LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 1 to Week 6 – All Quizzes

LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 1 to Week 6 – All Quizzes

LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 1 – Quiz

1. With reference to John Holland’s personality-job it theory, people belonging to investigative type prefer
   1. Activities involved in helping others
   2. Physical activities that require skill, strength, and coordination
   3. Activities that involve thinking, organizing, and understanding
   4.  Ambiguous and imaginative that allow creative expression

2. Supportive leadership is most likely to result in what outcome for subordinates?
   1. Stronger satisfaction with the leader
   2. Stronger organizational commitment
   3. Better coordination among subordinates
   4. Better performance by subordinates

3. Which dimension of the Big Five Model a measure of reliability.
   1. Conscientiousness
   2. Agreeableness
   3. Extroversion
   4. Emotional stability

4. Which of the following is most likely to be a drawback of highly conscientious people according to the Big Five Model?
   1. They are unlikely to engage in numerous risky behaviors such as smoking and drinking
   2. They emphasize excessively in being creative
   3. They do not adapt well to changing contexts
   4. They focus on learning instead of performing a job

5. Which of the following refers to bottom line conclusions individuals have about their capabilities, competence, and worth as a person?
   1. Core self-evaluation
   2. Machiavellianism
   3. Self-monitoring
   4. Authoritarianism

6. Which of the following guidelines for recognizing an employee’s performance was recommended?
   1. Actively look for effective behavior or contributions to recognize
   2. Provide more recognition to people in essential, high-visibility jobs
   3. Provide recognition only for outstanding performance
   4. Give praise in private to avoid embarrassing the recipient

7. _____________ is an extrinsic means of motivation
   1. Salary
   2. Recognition
   3. Responsibility
   4. Flexibility

8. Which of the following personality traits indicates the degree to which a person is unemotional and pragmatic and believes that ends can justify means?
   1. Extraversion
   2. Narcissism
   3. Machiavellianism
   4. Agreeableness

9. Which of the following is the theory X consistent with?
   1. The autocratic style of managing people
   2. The use of recognition and achievements to motivate employees
   3. The principles of participative management
   4. The vertical enhancement of jobs to enhance autonomy

1. Which of the following refers to the tendency to be arrogant, have a grandiose sense of self-importance, require excessive admiration, and have a sense of entitlement?
   1. Stoicism
   2. Cynicism
   3. Asceticism
   4. Narcissism

1. With reference to the job characteristics model, which of the following defines skill variety?
   1. The degree to which a job requires a variety of different activities tapping different abilities
   2. The degree to which a job requires completion of a whole and identifiable piece of work
   3. The degree to which a job provides the worker freedom in scheduling and procedure
   4. The degree to which work activities generate direct and clear information about performance

2. Those with a ___________ personality identify opportunities, show initiative, take action and persevere until meaningful change occurs, compared to others who passively react to situations.
   1. Proactive
   2. High Mach
   3. Type A
   4. High self-monitoring

3. Milton Rokeach created the Rokeach Value Survey (RVS) which consisted od two sets of values, namely_____ values and _________ values.
   1. Flexible; essential
   2. Fluid; stable
   3. Flexible; enduring
   4. Instrumental; terminal

4. With reference to the Hofstede’s Framework for Assessing Cultures, __________ emphasizes a tight social framework in which people expect others in groups of which they are a part to look after them and protect them
   1. Uncertainty avoidance
   2. Long term orientation
   3. Collectivism
   4. Masculinity

5. Alex was sent to Beijing to help local managers solve the problem of growing worker dissatisfaction at their manufacturing facility located in the city. As part of his visit, he decided to have a town hall meeting with the workers to understand the problems that they were facing and the reasons for their discontent. The turnout at the meeting was substantial; however, when asked for their opinions and suggestions, the crowd fell silent. As a result, Alex was unable to determine the reason for employee dissatisfaction. Which of the following, if true, best explains this situation?
   1. A small portion of the workers at the facility belong to the Baby Boomers generation.
   2. There is an unequal distribution of power in the company
   3. The employees are genuinely concerned about improving their lot
   4. Alex was sent to Beijing as he was one of the few employees conversant in the local language.

