In a team comprised of students, the best advice you could give someone who was interested in becoming leader would be to use influence based on ___________

A. legitimate power
B. expert power
C. reward power
D. coercive power
E. charisma


ANS: b

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Lorena is supposed to deliver a seven-minute informative speech for her class in one week. Although she has researched her topic and practiced her speech, she can't seem to speak for more than five minutes. Lorena should probably:

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When it comes to managing her team, Ariadne is a strict disciplinarian. She forbids the members of her team to take coffee breaks or celebrate birthdays whenever they miss a deadline. Ariadne tells the team to use any spare time they have to review the minutes of their latest team meeting or come up with new ideas for their project and discuss it with their teammates. Which type of team role does Ariadne enforce on her team?

a. Task
b. Social
c. Individual
d. Relational

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