Lesson 1.4.4a

1.4.4a Employee motivation theories Quiz: Pearson Edexcel Business, Unit 1

20 questions

Written by Revision Ninja · Last reviewed 11 October 2026

In partnership with Revision Ninja

Lesson 1.4.4a, Employee motivation theories: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel Business (9BS0), Unit 1: Marketing and people, written with Revision Ninja.

Host it live on the board and students join with a game code on their own devices, or revise alone with Free Play. The answers are revealed in the game.

Host this setFree Play

The 20 questions

  1. Which theorist is associated with scientific management?

    • Abraham Maslow
    • Elton Mayo
    • Frederick Herzberg
    • Frederick Taylor

  2. Which theorist is associated with the human relations approach?

    • Frederick Taylor
    • Abraham Maslow
    • Elton Mayo
    • Frederick Herzberg

  3. Which need sits at the highest level of Maslow's hierarchy of needs?

    • Esteem
    • Physiological
    • Social
    • Self-actualisation

  4. According to Herzberg's theory, what type of factor prevents worker dissatisfaction?

    • Hygiene factors
    • Motivator factors
    • Self-actualisation factors
    • Financial incentives

  5. According to Frederick Taylor's scientific management theory, what primarily motivates workers?

    • Financial reward
    • Social interaction
    • Sense of achievement
    • Job enrichment

  6. What did Elton Mayo's Hawthorne studies highlight as a key driver of worker productivity?

    • Social relationships
    • Piece-rate pay
    • Strict supervision
    • Individual targets

  7. Which option is classified as a motivator in Herzberg's Two Factor Theory?

    • Recognition
    • Company policy
    • Working conditions
    • Basic salary

  8. According to Herzberg, what must be added alongside hygiene factors to actively motivate staff?

    • Basic needs
    • Financial rewards
    • Motivators
    • Social needs

  9. A worker is paid £4 per unit under a piecework scheme and completes 350 units. What is the pay?

    • £1,200
    • £350
    • £1,400
    • £1,350

  10. A worker earns 5% commission on £60,000 of sales. What is the commission?

    • £600
    • £3,000
    • £300
    • £6,000

  11. Which management technique aligns most closely with Elton Mayo's Human Relations School?

    • Piecework pay
    • Division of labour
    • Scientific management
    • Team working

  12. Allowing employees to choose their working hours around childcare is an example of which technique?

    • Profit share
    • Flexible working
    • Commission
    • Job rotation

  13. According to Maslow's hierarchy, which needs level directly follows safety needs?

    • Esteem needs
    • Social needs
    • Physiological needs
    • Self-actualisation

  14. What did F.W. Taylor assume was the primary motivator for workers?

    • Financial gain
    • Social interaction
    • Personal growth
    • Job satisfaction

  15. Job enrichment boosts employee motivation by improving which factor in Herzberg's theory?

    • Motivators
    • Social needs
    • Safety needs
    • Hygiene factors

  16. Which main drawback is associated with F.W. Taylor's scientific management approach?

    • Reduces output
    • Ignores social needs
    • High training costs
    • Ignores financial incentives

  17. What is a major criticism of Herzberg's two-factor motivation theory?

    • Assumes workers are lazy
    • Focuses only on pay
    • Ignores job satisfaction
    • Subjective methodology

  18. A piecework worker is paid £6 per unit, with a guaranteed weekly minimum of £200. In one week the worker makes 30 units. What is the weekly pay?

    • £200
    • £220
    • £180
    • £380

  19. A business shares 10% of £800,000 profit equally among 40 staff. What does each person receive?

    • £8,000
    • £20,000
    • £200
    • £2,000

  20. What phenomenon explains why productivity rose in Mayo's studies regardless of physical conditions?

    • Hawthorne effect
    • Scientific management
    • Hygiene factors
    • Piece rate pay

All Pearson Edexcel Business quizzes