MNGT 3100 Final Exam 2025 – 300 Real Exam Prep
Questions and Correct Answers / Management Final
Exam / MNGT 3100 Final Exam Practice Test
(Correctly Answered Questions)
Leadership - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The use of noncoercive
influence to shape the group's or organization's goals,
motivate behavior toward the achievement of those goals,
and help define group or organization culture; the set of
characteristics attributed to individuals who are
perceived to be leaders
Leader - ...ANSWER...✓✓ People who can influence the
behaviors of others without having to rely on force; those
accepted by others as leaders
Power - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The ability to affect the behavior
of others
Legitimate Power - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Power granted
through the organizational hierarchy
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Reward Power - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The power to give or
withhold rewards (salary increases, bonuses,
promotions, praise, recognition)
Coercive Power - ...ANSWER...✓✓ The power to force
compliance by means of psychological, emotional, or
physical threat
Referent Power - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Personal power that
accrues to someone based on identification, imitation,
loyalty, or charisma
Expert Power - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Personal power that
accrues to someone based on the info or expertise they
possess
Situational Approach to Leadership - ...ANSWER...✓✓
Appropriate leader behavior varies from one situation to
another; situational factors that determine appropriate
leader behavior can be identified (LPC, path-goal,
decision tree, LMX)
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Least Preferred Coworker Theory (LPC) - ...ANSWER...✓✓
A theory of leadership that suggests that the appropriate
style of leadership varies with situational favorableness
(leader-membership relations, task structure, position
power)
Path-Goal Theory - ...ANSWER...✓✓ A theory of
leadership suggesting that the primary functions of a
leader are to make valued or desired rewards available in
the workplace; clarify for the subordinated the kinds of
behavior that will lead to those rewards (directive,
supportive, participative, achievement-oriented)
Vroom's Decision Tree Theory - ...ANSWER...✓✓ Predicts
what kinds of situations call for different degrees of
group participation; subordinate participation in decision
making depends on the characteristics of the situation; no
one decision-making process is best for all situations
(subordinates are involved when the decision significance
is high)
Decide (make the decision alone and then announce it to
the group), Consult (present the problem to the group
members individually, Consult (present the problem to
the group members at a meeting), Facilitate ( facilitates