Self Management Skills Unit-II CBSE IT(402) Class-9
A. Multiple Choice Questions.
1. Which of the following is a self-management skill?
(a) Rational ability
(b) Personal quality
(c) Both (a) & (b)
Ans. (c) Both (a) & (b)
2. Which of the following shows your ability to participate as a member of a team?
(a) Interpersonal skill
(b) Communication skill
(c) None of these
Ans. (a) Interpersonal skill
B. Answer the following in True or False.
1. Self-management skills musters your vanity. True
2. Your intellectual (or cognitive) skills are determined by your EQ. False
3. Your interpersonal (or non-cognitive) skills are determined by your IQ. False
A. Multiple Choice Questions.
1. ______ is the extent to which you base your behavior on cues from other people and situations.
(a) Self-monitoring
(b) Self-esteem
(c) Both (a) and (b)
Ans. (a) Self-monitoring
2. General feeling of self-worth is known as:
(a) Self-confidence
(b) Self-esteem
(c) None of these
Ans. (b) Self-esteem
B. Answer the following in True or False.
1. Rational abilities include your ability to understand a problem and then to find a way to effectively solve it. True
2. Taking initiatives reflects your positive personal qualities. True
Exercises
A. Multiple Choice Questions.
1. Self-management skills do not involve
(a) Manage emotions
(b) Manage inanimate objects
(c) Manage situations
Ans. (b) Manage inanimate objects
2. Three broad areas influenced by self-management do not include
(a) Rational abilities
(b) Personal qualities
(c) Communication skills
Ans. (c) Communication skills
3. _____ refers to a belief about your own ability to deal with events and challenges
(a) Self-confidence
(b) Self-efficacy
(c) Self-monitoring
Ans. (b) Self-efficacy
4. Improving your self-management skills:
(a) Builds your confidence
(b) Helps in making friends
(c) None of these
Ans. (a) Builds your confidence
B. Short Answer Questions (I).
1. Define self-management
Ans. Self-management skills are the core skills that govern our attitude and approach towards life further making us self-confident.
2. What are the three broad areas influenced by self-management?
Ans. The three broad areas influenced by self-management are Rational abilities, Personal qualities, and Interpersonal skills
3. Mention the areas a person should work on for sharpening his self-confidence.
Ans. The areas a person should work on for sharpening his self-confidence are Locus of control, Self-efficacy, Self-esteem, Self-monitoring, and Positive thinking.
C. Short Answer Questions (II).
1. Explain the meaning of self-management.
Ans. Self management skills are the core skills that govern our attitude and approach towards life further making us self-confident. They complement a variety of other personal and professional skills. They refer to the cluster of personal qualities that differentiate us from other people.
2. Explain the personal qualities influenced by self-management skills.
Ans. The personal qualities influenced by self-management skills are
- Do you take personal initiative?
- Are you considered responsible?
- Do you take accountability seriously?
- Are you sociable and socially sensitive?
- Do you adapt well?
3. How do people work on self-management through self-monitoring?
Ans. Self-monitoring is the extent to which you base your behavior on cues from other people and situations. Individuals high in self-monitoring pay attention to what behavior is appropriate in certain situations.
D. Long Answer Questions.
1. What do self-management skills involve?
Ans. Our self-management skills involve:
- Our ability to manage our own emotions.
- Our ability to manage others by mapping their mood.
- Our ability to function harmoniously with others.
- Our openness to learning new ideas.
- Our tolerance to not-so-pleasant situations and differences in opinions.
- Our readiness to accept people from different cultures.
- Our willingness to make things work in our personal and professional life.
- Our ability to manage the situation by weighing its sensitivity and attuning our actions.
2. Explain how self-management skills influence the rational abilities and interpersonal skills of a person.
Ans. Rational abilities: These simply mean the abilities to understand a problem and then to find a to effectively solve it. These abilities can be improved by diving deep into your specific work for its further expansion and growth.
Interpersonal skills: These include the ability to participate as a member of a team, serve clients/customers, act like a leader when the situation demands, negotiate, and work with cases even with people who come from the different cultural backgrounds.
3. Explain various factors building the self-confidence of a person.
Ans. Various factors building self-confidence of a person:-
1. Locus of control: Locus of control is the degree to which you perceive control over a situation being internal or external. It refers to the range of beliefs that you hold in terms of being controlled by self by (internal locus ) or controlled by others or the situation (External locus).
2. Self-efficacy: It refers to beliefs about its own ability to deal with events and challenges.
3. Self-esteem: It is your general feeling of self –worth. Individuals with high self–esteem have positive feelings about themselves while those with low self-esteem are strongly affected by what others think of them, and may view themselves negatively when criticized by others.
