Q.

1 Correct
Attempts to achieve teamwork, empowerment, and diversity can succeed only if:
1.leaders follow the principles and practices of the industrial era.
2.
leaders value change over stability, control, competition, and uniformity (your answer)
3.
managers want to treat people the way they treat machines or the bottom line.
4.
leaders hire people who think and work alike.

Q.2 Correct
Era 2 sees the emergence of:
1.
severe global competition
2.
hierarchy and bureaucracy (your answer)
3.
Pre-industrial and pre-bureaucratic society.
4.
constant change

Q.3 Correct
A learning leader emphasizes:
1.
stability
2.
relationships (your answer)
3.
competition within the organization
4.
rational management

Q.4 Correct
Identify the characteristics that most closely ties to leadership, rather than management.
1.
very organization
2.
vision (your answer)
3.
developing effective policies
4.
detail-oriented

Q.5 Incorrect
When reading "In the Lead: Scotty Buete, University of Maryland Terrapins", his coach
believed his team was his:
1.
self-confidence (your answer)
2.
exuberance
3.
humbleness (correct answer)
4.
Expertise

Q.6 Correct
"High-High" leadership behavior is generally considered desirable because:
1.
they will emphasize task-oriented priorities over employee-oriented priorities
2.
they will display concern for both people and production(your answer)
3.
they will display concern for people over production
4.
their emphasis will be on developing strict policies and procedures for employees to always

Q.7 Incorrect
When reading "Leadership Development: Cases for Analysis- D.L. Woodside, Sunshine
Snacks", his effective director is:
1.
his micromanagement style that does not take into account the needs of employees.
2.
his lack of technical competence in performing research and development tasks
3.
his aloof manner is dealing with other workers (your answer)
4.
ensuring that he is not undermined by Harmon Davis, who was passed over for the job. (correct
answer)

Q.8 Incorrect
Traits:
1.
are not used to distinguish between personality traits
2.
are often used to determine whether a leader will be effective or not (correct answer)
3.
does not involve evaluating the educational background of a leadership candidate (your answer)
4.
are used to describe followers, but not leaders

Q.9 Correct
The job-centered leader focuses on:
1.
accomplishing a task at a slow, deliberate rate
2.
empowering the skills of employees
3.
interacting with employees on a regular basis
4.
operating at a high level of efficiency (your answer)

Q.10 Incorrect
Becoming an effective leader requires all EXCEPT:
1.
discovering your own unique strengths (your answer)
2.
not possessing any weaknesses or deficiencies (correct answer)
3.
discovering your capabilities
4.
learning how to make the most of your strengths

Q.11 Correct
After reading "In The Lead: Carole McGraw: Detroit Public Schools", we learned that:
1.
all teachers must have a uniform teaching strategy to ensure all students learn.
2.
students require more freedom with little direction in order to successful.
3.
students in Detroit Public Schools lack confidence and ability, so telling style would be more
appropriate.
4.
students have diverse needs that would benefit from both a telling and participating style. (your
answer)

Q.12 Incorrect
After reading the "Leadership Development: Case of Analysis-identify the
1.
We learned that it is never wise to allow employees to take advantage of improving their professional
development skills through seminars
2.
Larry Gibson's performance was initially subpar, but he showed improvement at the end. (your
answer)
3.
Gibson's professional development beyond work started to negatively affect his performance on the
job (correct answer)
4.
Larry Gibson supervised Ken Osborne

Q.13 Correct
Highly educated, profession subordinates who know their tasks do not need a leader. This
is an example of
1.
path-goal theory
2.
a neutralizer
3.
moderately readiness of subordinates
4.

a substitute for leadership (your answer)

Q.14 Incorrect
Identify the leadership style concept that ties most closely with the Ohio State study
1.
initiating structure leader (correct answer)
2.
Country Club Management
3.
job-centered leader
4.
employee-centered leader (your answer)

Q.15 Incorrect
In applying Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Theory, leaders should give the most
influence to their
1.
they lack confidence
2.
there is some ambiguity in the task (your answer)
3.
they are well-versed in operations and are highly-competent (correct answer)
4.
they have very little experience

1. Management is the attainment of organizational goals in an effective and

efficient manner through planning, organizing, staffing, directing and
controlling organizational resources.
2. Researchers contend that some traits are essential to leadership: selfconfidence, honesty, integrity and drive. (TRUE)
3.
a)
b)
c)
d)

Leadership experts agree that effective leaders:

Have the courage to act on their beliefs
Know who they are
Know what they stand for
All of the choices

4. Leadership is an influence relationship among leaders and followers who

intend real changes and outcomes than reflect their shared purpose.
5. Leader-member exchange research emphasizes that all employees should
be managed in the same manner. (FALSE)
6. Good leadership brings about CHANGE.
7. The trait approach says that anyone with the appropriate behaviour can
be a good leader. (FALSE)
8. When a leader aligns followers, it means:

a)
b)
c)
d)

Organizing a structure to accomplish the plan

Staffing the structure with employees
Directing employees and monitoring implementation of the plan
Developing a shared culture

9. Leadership based on the qualities and personality of the leader is called

CHARISMATIC.
10.Consideration is the extent to which a leader is sensitive to subordinates.
(TRUE)
11.During GREAT MAN, a leader was conceptualized as a single hero who saw
the big picture and how everything fit into a whole.
12.Directing tasks, planning and ruling with an iron hand is a consideration
style. (FALSE)
13.Leadership does not contain the personal quality of:
a) Emotional connections (heart)
b) Emotional distance
c) Open mind (mindfulness)
d) Nonconformity (courage)
14.A picture of an ambitious desirable future for the organization or team is a
(n) VISION.
15.Autocratic vs democratic leadership research showed all EXCEPT:
a) Groups with autocratic leaders only performed well under leader
supervision
b) Groups with democratic leaders only performed well when the leader
supervised
c) Groups with autocratic leaders had feelings of hostility
d) Groups with democratic leaders had positive feelings
16.The theories that consider the contextual and situational variables that
influence what leadership behaviours will be effective are called
CONTINGENCY THEORIES.
17.Dyadic theory examines why leaders have greater impact on some
followers than on others. (TRUE)
18.Whereas management calls for keeping an eye on short-term results,
leadership means keeping an eye on all EXCEPT:
a) A compelling vision
b) The long-term future
c) The horizon
d) The bottom line
19.Effective leaders and effective followers are:
a) People with different traits
b) People with different behaviours
c) The same people, playing the same role
d) The same people, playing different roles at different times

20.Initiating structure describes the following leadership behaviour:

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
21.According to RELATIONAL THEORIES, leadership is a process that
meaningfully engages all participants and enables each person to
contribute to achieving the vision.
22.Directing tasks, planning and ruling with an iron hand is a consideration
style. (FALSE)
23._____ 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) Behaviour Theories
24.One of the most important aspects of shifting to the new paradigm of
leadership is:
a) Using a hierarchy of authority
b) Using teams
c) Intentionally using human skills
d) Over managing
25.Collaborative leaders:
a) Need excellent people skills
b) Are highly proactive and tenacious
c) Exhibit extreme flexibility
d) All of the choices