105) Visionary leadership differs from charismatic leadership because of its focus on ________.
A) rewards
B) personality
C) dangers that the future might bring
D) a positive image of the future
106) Which of the following is NOT a typical characteristic of a vision of the future provided by
visionary leadership?
A) powerful images
B) easy-to-understand view
C) nonspecific and indefinite
D) clear articulation
107) If a visionary-leader CEO switched from one company to another, you would expect
________ to follow her to the new company.
A) all employees and managers
B) no employees
C) no managers
D) some employees and managers
108) Team leadership and traditional leadership in hierarchical organizations are thought to be
________.
A) virtually identical
B) very different
C) fairly similar
D) somewhat different
109) Consultant estimates state that ________ team leaders.
A) 15 percent of managers are not natural
B) 70 percent of managers are not natural
C) 85 percent of managers are not natural
D) 30 percent of managers are natural
110) A difficult skill for a team leader to learn is knowing when to ________ .
A) show interest in the team.
B) retain control
C) leave the team alone
D) abandon the team
111) A team’s ________ marks the border between tasks that are strictly the team‘s responsibility
and those that the team shares with other parts of the organization.
A) external boundary
B) exterior
C) leader
D) performance
112) This team leader role requires leaders to try to get the best out of their team.
A) coach
B) troubleshooter
C) liaison
D) conflict manager
113) When a design team is having problems getting its new simulation software to work
correctly, the team leader takes on this role.
A) coach
B) troubleshooter
C) liaison
D) conflict manager
114) When a team is considering joining forces with another team in the organization, the team
leader takes on this role.
A) troubleshooter
B) conflict manager
C) coach
D) liaison
115) When two members of a team are having a personal conflict, the team leader takes on this
role.
A) conflict manager
B) liaison
C) troubleshooter
D) coach
116) The key difference between team leadership and traditional leadership is that in teams,
________ decisions.
A) employees are empowered to make
B) leaders are not empowered to make
C) leaders have no influence over employees’
D) leaders do not participate in important
117) ________ is one key reason that employees are frequently empowered with decision-
making ability in today’s business world.
A) Smaller spans of control
B) Larger spans of control
C) Smaller budgets
D) Larger budgets
118) On a pro football team, empowerment might manifest itself in which of the following?
A) players getting larger salaries
B) more complicated plays and formations on the field
C) coach-to-helmet communication systems
D) a player changing a planned play on the field
119) A unique problem that virtual leaders face is being understood without a ________ form of
communication.
A) reliable
B) written
C) clear
D) nonverbal
120) Being humble is a typical characteristic of ________.
A) Arab leaders
B) German leaders
C) Japanese leaders
D) Korean leaders
121) A ________ would avoid publicly praising a productive employee.
A) Malaysian leader
B) Dutch leader
C) Japanese leader
D) German leader
122) A ________ is characterized by high performance orientation.
A) German leader
B) Scandinavian leader
C) Japanese leader
D) Malaysian leader
123) Most leadership theories were developed in the United States, causing them to stress
________.
A) spirituality over rationality
B) rationality over spirituality
C) both rationality and spirituality
D) altruism over self-gratification
124) All of the following appear to be universal elements of transformational leadership
EXCEPT ________.
A) dynamism
B) vision
C) trustworthiness
D) aggressiveness
125) Recent studies indicate that this measure of ability is the best predictor of who will be a
leader in an organization.
A) standardized test intelligence
B) academic intelligence
C) technical expertise
D) emotional intelligence
126) Which of the following is NOT a key component of emotional intelligence (EI)?
A) empathy
B) self-awareness
C) active imagination
D) social skills
127) Studies show that the higher the rank a star performer has in an organization, the more he or
she relies on ________ for success.
A) integrity
B) intelligence
C) emotional intelligence
D) loyalty
128) A transactional leadership style is not related to a transformational style.
129) Leaders with a transformational leadership style and charismatic leaders treat employees the
same way.
130) Charismatic and visionary leadership both involve a vision.
131) Since charisma is an inborn trait, no efforts have ever been made to train people to be
charismatic.
132) A successful visionary leader “jump-starts” the future.
133) Team leadership is becoming less important in today’s world because teams don’t need
leaders.
134) One of the keys to being a good team leader is to know when to leave a team alone.
135) Experts state that 85 percent of all managers are not natural team leaders.
136) One specific role of team leadership is that team leaders are troubleshooters.
137) One reason that empowerment is important in today’s business climate is that managers
today tend to have smaller spans of control than managers of the past.
138) In different countries, the most universal aspects of leadership seem to be elements of
transactional leadership.
139) Emotional intelligence (EI) is one of the best predictors of who will emerge as a leader.
140) In a short essay, describe transactional and transformational leaders.
141) In a short essay, describe two of the four specific leadership roles that team leaders play.
142) In a short essay, discuss how emotional intelligence (EI) affects leadership.
143) This is the dimension of trust that includes technical skills.
A) integrity
B) loyalty
C) openness
D) competence
144) This is the dimension of trust that includes how reliable a leader is.
A) integrity
B) competence
C) consistency
D) loyalty
145) This is the dimension of trust that includes how honest a leader is.
A) integrity
B) openness
C) loyalty
D) competence
146) Which of the following is NOT a reason that the importance of trust has increased in today’s
business climate?
A) Job performance is related to trust.
B) Job satisfaction is related to trust.
C) Only 60 percent of U.S. employees trust their leaders.
D) Downsizing has eroded the faith that workers have in their leaders.
147) Trust is the belief in the integrity, character, and ability of a leader.
148) Of the five dimensions that make up the concept of trust, loyalty seems to be the most
critical.
149) Research has shown that a majority of American employees trust the leaders of the
companies they work for.