Leadership Theory and Practice 8th edition Peter G. Northouse Test Bank
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Chapter 1: Introduction
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. argued that the major activities of management and leadership are played
out differently; but both are essential to an organization.
A. Jago
B. Zaleznik
C. Kotter
D. Bass
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
2. In the book’s discussion of leadership, power is described as .
A. a relational concern for both leaders and followers
B. use of force over others to manipulate them
C. letting any follower do whatever he or she wants
D. forcing people to engage in extreme behaviors
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
3. The “natural leader” trait definition of leadership .
A. is about the interaction between leaders and followers
B. can be learned
C. is restricted to those with inborn talent, qualities, or characteristics
D. is about developing leadership skills
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Described
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
4. The four key elements of the definition of leadership used in the text are .
A. trait, goal, emergent, expert
B. process, influence, group, goal
C. values, ethics, process, performance
D. capability, competency, skill, relationship
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
5. In their discussion about management and leadership, Bennis and Nanus said that
leaders .
A. “do things right”
B. “do the right thing”
C. “do what followers want”
D. “do enough to get the job done”
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Social responsibility
6. People in the organization like me because I know what I am doing and share
knowledge with followers. I have .
A. position power
B. personal power
C. information power
D. legitimate power
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
7. Chief executive officers of any company have .
A. legitimate power
B. referent power
C. expert power
D. personal power
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
8. I can emerge as the leader in my group project by .
A. telling all group members exactly what to do
B. communicating and listening well with group members
C. sitting at the head of the table
D. being designated by the instructor as the group leader
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
9. Kellerman argues that in the last 40 years, there has been a shift in leadership power
from .
A. shared power to top down power
B. leader dominated power to shared power with followers
C. follower dominated power to shared power with leaders
D. referent power focus to coercive power focus
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
10. Information power is .
A. based on followers liking of their leader
B. derived from having the ability to provide rewards
C. focused on the social contract between leaders and followers
D. derived from possessing knowledge that others want or need
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
11.Who is responsible for the leadership process?
A. followers
B. leaders
C. organizations
D. followers and leaders
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
12. The common goals element of the definition of leadership means .
A. leaders and followers have a mutual purpose
B. leaders and followers have similar personalities
C. leaders and followers have similar interests
D. leaders and followers have a mutual desire for power
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
13. The statement “She/he is born to be a leader” suggests a .
A. process definition of leadership
B. trait definition of leadership
C. gender bias definition of leadership
D. coercive definition of leadership
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
14. Social identity theory would suggest leadership emergence occurs when .
A. the group identifies with the leader
B. an individual acquires the skills to do the job well
C. the group assigns an individual the role of leader
D. an individual becomes most like the group prototype
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
15. Coercive leadership .
A. is rewarding players who met their goals
B. is forcing followers to engage in extreme behaviors
C. is using the influence relationship to affect change
D. is supporting ethical behavior amongst team members
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
16. To coerce means to .
A. influence others toward a common goal
B. influence others to behave ethically
C. influence others to do something against their will
D. influence others using positive rewards
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
17. Non-leadership is .
A. a relational interaction between a group of people toward common goals
B. sharing goal development with followers
C. leadership that is focused on individual goals
D. leadership that is focused on working with followers to achieve common goals
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
18. The primary functions of leadership are .
A. directing, ruling, encouraging
B. aligning, visioning, inspiring
C. building, maintaining, staffing
D. budgeting, controlling, problem solving
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
19. Simonet and Tett (2012) found that management is distinct from leadership by its
focus on .
A. extrinsic motivation
B. intrinsic motivation
C. strategic planning
D. creative thinking
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
20. Differences between management and leadership include .
A. leaders are emotionally involved, whereas managers have low emotional
involvement
B. managers shape ideas, whereas leaders are reactive in solving problems
C. leaders are unidirectional influencers, whereas managers are multidirectional
influencers
D. leaders are controlling, whereas managers are motivating
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
21. The primary functions of management are .
A. producing change and movement
B. producing positive leadership outcomes
C. producing a creative vision
D. producing order and consistency
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
22. One key to emerging as a leader .
A. is to be perceived by others as likable and knowledgeable
B. is to be forceful in asserting your opinions
C. is to avoid listening to opposing opinions
D. is to be perceived by others as commanding and dominant
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
23. Which of the following bases of power is considered personal power?
A. information
B. referent
C. reward
D. legitimate
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
24. Scholarly research and popular work on the nature of leadership exploded in this
decade.
