Test 1

Question 1

Which Author said “managers are people who do things right and leaders are people who do the right thing?”

Answer 1

Bennis and Nanus

Question 2

Leadership can best be described as…

Answer 2

Process of influence

Question 3

The earliest leadership theories in the 20th century emphasized sharing power amount leaders and followers. True or False

Answer 3

False

Question 4

True or False. Boss by definition has personal power over subordinates

Answer 4

False

Question 5

The governor of your state possesses French and Ravens legitimate power. True or False

Answer 5

True

Question 6

A person who is seen by their team as likeable and friendly possesses legitimate power. True or False

Answer 6

False

Question 7

My team members come to me with most of their questions instead of the designated team leader. What was happening in this work setting?

Answer 7

I’m emerging as the team leader

Question 8

Scientific research on leadership?

Answer 8

Is important because it can tell us how to practice leadership

Question 9

Kotter suggested that leadership produced … and …

Answer 9

Change, movement

Question 10

Watson and Hoffman’s study on leadership emergency with regard to gender bias perception would suggest

Answer 10

Women still find it difficult to emerge as leaders in some settings

Question 11

You are told you need to work weekends. Your supervisor gives you pay raise in return. What type of power is your supervisor using?

Answer 11

Reward

Question 12

The trait view of leadership as something that can be learned through the interactions of leaders and followers. True or False

Answer 12

False

Question 13

Leadership is a process in which leaders and followers interact with each other in mutual influence relationships. True or False

Answer 13

True

Question 14

If you want to emerge as a leader in the next group for a class, you should …

Answer 14

Be really involved in communications about the group project

Question 15

A tour guide in your African safari trip has extensive knowledge of when and where the most exciting wildlife are likely to be out for viewing. What type of power does this tour guide have?

Answer 15

Expert

Question 16

Early research on traits suggested that…

Answer 16

Individuals are only born with traits

Question 17

… is one of the five major leadership traits that means leaders have strong verbal and perspective ability and reasoning capacity

Answer 17

Intelligence

Question 18

What approach is your leader using when he gives you a personality test to determine which job he should put you in

Answer 18

Trait approach

Question 19

The trait approach focuses on…

Answer 19

Who leaders are

Question 20

Your manager displays a high level of integrity. Which two traits best represent the manager

Answer 20

Trust worthy and honest

Question 21

The big 5 personality factor that is not strongly associated with leadership is

Answer 21

High neuroticism

Question 22

A major criticism of the trait approach is

Answer 22

Traits in one context are not the same in others

Question 23

At his new job, Josh took an assessment called StrengthsFinder to help him discover his top talent themes and areas of potential strength. How is the approach slightly different from the trait approach?

Answer 23

A strength approach suggests talents can be developed

Question 24

True or False. Trait approach has found traits are very subjective

Answer 24

True

Question 25

True or False. Sociability is one of the big five personality factors

Answer 25

False

Question 26

T/F. Developing traits is a common topic of leadership training-and development seminars

Answer 26

False

Question 27

T/F. A strength of the trait approach is that leader traits are available and learnable by anyone

Answer 27

False

Question 28

T/F. Individuals who posses all five leadership traits discussed in the text are leaders in their organization

Answer 28

False

Question 29

T/F. A strengths approach to leadership asserts that talents are similar to traits in that talents are relatively stable characteristics

Answer 29

True

Question 30

T/F. Early studies of leadership and traits suggested that masculinity was a key trait associated with leadership

Answer 30

True

Question 31

Human Skills in the three skills approach is a concept synonomis with

Answer 31

Social judgment skills

Question 32

A leader using concept skills will

Answer 32

Develop criteria for the implementation of a new project

Question 33

The skills approach

Answer 33

Is leader-centered

Question 34

I have just enough technical skill to knownthe details of my company’s products but I am really good at setting the vision for the company and working with staff at all levels I am displaying competencies that would place me at what level of management in Katz’s model?

Answer 34

Top level

Question 35

In the skills model by Mumford and colleagues, general cognitive ability is synonymous with

Answer 35

Fluid intelligence

Question 36

Which of the following is an example of an interval environment influence that can affect leadership outcomes?

Answer 36

Up-to-date technology

Question 37

You recently received a promotion to a higher level management within you organization m. Your mentor helped you a great deal as you worked toward this promotion. What best represents this type of promotion and its outcomes?

Answer 37

Career experiences

Question 38

Conceptual skills grow in importance as one moves up Katz’s managerial leadership hierarchy. T/F.

Answer 38

True

Question 39

T/F. Human skills are the most important at the mid level management positions

Answer 39

False

Question 40

Skills approach suggests leadership is available to everyone. T/F

Answer 40

True

Question 41

Behavioral flexibility is about openness and willingness to change. T/F.

Answer 41

True

Question 42

Environmental influences can affect individual attributes, competencies, and leadership outcomes. T/F

Answer 42

True

Question 43

Which of the problem-solving skills identified by Mumford and colleagues is the ability to sort out the factors that are limiting the solution to a problem

Answer 43

Constraints analysis

Question 44

Skills in persuasion and conflict resolution are part of which aspect of Mumford’s skills model?

Answer 44

Social Performance

Question 45

A strength of the skills approach to understanding leadership is...

Answer 45

It provides an expansive view of leadership incorporating many components

Question 46

Which of the components on Blake and Mounton’s leadership grid has low concern for interpersonal relationships and low concern for task accomplishment

Answer 46

Impoverished

Question 47

I am a barista st a local coffee shop. My supervisor assigns tasks each work shift and checks back regularly with me to see thatxwork has been done. I am disappointed that she does not seem interested in me as a person. My supervisor behavior would plot on the Blake and Mounton’s Leadership Grid at what point?

Answer 47

9,1

Question 48

A leader who tries to meet the personal and social needs of followers while making sure most of the tasks are getting done is displaying...

Answer 48

Middle of the road behaviors

Question 49

A leader who uses compromising behaviors is displaying ...

Answer 49

Middle of the road behaviors

Question 50

Which point on the Leadership Grid isnoroven to consistently be the best form of the leadership

Answer 50

There is no best style

Question 51

Task behaviors

Answer 51

Are results and production oriented

Question 52

Jeremy related well on a personal basis with the team members he supervises. He is employing...

Answer 52

Relationship Behaviors

Question 53

Which scholars created the leadership?

Answer 53

Blake and Mounton

Question 54

In the leadership grid, the 1,9 type of leader prefers the middle ground and swallows convictions in the interest of progress. T/F

Answer 54

False

Question 55

Fellas boss John is unpredictable. John changed his behavior toward followers in order to gain personal advantage. He seems to care more about his image than the company’s goals. Johns style can best be characterized as ...

Answer 55

Opportunism

Question 56

... leaders treat people as if they have nothing to do with the task. They make most of the decisions in the organization and reward loyalty and punish non-compliance

Answer 56

Maternal

Question 57

In the Ohio State studies, organizing work, defining role responsibilities, and scheduling work activities were defined as ...

Answer 57

Initiating structure behaviors

Question 58

The behavioral approach is a complex theory that provides a neatly organized set of prescriptions. T/F.

Answer 58

False

Question 59

The behavioral approach was a breakthrough in leadership research because it broadened the scope from who leaders are to what leaders do. T/F

Answer 59

True

Question 60

The behavioral approach lends itself well to leadership training programs. T/F

Answer 60

True