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Assessment Administration Course 400 Quiz 2

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A management term for leading, motivating, and communicating to get things done is ____________.

Directing

Which of the following is NOT a quality of an outstanding leader?

Have an eye on the bottom line

The definition of _____________ is to entrust one's authority to a competent direct report.

Delegation

When employees are given the responsibility to inquire, investigate, report, and advise their supervisor as to the action to be taken, it is considered a _________ degree of delegation.

Moderate

The primary components of motivation are:

Ability, effort, and desire

In Maslow's hierarchy of needs, the ____________ needs are at the bottom.

Physiological

Which of the following is not a dissatisfier or maintenance factor in Herzberg's two-factor theory?

Recognition

Downward communication flows from the manager or supervisor to the direct report through:

Policy statements

Upward communication flows from the direct report to the manager through:

Suggestion boxes

Communication that takes place among people at different levels in the organization is termed:

Lateral communication

Which of the following is a barrier to organizational communication?

Status of the speaker

Which of the following is an informal network of communication in the assessor's office?

Grapevine

We can enhance understanding of verbal communication with nonverbal communication through:

All of the above

Which of the following is a guideline for empathic listening?

All of the above

Various studies have found that an effective manager spends _________ more time listening than talking.

One-third

Which of the following is a quality of a good leader?

All of the above

In the basic communication process, the medium that enhances understanding from one person to another is known as:

Feedback

The process by which assessors/managers evaluate the performance of their office relative to predetermined standards is known as ________.

Controlling

One of the most common procedures used to evaluate any organization's personnel is known as a/an _____________ evaluation.

Performance

Which of the following is NOT a basic characteristic of a well-designed evaluation system?

Subjective - measuring task performance subjectively, looking at the performance of the task, including any interpersonal relationship that might exist between the employee and the supervisor

Whenever possible, the assessor/manager should use ___________ factors in the performance evaluation.

Objective

A common error of supervision when evaluating employees is to remember what happened last week but not what happened 3 months ago. This is referred to as a:

Recency error

One of the ways of minimizing problems in employee evaluation is to:

All of the above

Which of the following is NOT a principle to follow in the disciplining of an employee?

Be firm. Advise the employee to shape up or be terminated

Which of the following is not a management tool to assist in the controlling process?

Flow chart

Public relations starts with:

A fair, open, efficient administration

Which of the following is considered a part of the assessor's public?

All of the above

Which media group can be a special benefit to the assessor's public relations efforts?

Newspaper

The assessor's website can be used to:

All of the above

In addition to brochures, other printed material should provide information on:

All of the above

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