Deck 10: Developing and Using Power in the Policy-Enacting Task

Question 1

"Power differentials" refer to:

A) The exchange between elected officials in powerful positions.
B) The power advantage that some people have over others.
C) The information that is exchanged between practitioners and decision-makers.
D) The negotiations that go on in legislative settings.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

By downplaying her ideology when trying to convince an opponent, an advocate may appear:

A) Indecisive and unsure.
B) Reasonable and pragmatic.
C) Uneducated.
D) Unqualified.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

An advocate's personal credibility:

A) Influences the degree to which others will listen to them.
B) Influences their ability to tell ethical untruths.
C) Influences their dependence on political relationships.
D) Influences their likelihood to complain about certain policies.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

When using expert power, advocates will:

A) Use their personal credentials and knowledge to convince others.
B) Exercise coercive techniques to convince others.
C) Use political knowledge to influence decisions.
D) Use personal opinion to convince decision makers.

Question 5

The political approach to policy advocacy involves:

A) Understanding the political realities in order to develop a strategy.
B) Avoiding political maneuvering because it is counter to social work values.
C) Discovering technically superior solutions to a problem.
D) Advocating for truth over might.

Question 6

The element of process power that introduces a proposal at the right moment involves:

A) Charisma.
B) Tenor.
C) Coercion.
D) Timing.

Question 7

_________ power often involves the use of threat.

A) Political.
B) Substantive.
C) Coercive.
D) Expert.

Question 8

Real power involves:

A) Unilateral relationships and choices.
B) Transactional relationships between two or more people.
C) Physical force.
D) Refusal to follow others suggestions.

Question 9

Acknowledging that children, parents, teachers, school social workers and schoolboard members all have a right to be present in deliberations regarding proposed anti-bullying legislation is related to

A) The tenor of the conflict.
B) The scope of the conflict.
C) The logic of the conflict.
D) The process power of the conflict.

Question 10

If a person appeals to others because of their ethical commitments, it is known as:

A) Person-to-person power.
B) Information power.
C) Connections power.
D) Value-based power.

Question 11

Substantive power involves:

A) Using qualitative and quantitative data.
B) Shaping the content of policies to elicit support from specific persons.
C) Efforts to enlarge the scope of conflict.
D) Using threatening techniques.

Question 12

"Politics" describes:

A) The tactics of elected officials such as legislators.
B) Efforts by persons in a range of settings to secure their policy preferences by developing and using power resources.
C) Campaigns for any elected office.
D) Governmental exchanges.

Question 13

Influencing the tenor, tempo, or scope of conflict of deliberations in order to get a specific proposal enacted is:

A) Process power.
B) Indirect power.
C) Person-to-person power.
D) Substantive power.

Question 14

Direct-service staffs' power comes from:

A) Their personal knowledge of an agency's problems and clientele.
B) Their ability to connect with government agencies.
C) Their understanding of political maneuvering within an agency.
D) Their ability to manipulate agency policy.

Question 15

Policy advocates develop power resources by:

A) Building personal credibility.
B) Learning to network.
C) Creating links with groups.
D) All of these choices are correct.

Question 16

A mentoring relationship is helpful because:

A) A male mentor will help a female rise higher in an organization.
B) A mentor gives advice, information and introductions to important people.
C) It is almost impossible to enact new legislation without a mentor.
D) It increases a person's credibility.

Question 17

"Bribes" are a form of:

A) Coercive power.
B) Charismatic power.
C) Reward power.
D) Expert power.

Question 18

The belief that only high-level persons or powerful interests can wield power successfully is:

A) Victim mentality.
B) Submission.
C) Elitism.
D) Fatalism.

Question 19

A person with power of position will have power stemming from:

A) Their position in the hierarchy of an organization.
B) Their strategic location in an agency or workforce.
C) Their networks and contacts.
D) Information that only they know.

Question 20

A _______ is the number and range of supportive relationships a person has.

A) Group.
B) Lobby.
C) Network.
D) Petition.