Inspiring Leadership weekly quizes: 2,3,4
Quiz 2
Question 1
True or false? Resonance is contagious, but dissonance is not contagious.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
True
False
Total
Correct 0.50
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Question 2
Activating the Parasympathetic Nervous System engages renewal in what ways? Select the best
answer.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
Triggers goal directed behavior
Decreases immune system functioning
Enhances openness to new ideas
Correct 0.50
Increases blood pressure
Total
0.50 / 0.50
Question 3
Regular or periodic mindfulness and compassion practices activate the Renewal System. Some of
these include mediation and moderate exercises. Which of the practices listed below does not apply?
Your Answer
Pets such as a dog, cat, horse, or monkey (but not a fish)
Volunteering or caretaking others (but not at levels of
overload)
Prayer to a loving God
Score
Explanation
Correct 0.50
Prayer to a vengeful God
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Question 4
To sustain leadership effectiveness, leaders should emphasize coaching with compassion as a key
part of their role and behavioral habits. Why? Select the best answer.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
It helps to fix people’s deficiencies.
Correct 0.50
It helps the leader experience personal renewal.
It alleviates the guilt a leader might have about using an
abusive style.
It reduces the need for more human resource staff.
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Quiz 3
Question 1
A set of behaviors organized around conscious intent that results in effective behavior is called a
_____________________. Select the best answer.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
competency Correct 0.50
vision
trait
fault
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Question 2
The fourteen emotional, social, and cognitive intelligence competencies are organized into five
different clusters. Select the answer that is NOT one of these clusters.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
Correct 0.50
Stress Management Cluster
Social Awareness Cluster
Self-awareness Cluster
Relationship Management Cluster
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Question 3
Distinguishing competencies differentiate outstanding and effective performance from average
performance; they enable us to light fires, ignite passion/motivation/energy, to “walk on water”.
What are competencies that differentiate average from poor performers called? Select the best
answer.
Your Answer
Threshold competencies
Score
Explanation
Correct 0.50
Enabling competencies
Practical competencies
Conscientiousness competencies
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Question 4
Numerous studies have shown that development and use of emotional and social intelligence
competencies has a profound effect in differentiating outstanding performers from average
performers in many occupations. The studies sampled in this module focused on the following
occupations: Select the one NOT discussed in the videos or readings.
Your Answer
Score
Lawyers and politicians
Catholic Pastor Priests
Principals of urban U.S. elementary, middle, and high schools Inorrect 0.00
Navy Pilots
Explanation
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0.00 / 0.50
Quiz 4
Question 1
The five discoveries of Intentional Change Theory (ICT) are the Ideal Self or shared vision; the Real
Self or shared norms and values in relationships; a Learning Agenda or plan to move closer to the
ideal self; Experimentation and Practice with new thoughts, feelings, behaviors; and
________________. Select the best answer.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
Coping with stress.
Being clear about goals.
Resonant relationships, supportive relationships. Correct 0.50
Fulfilling others’ wishes for you.
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Question 2
A key understanding is that we need both the Positive Emotional Attractor (PEA) and the Negative
Emotional Attractor (NEA) in order to flourish. Select the answer that is NOT true.
Your Answer
Score Explanation
We need the PEA because it helps us to sustain desired change,
and desired change tends to start in the PEA.
We need the PEA because it helps us to blossom, grow, and
prosper.
We need the NEA because a certain amount of activation of
stress helps us to survive.
We need the NEA because we tend to overemphasize positive
experience and activating the NEA returns us to balance.
Total
Correct 0.50
0.50 /
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Question 3
According to Intentional Change Theory (ICT), the leadership development process often appears:
Select the best answer.
Your Answer
Score
Explanation
Linear and continuous, being experienced as a series of learning
steps.
Nonlinear and discontinuous, being experienced as a set of
discoveries.
Correct 0.50
Challenging and stressful, being experienced as set of
performance demands.
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Question 4
Based on complexity theory, the Positive Emotional Attractor (PEA) and Negative Emotional Attractor
(NEA) are _________________ attractors. Select the best answer.
Your Answer
Score
Incorrect Black holes.
Lorenz, or strange attractors. Correct 0.50
Limit point cycle attractors.
Dipolar attractors.
Total
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Explanation