Leadership in Criminal Justice Midterm
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Course Introduction
Leadership in Criminal Justice explores the principles, theories, and practices essential for effective leadership within criminal justice organizations, including law enforcement agencies, courts, and correctional institutions. The course examines leadership styles, ethical decision-making, organizational behavior, and the challenges faced by leaders in a constantly evolving legal and social environment. Students will analyze case studies, evaluate strategies for motivating personnel, fostering innovation, implementing policy changes, and managing crises. Emphasis is placed on developing the skills necessary to inspire, guide, and influence teams while upholding justice, equity, and the public trust.
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Leadership Research Findings Practice and Skills 8th Edition by Andrew J. DuBrin
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Chapter 1: The Nature and Importance of Leadership
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Q1) Middle manager Sara is engaged in the team builder role when she
A) negotiates for a larger budget for her team.
B) represents her group at a company meeting.
C) holds a meeting to talk about team accomplishments.
D) helps the group solve a technical problem.
Answer: C
Q2) The modern organization is characterized by
A) a reversal of roles between leaders and followers.
B) an overthrow of authority by leaders.
C) competition between leaders and followers.
D) collaboration between leaders and followers.
Answer: D
Q3) The interpretation of the formula L = f ( l,gm,s) presented in the basic framework for understanding leadership is that leadership is partially a function of:
A) gross marketing share.
B) group members.
C) gross national product.
D) satisfactions of the leader's boss.
Answer: B
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Chapter 2: Traits Motives and Characteristics of Leaders
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Q1) According to one authority cited in the leadership text, humility adds value to leadership.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) According to the theory of emotional intelligence, a person with a high degree of self-management would be well organized and helpful in making plans for others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q3) Passion for the work on the part of a leader often expresses itself as a(n):
A) obsession for achieving company goals.
B) distrust of employees who are calm and relaxed.
C) obsession for surfing the Internet during working hours.
D) tendency to engage in ruthless cost cutting.
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Charismatic and Transformational Leadership
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Q1) A synthesis of studies about transformational leadership and performance found that this type of leadership
A) was positively associated with a group of criteria.
B) was negatively associated with a group of criteria.
C) was less effective than laissez-fire leadership.
D) was good for performance but not satisfaction.
Answer: A
Q2) A vision deals mostly with:
A) a forecast of future business conditions.
B) seeing clearly what needs to be done to fix organizational problems.
C) the ability to imagine different and better conditions and the ways to achieve them.
D) finding creative ways to reward organizational members.
Answer: C
Q3) The effective transformational leader deliberately creates distrust throughout the organization so he or she will be needed to decrease the confusion.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: Leadership Behaviors Attitudes and Styles
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Q1) The teamwork approach is built into the participative leadership style.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Martha, the chief designer of StyleSmartz, is considered a role model by her design team members for her role as an effective leader. Martha is considered an effective leader by the team due to her tendency to _____.
A) motivate employees by satisfying their basic necessities or low-level needs
B) adopt a zero-tolerance stand on erring and unproductive employees
C) discourage employees from letting their emotions affect their work
D) engage in management openness by encouraging members to voice their opinion
Q3) The purpose of a tough question by a leader is to help the person or group _____.
A) stop and think about why they are doing or not doing something
B) understand that they deserve to be punished
C) overcome a loss in self-confidence
D) realize how much they have to learn
Q4) The servant leader seeks to do what is morally right, even if it is not financially rewarding.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 5: Contingency and Situational Leadership
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Q1) A consultative or collaborative decision-making style is likely to bring about the best results when:
A) the problem is clearly defined.
B) the leader needs information from the teammembers to solve a problem in hand.
C) team members' acceptance of the decision is trivial.
D) there is urgency in decision making.
Q2) Adapting to changing times is the most important for which approach to leadership?
A) Leadership Grid
B) Charismatic
C) Trait approach
D) Contingency approach
Q3) Kevin announces that starting next financial year, 25% of his team members' salaries will depend on their performance. His team members had no say in this process. In the context of the Normative Decision Model, Kevin demonstrates _____.
A) facilitating
B) deciding
C) delegating
D) consulting
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Chapter 6: Leadership Ethics and Social Responsibility
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Q1) One of the questions included in an ethical screen is, "How does it [the decision in question] smell?"
A)True
B)False
Q2) A journalist questions the director of a chemical manufacturing company about the possible hazards of a recently introduced chemical for use in water purification systems. The journalist's question is based on the _____.
A) deontological theory of justice
B) universalist principle of disclosure
C) utilitarian notion of doing the greatest good for the greatest number of people
D) deontological principle of reversibility that evaluates ethics by reversing the decision maker
Q3) Information technology manager George displays an ethical mind as a leader when he makes up a list of company workers who do not deserve to be protected against computer viruses.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Power Politics and Leadership
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Q1) Being tactless toward influential people has become a career booster because many managers invite honest feedback.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Self-leadership occurs when the group members choose their own leader.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which of the following refers to a group's shared perception of its ability to successfully perform challenges and tasks?
A) Perceptual challenges
B) Skill capacity
C) Growth in competencies
D) Team potency
Q4) Which of the following actions or events would bring a person legitimate power?
A) Obtaining an M.B.A.
B) Being appointed a corporate officer
C) Being well-liked by an honest executive
D) Developing charisma
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Chapter 8: Influence Tactics of Leaders
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Q1) Team play can be an influence tactic when a person:
A) develops a large network.
B) gets others to work as a team but is a solo player himself or herself.
