Carl shows great enthusiasm and his heart rate increases whenever he is working on an exciting project.

5. According to the Highhouse article you were assigned, what have hiring managers been shown to do in unstructured interviews that make their ultimate decision not as accurate compared to other assessments?

a. They rely on many pieces of relevant information.

b. They become less confident in their accuracy when irrelevant information is presented.

c. There is agreement between judges about the decision.

d. They lack insight as to how they reached their conclusions.