Select the single best answer for each question or statement, then transfer your
answers to the appropriate scan sheet provided.
1. Leadership involves all EXCEPT:
a. creating change.
b. influencing followers.
c. maintaining.
d. shared purpose.
2. Attempts to achieve teamwork, empowerment, and diversity can succeed only if:
a. leaders follow the principles and practices of the industrial era.
b. managers want to treat people the way they treat machines or the
bottom line.
c. leaders value change over stability, control, competition, and
uniformity.
d. leaders hire people who think and work alike.
3. Reasons for executive derailment include:
a. insensitive, abrasive, intimidating, bullying style.
b. good people skills.
c. overmanaging: unable to delegate or build a team.
d. Both A and C
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4. Strong leadership is needed because:
a. the environment of the 21 st century is predictable.
b. planning, leading, organizing, and controlling are the required
skills for the future.
c. giving workers clear job assignments is the main task of a business
executive.
d. of globalization, e-commerce, telecommuting, virtual teams, and
outsourcing.
5. considered if a leader acted in an autocratic or democratic manner
toward followers and how this correlated to leadership effectiveness.
a. Trait Theories
b. Influence Theories
c. Great Man Theories
d. Behavior Theories
6. Trait research does NOT consider the following personal characteristics of
leaders:
a. personal characteristics such as energy.
b. personality characteristics such as self-confidence.
c. social characteristics such as interpersonal skills.
d. professional characteristics such as work experience.
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7. Initiating stmcture describes the following leadership behavior:
a. A leader who is task-oriented and directs subordinates’ work.
b. A leader who is sensitive to subordinates and respects their ideas,
and feelings.
c. A leader who seeks input from subordinates regarding important
decisions.
d. A leader who listens carefully to problems.
8. Contingency approaches can best be described as:
a. leadership styles that seek to delineate the characteristics of
situations.
b. leadership styles appropriate for one situation which may not work
in another.
c. leadership traits or behaviors that can improve performance in all
situations.
d. Both A and B
9. In Fiedler’s model, leadership style was measured with a questionnaire known as:
a. the least preferred coworker (LPC) scale.
b. leader participation styles.
c. neutralizers.
d. the leadership grid.
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10. A leader who shared ideas with followers and facilitates decision making is using
Hersey and Blanchard’s:
a. telling style.
b. selling style.
c. participating style.
d. delegating style.
11. Highly educated, professional subordinates who know what their tasks are and do
not need a leader are an example of:
a. the path-goal theory.
b. the readiness level of subordinates.
c. a substitute for leadership.
d. participative leadership.
12. A Theory Y leader believes all EXCEPT:
a. subordinates enjoy work.
b. subordinates are lazy and dislike work.
c. subordinates seek responsibility.
d. subordinates will exercise creativity and imagination.
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13. Based on limited MBTI research, the two preferences that seem to be most
strongly associated with leadership are:
a. thinking and judging.
b. extroversion and feeling.
c. intuition and perceiving.
d. sensing and thinking.
14. When the perceiver develops an overall impression of a person or situation based
on one characteristic, occurs.
a. projection
b. perceptual defense
c. the halo effect
d. external attribution
15. Theories people hold about specific systems in the world and their expected
behavior are called:
a. the Pike Syndrome.
b. mental models.
c. the “whole brain” concept.
d. mindfulness.
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16. Independent thinking means:
a. seeing patterns in the organizational whole instead of just the parts.
b. having deep-seated assumptions, beliefs, blind spots, biases, and
prejudices.
c. having a personal vision.
d. questioning assumptions and interpreting data according to one’s
own beliefs.
17. An important element of systems thinking is to discern circles of causality
because:
a. managers can guide the system when they understand it
conceptually.
b. problems are solved by breaking down into discrete pieces.
c. each piece adds to the success of the whole.
d. relationships between the parts of the system are unimportant.
18. Self-awareness refers to:
a. the ability to connect to others.
b~ the ability to put oneself in some else’s shoes.
c. being conscious of your own emotions.
d. the ability to be hopeful and optimistic.
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19. The conventional level of personal moral development is characterized by:
a. following rules.
b. following internalized principles of justice.
c. follows authority with blind obedience.
d. fulfilling duties and obligations of the social system.
20. Servant leadership can best be described as the belief that:
a. leaders are deeply accountable to others.
b. employee participation should be increased through teams.
c. self-interest should be replaced by serving the needs of others.
d. power, purpose, and privilege reside with those at the top of the
organization.
21. Colleen Rowley, an FBI staff member called attention to agency shortcomings
that may have contributed to the September 11, 2001 tragedy. This behavior is
best described as:
a. ethical behavior.
b. courage.
c. stewardship.
d. whistleblowing.
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22. Dependent, uncritical thinkers:
a. are aware of the significance of their actions.
b. are aware of the actions of others.
c. accept the leader’s ideas without thinking.
d. weigh the impact of decisions on the company vision.
23. If a leader’s actions and decisions contradict the best interests of the organization,
effective followers:
a. take a stand.
b. follow the leader.
c. sacrifice their personal integrity.
d. follow passively.
