Test Questions Leadership Enhancing the Lessons of Experience – Flashcards

A. To distinguish between leadership and tyranny B. To distinguish between leadership and management C. To distinguish between leadership and followership D. To distinguish between leadership and situation Correct Answer: A. To distinguish between leadership and tyranny

A. Effective leadership requires little more than common sense. B. Studies show that female leaders have more common sense than male leaders. C. Acquiring common sense requires being both an active and a passive follower. D. A challenge of leadership is to know when common sense applies and when it does not. Correct Answer: D. A challenge of leadership is to know when common sense applies and when it does not.

A. Leaders influence out-group followers more than in-group followers. B. Out-group members experience strong, mutual trust with a leader. C. In-group members are loyal and committed to a leader. D. Out-groups and in-groups rely on formal authority. Correct Answer: C. In-group members are loyal and committed to a leader.

A. Participative B. Transformational C. Charismatic D. Transactional Correct Answer: D. Transactional

A. Leaders use rational techniques and/or emotional appeals to influence followers. B. Effective leadership involves actions based exclusively on reason and logic. C. Aroused feelings can be used by leaders either positively or negatively. D. Good leadership involves touching others' feelings. Correct Answer: B. Effective leadership involves actions based exclusively on reason and logic.

A. The relationship is a one-way street. B. Leadership and followership are the same thing. C. Leadership and followership merge and are linked concepts. D. The relationship is based on the idea of "one-man leadership." Correct Answer: C. Leadership and followership merge and are linked concepts.

A. Adhere to standard practices and policies. B. Minimize changes to patterns and structures. C. Ensure that proper procedures are being followed. D. Increase levels of interaction and communication. Correct Answer: D. Increase levels of interaction and communication.

A. is an interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to. B. is the study of leaders independent of the people they interact with. C. postulates that leaders administer rather than innovate. D. requires that leaders accept the status quo. Correct Answer: A. is an interpersonal relation in which others comply because they want to.

A. Innate factors influence leadership skills more than formative experiences. B. Research indicates that leadership skills are primarily acquired and rarely innate. C. Individuals should be categorized, when they are young, as either leaders or non-leaders. D. Natural characteristics or talents can offer certain leadership advantages or disadvantages. Correct Answer: D. Natural characteristics or talents can offer certain leadership advantages or disadvantages.

A. The field is too complex to attempt to define. B. The first step requires resolving the differences in definitions. C. Various definitions illustrate that many factors affect leadership. D. Only Bennis's definition is comprehensive enough for leadership research. Correct Answer: C. Various definitions illustrate that many factors affect leadership.

A. Leaders imitate, but managers originate. B. Leaders focus on risk taking; managers focus on planning. C. Leaders accept the status quo; managers challenge it. D. Leaders develop, but managers maintain. Correct Answer: C. Leaders accept the status quo; managers challenge it.

A. Managers maintain while leaders develop. B. Managers innovate, while leaders administer. C. Managers inspire, while leaders control. D. Managers originate, while leaders imitate. Correct Answer: A. Managers maintain, while leaders develop.

A. followers, leaders, and situations. B. individuals, groups, and organizations. C. individual followers, groups, and leaders. D. first-level supervisors, mid-level managers, and top-level leaders. Correct Answer: A. followers, leaders, and situations.

A. Alienated followers are usually viewed by leaders as lazy and incompetent. B. Conformist followers focus on negative aspects of an organization. C. Passive followers are quiet but enthusiastic about their work. D. Pragmatist followers tend to be mediocre performers. Correct Answer: D. Pragmatist followers tend to be mediocre performers.

A. Actions which focus resources to create desirable opportunities B. The process by which an agent induces a subordinate to behave in a desired manner C. Directing and coordinating the work of group members D. The process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals Answer: D. The process of influencing an organized group toward accomplishing its goals

A. independent. B. forward-looking. C. inspiring. D. innovative. Correct Answer: A. independent.

A. Dynamism B. Risk-taking C. Efficiency D. Creativity Correct Answer: C. Efficiency

A. consistency. B. planning. C. control. D. vision. Correct Answer: D. vision.

A. Leadership and management have both unique functions and an area of overlap. B. A good leader can be a good manager, but the reverse is never true. C. Leadership and management are not related due to diverse goals. D. Leadership and management are effectively the same for all practical purposes. Correct Answer: A. Leadership and management have both unique functions and an area of overlap.

A. evidenced the fact that being a woman and being a manager are a contradiction in terms. B. found a high correlation between the ways both male and female respondents perceived "female" and "manager." C. demonstrated how bias in sex role stereotypes created problems for women moving up through managerial roles. D. found no correlation between the ways the respondents perceived "males" and "managers." Correct Answer: C. demonstrated how bias in sex role stereotypes created problems for women moving up through managerial roles.