Management 300-Final Exam
1. The two general groupings of power are ______.
a. informational and personal
b. formal and informal
c. informal and legitimate
d. personal and formal
e. static and fluid: d. personal and formal
2. ______ power is based on an individual's position in an organization.
a. leadership
b. formal
c. informal
d. influential
e. static: b. formal
3. Formal power can arise out of which of the following?
a. the ability to coerce or reward
b. formal authority
c. control of information
d. all of the above
e. none of the above: d. all of the above
4. One reacts to _____ power out of fear of the negative ramifications that
might result if one fails to comply.
a. legitimate
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b. coercive
c. punitive
d. referent
e. abusive: b. coercive
5. The opposite of coercive power is ______ power.
a. referent
b. reward
c. legitimate
d. charismatic: b. reward
6. Legitimate power is based on _____.
a. positive rewards
b. interpersonal trust
c. structural position
d. expert knowledge
e. respect and admiration: c. structural position
7. When a bank robber points a gun at a bank employee, his base of power is
_______.
a. coercive
b. punitive
c. positional
d. authoritative
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e. fractional: a. coercive
8. The power that the college dean has been granted by the university over
the faculty is termed ______ power.
a. academic
b. positional
c. legitimate
d. organizational: c. legitimate
9. When your superior offers you a raise if you will perform additional work
beyond the requirements of your job, he/she is exercising ________ power.
a. legitimate
b. coercive
c. reward
d. personal
e. reflective: c. reward
10. _____ power is based on identification with a person who has desirable
resources or personal traits.
a. associational
b. referent
c. personal
d. legitimate
e. source: b. referent
1. The two general groupings of power are ______.
a. informational and personal
b. formal and informal
c. informal and legitimate
d. personal and formal
e. static and fluid: d. personal and formal
2. ______ power is based on an individual's position in an organization.
a. leadership
b. formal
c. informal
d. influential
e. static: b. formal
3. Formal power can arise out of which of the following?
a. the ability to coerce or reward
b. formal authority
c. control of information
d. all of the above
e. none of the above: d. all of the above
4. One reacts to _____ power out of fear of the negative ramifications that
might result if one fails to comply.
a. legitimate
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b. coercive
c. punitive
d. referent
e. abusive: b. coercive
5. The opposite of coercive power is ______ power.
a. referent
b. reward
c. legitimate
d. charismatic: b. reward
6. Legitimate power is based on _____.
a. positive rewards
b. interpersonal trust
c. structural position
d. expert knowledge
e. respect and admiration: c. structural position
7. When a bank robber points a gun at a bank employee, his base of power is
_______.
a. coercive
b. punitive
c. positional
d. authoritative
, Management 300-Final Exam
e. fractional: a. coercive
8. The power that the college dean has been granted by the university over
the faculty is termed ______ power.
a. academic
b. positional
c. legitimate
d. organizational: c. legitimate
9. When your superior offers you a raise if you will perform additional work
beyond the requirements of your job, he/she is exercising ________ power.
a. legitimate
b. coercive
c. reward
d. personal
e. reflective: c. reward
10. _____ power is based on identification with a person who has desirable
resources or personal traits.
a. associational
b. referent
c. personal
d. legitimate
e. source: b. referent
