97. The
ability to effectively understand others at work, and to use such knowledge to
influence others to act in ways that enhance one's long-term personal and/or
organizational goals is:
a.
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political skill
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b.
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meta communication
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c.
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finese
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d.
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impression management
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ANS: A
98. The
most common form of informal group network that is the unofficial, and at times
confidential, person-to-person or person-to-group chain of verbal, or at times
e-mail, communication is the:
a.
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trust chain
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b.
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telephone chain
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c.
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meta communication
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d.
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grapevine
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ANS: D
99. When
messages move through the grapevine by one person telling a rumor to the next,
who then tells the next person, who tells the next and so on, the chain is
called:
a.
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gossip
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b.
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single-strand
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c.
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probability
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d.
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cluster
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ANS: B
100. When
messages move through the grapevine by only one person spreading the message,
telling the story to almost everyone the person comes in contact with, the
chain is called:
a.
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single-strand
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b.
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unending
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c.
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probability
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d.
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gossip
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