Leadership in Organizations Practice Questions
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Leadership in Organizations explores the theories, principles, and practices of effective leadership within a variety of organizational contexts. The course examines the roles of leaders at different levels, emphasizing the development of leadership skills, decision-making, motivation, team dynamics, and strategies for leading organizational change. Students will analyze case studies, discuss real-world challenges, and engage in activities that foster critical thinking and practical skill-building. By the end of the course, participants will be equipped to understand and implement leadership techniques that foster innovation, inclusion, and organizational effectiveness.
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The Leadership Experience 7th Edition by Richard
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Chapter 1: What Does It Mean to Be a Leader
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Q1) The role of leadership is to motivate people through rewards and punishments.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Erica, a team manager, was known for heading projects with diligence and conscientiousness. However, she was insensitive and excessively ambitious. She did not take feedback in a constructive manner. This prevented her from advancing in her career because she had problems motivating and communicating with her team members. In the context of the given scenario, which of the following phenomena does Erica experience?
A) Communication apprehension
B) Fear-based motivation
C) Paradigm change
D) Derailment
Answer: D
Q3) Leadership is a(n) _____ activity.
Answer: people
Q4) Transformational leadership is a significant _____ theory of leadership. Answer: relational
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Chapter 2: Traits, Behaviors, and Relationships
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Q1) Which of the following characteristics are important for entrepreneurs?
A) Persistence
B) Carelessness
C) Resistance to change
D) Satisfaction with the status quo
Answer: A
Q2) In the leader-member exchange research study on individualized leadership, leaders were trained to offer the opportunity for a high-quality relationship to all group members. According to this concept, which of the following is true of followers?
A) The followers were treated in a positive or a negative way depending on their individual performances.
B) The boon of establishing sharply differentiated in-group and out-group relationships was established.
C) The followers who responded to the offer dramatically improved their performance.
D) The in-group subordinates got better and the out-group subordinates got worse at their work respectively.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Contingency Approaches to Leadership
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Q1) Which of the following is stated by the contingency approach to leadership?
A) A leadership style that works in one situation might not work in another situation.
B) The contingencies seek to investigate traits that can improve performance in all situations.
C) The contingencies most important to leadership are the leaders.
D) There is only one best way of leadership.
Answer: A
Q2) A(n) _____, which is a situational characteristic, counteracts the leadership style and prevents the leader from displaying certain behaviors.
Answer: neutralizer
Q3) According to the least preferred coworker (LPC) scale of Fiedler's model of leadership styles, if the leader describes the least preferred coworker using positive concepts, the leader:
A) is relationship-oriented.
B) is task-oriented
C) places greater value on tasks.
D) is an extrovert.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: The Leader As Individual
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Q1) The _____ dimension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment concerns an individual's attitudes toward ambiguity and how quickly a person makes a decision.
A) sensing versus intuition
B) thinking versus feeling
C) judging versus perceiving
D) introversion versus extroversion
Q2) _____ refers to the degree to which a person is outgoing, sociable, talkative, and comfortable meeting and talking to new people.
Q3) Theory Y reflects the assumption that people are basically lazy and not motivated to work and that they have a natural tendency to avoid responsibility.
A)True
B)False
Q4) ______ is the tendency to assign an individual to a group or broad category and then to attribute widely held generalizations about the group to the individual.
Q5) A person's _____ defines whether he or she places the primary responsibility within the self or on outside forces.
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Chapter 5: Leadership Mind and Emotion
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Q1) The Pike Syndrome illustrates the power of the conditioning that limits people's thinking and behavior.
A)True
B)False
Q2) An effective leader lets his or her vision of a better future pull reality toward it by:
A) reorganizing current activities to work toward the vision.
B) lowering the vision.
C) opening the gap between the vision and the reality.
D) accepting standard ways of doing things.
Q3) The components of emotional intelligence include _____, self-awareness, self-management, and relationship management.
Q4) Explain the interdependence of the elements of mind.
Q5) The emotional state of a leader influences the entire team, department, or organization.
A)True
B)False
Q6) _____ refers to a person's abilities to perceive, identify, understand, and successfully manage emotions in self and others.
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Chapter 6: Courage and Moral Leadership
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Q1) Patricia is a member of the board of directors of Brightlake Medical College. She fires a teacher with lax ethical standards who treats his colleagues unfairly. In the given scenario, she is committed to:
A) creating closed-door policies.
B) avoiding shareholder questions.
C) firing principals who do not produce short-term results.
D) sound ethics and transparency.
Q2) _____ is the mental and moral strength to engage in, persevere through, and withstand danger, difficulty, or fear.
Q3) Describe how the current ethical climate in U.S. business can be improved.
Q4) A servant leader:
A) helps others grow and develop and provides opportunities for others.
B) expects subordinates to be obedient.
C) is responsible for the emotional well-being of subordinates.
D) is at the preconventional level of personal moral development.
Q5) Unethical leaders tend to take all the credit for successes, but they blame others when things go wrong.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Followership
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Q1) _____ are often the result of leaders who are overcontrolling of others and who punish mistakes.
A) Pragmatic survivors
B) Alienated followers
C) Passive followers
D) Conformists
Q2) In the context of followership styles, _____ leave the thinking to their leaders.
A) pragmatic survivors
B) alienated followers
C) passive followers
D) conformists
Q3) _____ are the biggest barrier to effective leader-follower relationships.
Q4) Viewing the leader realistically includes:
A) asking questions about the leader's experiences.
B) using mindful initiatives.
C) giving up idealized expectations.
D) plying the leader for company stories.
Q5) _____ should not be used simply to criticize a person or to point out faults. The focus should always be on how the follower can improve.
