Principles of Management Exam Practice Tests
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Principles of Management introduces students to the fundamental concepts and practices involved in the effective management of organizations. The course explores key functions such as planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, as well as the roles and responsibilities of managers in various business environments. Emphasis is placed on understanding decision-making processes, motivation, leadership styles, communication, and strategic management, equipping students with essential tools and frameworks to address real-world managerial challenges in dynamic and diverse settings.
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Effective Leadership 5th Edition by Robert N. Lussier
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Chapter 1: Who Is a Leader
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Q1) List and define the leadership theory paradigms.
Answer: The leadership theory paradigms include the trait theory paradigm, the behavioral leadership theory paradigm, the contingency leadership theory paradigm, the integrative leadership theory paradigm, and the management to the leadership theory paradigm. Leadership trait theories attempt to explain distinctive characteristics accounting for leadership effectiveness. Behavioral leadership theories attempt to explain distinctive styles used by effective leaders, or to define the nature of their work. Contingency leadership theories attempt to explain the appropriate leadership style based on the leader, followers, and situation. Integrative leadership theories attempt to combine the trait, behavioral, and contingency theories to explain successful, influencing leader-follower relationships. The management to the leadership theory paradigm is a shift from the older autocratic management style to the newer participative leadership style of management.
Q2) Levels of analysis constitute:
A) a useful way of classifying leadership theory.
B) the most common approach to problem solving in organizations.
C) Frederick Taylor's most lasting contribution to management theory.
D) none of the answers are correct
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Leadership Ethics and Traits
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Q1) People with strong n Pow tend to seek entrepreneurial type positions and are attuned to power and politics.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
Q2) Does sensitivity to others mean that the leader does what the followers want to do?
Answer: No. Sensitivity to others does not mean that the leader does what the followers want to do. It means that the leader has empathy and understands the followers' point of view. However, if the leader realizes that the followers are wrong, the leader does what is best for the organizational unit.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT a trait of high conscientiousness?
A) organization
B) extraversion
C) conformity
D) credibility
Answer: B
Q4) Do you believe that if you use ethical behavior it will pay off in the long run?
Answer: Generally, the answer is yes.
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Chapter 3: Leadership Motivation and Behavior
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Q1) Do you really get what you reinforce? Explain. Answer: Yes, I believe that you do get what you reinforce. When you reinforce a behavior or action, you are essentially rewarding or encouraging it to continue. This can be seen in various aspects of life, such as in parenting, education, and even in the workplace.
For example, if a parent consistently gives in to a child's tantrums by buying them a toy, the child will learn that throwing a tantrum is an effective way to get what they want. In education, if a teacher praises a student for good behavior or academic achievement, the student is more likely to continue that behavior or effort in the future. Similarly, in the workplace, if a manager rewards employees for meeting sales targets, the employees will be motivated to continue putting in effort towards achieving those targets.
Therefore, it is important to be mindful of what behaviors or actions we reinforce, as it ultimately shapes the outcomes and results we see. By reinforcing positive behaviors and actions, we can encourage and promote the desired outcomes, while also discouraging negative behaviors.
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Chapter 4: Contingency Theories in Leadership
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Q1) Which of the following best represents a situation in which a relationship-oriented leadership style should be used?
A) a leader with strong power has good relations with a nonrepetitive task worker
B) a leader with strong power has poor relations with a repetitive task worker
C) a leader with strong power has good relations with a repetitive task worker
D) a leader with weak power has poor relations with a nonrepetitive task worker
Q2) Actual managers' complaints that the normative leadership model is too cumbersome with all of its questions:
A) is not supported by research.
B) has some merit, but it is suggested that the model can be learned well enough so that managers can better mentally judge the most appropriate style for the situation without the model.
C) has been reinforced by the academic community.
D) none of the answers are correct
Q3) What are the two contingency leadership theory leadership styles?
Q4) Identify the path-goal leadership model style and variables.
Q5) State the major difference between behavioral and contingency leadership theories, and explain the behavioral contribution to contingency theories.
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Chapter 5: Influencing: Politics, Power, Negotiation, and Networking
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Q1) You, as an employee and not a manager in your organization, can have ____ power while your manager can potentially have both types of power.
A) Position
B) Personal C) Organizational
D) Earned
Q2) Discuss how power and politics are related.
Q3) What is ingratiation influencing?
Q4) Your one-minute self-sell should do all of the following EXCEPT:
A) identify your career field and key results you've achieved.
B) give the listener a sense of your background.
C) provide the direction of your next job.
D) identify your specific salary requirements.
Q5) In terms of political behavior, successful managers spend twice as much time in ____ as average managers.
A) communication
B) human resource management
C) networking
D) traditional management
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Chapter 6: Coaching, Communication, and Conflict Skills
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Q1) Mentoring is more involved and personal than coaching.
