Leader effectiveness should be assessed along with team effectiveness in the team
leadership model.
a. True
b. False
I get involved with my team and create a positive environment while directing daily
operations and keeping results of the team high. I am using
a. Authority compliance leadership
b. Team leadership
c. Country club leadership
d. Middle of the road leadership
e. Impoverished leadership
Which of the following is true of antecedent conditions that have an impact on servant
leadership?
a. Dimensions of culture will influence leadership.
b. Leader attributes are much less important in this model.
c. Leaders need to conceptualize the situation or organization well.
d. Leaders need to put followers first.
Environmental influences directly contribute to which of the other components of
Mumford et. al’s skills model?
a. Competencies
b. Leadership outcomes
c. Career experiences
d. Individual attributes
The theoretical model of authentic leadership presented in the text focuses on authentic
leadership as a process. This is similar to
a. The focus of Katz’s skills model
b. The focus of Blake and Mouton’s behavioral model
c. Burns’s definition of transactional leadership
d. Northouse’s definition of leadership in the text
Followers who have strong needs for affiliation prefer which type of leadership
behavior?
a. Supportive
b. Directive
c. Participative
d. Achievement oriented
Team leaders need to construct a mental model to
a. Identify problems and solutions within the team.
b. Take simple problems and find hidden complexities.
c. Improve their communication skills.
d. Give team members the role of problem solving.
Jonathan has equally high skills in managing relationships with the employees he
supervises and in helping the firm shape the vision for growth. Applying Katz’s skills
model, at what level of management is Jonathan?
a. Top management
b. Middle management
c. Supervisory management
d. Dictatorial management
Goleman suggests that emotional intelligence
a. Is not as important to leadership as IQ
b. Is less important for meeting life’s challenges than traits
c. Plays a major role in a person’s success
d. Plays a major role at only the top management levels
In which of the following ways does empirical research support small differences in
leadership styles and effectiveness between men and women?
a. Women are less effective in leading than men
b. Women are slightly more effective than men in more feminine leadership positions
c. Men use more democratic and participatory styles than women
d. Men are slightly more effective than women in more masculine leadership positions
By comparing Stogdill’s findings from his 1948 survey with the findings of his updated
1974
survey, which of the following was suggested?
a. Leadership research has progressed little.
b. That risk taking and originality no longer play a role in problem solving.
c. That situational factors no longer play a large role within leadership.
d. That both personality and situational factors were causals in leadership.
The mature partnership phase is not characterized by
a. Tasks
b. Respect
c. Reciprocity
d. Transformational relationships
Research has found that gender bias and leadership
a. Is overt
b. Is subtle
c. Is predominantly masculine
d. Is predominantly feminine
You are the executive director of the local animal humane society. A staff member you
supervise has been working at the society for about one year. At the annual performance
evaluation review, you share that you are pleased to see the employee has mastered both
the basic and more difficult tasks of the job. You notice, however, that this employee
still lacks the confidence and motivation to take on new tasks. Based on the Situational
Leadership® Approach, which leadership style should you exhibit?
a. Delegating
b. Supporting
c. Coaching
d. Directing
The underlying premise of emotional intelligence’s impact on leadership is
a. Intelligence is the most essential part of leadership
b. Sensitivity to personal emotions is most important to positive leadership
c. Understanding one’s own and others emotions provides a base for impactful
leadership
d. Emotional intelligence has minimal impact on effective leadership
The situational approach requires leaders to demonstrate a strong degree of control.
a. True
b. False
The behavioral approach works by
a. Telling leaders how to behave
b. Finding the 9, 9 style is the best style
c. Describing major components of leader behaviors
d. Emphasis on task behaviors
I am doing a training program for staff to help them understand how to integrate both
task and relationship behaviors in the workplace. I am applying the main components of
which approach in this training session?
a. Situational
b. Behavioral
c. Path-goal
d. Leader-member exchange
Out-group members
a. Act differently than in-group members
b. Operate outside of their job descriptions
c. Have better relationships with their leaders
d. Are treated unfairly by their leaders