LDR 531 (NEW) Week 2 – Quiz

LDR 531 UOP (NEW) WK 2 – Quiz

1. A contingency theory of leadership that depends on specific procedures for leader behaviors and has strong support is
   1. Multiple-linkage model theory
   2. LPC contingency model
   3. Cognitive resource theory
   4. Normative decision theory

2. Effective transformational leaders
   1. Challenge strongly held values of followers to get their attention
   2. Use a combination of transformational and transactional behaviors
   3. Select subordinates who will be loyal and uncritical
   4. Delegate most decisions to individuals or self manages teams

3. Transformational behavior can include
   1. Active management by exception
   2. Contingent rewards
   3. Passive management by exception
   4. Inspirational motivation

4. CEOs who exhibit charismatic characteristics  were noted to
   1. Generate more sales
   2. Increase company profitability
   3. Make company ads
   4. Negotiate higher compensation packages

5. Which of the following is the characteristic of a positive charismatic?
   1. Centralized decision making by the leader
   2. Dependency on the leader
   3. Information is restricted
   4. Devotion to ideology not personal identification

6. Which statement comparing transformational and charismatic leadership is most accurate?
   1. Leader articulation of an appealing vision is important in both theories
   2. Personal identification is more important in transformational leadership
   3. There are no important difference between the two types of leadership
   4. Situational variables are less important for charismatic leadership

7. The leadership process that describes how a group operates in an open system with other groups is
   1. Organizational process
   2. Intra-individual process
   3. Group process
   4. Interactive process

8. Distant characteristics are often described in terms of their effect on follower
   1. Political attitudes
   2. Motivation
   3. Identification with the leader
   4. Task behavior

9. A theory that emphasizes leader traits and skills as determinants of leadership behavior is best categorized at what level?
   1. Individual
   2. Group
   3. Dyadic
   4. Organizational

1. The concept that some people are natural (born) leaders is an attribute of which leadership approach?
   1. Situation approach
   2. Power-influence approach
   3. Behavior approach
   4. Trait approach

1. Charismatic leaders ad followers by
   1. Possessing specific expertise
   2. Appealing to emotions and articulating a vision
   3. Sharing the decision making
   4. Considering other solutions

2. A leadership contingency theory that stresses the intelligence and experience of the leader is
   1. Cognitive resource theory
   2. Situational leadership theory
   3. Normative decision theory
   4. Leadership substitutes theory

3. Which statement about transformational and charismatic leadership is most accurate?
   1. Charisma is a necessary ingredient in transformational leadership
   2. Both types of leadership involve the same underlying processes
   3. Charismatic leaders are more effective in business organizations
   4. Both types of leadership are effective in any

4. Contingency theories may be difficult to implement because
   1. Of the rapid pace of business
   2. Managers have time to evaluate situations
   3. Situational changes happen infrequently
   4. There is always a single best solution

5. A theory that explains the most effective pattern of leadership behavior in a specified situation is best classified as
   1. Prescriptive
   2. Universal
   3. Contingency
   4. Descriptive

6. Most of the leadership theory and research explaining the actions of leaders and why those actions occurred has described
   1. Descriptive leadership
   2. Universal leadership
   3. Prescriptive leadership
   4. Ethical leadership

7. One unique characteristic of followers in leadership theory is
   1. Skills and expertise
   2. Task commitment and effort
   3. Confidence and optimism
   4. Traits

8. Which characteristic of negative charismatic leadership is more likely to lead to failure?
   1. Focus on personal power
   2. Tendency to make risky decisions
   3. Identification to the organization
   4. Centralized decision making

9. Most leadership theories emphasize
   1. Leader characteristics
   2. Characteristics of the leadership situation
   3. Follower characteristics
   4. Both leader and follower characteristics

1. Contingency theory that contains mediating variables is
   1. Cognitive resource theory
   2. Situational leadership theory
   3. Leadership institutes theory
   4. Multiple-linkage theory

1. What level of leadership process is emphasized in most theories of effective leadership?
   1. Intra-individual
   2. Organizational
   3. Group
   4. Dyadic

2. Ideological leaders will develop when the leader
   1. Has particular expertise
   2. Makes a rational appeal to followers
   3. Appeals to shared values
   4. Appeals emotion

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