The ability to command obedience is called?

A. authority
B. influence
C. legitimacy
D. mobilization

Correct Answer: Option A

A. authority

Explanation

Authority the power or right to give orders, make decisions and enforce obedience. It is the right to exercise power, which can be formalized by a state and exercised by way of judges, appointed executives of government, or the ecclesiastical or priestly appointed representatives of a God or other deities.