A. 1950s
B. 1960s
C. 1970s
D. 1980s
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
25. The emerging approach known as servant leadership .
A. focuses on followers needs
B. focuses on traits
C. focuses on adapting to solve problems
D. focuses on spirituality
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
26. Which way of classifying leadership involves capabilities to make leadership
possible?
A. group process
B. personality
C. skills
D. power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
27. The process definition of leadership implies .
A. leadership is linear
B. leadership is one-way, top-down
C. leadership is leader centered
D. leadership is reciprocal between leaders and followers
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
28. Although there are clear differences between management and leadership, .
A. there is little research to support one or the other
B. leadership is more valued than management
C. the two constructs overlap
D. management is more valued than leadership
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
29. argued that leaders and managers are distinct; they are different types of
people.
A. Jago
B. Zaleznik
C. Kotter
D. Bass
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
30. Leaders’ power to provide pay raises and promotions is .
A. reward
B. coercive
C. legitimate
D. referent
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
31. Defining leadership as a process means .
A. it is a transactional event between leader and followers
B. it is restricted to certain people
C. it is an inborn trait or characteristic
D. it may only take place in formal groups
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
32. Which of the following is not one of the classifications for a definition of leadership?
A. the focus of group process
B. an artistic process
C. a behavior
D. a personality trait
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
33. The primary functions of management are .
A. planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling
B. forming, storming, norming, and reforming
C. building, breaking down, rebuilding, and maintaining
D. ruling, listening, adapting, and adjusting
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
34. Some positive communication behaviors that account for successful leader
emergence are .
A. sense of humor, facial expressiveness
B. being dominant, speaking frequently
C. differentiating oneself from the group, challenging group norms
D. being informed, initiating new ideas
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Individual and group behavior
35. Leadership definitions have evolved during the 20th century in the following way:
.
A. the trait approach remains the most popular approach over time
B. a leader’s power remains a key requirement for goal accomplishment
C. focus on leadership effectiveness became prominent in the 1970s
D. leadership research peaked in the 1980s
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
36. Fisher associates all of the following positive communication behaviors with
emergent leadership, except .
A. being verbally involved
B. establishing roles
C. seeking others’ opinions
D. initiating new ideas
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
37. You are told you need to work weekends. Your supervisor gives you a pay raise in
return. What type of power is your supervisor using?
A. referent
B. expert
C. legitimate
D. reward
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
38. Leadership is a phenomenon that takes place in the context of the interaction
between leaders and followers. This viewpoint would suggest leadership is accessible
by all .
A. reward
B. referent
C. process
D. trait
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
39. You really enjoy working for your boss and look up to her or him as a role model.
You are more than willing to work hard for the organization because of your relationship
with your boss. This is an example of .
A. legitimate power
B. coercive power
C. position power
D. personal power
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
40. On the way to track practice you get pulled over for speeding. When you arrive to
practice late, the coach makes you run laps. This is an example of .
A. legitimate power
B. coercive power
C. expert power
D. personal power
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
41. Often leadership occurs within a context where one individual influences a group of
others to accomplish goals. Which best describes this component of leadership?
A. Leadership occurs in groups.
B. Leadership involves influence.
C. Leadership includes organizations.
D. Leadership includes attention to common goals.
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
42. Watson and Hoffman's study on leadership emergence with regard to gender-biased
perceptions would suggest .
A. influential women were rated the same as men in terms of leadership
B. women are much more likeable than men
C. emergence in leadership has little to do with gender bias
D. there continue to be barriers to women's emergence as leaders in some settings
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
43. Kotter suggested that management produces and .
A. change and structure
B. vision and order
C. order and consistency
D. change and movement
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
44. You are trying to explain to your friend the difference between managers and
leaders. You would be most accurate in saying .
A. leaders and managers cannot coexist in an organization
B. leaders make more money than managers
C. managers maintain order and leaders seek change
D. managers have more referent power than leaders
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
45. In which way will leadership and power be approached in upcoming chapters?
A. as a form of coercion
B. as positional power
C. from the perspective of the follower
D. as a relational concern for both leaders and followers
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
46. Understanding the nature of leadership has proved to be quite the challenge for
practitioners and researchers because .
A. its appeal is limited to academics and scholars
B. very little research has been done
C. it has not received much attention
D. it is a highly valued phenomenon that is very complex
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
47. Your parents and older siblings are all successful elected officials. After graduation,
it is suggested by many that you should seek office and, in turn, they offer you their
support. Which best describes the leadership approach being demonstrated by your
supporters?
A. behavioral approach to leadership
B. leadership as a process
C. trait perspective
D. expert power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
48. As captain of the soccer team, your primary concern is winning games and
maintaining the strength of the team. Your players couldn’t care less about teamwork
and just want to win. Which component of leadership would you recommend the leader
focus on?
A. roles
B. common goals
C. process
D. influence
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
49. The leader is at the core of group change and activity, representing the backbone of
the group or organization. Leadership is viewed as .
A. focus of group processes
B. personality perspective
C. leadership as an act
D. leadership as a behavior
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
50. Jeffrey is the chief financial officer of an established marketing firm. He recently
learned that the company is going to try to merge with a new firm. He shares this
potential merger with only a few of his mid-level managers he trusts. Jeffrey has
.
A. information and referent power
B. reward and referent power
C. information and legitimate power
D. personal and information power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
51. Coercive leadership is not considered ideal leadership as defined in this text
because .
A. influence in leadership includes followers and leaders working toward a common goal
B. process is a part of the definition in both coercion and leadership
C. forcing and manipulative behaviors are legitimate leadership tactics
D. coercive leadership involves both individual and common goals
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
52. My boss really does not understand the technical aspects of the job my group is
trying to complete. I understand the intricacies of the project, and my team members
come to me with all of their questions. What has happened in this work setting?
A. I have taken control and power of the group.
B. I have undermined my boss.
C. I have emerged as the team leader.
D. My boss is no longer a leader.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emergent and Assigned Leadership
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
53. Writing about and researching leadership is .
A. declining in popularity
B. a universally appealing topic
C. simplistic rather than complex
D. less popular in the business area than in social sciences
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
54. Leadership and management .
A. are completely separate entities
B. occur only in large corporations
C. occur only in small organizations
D. are both needed in organizations
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
55. The faculty member on your study abroad trip to Costa Rica has traveled there
many times and is quite knowledgeable about the country and places you visited. She
gave you guidance about the country, local culture, and safety issues while you were
interning with the local farmers. The faculty member was using .
A. referent power
B. positional power
C. coercive power
D. expert power
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
56. Which of the following is a planning and budgeting management function?
A. create a vision
B. build teams and coalitions
C. setting timetables
D. aligning people
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
57. The trait definition of leadership suggests .
A. leadership occurs because of who the leader is
B. interaction is the key to leadership success
C. self-confidence is required for good leadership
D. dominance is required for good leadership
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
58. When contemporary leadership researchers analyze conversations between leaders
and subordinates in a workplace, they are using which approach in their studies?
A. trait approach
B. discursive approach
C. do as the leader wishes approach
D. authentic leader approach
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
59. The essential ingredient in leadership is .
A. influence
B. intelligence
C. efficiency
D. expertise
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
60. Arvid works at a new smoothie shop that has not yet made a profit. The boss tells
Arvid and the other workers that whoever sells more than 30 smoothies during their
daily shift will earn a bonus. Arvid’s boss is primarily using what type of function?
A. leadership by building teams and coalitions to inspire people
B. management by developing an incentive program to solve a problem
C. management by placing people in the appropriate jobs according to skill
D. leadership by creating a vision to inspire change
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
61. A process view of leadership means that .
A. people with special characteristics are the ones who can engage in the leadership
process
B. anyone can learn leadership and emerge as a leader
C. capacity to lead others is an inborn trait
D. leadership cannot truly be observed
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
62. Simonet and Tett studied the difference between leadership and management.
Which of the following best reflects their findings?
A. leadership and management are two totally distinct competencies
B. leadership involves creative thinking and comfort with ambiguity
C. managers cannot practice leadership
D. leaders cannot practice management
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
63. You and your co-workers are struggling to learn a new software program at work,
and you are on a tight deadline to get a report to a major client when your boss decides
to step in. Which of the following uses of power by your boss would run counter to the
common goals at work?
A. sharing new guidelines he just received from the software engineers
B. offering to take the team to dinner when the report is complete
C. sitting with your team and troubleshooting the program alongside you
D. announcing that anyone who is not proficient by Friday will be replaced
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
64. In the first few decades of the 20th century, leadership definitions centered on the
notion of .
A. relationships
B. process
C. domination
D. personality
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
65. Group theory, relationships, and leader effectiveness were three themes that
dominated leadership research in which decade?
A. 1950s
B. 1970s
C. 1980s
D. 1990s
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
66. One of the most contemporary approaches to studying leadership is the focus on
.
A. traits
B. transformation
C. skills
D. followership
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
67. After studying leadership for more than 100 years, scholars can agree on this one
thing: .
A. a universal set of traits determines who can practice leadership
B. true leadership is found in people holding positions of authority
C. there is still not a common definition of leadership for all contexts
D. leadership can be reduced to a few simple skills
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
68. Which part of the leadership definition offered in the textbook gives leadership its
ethical tone?
A. group
B. process
C. influence
D. common goals
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Analysis
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
69. The dean of the college appointed you to chair the student advisory committee. In
this case, you are an .
A. intrinsic leader
B. assigned leader
C. emergent leader
D. expert leader
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
70. According to Hogg’s research on leadership and social identity theory, a person is
most likely to emerge as a leader in a group when she/he .
A. stands out as being uniquely different from the rest of the group
B. can correctly identify the social status of each group member
C. is recognized as being most similar to the group prototype
D. is the most socially networked person in the group
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and interpersonal behaviors
71. Which type of power have people used in recent years to level the playing field
among leaders and followers?
A. coercive
B. reward
C. information
D. legitimate
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
72. The origins of the study of leadership can be traced back to .
A. ancient Greeks
B. the American Revolution
C. the early 20th century
D. the 1960s
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
73. According to Kotter, management is about seeking stability, and leadership is about
seeking .
A. order
B. change
C. followers
D. rewards
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
74. At work, you are on a team of people searching for a new CEO. Everyone agrees
the new CEO needs to have excellent leadership skills, so your team starts writing the
job description. Which phrase would you use in the job description to reflect your search
for a leader?
A. looking for candidates skilled in safety and quality control
B. seeking a dispassionate problem solver
C. searching for a change agent and creative thinker
D. hiring an experienced policy administrator
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
75. The group thinks that Dawn is influential even though Dawn has no formal position
of authority. Dawn can be described as .
A. an emergent leader
B. a legitimate leader
C. an assigned leader
D. a coercive leader
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Assigned Versus Emergent Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
76. What kind of power is given to a leader by her/his followers?
A. position power
B. personal power
C. legitimate power
D. reward power
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
77. Hitler’s reign is not considered a form of leadership because .
A. leadership was not a true field of study before 1950
B. Hitler used coercion, which runs counter to the idea of working with followers
C. Hitler did not possess the traits that are universally associated with leaders
D. leadership is about teams and organizations, not communities and regions
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
78. Coercing someone means to influence them .
A. to try something new
B. against their will
C. toward a common goal
D. in a challenging situation
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
79. Your coach thinks Daniel should be the team leader because Daniel is strong,
confident, and intelligent. The coach is using which viewpoint of leadership?
A. process
B. management
C. trait
D. power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Trait Versus Process Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
80. Which of the following is most accurate about leaders and followers?
A. followers need leaders, but leaders do not need followers
B. leaders have an ethical responsibility to followers
C. leaders do not initiate relationships with followers
D. followers are not part of the leadership equation
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
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