Multiple Choice Questions

Week 1
Topic: Fundamentals of Management

1. He viewed leadership as a master that illuminates some of the toughest

problems of human needs and social change.

a. Max Weber

b. Burns

c. Frederick Taylor

2. ___________ is someone who can see how things can be improved and who

rallies people to move toward that better version.

a. Employer

b. Owner

c. Leader

3. Is Leadership and management the same?

a. True

b. False

c. Maybe

4. Who is more concerned with maintaining the status quo and takes few risks?

a. Manager

b. Employer

c. Leader

5. Who is more creative, innovative and are risk takers?

a. Manager

b. Employer

c. Leader

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 6. According to Bennis and Nanus; ______________ do the right thing and

_________ do things right.

a. Leader, Manager

b. Leader, Owner

c. Manager, Leader

7. They are agents who have follower in the healthcare team.

a. Midwife Leader

b. Nurse Leader

c. Nurse Manager

8. To be an effective leader you must have what set of personal qualities?

a. Integrity, Courage, Imitative, an ability to handle stress

b. Integrity, Courage, Directive, an ability to handle stress

c. Integrity, Courage, Initiative, an ability to handle stress

9. This term refers to the process of planning, organizing, staffing directing,

coordinating and controlling at other times it is used to describe it as a

function of managing people.

a. Leadership

b. Management

c. Ownership

10. The theory that Frederick Taylor developed; He advocated that work be

studied to determine the “one best way” to perform each task.

a. Scientific management theory

b. Systems management theory

c. Bureaucratic management theory

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 11. The theory that Max Weber developed; Theory that focuses on organization

characterized by well – defined hierarchy of authority, division of work based.

a. Scientific management theory

b. Systems management theory

c. Bureaucratic management theory

12. This theory asserts that businesses consist of multiple components that must

work in harmony for the larger system to function optimally.

a. Scientific management theory

b. Systems management theory

c. Bureaucratic management theory

13. In Human Relation Theory they perceive their work as having significance and

are motivated to be more productive, resulting in high-quality work. Who was

the developer of this Theory?

a. Fred Fiedler

b. Abraham Maslow

c. Elton Mayo

14. He asserts that there are leadership traits that apply to every kind of situation

and that a leader must be flexible to adapt to a changing environment in the

Contingency Management Theory.

a. Fred Fiedler

b. Abraham Maslow

c. Elton Mayo

15. According to Douglas Mc Gregor theory X;

a. assumes that employees are happy to work, are self-motivated and

creative and enjoy working with greater responsibility.

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 b. assumes that employees are naturally unmotivated and dislike working

and this encourages an authoritarian style of management.

c. The loyalty of employees is increased by offering them a job for life with a

strong focus on employee well-being both on the job as well as in their

lives.

16. According to Douglas Mc Gregor theory Y;

a. assumes that employees are happy to work, are self-motivated and

creative and enjoy working with greater responsibility.

b. assumes that employees are naturally unmotivated and dislike working

and this encourages an authoritarian style of management.

c. The loyalty of employees is increased by offering them a job for life with a

strong focus on employee well-being both on the job as well as in their

lives.

17. To Wiliam G. Ouchi theory Z;

a. assumes that employees are happy to work, are self-motivated and

creative and enjoy working with greater responsibility.

b. assumes that employees are naturally unmotivated and dislike working

and this encourages an authoritarian style of management.

c. The loyalty of employees is increased by offering them a job for life with a

strong focus on employee well-being both on the job as well as in their

lives.

18. According to this Theory, Leadership roles determined by their genetic and

social inheritance.

a. Situational or contingency theory

b. Trait theory

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 c. Great-man Theory

19. This theory looks for potential motives in followers, seek to satisfy higher

needs, and engage the full person of the follower.

a. Situational or contingency theory

b. Transformational Theory

c. Great-man Theory

20. These theories embodied the idea that the right thing to do depended on the

situation the leader was facing.

a. Transformational Theory

b. Great-man Theory

c. Situational or contingency theory

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Answer Key:

1. B

2. C

3. B

4. A

5. C

6. A

7. B

8. C

9. B

10. A

11. C

12. B

13. C

14. A

15. B

16. A

17. C

18. C

19. B

20. C

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