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Chapter 5: Attending to Task and Relationships
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. The essence of leadership behaviors has two dimensions: ______ and _____.
a. leaders; followers
b. task; relationships
c. strengths; weaknesses
d. realized strengths; unrealized strengths
2. Our personal styles on task and relationship are influenced by ______.
a. past experiences
b. current context
c. who we are as people
d. all of these
3. Task-oriented people are _____.
a. goal-oriented
b. people-oriented
c. democratic leaders
d. people-oriented and democratic leaders
4. According to Rohrlich attending to _____ gives people a sense of control and self–
mastery.
a. relationships
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b. tasks
c. strengths
d. schedules
5. Your college roommate labels each of their binders and notebooks, color codes their
planner, and has several to-do lists for different aspects of life. Your roommate is
exhibiting strong ____.
a. strengths orientation
b. relationship orientation
c. task orientation
d. lassiez-faire style
6. According to the author, relationship leadership behavior is about all of the following
except
a. treating followers with dignity and respect
b. assisting the group in reaching its goals
c. building relationships and helping people get along
d. making the work setting a pleasant environment
7. Within an organization, relationship leadership and concern for people includes all of
the following except
a. providing good working conditions
b. maintaining a fair salary structure
c. promoting good social relations
d. ensuring that budgets are adequate
8. Concern for production includes all of the following except
a. policy decisions
b. new product development
c. workload sales volume
d. building camaraderie
9. The aspect of relationship leadership which includes building camaraderie, respect,
trust, and regard between leaders and followers is ______.
a. consideration behavior
b. employee orientation
c. concern for people
d. concern for production
10. A manager initiates one-on-one meetings to get to know their subordinates better
and dedicates a portion of each meeting to knowing what their employees are like in
their personal lives and needs, and what makes them unique. They are exhibiting
relationship leadership through ______.
a. consideration behavior
b. employee orientation
c. concern for people
d. production orientation
11. When a leader organizes work, defines roles and responsibilities, and schedules
work activities, they are ______.
a. orienting workers to production means
b. initiating structure
c. showing concern for production
d. teambuilding
12. The unique habits regarding work and play that have been ingrained in us over
many years is known as ______.
a. personal styles
b. interpersonal styles
c. collective styles
d. strengths orientation
13. A commonality among task leadership behaviors is: ______.
a. making everyone feels comfortable in the workplace
b. building camaraderie among followers
c. influencing people towards goal achievement
d. increasing profitability
14. A new co-worker makes sure to stop by and chat with each person at the start of the
day and greatly values working with others on projects. This person appears to have a
high _____ orientation.
a. task
b. relationship
c. strengths
d. task and strengths
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15. A master glass blower who focuses on his workers’ production quality, training,
technical skill and development of new and interesting designs is attending to which
label of task leadership?
a. initiating structure
b. production orientation
c. concern for production
d. employee orientation
16. ______ behavior is essential to each person’s effective leadership performance.
a. Task-oriented
b. Integrity-oriented
c. Structure-oriented
d. Trait-oriented
17. Relationship leadership behaviors help subordinates feel comfortable with ______.
a. themselves
b. their co-workers
c. different situations
d. all of these
18. Change behaviors include ______.
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a. visioning
b. team building
c. risk taking
d. visioning and risk taking
19. The most effective leaders recognize and adapt to ______.
a. follower’s needs
b. market conditions
c. their own desires
d. learned behaviors
20. Leaders should exhibit task orientation when followers ______.
a. need affiliation
b. are not comfortable with the group
c. are confused and directionless
d. need affiliation and are not comfortable with the group
21. Leaders should exhibit relationship orientation when followers ______.
a. are unclear on goals
b. need attachment to the group
c. are lost
d. have ill-defined roles
22. A supervisor who was only concerned with the work getting done on time without
paying attention to employee’s concerns is ______.
a. production orientation
b. employee orientation
c. consideration behavior approach
d. none of these
23. A focus on employee needs and concerns would be consistent with what?
a. production orientation
b. employee orientation
c. consideration behavior
d. employee orientation and consideration behavior
24. I much prefer “being” rather than “doing.” I am not an organized, goal-oriented
person. I probably am a ______.
a. task-oriented leader
b. production-oriented leader
c. relationship-oriented leader
d. poor leader
25. Matt likes things to be in order. On every Saturday, Matt goes grocery shopping,
does the laundry, and cleans his house, all by 11:00 am. Matt is probably ______.
a. production-oriented
b. employee-oriented
c. task-oriented
d. production-oriented and task-oriented
26. Your boss is continually talking to you about the technical aspects of your job and
how to do them properly. She is probably taking a(n) ______.
a. production orientation
b. employee orientation
c. consideration behavior approach
d. none of these
27. When would be an appropriate time to use more of a task-oriented leadership style?
a. you have an experienced team
b. your team is immature
c. your team is confused about the task
d. your team is immature and confused about the task
28. According to Stogdill ______ includes building camaraderie, trust, respect, and
liking between leaders and followers.
a. task orientation
b. consideration behavior
c. production orientation
d. intimating structure
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29. At its core, relationship orientation is about what?
a. treating followers with dignity and respect
b. making the work setting a pleasant place to be
c. building relationships and helping people get along
d. all of these
30. According to research, which of the following is not a behavior found to be part of
consideration behavior?
a. camaraderie
b. trust
c. organization
d. mutual regard
31. A supervisor who was concerned with building trust, providing good working
conditions, and maintaining a fair salary structure would be exhibiting ______.
