I lost my job and health insurance right after being diagnosed with a major illness. It
was a horrible time for me, but I found strength in the process of dealing with these
issues. This is an example of
a. Balanced processing
b. Optimism
c. A critical life event
d. A positive psychological attribute
What are the two types of responses women have when faced with gender-based
leadership stereotypes?
a. Engage in emotional communication behaviors
b. Demonstrate vulnerability by assimilating to the stereotype
c. Engage in stereotype-countering behaviors
d. Confidence level in decision making is reduced
Which of the following is not a task-focused leader behavior?
a. Initiating structure
b. Production orientation
c. Consideration
d. Facilitating goal accomplishment
Challenging followers to perform work at the highest levels possible is an example of
which leadership behavior?
a. Supportive
b. Directive
c. Participative
d. Achievement oriented
Which of the following bases of power are considered personal power?
a. Information
b. Referent
c. Coercive
d. Reward
e. Legitimate
Founder and former CEO of Apple, Steve Jobs, best demonstrated which trait?
a. Openness
b. Integrity
c. Sociability
d. Intelligence
e. Determination
Which of the following has legitimate power?
a. The president of a company
b. A committee member
c. A college professor
d. A police officer
Which of the following presents a competency-based approach to leadership?
a. Trait approach
b. Skills approach
c. Style approach
d. Great person approach
e. Psychodynamic approach
Which of the components on Blake & Mouton’s Leadership Grid has high concern for
both interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment?
a. Authority compliance
b. Country club
c. Impoverished
d. Middle of the road
e. Team
There is a lack of agreement among researchers on what specific characteristics define
servant leadership.
a. True
b. False
Commitment in the Situational Leadership® approach can be defined as
a. Having motivation and confidence in doing the work
b. Being dedicated and a hard worker
c. Possessing the skills necessary to complete the task
d. Mastering the skills necessary to complete the task
The three main types of situational challenges in adaptive leadership are
a. Technical
b. Adaptive
c. Technical and adaptive
d. Psychodynamic
Gerstner and Day’s meta-analysis found
a. The stranger phase is an invalid construct
b. High LMX is not correlated with job satisfaction
c. Support for the psychometric properties of the LMX 7 questionnaire
d. LMX measures followers’ exchanges, not leaders’
Research data on Mumford et al.’s model was tested on military personnel. Which of
the following is true?
a. The model can be effectively applied to leadership skills in small organizations
b. The model can be effectively applied to leadership skills in large organizations
c. The model cannot be effectively applied to leadership skills in startup businesses
d. The model can be effectively applied to leadership skills in startup businesses
_______ are what leaders can accomplish, whereas _______ are who leaders are.
a. Traits and outcomes
b. Behaviors and skills
c. Skills and traits
d. Outcomes and skills
e. Goals and skills
Which of Bion’s assumptions has potential to manifest itself in ganging up against the
leader who is perceived as the aggressor or authority figure?
a. Fight-flight
b. Dependency
c. Pairing
d. Power sharing
In LMX, it is usually the leader who makes an offer to the subordinate for improved
career-
oriented exchanges.
a. True
b. False
Which of these statements about the skills approach is false?
a. Describes leadership as something that is available to everyone
b. It is applicable to leaders at all levels within the organization
c. It clearly predicts how variations in social judgment and problem-solving skills affect
performance
d. Knowledge about and ability to work with people is important in this approach