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Question 1.

Christensen's article, How Will You Measure Your Life, discussed the issue of marginal costs.

Which of the following is the best example of marginal costs?

ignoring a commitment just this once because of exceptional circumstances.

allocating time and money to a nonprofit during the weekend.

staying committed to a current project to recover prior expenses.

ignoring one's purpose for working.

misaligning the organization's resource from the organization's strategy.

Question 2.

Exhibiting a unique combination of humility and professional will best describe:

strategic leadership

laissez-faire leadership

level 5 leadership

level 3 leadership

Question 3.

Which of the following principles best exemplifies the idea of being a clock-builder vs. a time-teller:

leaders should show humility in their interactions with others.

the best leaders create organizations that are not dependent on the leader.

the best leaders are charismatic individuals who can inspire others.

level 5 leadership is the most common form of leadership.

Question 4.

In comparing transactional vs. transformational leadership, all of the following are accurate statements EXCEPT:

transactional leaders focus on organizational efficiency and doing things right.

transformational leaders focus on establishing a vision.

transactional leaders are more like to utilize extrinsic motivation.

the most effective leaders engage in transformational leadership and generally avoid transactional leadership.

Question 5.

Lakshmi is the sales director for her company. Her sales team exceeded their annual goal and ranked number one for sales company-wide. Lakshmi received a company award for her team's performance.

Using the Window and the Mirror Principle, as a Level 5 leader, she will:

keep the bonus and award a secret to avoid ill-feelings with her team.

post her accomplishments on social media to promote her brand.

believe the team could not have reached beyond their annual goal without her leadership.

acknowledge the efforts of her entire team with the team and upper management.

Question 6.

Which of the following was NOT a key outcome associated with effective transformational leadership?

transcend limitations

transform transactions

transcend self-interest

perform beyond expectations

Question 7.

Country Club Management is a leadership style:

in which leaders find themselves in the middle of both concern for the task and concern for people.

in which leaders may have a very high concern for people, but not much focus on the task.

in which leaders may be very task focused and concerned with results, but not concerned with people and relationships.

in which leaders are low on both concern for the task and concern for people.

Question 8.

Early research on leadership focused primarily on:

contingency theories of leadership

individual traits of leaders

behavioral theories of leaders

level 5 leadership

Question 9.

As the manager, Uma spends time clarifying her employees' work assignments and then uses positive and negative rewards contingent on the employees' performance.

This is an example of:

transactional leadership

transformational leadership

individualized leadership

aspirational motivation