Leadership MCQ Questions

1. Which of the following statements best captures the nature of leadership as it should be
for your business to ensure your continued future success?
A. Leaders focus on budgeting, aligning people with a shared vision and solving problems
B. Leader focus on setting direction, align people with a shared vision and motivating people
C. Leaders focus on motivating people, planning and organizing and staffing
Ans: B

2. When a conflict arises between two employees, what first step might a leader take?
A. Step in and quickly help employees mediate the conflict- to avoid any unnecessary escalation
B. Step back and encourage employees to resolve the conflict themselves- so they will learn how
to resolve conflicts on their own and handle future issues
C. Step out of the “field of action “ for a moment, to gain insights into the nature of the conflict.
Ans: C

3. What are the three most effective ways to identify what needs to change in an
organization?
A. Create mechanism that help identify deviations from desired results, monitor outcomes and
look for conflicts that indicate what needs to change.
B. Listen to concerns of people inside and outside the organization, look for conflicts as clues to
what need to change and look at oneself and the team as reflections of things that need to
change.
C. Retain a consulting firm to conduct an objective assessment of the company’s issues, assign
problem-solving reading material to the staff and look for conflicts as clues to what needs to
change
Ans: B

4. Which of the following is the best step a leader can take when employees express
concerns about a rumored change within the organization?
A. Reassure employees that everything is going to be all right and that the company upper
management is working to develop an effective plan
B. Invite employees to express their concerns and shares ideas to help ease the stress they are
feeling and to empower them to work together to contribute toward a shared solution
C. Minimize discussion about the rumors until a clear plan is ready for implementation this gives
senior managers time to develop an effective plan.
Ans: B
5. Managers regularly take time to talk to salespeople about things that are important
to them. | Leadership Questions
A. Never
B. Rarely
C. Usually
D. Always
Ans: D

6. Frequently committed mistakes should be corrected by... | Leadership Questions

A. Explaining to every individual without disrupting the practice.
B. Ending the practice early before they become habits.
C. stopping the practice for a while and point them out to the trainees.
Ans: C

7. Which of the following is correct?

A. Hand movement, volume and eye contacts are body language.
B. Volume, rate and clarity give the vocal impact.
C. Volume and clarity give the verbal impact.
Ans: B

8. By concluding your lesson with a last demonstration, you...

A. ensure that the trainees will be more interested in your future lessons.
B. inspire the trainees to practice at home.
C. leave your trainees with a correct mental picture before they leave.
Ans: C
9. Which of the following should not be done when teaching a lesson? |
A. Gives a lot of information so that the trainees can pick up more knowledge.
B. Introduce the lesson objectives, outline and expectation from the trainees.
C. Put the trainees at ease so that they will not fear you as an instructor.
Ans:A

10. When conducting a debrief you should...

A. be bold and honest, and not afraid to hurt people's feeling.
B. should get every team member to voice out their feeling and opinions.
C. make it as short as possible because everybody is tired.
Ans: B

11. It is important to check on the trainees during their practice because...

A. it will give them a bad impression if you are not doing anything.
B. they might be taking too much time to learn.
C. this can prevent mistakes from becoming habits to them.
Ans:C

12. Which of the below is an example of democratic leadership?

A. "We can go to the zoo or bird park for this outing. I am OK with anything."
B. "I need your feedback before I make decision. Please speak out."
C. "Everybody will fall in at 1400 hour sharp."
Ans: B

13. A leader must..

A. always lead with the objectives in mind.
B. always make decisions that are popular to his people.
C. remove those who do not support his ideas or hinder his plans.
Ans: A
14. Which of the below is an example of autocratic leadership?
A. "We can go to the zoo or bird park for this outing. I am OK with anything."
B. "I need your feedback before I make decision. Please speak out."
C. "Everybody will fall in at 1400 hour sharp."
Ans: C

15. If a team member is not cooperative in the execution, you should...

A. warn him openly so that others will not learn from him.
B. talk to him in private and avoid causing any disunity in your team.
C. give him some "goodies" so that he will be motivated to work.
Ans: B

16. A leader who is honest in speech and upright in character exhibits | Leadership
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A. Patience.
B. Servanthood.
C. Integrity.
Ans: C

17. In the execution stage, you should... | Leadership Questions

A. stay away from unimportant tasks and supervise the whole execution.
B. gather your team regularly for debrief and checking.
C. "lead by example" by helping in all major and minor tasks.
Ans: A