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Chapter 8: Motivation and Empowerment
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Q1) Which of the following actions can a leader take to empower an employee?
A) Tell the employee how to complete a task.
B) Provide the company's financial data to the employee.
C) Increase the employee's salary.
D) Tell the employee he or she will be terminated unless performance improves.
Q2) According to Herzberg's two-factor theory, hygiene factors include:
A) recognition.
B) interpersonal relationships.
C) the work itself.
D) personal growth.
Q3) Why is it important for leaders to understand motivation?
Q4) Immediate praise for an employee who arrives on time increases the likelihood of punctuality. This is an example of _____.
A) extinction
B) punishment
C) positive reinforcement
D) expectancy
Q5) _____, the first dimension of Herzberg's two-factor theory, involves the presence or absence of working conditions, pay, company policies, and interpersonal relationships.
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Chapter 9: Leadership Communication
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Q1) Written communication is the highest in channel richness because it permits immediate feedback.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In a crisis situation, a leader should refrain from absorbing people's fears and uncertainties.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Persuasion is a valuable communication process that individuals can use to lead others to a shared solution or commitment.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A discussion's focus is to reveal feelings and build common ground, with the emphasis on inquiry rather than advocacy.
A)True
B)False
Q5) One example of informal communication is "management by wandering around." Describe and evaluate this communication method.
Q6) Describe channel richness.
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Chapter 10: Leading Teams
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Q1) An advantage of a virtual team is the ability to:
A) trust people to do their jobs without constant supervision.
B) monitor team members.
C) save employees time.
D) have complete control over team members.
Q2) Work in organizations is interdependent.
A)True
B)False
Q3) What are the rules for reaching a win-win solution?
Q4) Employee morale is higher in cohesive teams.
A)True
B)False
Q5) To help their team succeed, team members should:
A) become free riders.
B) give up their independence.
C) avoid accountability.
D) focus on personal goals.
Q6) Describe the characteristics of a virtual team.
Q7) _____ refers to disagreements among people about the goals to be achieved or the content of the tasks to be performed.
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Chapter 11: Developing Leadership Diversity
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Q1) At stage 2 of personal diversity awareness, people are capable of integrating differences and adapting both cognitively and behaviorally.
A)True
B)False
Q2) In many European languages, the meaning of "diversity" is different from the U.S. term because the closest word implies:
A) better than.
B) togetherness.
C) the same as.
D) separation.
Q3) When Melanie moved to Japan, she refused to learn anything about the Japanese culture. Instead, she fiercely clung to all of the culture and customs from her homeland. Melanie is practicing _____.
A) prejudice
B) ethnocentrism
C) discrimination
D) stereotyping
Q4) According to Hofstede's research, what do the terms masculinity and femininity mean?
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Chapter 12: Leadership Power and Influence
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Q1) Research indicates that most people feel a sense of obligation to give something back in return for favors others do for them. In the context of the principles for asserting leader influence, which of the following principles should a leader employ to exploit the given research finding?
A) Asking for what you want
B) Relying on the rule of reciprocity
C) Asserting formal authority
D) Developing allies
Q2) Maeve is a popular manager. Many people enjoy being around her. She has a good head on her shoulders, and many of her followers respect her opinion and adopt her viewpoint. Maeve has:
A) expert power.
B) reward power.
C) referent power.
D) coercive power.
Q3) Sexual harassment is an example of the unethical use of power.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe coalitional leadership.
Q5) Discuss the six tactics for asserting leader influence.
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Chapter 13: Creating Vision and Strategic Direction
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Q1) _____ can be defined as the general plan of action that describes resource allocation and other activities for dealing with the environment and helping the organization attain its goals and achieve the vision.
A) A noble purpose
B) Mission
C) Strategy
D) A core value
Q2) To be a(n) _____, one dreams big and transforms those dreams into significant strategic action, either through one's own activities or by hiring other leaders who can effectively execute the vision and strategy.
A) dreamer
B) uninvolved leader
C) doer
D) effective leader
Q3) A leader who is all action and little vision is actually uninvolved.
A)True
B)False
Q4) _____ occurs when organizational parts interact to produce a joint effect that is greater than the sum of the parts acting alone.
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Chapter 14: Shaping Culture and Values
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Q1) Managers at MediaCloud Inc. place great emphasis on winning. The culture at the company is highly result-oriented with a focus on sales growth, profitability, and market share. In the given scenario, MediaCloud is said to have the:
A) involvement corporate culture.
B) consistency corporate culture.
C) adaptability corporate culture.
D) achievement corporate culture.
Q2) Values and practices such as integrity, humility, respect, and personal reflection are considered as:
A) slogans.
B) cultural strengths.
C) spiritual ideals.
D) symbols.
Q3) Leaders sometimes use slogans to express key corporate values but avoid using written public statements.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Describe organizational values. Mention two specific dimensions along which organizational cultures can be assessed.
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Chapter 15: Leading Change
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Q1) _____ are the reciprocal obligations and commitments that define the relationship between employees and organizations.
Q2) _____ means to go deeply into a single area or topic to spark personal creativity, which has been called thinking "inside the box."
Q3) Brainstorming sessions allow group members to immediately evaluate each other's ideas so that bad ideas can be eliminated without wasting time.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The dream stage of the appreciative inquiry process involves:
A) translating the ideas identified in the previous stages into concrete action steps.
B) formulating action plans for transforming dreams into reality.
C) interviewing people and asking them to tell stories that identify the best of their experiences with an organization.
D) creating a shared vision of the best possible future, grounded in the reality of what already exists.
Q5) How can leaders foster a creative culture in organizations?
Q6) Discuss electronic brainstorming.
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