A)True
B)False
Q2) How did you score on Self-Assessment 1, "Listening Skills"? State your plan for improving your listening skills.
Q3) The most accurate indicator of listener's understanding is paraphrasing.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is the difference between a mediator and an arbitrator?
Q5) Criticism is the process of pointing out mistakes, which places blame and is embarrassing.
A)True
B)False
Q6) Which of the following is one of the reasons why people do NOT ask questions?
A) Receivers feel ignorant.
B) Receivers are ignorant.
C) Receivers are reluctant to point out the sender's ignorance.
D) all of the answers are correct
Q7) How is the BCF model used?
Q8) Why doesn't criticism work?
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Chapter 7: Follower-ship and Leader Member Exchange
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Q1) The LMX-7 scale is the most commonly used instrument for defining and measuring the quality of relationships.
A)True
B)False
Q2) ____ is the process of assigning responsibility and authority for accomplishing objectives.
A) Mentoring
B) Coaching
C) Delegation
D) Instruction
Q3) Which of the following statements regarding in-groups and out-groups is NOT true?
A) In-group followers routinely receive higher performance ratings than out-group followers.
B) In-group followers do not require as much attention as out-group followers.
C) In-group followers give more positive ratings when evaluating organizational climate than out-group followers.
D) Out-group followers routinely show higher levels of turnover than in-group followers.
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Chapter 8: Self-Managed Teams and Team Leadership
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Q1) A team environment characterized by lots of rules and regulations to work by may not make for the most creative working environment. What strategy for managing creative teams is missing according to this example?
A) quality resources
B) recognition and rewards
C) flexibility
D) free time
Q2) Leadership: Decision Making. You are being promoted from a supervisory job to a middle-management position in two weeks. You have been given the authority to hire your replacement from your department before moving on. You have two fairly equal candidates who want to be promoted to management.
Q3) What is groupthink, and under what conditions is it more likely to occur?
Q4) Many of the drawbacks associated with SMTs stem from:
A) the difficulties of transitioning from a traditional command-and-control work environment to self-managed teams.
B) lack of coordination within teams.
C) personality and behavior conflicts.
D) lack of training.
Q5) What is groupthink, and under what conditions is it more likely to occur?
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Chapter 9: Transformational and Charismatic Leadership
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Q1) Negative charismatic leaders emphasize:
A) internalization.
B) ideals.
C) devotion to themselves.
D) all of the answers are correct
Q2) ____ is the ability to imagine different and better conditions and the ways to achieve them.
A) Vision
B) Charisma
C) Followership
D) Personal meaning
Q3) Since charismatic leaders arise out of stressful conditions, they are perceived as having a less positive personality.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Personalized charismatic leaders use rewards and punishment to manipulate and control followers.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe how one can acquire charismatic qualities.
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Chapter 10: Leadership of Ethics, Diversity, and Culture
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Q1) All of the following are symbolic leadership actions for shaping culture EXCEPT:
A) creating a strategy-culture fit.
B) celebrating achievements.
C) matching organizational structure to culture.
D) leaders serving as role models.
Q2) A strong culture by itself is generally a guarantee of success.
A)True
B)False
Q3) According to a recent study, ____ percent of Fortune 500 companies now have a code of ethics.
A) 50
B) 75
C) 85
D) 90
Q4) Explain the primary reasons for embracing diversity.
Q5) Which of the following is a characteristic of a high-performance culture?
A) culture reinforcement tools
B) intensely people oriented
C) results oriented
D) all of the answers are correct
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Chapter 11: Change Management and Strategic Leadership
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Q1) The effective strategist must be capable of which of the following?
A) Communicating effectively.
B) Deciding on appropriate goals and priorities.
C) Anticipating and forecasting events in the external environment.
D) all of the above.
Q2) Leaders who rely too much on rational analysis to the exclusion of intuition tend to experience strategic leadership failures.
A)True
B)False
Q3) A ____ is an integrated, overarching plan of how an organization will achieve its objectives.
A) strategic vision
B) mission statement
C) strategy
D) core competence
Q4) Learning anxiety is the prospect of learning something new in itself.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the difference between a strategic vision and a mission statement?
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Q6) Explain the importance of strategy evaluation in the strategic management model.
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Chapter 12: The Learning Organization and Crisis Leadership
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Q1) Benchmarking:
A) allows a company to imitate the best practices of others.
B) is a leader strategy.
C) yields a comparative advantage.
D) is not recommended to develop creative thinking skills.
Q2) Jane works at a company in which employees who make mistakes are given verbal and written reprimands. The jobs are also clearly defined and employees are not allowed to deviate from the standard operating procedures. Which of the following types of organizations does Jane work at?
A) traditional
B) learning
Q3) It is critical during a press conference to involve technical specialists to provide more expert and detailed background information.
A)True
B)False
Q4) A pre-crisis plan is the first step of any crisis management program.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify three key components of the pre-crisis planning phase.
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