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
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
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
C. Leaders are emotionally involved, whereas managers have low emotional involvement
D. Leaders are controlling, whereas managers are motivating - answer✔leaders are
emotionally involved, whereas managers have low emotional involvement
The Big Five consists of all of the following factors EXCEPT
A. Openness
B. Neuroticism
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