Leadership 1
Which approach to leadership encourages employees to pursue organizational goals over self-interest and appeals to their values, beliefs, and self-concept?
A.) Servant leadership
B.) Transformational leadership
C.) Transactional leadership
D.) Behavioral leadership
B.) Transformational leadership
All of the following are characteristics of servant leadership EXCEPT:
A.) Persuasion
B.) Healing
C.) Empathy
D.) Rewards
D.) Rewards
“Getting someone to do what you want by putting that person in a good mood or getting him/her to like you” is characteristic of which “soft” influence tactic?
A.) Rational persuasion
B.) Ingratiation
C.) Consultation
D.) Inspirational appeal
B.) Ingratiation
All of the following are methods for minimizing the effects of organizational politics EXCEPT:
A.) Publicly recognize and reward people who achieve results without engaging in political games
B.) Screen out overly-political individuals at hiring time
C.) Hold team-building activities which strengthen connections among coworkers
D.) Establish formal conflict resolution and grievance processes
C.) Hold team-building activities which strengthen connections among coworkers
A.) Remains constant
B.) Increases linearly
C.) Increases asymptotically
D.) Increases exponentially
D.) Increases exponentially
The notion that effective leadership depends on a match between a leader’s style and the demands of the situation is characteristic of which type of approach to studying leadership?
A.) Behavioral approaches
B.) Transformational approaches
C.) Trait approaches
D.) Contingency approach
D.) Contingency approach
According to class discussion, all of the following are key aspects of leadership EXCEPT:
A.) Clarifying roles
B.) Empowering others
C.) Disciplining bad actors
D.) Influencing others through use of power
C.) Disciplining bad actors
“Persuading by seeking the assistance of others or by noting the support of others” is characteristic of which “hard” influence tactic?
A.) Exchange
B.) Legitimation
C.) Coalition building
D.) Pressure
C.) Coalition building
All of the following are examples of political tactics EXCEPT:
A.) Associating with influential people
B.) Creating obligations (reciprocity)
C.) Praising others (ingratiation)
D.) Managing one’s manager
D.) Managing one’s manager
A.) Advances in genetic engineering that will combat disease and aging
B.) The "Terminator scenario" of super-intelligent machines
C.) Red blood cell-sized nanobots that will aid in cellular repair
D.) Hybridization of human and artificial intelligence
B.) The "Terminator scenario" of super-intelligent machines
All of the following are approaches to understanding leadership EXCEPT:
A.) Trait approaches
B.) Transformational approaches
C.) Behavioral approaches
D.) Situational approaches
D.) Situational approaches
All of the following are types of power discussed in class EXCEPT:
A.) Referent power
B.) Expert power
C.) Position power
D.) Reputation power
D.) Reputation power
When a person responds to an influence attempt by agreeing and carrying out the request because they truly believe it is the right thing to do, this is an example of _____________.
A.) Commitment
B.) Resistance
C.) Compliance
D.) Coercion
A.) Commitment
All of the following may lead to uncertainty (and, thus, political behavior) EXCEPT:
A.) Vague performance measures
B.) Overly strict discipline
C.) Any type of change
D.) Ill-defined decision processes
B.) Overly strict discipline
A.) Overly conservative
B.) Overly optimistic
C.) More or less accurate
D.) Perfectly accurate
A.) Overly conservative
All of the following are types of position power EXCEPT:
A.) Expert
B.) Coercive
C.) Legitimate
D.) Reward
A.) Expert
Which of the following is a type of personal power?
A.) Referent
B.) Reward
C.) Coercive
D.) Legitimate
A.) Referent
“Sharing varying degrees of power with lower-level employees to tap their full potential” is a description of which leadership technique?
A.) Delegation
B.) Empowerment
C.) Participative management
D.) Coalition building
B.) Empowerment
Viewing politics as a necessary means of furthering departmental goals, primarily by networking, negotiating, and bargaining are characteristics of someone who is:
A.) Politically sensible
B.) Politically naïve
C.) A political shark
D.) A participative manager
A.) Politically sensible
A.) The dissolution of the Soviet Union
B.) The ability of a computer to defeat the best human players in chess
C.) The 2016 U.S. presidential election
D.) The expansion of worldwide internet usage
C.) The 2016 U.S. presidential election
Fiedler’s Contingency Theory holds that leadership situations can be categorized based on all of the following variables EXCEPT:
A.) Incentive alignment
B.) Task structure
C.) Position power
D.) Leader-member relations
A.) Incentive alignment
The “Great Man” approach, leader prototypes, and emotional intelligence are characteristic of which type of approach to studying leadership?
A.) Behavioral approaches
B.) Transformational approaches
C.) Trait approaches
D.) Contingency approach
C.) Trait approaches
All of the following are reasons managers may fail to delegate EXCEPT:
A.) Lack of confidence or trust in subordinates
B.) Fear of being called lazy
C.) Belief in the fallacy “if you want something done right, do it yourself”
D.) High trait conscientiousness and agreeableness
D.) High trait conscientiousness and agreeableness
When a leader practices participative management, employees play direct roles in all of the following EXCEPT:
A.) Making decisions
B.) Making changes in the organization
C.) Setting performance bonuses
D.) Solving problems
C.) Setting performance bonuses
Kurzweil predicts that a machine will pass the Turing test by the year__________
A.) 2019
B.) 2029
C.) 2039
D.) 2049
B.) 2029