24. Personal sources of power include:
a. central location.
b. knowledge and effort.
c. network of relationships.
d. flow of information.
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25. calls for leaders to share power and responsibility in such a way that
anyone can become a leader, depending on the situation.
a. Authoritarian management
b. Mentoring
c. Self-management leadership
d. Charismatic leadership
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• Leadership Skills
Select the single best answer for each question or statement, then transfer your
answers to the appropriate scan sheet provided.
1. are made up of individuals who are informally bound to one another
through exposure to a similar set of problems and a common pursuit of solutions.
a. Communities of Practice
b. Skunkworks
c. Vertical Hierarchies
d. Substitutes for leadership
2. A follower can be a resource for the leader by:
a. informing the leader about their own ideas, beliefs, needs, and
constraints.
b. giving up idealized leader images.
c. thanking the leader
d. building a relationship.
3. Studying followership is important for all reasons EXCEPT:
a. followers do not become leaders.
b. followers have an influence on the leader.
c. desirable qualities in a leader are also desirable in a follower.
d. leaders and followers are roles that individuals shift in and out of
in various conditions.
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4. The person who sells others on the vision and influences them to accomplish it is
called a:
a. manager.
b. CEO.
c. communication champion.
d. Decoder.
5. A dialogue is marked by:
a. opposition by individuals who advocate their positions and
convince others.
b. group unity, shared meaning, and transformed mindsets.
c. logic.
d. “beating down” opponents.
6. Face-to-face communication can be described as:
a~ the richest form of communication.
b. the poorest form of communication.
c. impersonal one-way communication.
d. having slow feedback.
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7. To communicate in a crisis, leaders should NOT:
a. be visible.
b. tell the truth.
c. avoid visibility.
d. communicate a vision for the future.
8. The role associated with facilitating others’ participation, smoothing conflicts,
showing concern for team members’ needs, and reminding others of standards is
the:
a. managerial role.
b. authoritarian leadership role.
c. task-specialist role.
d. socio-emotional role.
9. In an emergency room, trauma team members cover their teammates. This is an
example of:
a. pooled interdependence.
b. sequential interdependence.
c. reciprocal interdependence.
d. team leadership.
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10. The main advantage ofa virtual team is:
a. the lack of supervision.
b. the ability to monitor team members.
c. the ability to use the best people for a particular job.
d. the ability to have control over team members.
11. Diversity helps organizations:
a. build better relationships with diverse customers.
b. add value.
c. have a greater competitive advantage.
d. All of the above
12. High power distance means that:
a. people accept inequality in power in institutions, organizations,
and individuals.
b. members of a society feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and
ambiguity.
c. value for loosely knit social framework in which individuals take
care of themselves.
d. values of relationships, cooperation, and group decision making.
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13. Interactive leaders tend to be:
a. competitive.
b. individualistic.
c. consensus builders.
d. reluctant to share power.
14. The Black Hat of Charisma refers to:
a. charisma that is used for self-serving purposes.
b. socialized behavior.
c. leadership that maintains the status quo.
d. referent power.
15. Transactional leadership includes all EXCEPT:
a. an exchange process between leaders and followers.
b. a focus on the present.
c. the ability to lead changes in an organization’s vision.
d. traditional management functions such as planning and budgeting.
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16. Transformational leadership does NOT:
a. inspire followers to go beyond their own self-interests.
b. focus on the impersonal aspects of job performance.
c. paints a picture of a desired future state.
d. develops leaders into followers.
17. If Paul, a salesman, does not perform as well as expected, his supervisor can put a
negative letter in his file. This is an example of:
a. referent power.
b. expert power.
c. coerCIve power.
d. legitimate power.
18. Salespeople at Nordstrom have a clear picture of superior customer service so
they can serve customers better. This example best shows that:
a. vision establishes a standard of excellence.
b. Nordstrom has a good human resources department.
c. the company is mainly focused on internal organizational issues.
d. Nordstrom concentrates on short-term results rather than taking the
long-view.
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19. F or the New York City Transit, “no graffiti” is the company’s:
a. vision statement.
b. core values.
c. core purpose.
d. view of the future.
20. Whereas vision continues to grow and change, mission:
a. also continues to grow and change.
b. persists in the face of changing technologies.
c. changes with economic conditions.
d. reflects environmental shifts.
21. At Pottery Barn, a thick $24 bath towel is icon of the company’s aspiration–design,
quality, and price. This is an example of:
a. VISIOn.
b. synergy.
c. value.
d. discovery.
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22. The bureaucratic culture has an internal focus and consistency and works well in
a(n):
a. dynamic environment.
b. stable environment.
c. flexible environment.
d. external environment.
23. J. C. Penney is selling its art collection and putting up photos of employees to
recognize the worth of front-line employees. This is an example of a:
a. paradigm.
b. ceremony.
c. symbol.
d. model.
24.Employees resist change because:
a. it violates creative intuition.
b. it violates the reciprocal relationship between employees and the
organization.
c. they believe that change will add something of value to their job.
d. they have full information about future events.
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25. Techniques to smooth the change process do NOT include:
a. communication and training.
b. personal compact.
c. participation and involvement.
d. coerCIOn.
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