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146. If you find yourself leading a team of people from diverse functional and demographic backgrounds, you can anticipate that they will have:
  1. good creativity and performance, but high levels of conflict
  2. poor creativity and performance, due to high levels of conflict
  3. good creativity and performance, with low levels of conflict
  4. poor creativity and performance, but low levels of conflict
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147. In the past few years, the traditional organizational structure of a pyramid has shifted to one of a circle. Which of the following statements best characterizes the circular team approach?
  1. Everyone shares involvement and responsibility in the decision-making process
  2. Communication occurs in a highly choreographed, linear manner
  3. The prevailing philosophy is that employees require diligent, hands-on management
  4. Most decision-making occurs at the top albeit with input from other team members
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148. Operating within public sector guidelines, Foreign Service Officers use which of the following tools to reward exceptional performance and motivate employees?
  1. Merit-based salary increases and bonuses
  2. Expense-paid entertainment
  3. Incentive travel programs
  4. Special committee or task force assignments
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149. A Foreign Service Officer (FSO) is in charge of maintaining security of sensitive information. Which of the following best practices should the FSO implement to achieve this goal?
  1. Provide regular training to employees emphasizing the importance of treating sensitive information with care
  2. Establish password-protected access to computers while allowing employees to have their passwords written down on their desks, but not outside of the office
  3. Allow individuals to copy information to their laptop computers so that they can work from home, but instruct them not to work at public places
  4. Establish password-protected access to computers, limit the number of individuals that can modify information, and allow access only from selected locations
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150. Which of the following characteristics most strongly relates to job performance, across a wide variety of jobs?
  1. Agreeableness
  2. Emotional intelligence
  3. Extroversion
  4. General mental ability (IQ)
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