Human Relations: Interpersonal Job-Oriented Skills, 12e (DuBrin)
Chapter 10 Becoming an Effective Leader
10.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Leadership in the workplace is mostly concerned with
A) controlling and giving orders.
B) influencing and persuading others.
C) taking care of business transactions.
D) disciplining group members.
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2) You know that you are an emergent leader when you
A) influence teammates even though you do not have a leadership title.
B) are chosen to participate in the company management training program.
C) are just getting started in your leadership career.
D) have not yet told the company about your plans to become a leader.
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3) Danielle displays leadership efficacy when she
A) helps prepare others for leadership positions.
B) tells group members they must perform better or be fired.
C) is confident of her knowledge, skills, and abilities to lead others.
D) is confident that group members work for more than money.
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4) Buck is self-confident, so he is likely to
A) regard leadership positions as unimportant.
B) have feelings of inferiority.
C) be composed under pressure.
D) have difficulties handling pressure.
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5) Assertiveness is particularly helpful to the leader when
A) attempting to point the group in the right direction.
B) practicing servant leadership.
C) practicing participative leadership.
D) engaging in independent decision making.
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6) Part of trusting group members is to
A) give up some control over them.
B) maintain tight controls over them.
C) attend company picnics with them.
D) establish detailed rules for expense accounts.
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7) Team leader Derek shows integrity when he
A) gives five percent of his salary to charity.
B) gives all subordinates equal praise.
C) often behaves in a manner inconsistent with his values.
D) accomplishes what he said he would carry out.
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8) Which one of the following is not particularly a characteristic of an authentic leader?
A) clearly states what he or she means
B) admits mistakes when they occur
C) shows consistency between beliefs and actions
D) discourages others from expressing an opposing view
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9) A sense of humor is particularly valuable in the workplace because it
A) is a good substitute for low wages.
B) helps defuse hostility.
C) increases tension, thus preventing workers from becoming too relaxed.
D) takes some power away from leaders.
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10) The most effective technique for increasing self-objectivity is to
A) ask for feedback from others.
B) set objectives for self-improvement.
C) take frequent vacations.
D) adopt a relaxed, casual attitude.
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11) Amanda has high self-awareness and self-objectivity, which should help her become a(n)
________ leader.
A) autocratic
B) untrustworthy
C) phony
D) authentic
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12) Cognitive skill is particularly important for leaders when they
A) have to make decisions by themselves.
B) delegate extensively to group members.
C) must display self-confidence.
D) must smile frequently to maintain morale.
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13) According to research, superb leaders all have one trait in common:
A) exceptional spatial intelligence.
B) superb emotional intelligence.
C) a below-average tolerance for risk taking.
D) average imagination and creativity.
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14) The emotionally intelligent leader recognizes that
A) emotions have no legitimate role in the workplace.
B) emotions are for losers, facts are for winners.
C) emotions such as optimism and pessimism are contagious.
D) he or she is better off staying home on a bad day.
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15) Leadership passion often reflects itself in the leader
A) playing video games for a diversion.
B) disciplining employees who are late for work.
C) pursuing external rewards such as stock options.
D) having a relentless drive to get work accomplished.
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16) Middle-manager Penelope has a self-sacrificing personality, so she is most likely to be more
concerned about
A) getting a big salary increase for herself than for her subordinates.
B) the welfare of group members than her own welfare.
C) working extra-long hours to attain her career goals.
D) looking for ways to maximize her employee benefits.
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17) A distinguishing characteristic of charismatic leaders is that they
A) guide others toward great heights of achievement.
B) hug group members rather than shake their hands.
C) turn leadership responsibility over to the group.
D) are open to criticism.
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18) A study with MBA students suggested that being given information about charisma,
combined with practice,
A) made the students too self-conscious to be charismatic.
B) helped students only with the hand-shaking aspect of charisma.
C) helped these students be perceived as more charismatic by raters.
D) resulted in the students being perceived as narcissistic.
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19) Team leader Casey can best practice participative leadership by
A) sharing authority with the group.
B) being a micromanager.
C) participating in group activities.
D) participating in companywide activities.
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20) Research suggests that high-performing teams typically have a leader who
A) makes all the important decisions.
B) shares the leadership.
C) is so laid back he or she is barely noticed.
D) provides most of the technical expertise needed by the team.
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21) Which one of the following is the most likely to contribute to the development of teamwork?
A) avoidance of criticism within the group
B) team leader provides all input for performance evaluations
C) high performance standards
D) more than enough time to accomplish goals
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22) Which one of the following is the most likely to contribute to the development of teamwork?
