Power and Leadership Quiz

Which type of power is based on the belief among employees that their manager has the right to give orders based on his or her position?

• Coercive Power

• Legitimate Power

• Expert Power

• Reward Power

According to French and Raven's bases of power, which type of power is not one of the original five types identified in 1960?

• Coercive Power

• Legitimate Power

• Connection Power

• Expert Power

What is a potential negative long-term effect of using coercive power?

• Increased employee satisfaction

• Short-term compliance

• Decline in the quality of management

• Long-term commitment from employees

What is the main difference between power and leadership?

• Leadership is about forcing others to achieve a goal, while power is about influencing them.

• Power is about forcing others to achieve a goal, while leadership is about influencing them to truly want to achieve it.

• Leadership and power both require actualization to be effective.

• Power is the ability to act, while leadership is the potential to act.

What is information power based on in the context of influencing others?

• The ability to keep information secret from key people

• The potential to utilize information

• The amount of information one has

• The ability to access public records

What can information power extend to, according to the text?

• The ability to get not needed or wanted information

• The ability to influence without possessing information

• The ability to get information only through legal documents

• The ability to get information not presently held such as with a librarian or data base manager

What is Connection Power more commonly referred to as today?

• Influence

• Networking

• Information control

• Rational argumentation

What are key ingredients to effective two-way communications and a win/win attitude about conflict, as mentioned in the text?

• Developmental approach and benefits of the developmental approach

• Assumptions and controlling thoughts

• Withdrawal from the discussion and following the leader

• Information exchange and understanding different perspectives

What is the assumption behind asking questions like "Why do you think that is important?" or "What would happen if we did that?" as stated in the text?

• That the leader knows best and is seeking confirmation

• That there is a desire to hear what being said is right or wrong

• That one person is trying to control the topic of discussion

• That there is a desire to assert dominance in the conversation

How many components of Emotional Intelligence are there?

• Three

• Four

• Five

• Six