18. Which of the below is an example of laissez-faire leadership?

A. "We can go to the zoo or bird park for this outing. I am OK with anything."
B. "I need your feedback before I make decision. Please speak out."
C. "Everybody will fall in at 1400 hour sharp."
Ans: A
19. By putting suitable people to be in charge of certain tasks...
A. you can work on important areas and supervise the entire plan.
B. you know who to blame for it anything goes wrong.
C. you can reduce your mental stress.
Ans: A

20. When checking on the team members or I/Cs, make sure that...
A. they follow your guidelines and are able to meet the expectations.
B. they follow your methods exactly.
C. their plans must fit your style of working.
Ans: A

21. Leadership may be defined as...

A. the ability to motivate people to work towards a common goal.
B. the ability to command people to work towards a common goal
C. the ability to discipline people
Ans: A

22. Good communication skills and motivation techniques...

A. are the foundation of leadership.
B. will earn you respect from people.
C. are helpful to your leadership.
Ans: C

23. A leader should not...

A. be confident.
B. magnify his achievement.
C. receive encouragement.
Ans: B
24. A leader must know how to lead because...
A. this will keep his team motivated and effective by meeting their objectives.
B. without challenges, people will feel bored.
C. this is how leadership potential can be measured.
Ans: A

25. Your boss made a bad decision. Do you advise your boss, or just do what you are told ?
A. Advise your boss
B. Just do what you are told
C. Resign, find another job
D. None of these
Ans: A

26. You find out something illegal is going on in your operation, do you blow the whistle, or
say nothing ?
A. Say nothing
B. Resign, find another job
C. Blow the whistle
D. None of these
Ans: C

27. Someone who has more skills than you in your own area is looking to join the company,
do you push them out, or bring them on ?
A. Push them out
B. Bring them on
C. Resign, find another job
D. None of these
Ans: B
28. Someone has been wrongfully terminated, do you take a stand and say something, or
say nothing and save your job ?
A. Take a stand and say something
B. Say nothing and save your job
C. Resign, find another job
D. Simply start find another job
Ans: A

29. As a team leader, what can you do to encourage leadership potential in your fellow
Guiders ?
A. Take time to plan when you can all meet together.
B. Make sure that each leader has the necessary books and resources.
C. Encourage new leaders to use their own talents and skills to enrich your program.
D. All the above
Ans: D

30. What are 2 practical ways that you can teach and practice leadership skills with girls ?
A. Include the girls in planning
B. For Pathfinders and Senior Branch Members, give them the freedom to plan and carry out
their own ideas. Be there to support, encourage and assist when needed.
C. Assign regular duties for each patrol. If one patrol is responsible for Campfire, then make
sure there are resources to use, such as song books, a book of readings, campfire games, a file of
songs the girls know, a Guider to assist if needed.
D. All the above
Ans: D

31. Your people are underpaid, do you try to get them more money, or just hope that they
won't notice ?
A. Try to get them more money
B. Hope that they won't notice
C. Resign, find another job
D. Simply start find another job
Ans: A
32. Suggest 3 ways that you can practice Share Leadership with fellow Guiders.
A. Plan together
B. Work together
C. Evaluate together
D. All the above
Ans: D

