BCOR 2202 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which racial or ethnic category currently represents the largest and fastest growing
minority group? - Answer-Hispanic
Riya was a highly successful manager at Optics International. After ten years with the
company, she decided to leave and become a fulltime mother and caregiver to her
ailing father. This example demonstrates which factor affecting women's careers? -
Answer-Opt-Out Trend
The process of sharing power with employees, thereby enhancing their confidence in
their ability to perform their jobs and their belief that they are influential contributors to
the organization, is known as - Answer-Empowerment
Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true? - Answer-
Management and Leadership are complementary systems of actions
______ is the extent to which a person is able to influence others so they respond to
orders. - Answer-Power
Acknowledging an individual's contributions at a monthly department meeting is an
example of using ______ power. - Answer-Reward
Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their ______ power. - Answer-
Expert
Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for the limited number of women
holding executive leadership positions? - Answer-Women do not typically aspire to be
CEO's
In the University of Michigan Leadership Model, managers exhibiting ______ behavior
paid more attention to employee satisfaction and making work groups cohesive. -
Answer-Employee-Centered
According to the Ohio State model, ______ is leadership behavior that organizes and
defines what group members should be doing. - Answer-Initiating Structure(process)
Which of the following statements about the contingency leadership model is correct? -
Answer-It considers whether the task-oriented or relationship-oriented leadership style
is most appropriate.
, A manager that has poor leader-member relations with subordinates that perform
unambiguous, easily understood tasks should use a(n) ______ leadership style. -
Answer-relationship-motivated
In the ______ leadership model, a leader makes desirable rewards available in the
workplace and clarifies how followers can obtain them. - Answer-path-goal
Competent ______ leaders are not mediocre; they are badly needed but best in stable
situations rather than rapidly changing ones. - Answer-Transactional
______ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests. -
Answer-Transformational
Muriel has taught at a public elementary school for six years, and every year she simply
gets the raise given to all of the teachers at her school. She has spoken to the principal
about this, and has been told that it is based on the current union contract wherein job
performance is not currently considered in awarding raises. Here the union contract
limits the principal's - Answer-Reward Power
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that - Answer-
Leaders are born, not made
Which of the following is characteristic of a transactional leader rather than a
transformational one? - Answer-Effectively utilizing coercive and reward power
The ability to influence others is referred to as - Answer-Power
_______ power is dominant when subordinates are obliged to comply by virtue of a
boss's authority. - Answer-Legitimate
Managers have more ________ over their subordinates than they do over their peers
and bosses. - Answer-Legitimate Power
_________ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's
raise. - Answer-Reward
Camden Tile managers determined that there would be no end-of-year bonuses due to
predicted leveling of sales. Perry, a department manager, let his staff know that even
high-performing employees would not get bonuses this year. This change limited what
type of power for Perry? - Answer-Reward
Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge? -
Answer-Expert Power
AND ANSWERS ALL CORRECT
Which racial or ethnic category currently represents the largest and fastest growing
minority group? - Answer-Hispanic
Riya was a highly successful manager at Optics International. After ten years with the
company, she decided to leave and become a fulltime mother and caregiver to her
ailing father. This example demonstrates which factor affecting women's careers? -
Answer-Opt-Out Trend
The process of sharing power with employees, thereby enhancing their confidence in
their ability to perform their jobs and their belief that they are influential contributors to
the organization, is known as - Answer-Empowerment
Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true? - Answer-
Management and Leadership are complementary systems of actions
______ is the extent to which a person is able to influence others so they respond to
orders. - Answer-Power
Acknowledging an individual's contributions at a monthly department meeting is an
example of using ______ power. - Answer-Reward
Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their ______ power. - Answer-
Expert
Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for the limited number of women
holding executive leadership positions? - Answer-Women do not typically aspire to be
CEO's
In the University of Michigan Leadership Model, managers exhibiting ______ behavior
paid more attention to employee satisfaction and making work groups cohesive. -
Answer-Employee-Centered
According to the Ohio State model, ______ is leadership behavior that organizes and
defines what group members should be doing. - Answer-Initiating Structure(process)
Which of the following statements about the contingency leadership model is correct? -
Answer-It considers whether the task-oriented or relationship-oriented leadership style
is most appropriate.
, A manager that has poor leader-member relations with subordinates that perform
unambiguous, easily understood tasks should use a(n) ______ leadership style. -
Answer-relationship-motivated
In the ______ leadership model, a leader makes desirable rewards available in the
workplace and clarifies how followers can obtain them. - Answer-path-goal
Competent ______ leaders are not mediocre; they are badly needed but best in stable
situations rather than rapidly changing ones. - Answer-Transactional
______ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests. -
Answer-Transformational
Muriel has taught at a public elementary school for six years, and every year she simply
gets the raise given to all of the teachers at her school. She has spoken to the principal
about this, and has been told that it is based on the current union contract wherein job
performance is not currently considered in awarding raises. Here the union contract
limits the principal's - Answer-Reward Power
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that - Answer-
Leaders are born, not made
Which of the following is characteristic of a transactional leader rather than a
transformational one? - Answer-Effectively utilizing coercive and reward power
The ability to influence others is referred to as - Answer-Power
_______ power is dominant when subordinates are obliged to comply by virtue of a
boss's authority. - Answer-Legitimate
Managers have more ________ over their subordinates than they do over their peers
and bosses. - Answer-Legitimate Power
_________ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's
raise. - Answer-Reward
Camden Tile managers determined that there would be no end-of-year bonuses due to
predicted leveling of sales. Perry, a department manager, let his staff know that even
high-performing employees would not get bonuses this year. This change limited what
type of power for Perry? - Answer-Reward
Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge? -
Answer-Expert Power
