BusMHR 3200 Exam #2 UPDATED
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is power and Influence - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. the control over resources
2. The extent to which other people depend on a person
3. power is an inverse function of dependecy
What type of influence is position power? - CORRECT ANSWER - Formal Influence
What types of power or position power? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Legitimate Power
2. Coercive Power
3. Reward Power
What is legitimate Power? - CORRECT ANSWER - authoritative
What is coercive power? - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to punish
What is reward power? - CORRECT ANSWER - dependency on resources
What type of influence does personal power have? - CORRECT ANSWER - informal
influence
What types of power are personal power? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Expert power
2. Referent power
3. Network power
, What is expert power? - CORRECT ANSWER - The power of exceptional knowledge
What is referent power? - CORRECT ANSWER - the power of social connections and
reputation
What is network connections? - CORRECT ANSWER - who you know, where you know
and what the people you know can do for you
What do position power and personal power have in common? - CORRECT ANSWER -
they are both the power of an individual
Expert power and referent power usually result in what type of effect on teams? - CORRECT
ANSWER - generally positive effects
What type of effect does reward and legitimate power result in? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Slightly positive effects
What type of influence does coercive power usually result in? - CORRECT ANSWER -
slightly negative effects
What is the paradox of power? - CORRECT ANSWER - true power requires empathy and
modesty, not force and coercion. But what people want from leaders -social intelligence- is what
is damaged when power is granted
What is the homophily principle in network formation? - CORRECT ANSWER - we are
inclined to pick ties that have similar intellectual backgrounds, training, experiences, and ways of
making inferences from incomplete information
What is the proximity principle in network formation? - CORRECT ANSWER - the
inclination to pick ties that are in the same departments, units, and teams as oneself
ACTUAL Exam Questions and CORRECT
Answers
What is power and Influence - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. the control over resources
2. The extent to which other people depend on a person
3. power is an inverse function of dependecy
What type of influence is position power? - CORRECT ANSWER - Formal Influence
What types of power or position power? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Legitimate Power
2. Coercive Power
3. Reward Power
What is legitimate Power? - CORRECT ANSWER - authoritative
What is coercive power? - CORRECT ANSWER - ability to punish
What is reward power? - CORRECT ANSWER - dependency on resources
What type of influence does personal power have? - CORRECT ANSWER - informal
influence
What types of power are personal power? - CORRECT ANSWER - 1. Expert power
2. Referent power
3. Network power
, What is expert power? - CORRECT ANSWER - The power of exceptional knowledge
What is referent power? - CORRECT ANSWER - the power of social connections and
reputation
What is network connections? - CORRECT ANSWER - who you know, where you know
and what the people you know can do for you
What do position power and personal power have in common? - CORRECT ANSWER -
they are both the power of an individual
Expert power and referent power usually result in what type of effect on teams? - CORRECT
ANSWER - generally positive effects
What type of effect does reward and legitimate power result in? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Slightly positive effects
What type of influence does coercive power usually result in? - CORRECT ANSWER -
slightly negative effects
What is the paradox of power? - CORRECT ANSWER - true power requires empathy and
modesty, not force and coercion. But what people want from leaders -social intelligence- is what
is damaged when power is granted
What is the homophily principle in network formation? - CORRECT ANSWER - we are
inclined to pick ties that have similar intellectual backgrounds, training, experiences, and ways of
making inferences from incomplete information
What is the proximity principle in network formation? - CORRECT ANSWER - the
inclination to pick ties that are in the same departments, units, and teams as oneself
