Nova Mgt5630 Midterm Exam
Midterm exam testing key management principles and strategies.
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Nova Mgt5630 Midterm Exam
QUESTION 1
1. All if the following are guidelines for effectively management stress to prevent it from
becoming excessive except for
a. monitoring your own and your followers' stress levels.
b. identifying the cause of the stress.
c. avoiding exercise late in the day.
d. learning to relax.
2 points
QUESTION 2
Terrorists may call themselves "freedom fighters," and firing someone may be referred to as
"letting him go." This is an example of
a. moral justification.
b. diffusion of responsibility.
c. euphemistic labeling.
d. advantageous comparison.
2 points
QUESTION 3
This leadership style serves to change the status quo by appealing to followers' values and their
sense of higher purpose.
a. Supportive
b. Transactional
c. Transformational
d. Participative
2 points
QUESTION 4
In perception, the process of assigning underlying causes to behaviors is known as
a. attribution.
b. fundamental attribution error.
c. self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. single-loop learning.
2 points
QUESTION 5
Leadership:
QUESTION 1
1. All if the following are guidelines for effectively management stress to prevent it from
becoming excessive except for
a. monitoring your own and your followers' stress levels.
b. identifying the cause of the stress.
c. avoiding exercise late in the day.
d. learning to relax.
2 points
QUESTION 2
Terrorists may call themselves "freedom fighters," and firing someone may be referred to as
"letting him go." This is an example of
a. moral justification.
b. diffusion of responsibility.
c. euphemistic labeling.
d. advantageous comparison.
2 points
QUESTION 3
This leadership style serves to change the status quo by appealing to followers' values and their
sense of higher purpose.
a. Supportive
b. Transactional
c. Transformational
d. Participative
2 points
QUESTION 4
In perception, the process of assigning underlying causes to behaviors is known as
a. attribution.
b. fundamental attribution error.
c. self-fulfilling prophecy.
d. single-loop learning.
2 points
QUESTION 5
Leadership:
a. is an interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to.
b. is the study of leaders independent of the people they interact with.
c. postulates that leaders administer rather than innovate.
d. requires that leaders accept the status quo.
2 points
QUESTION 6
Which of the following is not an example of behaviors that could be considered a "10% stretch"?
a. Using a motivational practice that has been very successful in the past.
b. Conversing informally with everyone in the office at least once each day.
c. Being more assertive or quieter than usual in a meeting.
d. Seeking an opportunity to be chair of a committee.
2 points
QUESTION 7
Which of the following is true about emotional intelligence?
a. There is no one definition of emotional intelligence but all seem to involve emotional
awareness and empathy toward others.
b. Emotional intelligence can be developed.
c. EQ instruments often provide conflicting results.
d. All the statements are true.
2 points
QUESTION 8
Coalition tactics
a. are used when agents seek the aid of others to influence the target.
b. occur when agents ask targets to participate in planning an activity.
c. occur when the agent attempts to get you in a good mood before making a request.
d. are used when agents ask another to do a favor out of friendship.
2 points
QUESTION 9
A leader who has developed close interpersonal relationships with followers generally uses his or
her _____ power to influence them.
a. legitimate
b. referent
c. coercive
d. reward
2 points
QUESTION 10
b. is the study of leaders independent of the people they interact with.
c. postulates that leaders administer rather than innovate.
d. requires that leaders accept the status quo.
2 points
QUESTION 6
Which of the following is not an example of behaviors that could be considered a "10% stretch"?
a. Using a motivational practice that has been very successful in the past.
b. Conversing informally with everyone in the office at least once each day.
c. Being more assertive or quieter than usual in a meeting.
d. Seeking an opportunity to be chair of a committee.
2 points
QUESTION 7
Which of the following is true about emotional intelligence?
a. There is no one definition of emotional intelligence but all seem to involve emotional
awareness and empathy toward others.
b. Emotional intelligence can be developed.
c. EQ instruments often provide conflicting results.
d. All the statements are true.
2 points
QUESTION 8
Coalition tactics
a. are used when agents seek the aid of others to influence the target.
b. occur when agents ask targets to participate in planning an activity.
c. occur when the agent attempts to get you in a good mood before making a request.
d. are used when agents ask another to do a favor out of friendship.
2 points
QUESTION 9
A leader who has developed close interpersonal relationships with followers generally uses his or
her _____ power to influence them.
a. legitimate
b. referent
c. coercive
d. reward
2 points
QUESTION 10
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Nova University
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Business Management