This quiz will test your ability to identify stress in the workplace, which can help you learn to manage those stressors. Click below to see answers.

1. Job stress can be defined as the __________ that occur when the requirements of the job don’t match the capabilities, resources, or needs of the worker.
   1. Harmful physical
   2. Sporadic impulses
   3. Emotional responses
   4. Both A and C
2. Problems at work are more strongly associated with __________ than are any other life stressor.
   1. Emotions
   2. Health complaints
   3. Attitude
   4. All the above
3. Stress sets off an alarm in the brain, which responds by preparing the body for __________.
   1. Defensive action
   2. Mental fatigue
   3. Emotions
   4. Clarity
4. __________ often provide the first signs of job stress.
   1. Low morale
   2. Health and job complaints
   3. Worker turnover
   4. All the above
5. A healthy organization is defined as one that has __________ in its workforce and is also competitive in the marketplace.
   1. High rates of illness
   2. Low injury rates
   3. Low disability
   4. Both B and C
6. Studies show that __________ are actually associated with increased absenteeism, tardiness, and intentions by workers to quit their jobs—all of which hurt the bottom line.
   1. Terminations
   2. Layoffs
   3. Stressful working conditions
   4. Mental stressors