6. Which of the following statements is true regarding a merit based pay plan?
   1. A typical merit based pay plan provides no base salary and pays the employee only for what he or she produces
   2. It is also called competency-based plan
   3. Unions typically resist merit-based pay plans
   4. It bases pay levels on how many skills employees have or how many jobs they can do

7. Which of the following is the least desirable approach for developing subordinates?
   1. Ask specific questions to help the person analyze his or her performance
   2. Provide constructive feedback about effective and ineffective behavior
   3. A provide detailed instructions on how to carry out each assignment
   4. Provide opportunities to learn from experience

8. According to Blake and Mouton, effective leaders are most likely to facilitate subordinate growth and development by having
   1. A high concern for both the task and the relationships
   2. A moderate concern for the task high concern for relationships
   3. A moderate concern for both the task and relationships
   4. A high concern for the task and a moderate concern for relationships.

9. Which of the following is an instrumental value according to the Rokeach value survey?
   1. Meaning in life
   2. Social recognition
   3. Economic success
   4. Personal discipline

1. Adam Sears is an assembly-line employee with Swenson Motors. Though Adam is popular among his supervisors and colleagues, Adam experiences low morale and lack of motivation. He feels frustrated that his job is restricted to fixing nuts and bolts on the car parts. HE fears that he has no chances of advancing his career as he cannot completely assemble a car. Which of the following id true with regard to Adam?
   1. Adam’s job has low role definition
   2. Adam’s job has low task identity
   3. Adam’s job has a high span of control
   4. Adam’s job has high task complexity.

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

LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 3 – Quiz

1. Genepa Corporation manufactures home appliances and other electronic products. Genepa is planning to introduce a new refrigerator model. The marketing manager at Genepa has developed a marketing plan for this new product and wants o communicate this plan to all the employees in the marketing department. Which of the following is most likely to be the best form of communication for communicating this plan?
   1. Grapevine communication
   2. Nonverbal communication
   3. Written communication
   4. Oral communication

2. As a consequence of the information circulated by the grapevine in an organization, employees experience
   1. Increased anxiety
   2. Increased power
   3. Increased member satisfaction
   4. Increased certainty

3. When ___________ is of importance in decision making, group decisions are preferred to individual decisions.
   1. Clear responsibility
   2. Acceptance of solution
   3. Efficiency
   4. Speed

4. When one person seeks to satisfy his or her own interests regardless of the impact on the other parties to the conflict, that person is using the conflict-handling intention of
   1. Accommodating
   2. Comprising
   3. Competing
   4. Avoiding
5. Jordan is a sales officer who has been underperforming over the last three months. At the last monthly operations cycle meeting, he was given warning. As the time for the next meeting draws close, Jordan fears his boss reprimanding him. Two days before the meeting, Jordan informs is manager that he has confirmed six deals in the last few days, one of which involves multiple orders for their machines. He, however, skips the detail that these are the only six orders he has been able to obtain in the whole month. Which one of the barriers to effective communication is depicted here?
   1. Language
   2. Information overload
   3. Grapevine
   4. Filtering

6. When ________________, the result is role conflict
   1. Compliance with the group is marked by a tendency to notice and emphasize those aspects of the group that are distinctive
   2. Compliance with one role aids our performance in another role
   3. Compliance with one role requirement may make it difficult to comply with another
   4. Compliance with the group is an attempt to understand who we are and how we fit into the world.