a. concern for people
b. production orientation
c. naivete
d. all of these
32. Defining roles, organizing work, and scheduling work activities would be consistent
with ______.
a. initiating structure
b. overcompensation
c. employee orientation
d. all of these
33. Employee orientation involves all of the following except
a. valuing worker’s uniqueness
b. giving special attention to worker’s needs
c. helping workers reach their production goals
d. taking an interest in workers as human beings
34. A focus on quality control initiatives would be consistent with what?
a. employee orientation
b. production orientation
c. relationship leadership
d. positive attitude
35. According to the text, what affects the balance of task to relationship oriented
leadership behaviors that one employs?
a. personal style
b. personal traits
c. genetic predisposition
d. all of these
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36. In which of the following ways has relationship-oriented leadership been
characterized?
a. consideration behavior
b. concerned for people
c. employee orientation
d. all of these
37. A teacher having each student introduce themselves to every other student in the
class is an example of primarily what?
a. production orientation
b. task leadership
c. initiating structure
d. relationship leadership
38. Which type of leadership is critically important in a company with a large number of
newly hired employees who are not accustomed to their roles and responsibilities?
a. democratic leadership
b. task leadership
c. lassiez-faire leadership
d. relationship leadership
39. Building camaraderie and trust is consistent with ______.
a. consideration behavior
b. initiating structure
c. employee orientation
d. concern for people
40. Whether or not a leader has a task-oriented style, some ______ is always required.
a. negotiation
b. strengths perspective
c. task leadership
d. none of these
41. A professor introducing and describing the role of their Teaching Assistant would be
an example of ______.
a. employee orientation
b. consideration behavior
c. concern for people
d. initiating structure
42. A manager who is highly task-oriented might have challenges with _______.
a. relationship leadership
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b. initiating structure
c. production orientation
d. concern for production
43. Effective leadership requires that leaders be both ______ and ______.
a. strength-oriented; weakness-oriented
b. task-oriented; relationship-oriented
c. production-focused; profit-motivated
d. laissez-faire; goal-driven
44. A coaches who forces students to do drills to the point of exhaustion to improve
physical performance, but who then caringly listen to personal problems is balancing
______.
a. democratic and authoritarian leadership
b. unrealized strengths and weaknesses
c. task and relationship leadership
d. laissez-faire and authoritarian leadership
45. Change behaviors are closely linked to leadership skills and ______.
a. strengths
b. talents
c. vision
d. planning
46. A new manager has been in their role for three months. They take time each day to
get to know and socialize with their team, and are often meeting with employees to
discuss various challenges they are facing. However, work efficiency is down and
project deadlines are not being met. It is likely that this manager is disproportionately
______ in their leadership style.
a. relationship-oriented
b. task-oriented
c. authoritarian
d. laissez-faire
47. Mick Wilz in the Leadership Snapshot is an example of which kind of leadership?
a. task leadership
b. relationship Leadership
c. lassiez-faire leadership
d. strengths-based leadership
48. ______ sharpens our self-image and helps us define ourselves.
a. Achievement
b. Failure
c. The world around us
d. Mentors
49. Task-oriented people want to ______.
a. be liked
b. relate to others
c. achieve
d. feel supported by others
50. Relationship-oriented people want to ______.
a. achieve goals
b. connect with others
c. master skills
d. become self-aware
True/False
1. A major difference between task-oriented people and relationship-oriented people is
that relationship-oriented people are not as goal-directed.
2. Employee orientation refers to how a leader organizes work, defines role
responsibilities, and schedules work activities.
3. Personal style influences the degree to which one exhibits task or relationship
leadership.
4. Concern for people includes actions such as building trust and providing good
working conditions.
5. Task leadership can be thought of as any behavior that influences people toward goal
achievement.
6. Building camaraderie is part of initiating structure in a group or organization.
7. A leader who views leadership as production orientation pays attention to new
product development, workload matters, and sales volume.
8. Showing genuine concern for an employee taking sick leave is an example of
initiating structure.
9. The amount of task or relationship orientation a leader should use will not change
with the situation.
10. All of us have developed unique habits regarding work and play, which have been
ingrained over many years.
Essay
1. Briefly define the behaviors that comprise task leadership. What is the common
thread among them?
2. Propose a situation in which one’s personal style is in conflict with the kind of
leadership one’s followers need. How should a leader handle this challenge?
3. Identify your preferred leadership style. Which of the leadership concepts we have
discussed so far best explains this preference: your traits, your beliefs about the nature
of people, your beliefs about the nature of work, your upbringing, or your habits?
4. Briefly define the behaviors that comprise relationship leadership. What is the
common thread among them?
5. As a follower, which leadership behavior would you like your leader to use? Why?
6. Discuss the perspectives presented in the “Student Perspectives on Task and
Relationship Styles.” Which is more compelling to you?
7. Differentiate among task, relationship, and change behaviors. How does a leader
know when to engage in which behaviors?
8. Discuss the leadership of Mick Wilz from the leadership snapshot. What aspects
made him successful? Which aspects of his leadership would you want to enact in your
own style?
9. Analyze your personal style for biases of task or relationship. Where does your bias
come from, how do you lead through your bias? Incorporate themes from task and
relationship leadership.
10. Compare and contrast employee orientation with production orientation. How are
they similar and how are they different? In which case would you as a leader need to be
attentive to both perspectives?