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Choose the ONE Best Answer for each multiple choice question.

1. A person’s view of people, work, and human nature shape their ______.

a. personal leadership philosophy

b. outlook on life

c. potential

d. goals and aspirations

2. A manager views their employees as unmotivated unless a reward is given. This manager’s views align with which assumption of Theory X?

a. People dislike work because managers are generally irresponsible.

b. People need to be directed and controlled.

c. People want security not responsibility.

d. People will argue unless consequences are strict.

3. Your new manager requires that all communication is directed towards them and not circulated among the team, determines and sets goals for the team, and is quick to praise and criticize. Their behaviors most closely align with which style?

a. Theory Y

b. laissez-faire

c. democratic

d. authoritarian

4. Upon interviewing for an internship you notice that the workplace is a positive environment, people seem engaged in their work, and participative in meetings during your time there. The leadership of the office likely enages in ______ leadership.

a. democratic

b. Theory X

c. laissez-faire

d. authoritarian

5. Laissez-faire leaders ______.

a. encourage communication between group members and with the leader

b. engage in minimal influence over followers

c. give objective praise and criticism of workers

d. encourage communication between group members and with the leader and give objective praise and criticism of workers

6. Theory Y managers believe ______.

a. the average person is inherently resourceful

b. people are more productive when they depend on their bosses

c. people have the capacity to engage in a wide range of goal-setting and problem solving

d. the average person is inherently resourceful and people have the capacity to engage in a wide range of goal-setting and problem solving

7. You meet with your manager for a performance review. The manager previously gave you an objective rubric that they would be using for this review. It is likely that your manager ascribes to ______ leadership.

a. authoritarian

b. democratic

c. laissez-faire

d. Theory X

8. Leadership styles are not distinct entities, which means a leader may exhibit ______ style in a given situation.

a. more than one

b. only one

c. a democratic

d. an authoritarian

9. In developing his ideas about Theory Z organizations, William Ouchi contrasted individualistic work cultures from American companies with those of more collectivistic ______ companies.

a. Brazilian

b. English

c. Soviet

d. Japanese

10. Victoria Ransom believes that ______ and ______ are important and need to be universally embraced within a company or they will crumble.

a. values; culture

b. leaders; followers

c. profits; customer service

d. rules; regulations

11. The essence of leadership behaviors has two dimensions: ______ and _____.

a. leaders; followers

b. task; relationships

c. strengths; weaknesses

d. realized strengths; unrealized strengths

12. Our personal styles on task and relationship are influenced by ______.

a. past experiences

b. current context

c. who we are as people

d. all of these

13. Task-oriented people are _____.

a. goal-oriented

b. people-oriented

c. democratic leaders

d. people-oriented and democratic leaders

14. According to Rohrlich attending to _____ gives people a sense of control and self-mastery.

a. relationships

b. tasks

c. strengths

d. schedules

15. The aspect of relationship leadership which includes building camaraderie, respect, trust, and regard between leaders and followers is _____.

a. consideration behavior

b. employee orientation

c. concern for people

d. concern for production

16. A manager initiates one-on-one meetings to get to know their subordinates better and dedicates a portion of each meeting to knowing what their employees are like in their personal lives and needs, and what makes them unique. They are exhibiting relationship leadership through ______.

a. consideration behavior

b. employee orientation

c. concern for people

d. production orientation

17. When a leader organizes work, defines roles and responsibilities, and schedules work activities, they are ______.

a. orienting workers to production means

b. initiating structure

c. showing concern for production

d. teambuilding

18. A new co-worker makes sure to stop by and chat with each person at the start of the day and greatly values working with others on projects. This person appears to have a high _____ orientation.

a. task

b. relationship

c. strengths

d. task and strengths

19. A master glass blower who focuses on his workers’ production quality, training, technical skill and development of new and interesting designs is attending to which label of task leadership?

a. initiating structure

b. production orientation

c. concern for production

d. employee orientation

20. The most effective leaders recognize and adapt to ______.

a. follower’s needs

b. market conditions

c. their own desires

d. learned behaviors

21. Effective leaders understand leadership is about both relationships and tasks. An effective leader is able to ______.