C) is more concerned about collaboration than tough-mindedness.
D) behaves as an authoritarian leader.
Q2) A study indicated that when group members perceived their relationship with the leader to be poor, consultation by the leader:
A) stayed independent of group member's helping behavior.
B) resulted in less helping behavior by group members.
C) tended to be regarded with suspicion.
D) tended to decrease commitment to the organization.
Q3) Which of the following is an example of debasement?
A) A manager pretending to be incapable of doing a task so that he gets help from his subordinates
B) A manger gifting an expensive watch to one of his subordinates in return of the work they have done
C) A subordinate exchanging pleasantries with his manager
D) A subordinate acting polite before his superior
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Chapter 9: Developing Teamwork
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Q1) The team leader of the media team explains the impact of the latest business channels on the advertising returns of the firm to the team. This is an example of _____.
A) external leadership
B) sense making
C) debasement
D) ingratiation
Q2) A goal contained within a team mission statement should be:
A) incongruent with organizational objectives.
B) congruent with organizational objectives.
C) at a higher level than an organizational objective.
D) at a lower level than an organizational objective.
Q3) A study found that positive leader-member exchanges are likely to increase a leader's:
A) resistance in building teamwork.
B) confrontations with a group
C) transactional effect on a group.
D) transformational effect on a group
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Chapter 10: Motivation and Coaching Skills
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Q1) Expectancy theory is particularly useful to leaders because it emphasizes the emotional and passionate side of people.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A worker receiving a floor clock for having saved the company thousands of dollars in shipping costs is an example of:
A) workers experiencing pride in relation to recognition symbols.
B) workers being underrated on account of their productivity.
C) employers unnecessarily ingratiating the workers.
D) employers trying to lobby their employees.
Q3) Rewarding people for reaching goals is a widely accepted principle of management.
A)True
B)False
Q4) An important implication of expectancy theory for leadership is that:
A) a manager must assign valences to group members.
B) workers must develop their own links between rewards and performance.
C) out-groups and in-groups should be avoided.
D) workers must clearly understand individual differences in valences.
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Chapter 11: Creativity Innovation and Leadership
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Q1) An intellectual characteristic of creative people is that they:
A) are extraordinarily brilliant.
B) maintain a curiosity for information only their field of expertise.
C) tune out the feelings of other people.
D) maintain a youthful curiosity throughout their lives.
Q2) Canon Inc. has found that a key to creating new products is for:
A) the distinction between production and development to be eliminated.
B) production groups to report to the product development group.
C) the production team to work physically close to product developers.
D) the production team to be physically far removed from product developers.
Q3) Research based on the LMX theory indicates that favorable exchanges between managers and creative workers are associated with low creativity.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Which of the following is a personality trait of a creative person?
A) Self-confident
B) Conformist
C) Able to think divergently
D) Highly intelligent
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Chapter 12: Communication and Conflict Resolution Skills
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Q1) James, a manager, inspires his team members to be prompt in meeting project deadlines by completing his tasks on time. Which of the following principles of persuasion is seen in the given scenario?
A) Reciprocity
B) Scarcity
C) Social proof
D) Liking
Q2) A useful variation of the collaborative style of conflict management is to:
A) ignore criticism.
B) give the other side whatever he or she wants.
C) agree with the person criticizing you.
D) cut way back on your initial demand or offer.
Q3) Team leader Steve wants to personally observe the problems and developments within his team. Which of the following techniques is most likely to suit his purpose?
A) Using a power-oriented linguistic style
B) Management by story telling
C) Making the rounds
D) Selective listening
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Chapter 13: Strategic Leadership and Knowledge Management
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Q1) A major aspect of direction setting by the leader is to:
A) anticipate and create a future for the firm.
B) implement a goal-setting system.
C) practice transactional leadership.
D) carefully review past financial results.
Q2) The knowledge creation component of knowledge management is used to spur innovation.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Caiden Inc., a leader in the apparel industry, wants to infuse change and add variety to its existing collection. The company makes extensive use of social media to receive feedback, suggestions, and ideas from existing and potential customers. This is an example of:
A) knowledge hierarchy.
B) knowledge application.
C) knowledge dissemination.
D) knowledge creation.
Q4) Strategic leadership is more concerned with goal setting than with inspiration.
A)True B)False
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Chapter 14: International and Culturally Diverse Aspects of Leadership
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Q1) Being multilingual is more important than being multicultural in persuading a person from another culture to purchase your product or service.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Noah is a senior manager at a multinational durable products manufacturing company. He has recently been assigned the task of visiting the company's subsidiaries in other countries to assess the performance and improve business ties. Noah is a little nervous about this assignment since he has never been to another country on a business agenda and has very little exposure to foreign cultures. If you were Noah's boss, what advice would you provide him?
Q3) William, the CEO of a business empire which has its presence in eight different industries in twenty countries, possesses the expertise to persuade and convince people of other countries to accept his business ideas. William can be considered as a leader who:
A) accepts societal hierarchy.
B) maintains power distance.
C) possesses global leadership skills.
D) emphasizes time orientation.
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Chapter 15: Leadership Development and Succession
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Q1) A feedback-intensive program of leadership development helps participants identify the reasons for their behaviors.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Leadership development can take place by using one's immediate superior as a positive or negative model of effective leadership.
A)True B)False
Q3) Succession planning is vital to the long-term health of an organization and therefore an important responsibility of senior leadership.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Assigning managers to cross-functional teams to work on other disciplines has become a useful form of leadership development.
A)True B)False
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