Mumford’s Skills Model includes which of these main components?
a. Technical skill
b. Individual attributes
c. Competencies
d. Leadership outcomes
e. Decision-making skill
The Brown and Jacques research was completed as part of the Tavistock group.
a. True
b. False
The critical function of a leader in the team leadership model is to help the team
accomplish its goals by
a. Using group development theory to apply correct actions
b. Taking fast action to avoid team conflict
c. Taking requisite action based on diagnostic factors
d. Monitoring and diagnosing the team
Moral reasoning is a factor that influences our capacity to make ethical decisions.
a. True
b. False
Research data suggests the glass ceiling is beginning to crack.
a. True
b. False
_______________ argued that the major activities of management and leadership are
played out differently; but both are essential to an organization
a. Jago
b. Zaleznik
c. Kotter
d. Bass
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
Which of the following is not one of the six adaptive leader behaviors in the model?
a. Get on the balcony
b. Provide a holding environment
c. Identify adaptive challenges
d. Regulate distress
My math teacher not only helps me solve difficult equations, but she also wrote me a
great letter of recommendation for the college I want to attend that has a highly ranked
math department. She is using which servant leader behavior?
a. Helping followers grow and succeed
b. Emotional healing
c. Behaving ethically
d. Conceptualizing
TheBig Five and leadership meta-analysis found that the factor most strongly associated
with leadership is conscientiousness.
a. True
b. False
Which of the following is a strength of servant leadership approach?
a. Research supports the identification of the seven leader behaviors
b. The follower focus implies servant leadership is not about leading
c. There is no consensus on a common definition of servant leadership
d. It frames leadership on the principles of followers first
According to George’s authentic leadership approach, self-discipline
a. Is the quality that helps leaders reach their goals.
b. Gives leaders focus and determination.
c. Provides leaders the energy to carry out work in accordance with their values.
d. Is what enables a trusting relationship.
Which of the following is not a strength of the team leadership model?
a. Its complexity
b. It provides a cognitive guide to aid leaders in maintaining effective teams
c. Shared leadership works for all team members’ skill levels
d. It provides for a shared leadership model in organizations
Which type of leadership is most similar to transformational leadership?
a. Transitional.
b. Laissez-faire.
c. Transactional.
d. Charismatic.
This scholar holds that it is the leader’s role to raise followers to a higher level of
morality.
a. Burns
b. Heifetz
c. Greenleaf
d. Mathews
You are the executive director of the local animal humane society. A staff member you
supervise has been working at the society for less than one year. At the six-month, you
discuss with this employee that they seem to have mastered the basic tasks of the job
but not the more difficult tasks. You have noticed lately that they seem a bit
disillusioned about the job and the process of caring for these animals that seem so sad
to be in the facility. Based on the Situational Leadership® Approach, which leadership
style should you exhibit?
a. Delegating
b. Supporting
c. Coaching
d. Directing
28. We all feel committed to do our best because as a team we created our code of
conduct and performance criteria together. Which characteristic of team excellence is
our team displaying?
a. Results-driven structure
b. Standards of excellence
c. Real team
d. Unified commitment
Kim leads a team of graduate students in food science who discover a new food
ingredient that tastes like salt but contains no artificial ingredients. Kim gives credit for
the discovery to her graduate students. She is displaying what servant leader behavior?
a. Foresight
b. Emotional healing
c. Putting followers first
d. Empowering
The researcher who consistently studied path-goal theory from the 1970s to 1990s is
a. Bass
b. Hersey
c. Vroom
d. House
His perspective has strong altruistic ethical overtones and was discussed in the servant
leadership chapter.
a. Heifetz
b. Burns
c. Greenleaf
d. Mathews