33. You made a mistake that has a serious impact to the company, do you cover it up, or
acknowledge it and try to fix the problem?
A. Cover it up
B. Acknowlege it and try to fix the problem
C. Resign, find another job
D. Simply start find another job
Ans: B
34. ___________ is increasing Leadership rapidly:
A. Strategy
B. Command
C. Control
D. Getting others to follow
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D
35. Regarding leadership, which statement is false?
A. Leadership does not necessarily take place within a hierarchical structure of an organisation
B. When people operate as leaders their role is always clearly established and defined
C. Not every leader is a manager
D. All of the above
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B
36. __________ are the approaches to the study of leadership which emphasise the
personality of the leader:
A. Contingency theories
B. Group theories
C. Trait theories
D. Inspirational theories
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C
37. The effectiveness of a leader is dependent upon meeting _______ areas of need within
the workgroup:
A. One
B. Three
C. Five
D. None of the above
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B
38. Needs, setting standards and maintaining discipline, and appointing sub-leaders
according to Adair’s approach, called as:
A. Work functions
B. Task functions
C. Individual functions
D. Team functions
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D
39. The Ohio State Leadership Studies revealed _____________ and initiating structure as
two major dimensions of leadership behaviour:
A. Control
B. Communication
C. Collaboration
D. Consideration
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D
40. _________ used the terms “employee-centred” and “production-centred” to describe
leader behaviour:
A. Blake and McCanse
B. Fiedler
C. McGregor
D. Likert
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D
41. Identify the four main styles of leadership displayed by the manager which identified in
Tannenbaum and Schmidt’s continuum of possible leadership behaviour:
A. Tells, help, joins and leads
B. Commands, sells, consults and resists
C. Tells, sells, consults and joins
D. Commands, help, joins and leads
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C
42. Contingency theories of leadership based upon:
A. That there is no single style of leadership appropriate to all situations
B. That there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all managers
C. That there is a single style of leadership appropriate to all situations
D. None of the above
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A
43. Leaders with a low LPC score gain satisfaction from _______________ according to
Fiedler’s LPC scale:
A. Developing team relationships
B. Achieving objectives
C. Both of these
D. None of the above
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B
44. Model of leadership based on which aspects of a leader’s decision is Vroom and Yetton’s
contingency?
A. Decision acceptance
B. Decision quality
C. Both of these
D. None of the above
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C
45. An individual’s motivation is dependent on:
A. Whether path-goal relationships are clarified
B. Expectations that increased effort to achieve an improved level of performance will be
successful
C. Their effective performance
D. The necessary direction, guidance, training and support is provided
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B
46. A firm that chooses a cost-leadership business strategy focuses on gaining advantages
by reducing its costs to a level equal to all of its competitors.
True/ False
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False
47. A cost-leadership competitive strategy helps reduce the threat of entry by creating cost-
based barriers to entry.
True/False
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True
48. Cost leadership and product differentiation are so widely recognized that they are often
called generic business strategies.
True/False
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True
49. Firms implementing cost-leadership strategies will generally adopt what is known as a
functional organizational structure.
True/False
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True
50. In general, economies of scale and diseconomies of scale are relatively easy-to-duplicate
bases of cost leadership.
True/False
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True
51. The best example of a firm following a cost-leadership business strategy is
(A) Wal-Mart
(B) Rolls Royce
(C) Mercedes Benz.
(D) .Macy’s
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A) Wal-Mart
52. Cost-leadership and product-differentiation strategies are so widely recognized that
they are often called
(A) common business strategies.
(B) generic business strategies.
(C) generic corporate strategies
(D) common corporate strategies.
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B) generic business strategies.
53. Compensation at cost-leadership firms is usually tied directly to product innovation and
customer service efforts.
True/ False
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False
54. Cost leadership as a strategy requires a firm to __.
(A). aim at a cost advantage in a niche market
(B). be unique in its product offering
(C). aggressively search out efficiencies to maintain the lowest cost structure
(D). aim to be similar to its competition in most operations
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Answer: (C). aggressively search out efficiencies to maintain the lowest cost structure
55. Firms implementing cost-leadership strategies will generally adopt a
(A) multidivisional structure.
(B) functional organizational structure.
(C) product divisional structure.
(D) matrix structure.
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(B) functional organizational structure.
56. Firms implementing cost-leadership strategies will have layers in their reporting
structure.
(A) relatively complex
(B) relatively simple
(C) relatively few
(D) many
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(D) many
57. One aspect of using a cost leadership strategy is that experience effects may lead to
lower costs.
True/False
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True
58. The typical risks of a cost leadership strategy includes:
(A). production and distribution processes becoming obsolete
(B). the inability to balance high differentiation and low price.
(C). excessive differentiation to
(D). loss of customer loyalty.
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(A). production and distribution processes becoming obsolete
59. One aspect of using a cost leadership strategy is that experience effects may lead to
lower costs.
True/False
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True
60. The typical risks of a cost leadership strategy includes:
(A). production and distribution processes becoming obsolete
(B). the inability to balance high differentiation and low price.
(C). excessive differentiation to
(D). loss of customer loyalty.
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(A). production and distribution processes becoming obsolete
61. Under which condition would a cost leadership strategy be especially effective?
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Cost leadership strategy is more effective under the following two conditions;
1. When price competition among competitive sellers is too much.
2 When the products of competitive sellers is identical to your product and supplies are
readily available.
One aspect of using a cost leadership strategy is that experience effects may lead to lower
costs. Experience effects are achieved by……?
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repeating a process until a task becomes easier.
62. Firms pursuing a cost-leadership strategy are typically characterized by?
(A) loose cost control systems.
(B) close supervision of labor, raw materials, inventory, and other costs.
(C) Both A and B
(D) a de -emphasis on quantitative cost goals and costs.
(E). None of these
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B) close supervision of labor, raw materials, inventory, and other costs.
63. What must a cost-leadership strategy accomplish to be successful?
(A). It must increase the firm’s cost above that of its competitors while offering adequate value.
(B. It must reduce the firm’s cost below that of its competitors while offering superior value.
(C). Both A and B
(D). It must reduce the firm’s cost below that of its competitors while offering adequate value.
(E). None of these
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(D). It must reduce the firm's cost below that of its competitors while offering adequate
value.