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Managing as a Leaders MCQ

Managing as a Leaders MCQ

1. Fiedler would expect that the best leadership style was a function of ________.

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Correct Answer: Leader-member relations, task structure, and position power

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2. Directive leadership is a style of leadership in which leaders provide specific, _____ and ensure individuals follow rules.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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3. Visionary leadership is a style of leadership in which leaders create visions to _____ employees.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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4. _____ is a style of leadership in which leaders create visions to motivate, inspire, and stimulate employees.

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Correct Answer: Visionary leadership

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5. _____ is a style of leadership in which leaders work with people inside and outside the organization to identify opportunities for change and in the process create a higher-level vision that elicits an emotional response and commitment from followers.

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Correct Answer: Transactional leadership

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6. _____ is a style of leadership in which leaders use rewards and punishment as motivation.

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Correct Answer: Transactional leadership

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7. A theory that explores the relationship between leaders’ personal qualities and characteristics and the way their traits differentiate them from nonleaders.

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Correct Answer: Trait leadership perspective

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8. Telling is a leadership behavior characterized by giving _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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9. Task structure is the degree to which job assignments are defined.

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Correct Answer: True

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10. Task Characteristics are situational contingencies outside the follower’s control, such as _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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11. _____ is a type of leadership behavior characterized by friendliness and concern for the welfare of others.

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Correct Answer: Supportive leadership

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12. Situational contingencies include subordinate characteristics such as:

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Correct Answer: All of these

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13. Situational leadership model is a leadership model that proposes leaders should adapt their leadership style based on the _____.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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14. _____ is the one who distributes influence among groups and individuals to achieve organizational or team goals.

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Correct Answer: Shared leadership

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15. Servant leader is the one who focuses on the _____ of team members to help them achieve organizational goals.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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16. Selling is a leadership behavior characterized by support provided to followers through communication and “selling” them the aims of the task to gain commitment.

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Correct Answer: True

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17. A process through which people intentionally influence their thinking and behavior to achieve their objectives is known as?

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Correct Answer: Self-leadership

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18. _____ is a manager’s ability to offer rewards based on goal achievement.

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Correct Answer: Reward power

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19. _____ is the ability to influence followers.

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Correct Answer: Referent power

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20. Production-oriented leader is a leader who tends to focus more on the technical or task aspects of the job.

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Correct Answer: True

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21. Power is the ability to influence.

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Correct Answer: True

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22. Powers that are given based on position and ability are known as?

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Correct Answer: Positional power

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23. Powers that are obtained by being perceived as likable and well informed are called?

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Correct Answer: Personal power

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24. Path-goal leadership theory is a theory that identifies leadership behaviors that motivate a team through _____ in pursuit of a goal.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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25. _____ is the leadership behavior that consists of consulting with followers and considering their input in decision-making.

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Correct Answer: Participative leadership

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26. Participating is a leadership behavior in which both leaders and followers work together and share in the decision-making responsibilities of the task.

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Correct Answer: True

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27. _____ is the influence a manager has because of their title inside an organization or status in a community.

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Correct Answer: Legitimate power

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28. Least preferred coworker is an instrument that evaluates whether a person is _____.

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Correct Answer: Both a and b

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29. Leadership is a process of influence aimed at directing behavior toward the accomplishment of objectives.

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Correct Answer: True

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30. Leader’s position power is the level of power a leader possesses to _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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31. _____ is the level of power a leader possesses to reward or punish, or promote or demote.

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Correct Answer: Leader’s position power

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32. Leader-member relations are the relationships that reflect the degree of _____ that exists between subordinates and their leaders.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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33. Leader emergence occurs when someone naturally becomes the leader of a leaderless group.

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Correct Answer: True

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34. _____ is a style of leadership in which a leader fully delegates responsibility to others.

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Correct Answer: Laissez-faire leadership

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35. Intellectual stimulation encourages people to view problems from a different perspective and to think about innovative and alternative ways to address them.

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Correct Answer: True

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36. Promotes commitment to a shared vision of the future.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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37. Initiating structure is a behavior demonstrated by leaders who _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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38. Individualized consideration creates mutual respect or trust and a genuine concern for the needs and desires of others.

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Correct Answer: True

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39. Idealized influence is behavior that gains the admiration, trust, and respect of followers.

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Correct Answer: True

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40. _____ is the power acquired in the workplace for being knowledgeable, skilled, or competent in a particular area.

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Correct Answer: Expert power

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41. Ethical leadership is a means of influencing others through _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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42. _____ is a style of leadership in which leaders emphasize employee self-influence processes rather than hierarchical control processes and actively encourage followers to take ownership of their own behaviors and work processes.

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Correct Answer: Empowering leadership

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43. Emotional intelligence is the ability to manage our emotions in positive ways to benefit our working and personal lives

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Correct Answer: True

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44. _____ is a style of leadership in which leaders provide specific, task-focused directions, giving commands, assigning goals, implementing guidelines, closely supervising employees, and ensuring individuals follow rules.

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Correct Answer: Directive leadership

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45. Delegating is the act of giving most of the responsibility to followers while still monitoring progress.

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Correct Answer: True

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46. _____ is a way of thinking that matches the most suitable leadership style with a particular business situation.

Answer

Correct Answer: Contingency leadership perspective

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47. Consideration is a behavior demonstrated by leaders who develop mutual trust and respect and actively build interpersonal relationships with their followers.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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48. The behavior that occurs when the targets of influence readily agree to carry out the leader’s requests.

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Correct Answer: Compliance

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49. The ability a manager has to influence people through the threat of or actual negative consequences for undesired actions.

Answer

Correct Answer: Coercive power

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50. Charismatic leadership is the ability of a leader to use their _____ and commitment from employees.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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51. The ability of a leader to use their personality or charm to inspire, motivate, and acquire loyalty and commitment from employees is called?

Answer

Correct Answer: Charismatic leadership

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52. _____ is a perspective that connects what managers do to their ability to influence others.

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Correct Answer: Behavioral leadership perspective

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53. Autocratic is a leadership style based on making decisions without asking for suggestions from others.

Answer

Correct Answer: True

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54. Authentic leadership is a pattern of leadership behavior based on _____.

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Correct Answer: All of these

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55. A pattern of leadership behavior based on honesty, practicality, and ethicality is known as?

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Correct Answer: Authentic leadership

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56. _____ is the leadership behavior characterized by setting challenging goals, improving performance and assisting in employee training.

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Correct Answer: Achievement-oriented leadership

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57. Achievement-oriented leadership is the leadership behavior characterized by setting _____ and assisting in employee training.

Answer

Correct Answer: Both a and b

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