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Module 4: Week 4
Quiz: Whisenand - Empowerment, Well-Being, Teamwork, and Time Management
75 out of 75
Try 3
1. The winner personality believes that everything can be done better, faster, and cheaper.
a. False
2. The single biggest threat to our own WB tends to be ourselves.
a. True
3. The majority of police managers are active delegators.
a. False
4. The five elements of well-being are universal across faiths, cultures, and nationalities.
a. True
5. A negative default, as compared to a positive one, forces you to select a better path.
a. False
6. Fast decisions enhance the empowerment of people.
a. False
7. An estimated 36 percent of the working population is not personally invested in their job.
a. True
8. The question "how do I look?" corresponds to self-awareness of a group member
a. True
9. Micromanaging is a type of delegation.
a. True
10. According to the Fourth-Generation Time-Management Matrix, prevention of conflicts is
associated with Category D.
a. False
11. WB is a win-win adventure for the department and for the employee as well.
a. True
12. Once you identify your goals, you can translate each goal into a specific day of the week
as a priority item or as a specific appointment.
a. True
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13. When we disperse power, self-control is required.
a. True
14. The last step in apologizing is to ask if they accept it.
a. False
15. Leaders protect their margins; managers often forget to do so.
a. True
16. Our brains are literally hardwired to perform at their best not when they are negative or
even neutral, but when they are positive.
a. True
17. Not trusting a person is a valid reason for not empowering him or her.
a. True
18. Empowerment means giving away the decision.
a. False
19. Social support is a prescription for well-being and an antidote to stress.
a. True
20. Genuine teamwork occurs on the job, day-by-day, minute-by-minute.
a. True
21. An advantage of the exception rule is that it focuses one's attention on minor rather than
major factors.
a. False
22. According to the text, blame alone can paralyze teams into inaction.
a. True
23. One of the symptoms of a toxic employee is public words and private actions not
matching.
a. True
24. Letting others participate in decisions lessens your authority.
a. False
25. A leader's job is to mold the worker into their job role.
a. False
26. Which of the following would be most likely to lead to financial well-being?
a. establish automated payments and savings that lessen daily worries
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27. The foundational value of empowerment is .
a. trust
28. What is a characteristic of the Category B Police Leader?
a. relationship building, team building
29. Which of the following is NOT a reason for team dysfunction?
a. over-recognition
30. In Category B, individuals must learn to "Just Say No" to .
a. time wasters
31. Empowerment is facilitated when managers engage in .
a. believing
32. The reason thriving teams rely on awareness is not to outperform other teams or each
other, but to become each other.
a. credible to
33. Many people reject an idea or general order because .
a. they had no input
34. Technologies like computers and smartphones are here classified as potential
stressors.
a. environmental
35. A synonym we sometimes use for the word work is travail, whose Latin root refers to
.
a. an instrument of torture employing three stakes and a lethal dose of fire
36. Which of the following is a characteristic of employees with elevated well-being?
a. They do not change jobs often.
37. When you delegate, you are for certain always delegating which of the following?
a. uncertainty
38. What is the next step after you have created your personal mission statement?
a. identifying your roles
39. TBA stands for bank account.
a. trust
40. Which of the following is shorthand for the three synergies?
a. awareness, measure, and recognition
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41. Which of the following is NOT a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder?
a. active participation in occupational activities
42. Underloads are too little demand on us .
a. for change
43. Which of the following is NOT a time trap?
a. failure to ignore e-mail
44. According to the text, without , teamwork won't work.
a. accountability
45. Which type of personality displays aggressiveness and impatience?
a. the type A behavior
46. Which type of delegation occurs when you give your staff all of your work?
a. dump
47. Leaders devote most of their time to .
a. cultivating relationships
48. Which of the following is NOT one of the five universal elements of well-being
identified by Gallup?
a. spiritual
49. Which of the following does NOT lead to improving your social well-being?
a. unresolved disagreements with fellow managers
50. While you cannot manage time, you certainly can manage .
a. yourself