A) keeping team members away from seeing the big picture
B) having the leader be the one person to dispense recognition
C) keeping performance standards low
D) holding question-and-answer sessions with the team
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23) Barry wants to be an effective team leader. He is therefore well advised to
A) interact frequently with team members.
B) micromanage a little every day.
C) have members downplay each other’s accomplishments.
D) form in-groups and out-groups.
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24) A recommended way of developing your leadership potential is to
A) allow your leader to make a mistake.
B) help your leader lead.
C) aim for leadership breakthroughs and minimize small acts of leadership.
D) be self-confident enough to ignore feedback about your traits and behaviors.
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25) Melody wants to develop her leadership potential, so she should probably avoid
A) becoming an integrated human being.
B) modeling effective leaders.
C) acquiring narrow experience.
D) self-developing leadership traits and behaviors.
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Job Scenario, Multiple-Choice
Roberto has been a hard-working and high-performing distribution specialist for a food
distribution company. Based on his good performance and positive interpersonal skills, he is
appointed as team leader of the group that distributes food to schools and hospitals. Several
weeks into the job, Roberto notices that the team of workers is really not working much like a
team. The team members each seem to do their own job acceptably, but there is not a high level
of cooperation and coordination among them.
26) As Roberto begins his efforts to develop an effective team, a recommended starting point
would be for him to
A) develop a team mission statement.
B) create a list of punishments that will be administered if teamwork does not develop.
C) lower performance standards to give the group a little room to focus on teamwork.
D) explain to the group that since they are not yet a true team, almost all of their work will be
closely monitored.
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27) Roberto has been somewhat successful in his preliminary attempt to move the group toward
better teamwork. To help sustain the teamwork, Roberto is advised to use which approach to
leadership?
A) authoritarian
B) avoidance of all charismatic traits and behaviors
C) participative or shared leadership
D) micromanagement
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10.2 True/False Questions
1) An emergent is one who is appointed after the former leader quits or is fired.
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2) Self-confidence appears to be a much more important leadership characteristic in factory
settings than in office settings.
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3) Pauline displays leadership self-efficacy when she rises to meet the challenges faced by the
group.
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4) Pointing the index finger outward will often be interpreted as a sign of self-confidence.
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5) Trudy has an external locus of control so she has a strong tendency to accept full
responsibility when she encounters problems.
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6) Assertiveness by the leader is particularly helpful in providing direction to the group.
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7) An increasingly large percentage of subordinates want their leader to be dishonest because the
workplace has become so competitive.
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8) A key component of integrity is to be consistent with your principles, such as a leader not
playing favorites when he or she preaches fairness in dealing with people.
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9) Jennifer fits the definition of an authentic leader, meaning that she has the appropriate
education credentials for her position.
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10) The most effective form of humor for the leader is to poke fun at the mistakes or
shortcomings of a subordinate.
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11) Self-awareness and self-objectivity are important leadership traits because they help a leader
capitalize upon strengths and ignore weaknesses.
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12) One area of leadership responsibility requiring high cognitive skills is coming up with ideas
for cost cutting.
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13) Now that the Internet facilitates gathering information, making critical assessments has
become a relatively unimportant part of a leader’s job.
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14) Research conducted in several companies suggests that emotional intelligence is essential for
being an effective leader.
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15) An emotionally intelligent leader recognizes that emotions such as optimism and pessimism
are contagious in the workplace.
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16) Leaders in hot pursuit of external rewards such as bonuses and stock options are the most
likely to be passionate about their work.
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17) Luke has a self-sacrificing personality, so he will do anything to get ahead, even if it means
sacrificing the welfare of group members.
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18) An experiment with MBA students found that they can be taught to be more charismatic
providing they consume a lot of caffeine and memorize a bunch of jokes.
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19) According to a study with Norwegian workers, an effective team leader stands out of the way
and offers no guidance or encouragement to team members.
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20) Shared leadership frequently involves asking the team member with expertise in a given area
to assume leadership responsibilities with respect to a task requiring that expertise.
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21) To help develop teamwork, the mission statement should be created when the team has been
together for at least a year.
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22) A plausible tactic for enhancing teamwork within a work group is for the leader to hold
question-and-answer sessions with the team.
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23) According to the leader-exchange model, a high level of teamwork exists within the in-
group.
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24) Narrow experience is better than broad experience for developing leadership potential
because the potential leader becomes more focused.
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25) According to one explanation of leadership, becoming a leader is much like the process of
becoming an integrated human being.
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