Chapter 06 Leadership Attributes Answer Key
True / False Questions
1.
(p. 185)
The roots of the Great Man theory can be traced back to the early 1900s, when many
leadership researchers and the popular press maintained that leaders and followers were
essentially the same.
2.
The term “personality” reflects a simple description of the person in the eyes of others.
3.
(p. 189)
The strength of the relationship between personality traits and leadership effectiveness is
often inversely related to the relative strength of the situation.
4.
(p. 191)
Research has shown that openness to experience is particularly important at higher
organizational levels and for success in overseas assignments.
5.
(p. 191)
Leaders who are lower in conscientiousness tend to be more spontaneous, creative, and
impulsive.
6.
(p. 192)
Leaders tend to have higher extraversion scores than nonleaders.
7.
(p. 194)
Behavioral manifestations of personality traits are often exhibited with conscious thought.
8.
(p. 195)
In the building blocks of skills, knowledge and experience are easier components to
change than intelligence and personality traits.
Type: Knowledge
9.
(p. 196)
Type: Knowledge
The OCEAN model is applicable across many cultures.
10.
(p. 201)
Type: Knowledge
Feeling leaders like to analyze, criticize, and approach decisions impersonally and
objectively.
11.
(p. 209)
Type: Vocabulary
Analytic intelligence is general problem-solving ability and can be assessed using
standardized mental abilities tests.
12.
(p. 210)
Type: Knowledge
Analytic intelligence is much more concerned with knowledge and experience than
practical intelligence.
13.
(p. 214)
Smart but inexperienced leaders tend to be more effective in stressful situations than less
intelligent, experienced leaders.
14.
(p. 215)
The primary role of leaders is not so much to be creative themselves as to build an
environment where others can be creative.
15.
(p. 218)
Stress is often defined as the result of conflicts with superiors or the apprehension
associated with performance evaluation.
16.
(p. 219)
According to the cognitive resources theory, leaders are fully aware of the degree to which
they are causing stress in their followers and use stressful situations as motivational
tools.
17.
(p. 224)
Most EQ researchers agree that emotional intelligence cannot be developed.
18.
(p. 225)
Leaders who can empathize and get along with others tend to be more successful than
those who cannot.
19.
(p. 226)
An ability-based EQ training program would most likely rely on role plays and videotapes
to help participants better recognize, exhibit, and regulate emotion.
20.
(p. 227)
The optimism component of Goleman’s model of EQ corresponds with the agreeableness
component of the OCEAN model.
Multiple Choice Questions
21.
(p. 190)
“I remain calm in pressure situations.” This behavioral aspect corresponds to which
OCEAN personality dimension?
22.
(p. 190)
In the OCEAN model, the personality dimension concerned with curiosity, innovative
thinking, and assimilating new information is known as:
23.
(p. 192)
According to the OCEAN model, individuals who appear to be socially clueless, insensitive,
pessimistic, and grumpy may be low in:
24.
(p. 193)
Type: Knowledge
Leaders lower in neuroticism tend to:
25.
(p. 201)
Which of the following statements is most likely accurate concerning the thinking-feeling
dimension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) test?
Type: Knowledge
26.
(p. 207)
Which of the following statements is most likely true of intelligence?
27.
(p. 209-
212)
Which of the following is NOT a type of intelligence identified in the Triarchic Theory of
Intelligence?
28.
(p. 209)
What characteristic is most likely associated with people who have higher levels of
analytic intelligence?
Type: Knowledge
29.
(p. 211)
Type: Knowledge
A leader who has extensive knowledge and experience in leading a pharmaceutical
research team may feel uncomfortable and unprepared when asked to lead a major fund-
raising effort for a charitable institution. This example illustrates that practical intelligence
is most likely:
30.
(p. 212)
Type: Vocabulary
The ability to produce work that is both novel and useful is called:
31.
(p. 212)
Most intelligence and aptitude tests are good examples of:
32.
(p. 216)
“People like to have some sense of control over their work. Micro-managing staff will help
to either create yea-sayers or cause people to mentally disengage from work.” Which
creativity killer does this statement exemplify?
33.
(p. 216)
By discouraging cross-functional collaboration, leaders can most likely guarantee that
followers will:
34.
(p. 217)
Which theory explains the interesting relationships between leader intelligence and
experience levels, and group performance in stressful versus nonstressful conditions?
35.
(p. 221)
All of the following are accepted among the major definitions of emotional intelligence
EXCEPT: