MyManJack focuses his energy at work assessing market fluctuations while shaping the
goals of the organization. He communicates well with his staff, enjoys the social aspects
of work, and leaves the details of daily operations primarily to other capable staff in the
organization. Applying Katz's skills model, at what level of management is Jack?
A. Middle management
B. Low-level management
C. Supervisory management
D. Top management - ANSWER top management
Thorough, dependable, organized, and decisive describe which Big Five personality
factor?
A. Openness
B. Self-confidence
C. Conscientiousness
D. Low neuroticism - ANSWER conscientiousness
The CEO of my company does not fully understand the technical aspects of my job and
my group's initiatives. I understand the intricacies of our current project and my team
members come to me with all of their questions. What has happened in this work
setting?
A.My boss is no longer a leader
B. I have emerged as the team leader
C. I have undermined my boss
D. I have taken control and power of the group - ANSWER I have emerged as the team
leader
Birds hit a plane during on takeoff, causing engine failure in flight. What component of
,Mumford's Skills Model does this represent?
A. Individual attributes
B. Competencies
C. Career experiences
D. Environmental influence - ANSWER environmental influence
If leadership is at the core of group change and emerging activities, which view of
leadership does this represent?
A. Focus of group processes
B. Leadership as an act
C. Personality perspective
D. Leadership as a behavior - ANSWER focus of group processes
As captain of the football team, your primary concern is winning games and maintaining
the strength and cohesiveness of the team. Your players, however, couldn't care less
about teamwork and just want to win. Which component of leadership would you
recommend the leader focus on?
A. Common goals
B. Influence
C. Process
D. Roles - ANSWER common goals
The ability to understand one's own and other's feelings, behaviors and thoughts, and
the ability to subsequently act in a positive manner is
A. Emotional intelligence
B. Social intelligence
C. Great Man theory
D. Big Five personalities - ANSWER emotional intelligence
,Which of the following is NOT a task-focused leader behavior?
A. Facilitating goal accomplishment
B. Initiating structure
C. Consideration
D. Production orientation - ANSWER consideration
A chief operating officer of the company who applies the level of administrative skills to
the degrees delineated in Katz's model
A. Avoids getting to know the staff
B. Incorporates the entire staff in the process of shaping the company's goals
C. Has higher involvement with things than people or ideas
D. Is more "hands-on" with producing the company's product than interacting with staff
- ANSWER Incorporates the entire staff in the process of shaping the company's goals
I have influence within my organization because I know what I am doing and share
knowledge with my followers. This is representative of
A. Reward power
B. Position power
C. Legitimate power
D. Information power
E. Personal power - ANSWER personal power
The behavioral approach does all of the following except
A. Broaden the field of leadership research to include behaviors
B. Support itself through a range of studies
C. Identify a universal set of leadership behaviors
D. Emphasize the importance of task and relationship behavior - ANSWER identify a
universal set of leadership behaviors
, You are a Kennedy, whose family represents a long history of successful elected
officials. After your graduation from Illinois State University, it is suggested by many of
your family's constituents that you should seek office and, in turn, offer you their
support. Which best describes the leadership approach being demonstrated?
A. Expert power
B. Trait perspective
C. Leadership as a process
D. Behavioral approach to leadership - ANSWER trait perspective
I'm a new supervisor, meeting my staff for the first time. I introduce myself and invite
each team member to share some interesting facts about themselves unrelated to work.
I am using
A. Directing behaviors
B. Authoritative behaviors
C. Task behaviors
D. Relationship behaviors - ANSWER relationship behaviors
As a leader, I make clear priorities, I stimulate participation, I'm open minded, and I
enjoy working. What behaviors am I displaying?
A. Country club behaviors
B. Team behaviors
C. Impoverished behaviors
D. Middle-of-the-road behaviors
E. Authority compliance behaviors - ANSWER team behaviors
Management and leadership differ for several reasons. Which of the following best
represents that difference?
A. Leaders are unidirectional influencers, whereas managers are multidirectional
influencers
B. Managers shape ideas, whereas leaders are reactive in solving problems
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