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52% Correct of 29 Scored items:
15 Correct: 52%
14 Incorrect: 48%
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1.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of good "management" as defined
by John Kotter?
Your Answer: Designing rigid organization structures
Correct Answer: Developing a vision of the future

John Kotter identifies good management as including drawing up formal plans,
designing rigid organization structures, and monitoring results against the
plans.
2.
_____ is the ability to influence a group toward the achievement of goals.
Your Answer: Leadership
3.
As prime minister of Great Britain, _____ was regularly described as confident,
iron-willed, determined, and decisive.
Your Answer: Margaret Thatcher
4.
_____ theories of leadership differentiate leaders from nonleaders by focusing
on personal qualities and characteristics.
Your Answer: Trait
5.
The _____ personality framework resulted in consistent and strong support for
traits as predictors of leadership.
Your Answer: Big Five
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6.
Ambition and energy are part of the Big Five personality trait of _____.
Your Answer: agreeableness
Correct Answer: extraversion

Ambition and energy are part of the Big Five personality trait of extraversion.
7.
Which of the Big Five personality traits is most strongly correlated with
leadership?
Your Answer: extraversion
8.
Which of the Big Five personality traits is least strongly correlated with
leadership?
Your Answer: openness to experience and agreeableness
Correct Answer: agreeableness and emotional stability

Agreeableness and emotional stability, two of the Big Five personality traits, are
least strongly correlated with leadership.
9.
In addition to factors from the Big Five theory (extraversion, conscientiousness,
openness), _____ has also been associated through research with leadership.
Your Answer: emotional intelligence
10.
From the late 1940s through the 1960s, the focus of leadership research was
_____ theories.
Your Answer: trait
Correct Answer: behavioural

From the late 1940s through the 1960s, the focus of leadership research was
behavioural theories.
11.
According to the Ohio State studies, a leader who attempts to organize work,
work relationships, and goals is termed high in _____.
Your Answer: initiating structure
12.
A leader who is high in _____ helps employees with personal problems, is
friendly and approachable, and treats all employees as equals.
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Your Answer: consideration
13.
According to the Ohio State studies, which leaders tend to achieve the highest
employee performance?
Your Answer: Those high in initiating structure and high in consideration
14.
Employee-oriented leaders emphasize _____.
Your Answer: interpersonal relations
15.
Production-oriented leaders do emphasize _____.
Your Answer: accomplishment of group tasks
Correct Answer: technical aspects of the job

Production-oriented leaders do emphasize technical aspects of the job.
16.
According to the University of Michigan studies, which leaders tend to achieve
the highest employee performance?
Your Answer: Those high in employee-orientation and high in production-
orientation
Correct Answer: Those high in employee-orientation

Leaders high in employee-orientation tend to achieve the highest employee
performance, according to the University of Michigan studies.
17.
On the managerial grid, _____ refers to managers who take a personal interest
in the needs of employees and who accept individual differences among
members.
Your Answer: employee-orientation
18.
The dimension of _____ on the managerial grid is closely related to _____ from
the Ohio State studies.
Your Answer: concern for employees, consideration
Correct Answer: production-orientation, initiating structure

The dimension of production-orientation on the managerial grid is closely
related to initiating structure from the Ohio State studies.
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19.
Blake and Mouton's managerial grid _____.
Your Answer: all of the above
Correct Answer: offers a better framework for conceptualizing leadership
style

Blake and Mouton's managerial grid offers a better framework for
conceptualizing leadership style.
20.
_____ theories assume that the most effective leadership style depends on the
situation.
Your Answer: Contingency
21.
The _____ questionnaire measures whether a person is task- or relationship-
oriented.
Your Answer: leader-member exchange
Correct Answer: least preferred co-worker

The least preferred co-worker questionnaire measures whether a person is task-
or relationship-oriented.
22.
_____ measures the degree to which the job assignments are procedurised.
Your Answer: Task structure
23.
Which of the following did Fiedler and Garcia discover about leaders and stress?
Your Answer: A leader's intellectual abilities correlate positively with
performance under low stress but negatively under high stress.
24.
According to situational leadership theory, the most effective behaviour depends
on _____.
Your Answer: the manager's preferred style
Correct Answer: a follower's ability and motivation

According to situational leadership theory, the most effective behaviour depends
on a follower's ability and motivation.
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25.
If the follower is able but unwilling, the leader should use a _____ style.
Your Answer: directive
Correct Answer: supportive

If the follower is able but unwilling, the leader should use a supportive style.
26.
The _____ theory argues that leaders establish a special relationship with a
small group of their followers.
Your Answer: leader-member exchange
27.
According to _____ theory, the leader's job is to provide followers with the
information, support, or other resources necessary for them to achieve their
goals.
Your Answer: cognitive resource
Correct Answer: path-goal

According to path-goal theory, the leader's job is to provide followers with the
information, support, or other resources necessary for them to achieve their
goals.
28.
According to path-goal theory, _____ leadership is likely to be perceived as
redundant among employees with high perceived ability or considerable
experience.
Your Answer: participative
Correct Answer: directive

According to path-goal theory, directive leadership is likely to be perceived as
redundant among employees with high perceived ability or considerable
experience.
29.
_____ leadership results in high employee performance and satisfaction when
employees are performing structured tasks.
Your Answer: Achievement-oriented
Correct Answer: Supportive

Supportive leadership results in high employee performance and satisfaction
when employees are performing structured tasks.
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