a. connect with all the people on the team

b. understand the skills required to accomplish needed tasks

c. recognize the environment in which people work

d. all of these

22. Resources in an organization can include which of the following?

a. money

b. space

c. people

d. all of these

23. Juan is running for Student Body President. One of the aspects of his platform is the way parking passes are distributed to students. He believes seniors should be given priority over all other students, with juniors next, then graduate students, with sophomore getting all of the remaining passes. He does not believe freshmen need to have a car, as all freshmen are required to live on campus. As he has spoken to campus organizations, he has repeatedly painted a visual of how much better campus would be under his plan. This is an example of ______.

a. handling conflict

b. creating vision

c. strategic planning

d. managing resources

24. For a leader to create a vision, he or she must be able to ______.

a. set forth a picture of the future that is better than the present

b. move others towards a new set of ideals and values that will lead to the future

c. be able to implement the vision and model the principles set forth in the vision

d. all of these

25. Being able to accept failure is a key aspect of ______.

a. the ability to learn

b. the capacity to adapt

c. the ability to ask critical questions

d. effectively dealing with conflict

26. Being strategic requires developing careful plans of action based on ______.

a. knowing more than anyone else on the team

b. being able to influence others to your point of view

c. how much money you have to spend of the solution

d. available resources and personnel

27. Amanda needs to cut 10% of her operating budget by the end of the fiscal year. She asked her team members to create alternatives to help her do so. She now has five very different solutions and she needs to select the best one for the team. According to your text, Amanda should ______.

a. select the solution that causes the least amount of conflict

b. examine the relative strengths and weaknesses of each solution

c. pick the solution that gives her the most benefit personally

d. consider alternatives her team did not bring to the table

28. ______ precedes everything else in the problem-solving process.

a. Establishing all of the possible outcomes

b. Establishing all of the possible solutions

c. Figuring out who is responsible for the problem

d. Figuring out the exact nature of the problem

29. Your boss makes an intentional effort to understand the emotion or mood of the office at all times. Your boss uses that information when assigning team members to specific projects or when communicating with the team as a whole or as individuals. These behaviors are examples of ______.

a. showing emotional intelligence

b. managing conflict

c. managing people

d. managing resources

30. George is one of six resident assistants for a hall of 350 first-year students. He has been assigned to take care of the monthly hall activity. He effectively created a committee, secured a location and budget, and got all paperwork approved and signed. George’s actions demonstrate competence in ______.

a. being socially perceptive

b. showing emotional intelligence

c. managing people

d. managing resources

31. The influence of a moral person who moves others to do the right thing in the right way for the right reasons is ______.

a. righteous leadership

b. ethical leadership

c. faith-based leadership

d. none of these

32. Qualities, disposition, and core values refer to the ______ of the leader.

a. character

b. goals

c. actions

d. strengths

33. Trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, and citizenship are collectively known as ______.

a. the six universal values

b. the six pillars of character

c. the six leadership strengths

d. none of these

34. Ethical leadership involves using ______ actions to achieve goals.

a. innovative

b. budget friendly

c. morally appropriate

d. innovative and budget friendly

35. A leader who is follower-centered and mentors and empowers others is practicing which of the three actions of ethical leaders?

a. showing respect

b. serving others

c. showing justice

d. getting others involved

36. As a supervisor, treating all employees equally, making decisions fairly, and not viewing some employees as favorites are signs of _____.

a. showing respect

b. serving others

c. showing justice

d. getting others involved

37. Dishonesty in leadership creates which of the following?

a. distrust

b. diminished respect

c. unreliable behavior

d. all of these

38. The capacity to influence or affect others is ______.

a. manipulation

b. power

c. subordination

d. leadership

39. As a manager you need to hire an Information Technology consultant for your area. You have little knowledge of software and cutting edge technology, so this employee would hold what type of power in your relationship?

a. coercive

b. reward

c. expert

d. referent

40. James MacGregor Burns suggested that there are three kinds of leadership values. Which are they?

a. leader values, follower values, and organizational values

b. ethical values, modal values, and end values

c. ethical values, organizational values, and societal values

d. moral values, modal values, and end values