Test 2

Question 1

A core concept in situational leadership is that…

Answer 1

Followers skills and motivation vary over time

Question 2

The situational leadership II model can best be described as …

Answer 2

A tool for leaders to adapt their style according to a followers needs

Question 3

Your boss is exactly what you need. While he makes the decisions on how projects will be executed, he seeks your input and supports you emotionally. Your boss in using which leader style with you?

Answer 3

Coaching

Question 4

A leader who lets followers take responsibility for task accomplishment and interacts with and encourages her followers is using …

Answer 4

Supporting behaviors

Question 5

You just achieved your dream in the department you have always wanted to be in. Not only are you excited to be with the department; your education and experience complement your new position perfectly. According to the situational model, your level of development is …

Answer 5

D4

Question 6

A follower that has some competence but low commitment is a …

Answer 6

D2

Question 7

You supervise the tellers at your bank. They all are quite competent at their jobs and really engage the customers and interact well with one another. Based on the situational Leadership Approach, which leadership style should you exhibit?

Answer 7

Delegating

Question 8

My staff is new and many do not know the basics of the job duties. I supervise them all very closely but rarely integrate them in the decision-making process. Which of the followers will benefit most from my use of this style?

Answer 8

D1

Question 9

The SLII model emphasizes leader adaptability. T/F

Answer 9

True

Question 10

In SLII, delegating is ineffective with subordinates who are moderately competent yet not very committed. T/F

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The situational approach contends that leadership involves two main behavior types: directive and delegating. T/F

Answer 11

False

Question 12

In the situational approach, developmental levels of followers are determined by their levels of both skill and motivation T/F

Answer 12

True

Question 13

According to the SLII, social support from the leader is unnecessary when subordinate…

Answer 13

Have both a high degree of commitment and a high degree of competence

Question 14

A criticism of the situational approach is that…

Answer 14

It doesn’t explain how leadership works in a group setting

Question 15

I let the staff make the day to day decisions while I provide encouragement and motivation to them to keep doing good work. I am using

Answer 15

Support king style

Question 16

Path-goal requires leaders to adapt to followers needs. This is similar to which other leadership theory?

Answer 16

Situational

Question 17

The path goal leader adjusts to the characteristics of the work setting and …

Answer 17

The follower characteristics

Question 18

The underlying assumption of expectatancy theory is that followers will be motivated if …

Answer 18

They believe the payoff is worth it

Question 19

How leaders motivate followers to accomplish designated goals was the focus of which researchers?

Answer 19

House

Question 20

Which of the following is not a leader behavior in path goal theory?

Answer 20

Delegating

Question 21

It is accurate to say that directive leadership…

Answer 21

Is telling followers how to do their work

Question 22

Your supervisor hands you a memo outlining the timeline and structure of the new project you going to be working on. According to path goal theory, which behavior best describes your supervisor

Answer 22

Directive

Question 23

Path goal theory suggests that leaders should respond to followers who have an internal locus if control by using a

Answer 23

Participative style

Question 24

At its core, path goal theory is about how leaders… followers

Answer 24

Motivate

Question 25

I am doing a task I do not really understand and need some specific rules by which to compete this task. Which leadership style would help me the most?

Answer 25

Directive

Question 26

According to path goal theory, directive communication is effective when followers are inexperienced and when the task is unrestricted t/f

Answer 26

True

Question 27

Path goal theory has strong support in the academic literature and thus is the focus of many management training programs T/F

Answer 27

False

Question 28

According to path goal theory, the participative leadership style is most effective when tasks are challenging and complex T/F

Answer 28

False

Question 29

Myra works in a mail processing facility. Her tasks are very mundane and lack challenge. Myra is not satisfied in her work and craves camaraderie. Which leader behavior would be most effective for Myra according to path-goal theory

Answer 29

Supportive

Question 30

Once the follower displays certain characteristics when doing a task, the leader should always match his or her behavior to the followers characteristics. T/F

Answer 30

False

Question 31

The focus of this theoretical approach is on the interaction between leaders and followers

Answer 31

LMX

Question 32

In LMX each follower is treated

Answer 32

Independently

Question 33

Early studies in LMX suggest that vertical dryads ...

Answer 33

Are found in both in groups and out groups

Question 34

Which of the following is a reason followers become part of the in group?

Answer 34

Asking for additional work

Question 35

Lower quality exchanges produce...

Answer 35

Higher employee turnover

Question 36

During the stranger phase of leadership making, the influence relationships are ...

Answer 36

One way

Question 37

Out group members

Answer 37

Are focused on themselves rather than the team

Question 38

LMX Theory has been criticized because

Answer 38

It appears unfair and discriminatory

Question 39

Which of the following is a disadvantage of LMX theory?

Answer 39

It runs counter to the human value of fairness

Question 40

LMX challenged the assumption that leaders treated followers in a collective way T/F

Answer 40

True

Question 41

In the stranger phase, the leader makes an offer to the subordinate for improved career oriented social exchanges T/F

Answer 41

False

Question 42

Tested Roles, mixed influences and concern for oneself and others are characteristics of which phase of leadership making?

Answer 42

Acquaintance

Question 43

In the partnership phase of leadership making, when leaders and followers move beyond their own self interests to accomplish the greater good of the team, they reflect

Answer 43

Group interests

Question 44

Some researchers have found that the more electronic communication between leaders and followers, the more positive the leader-member relationships T/F

Answer 44

True

Question 45

... are linkages or relationships between leaders that are based on expanded and negotiated responsibilities

Answer 45

In Groups

Question 46

Which type of leadership is concerned with raising morality in both the leader and the follower?

Answer 46

Transformational leadership

Question 47

Pseudo transformational leadership

Answer 47

Focuses on the leader’s own interests rather than the interests of other

Question 48

Brett’s values based actions instill a strong sense of community and ethics within all levels of the organization he leads. Brett is demonstrating

Answer 48

Transformational leadership

Question 49

According to house, which of the following specific types of behaviors are commonly exhibited by charismatic leaders

Answer 49

Arousing motives

Question 50

The characteristic effects on followers are more likely to occur...

Answer 50

When followers are in distress

Question 51

Research has suggested that a transformational leadership approach is especially effective in work environments where

Answer 51

Followers are focused on learning and master

Question 52

The full range of leadership model contains how many transactional factors?

Answer 52

2

Question 53

Which factor of transformational leadership encourages followers to think and problem solve in innovative ways?

Answer 53

Intellectual stimulation

Question 54

The idealized influence factor in the full range model is considered more effective than

Answer 54

Contingent reward

Question 55

Management by exception active is

Answer 55

A transactional leadership factor

Question 56

Carlos is captain of his soccer team. The night before each match he sends each of his teammates individualized texts. Carlos is demonstrating...

Answer 56

Individualized consideration

Question 57

Which factor in the full range of leadership model includes providing incentives that the follower wants when the job is done well

Answer 57

Contingent reward

Question 58

Active form of management by exception

Answer 58

Is more effective than the passive form.

Question 59

Which is not one of Kouzes and Posner five exemplary practices of leadership

Answer 59

Intellectual stimulation

Question 60

Which of the following is not a criticism of transformational leadership theory

Answer 60

There has been little research done with the theory