7. Most people assume that a police officer should behave in a lawful manner, refrain from demonstrating favoritism to any particular group and dor his or her best to uphold the law. Which of the following terms best represents these beliefs?
   1. Similarity
   2. Role expectation
   3. Diversity
   4. Dispersion of responsibility

8. The time attendance system in the production of division at MM, an automobile manufacturing company, was malfunctioning. Consequently, Greg Hill, one of the front level managers sent it for repair. In the meantime, he placed a register where all workers of the week, when looking through the time logs, he had certain concerns about a group of employees. In the next week, he personally tracked the time this group of employees spent working and realized that they were reporting a greater number of working hours than they actually worked. This group engaged in a barrier to communication called
   1. Lying
   2. Filtering
   3. Communication apprehension
   4. Silence

9. The two general approaches to negotiation are _______ bargaining and _________ bargaining
   1. Distributive; integrative
   2. Formal; informal
   3. Emotional; rational
   4. Affective; reflective

1. A collectivist Chinese manager is most likely to use which of the following techniques for conflict management
   1. Authoritative command
   2. Avoiding
   3. Pressurizing
   4. Direct confrontation

1. Bonnie Patterson has been a manager for seven years at Wayne and Watson, a legal consultancy firm. A good part of her workday involves holding meetings and she likes to do work on a time bound schedule. For this reason, members of her team receive the agenda at the beginning of the meeting, followed by some time to contemplate over theissue at hand individually. Subsequently, the team members present their ideas one after the other, the group discusses them together, and lastly, a ranking is done to choose the most favored idea. This represents the _________ approach of group decision making
   1. Nominal group
   2. Reference group
   3. Interfacing
   4. Brainstorming
2. Synergy Inc. has assigned some f its best employees to form a cross functional team and complete a project from a new client. Many of the employees on this team are apprehensive about the structure and dynamics of how they will function as a group and accomplish this goal. To energize the employees, immediate manager is holding a meeting with them next week where we will provide them some additional training in strategies and methods that may work well for the team. The manager’s initiative to hold this meeting fulfills the ______ function of communication
   1. Filtering
   2. Information
   3. Emotional expression
   4. Control

3. To retain its edge in the organic health food market, Natura has established a high priority team comprised of senior executives from the company’s production, marketing, and research divisions. These employees work together closely to study consumer attitudes about organic health foods and come up with a closely monitored development and marketing strategy for new products This ensures that each division is informed of the specific needs, timelines, and expected outcomes of the strategy. It also makes Natura a company that adapts to changes in market trends swiftly. The team Natura uses here is of the __________ type
   1. Problem solving
   2. Traditional
   3. Cross-functional
   4. Self-managed work

4. ______ is defined as a phenomenon in which the norm for consensus overrides the realistic appraisal of alternatives courses of action
   1. Groupthink
   2. Social loafing
   3. In-group favoritism
   4. Cyber loafing

5. The ________ view of conflict focuses on productive resolution of conflicts
   1. Rational
   2. Interactionist
   3. Transactional
   4. Managed

6. ____________ teams are defined as groups of employees who perform highly related or interdependent jobs and take on many of the responsibilities of their former supervisors.
   1. Problem-solving
   2. Self-managed work
   3. Independent
   4. Cross-functional

7. Shirley Shands is a hard worker but Debra, her manager is irritated with her. While Debra concedes that Shirley’s work gives her no cause for complaint. Debra is tired of the interruptions in her work because of Shirley asking for repeated clarifications over what exactly she hasto say in e-mails or phone calls. She often requests Debra to proofread her e-mails before sending them, and Debra feels she sends too many e-mails instead of just speaking to the person concerned. From the scenario, we can conclude that_________
   1. Shirley and Debra come from a high-context culture
   2. Shirley uses filtering when communicating with Debra
   3. Debra is engaging in social loafing
   4. Shirley suffers from communication apprehension

8. Which of the following terms best describes the process that occurs when two or more parties decide how to allocate scarce resources?
   1. Differentiation
   2. Association
   3. Negotiation
   4. Integration

9. Which of the following is a unique advantage of the lateral communication?
   1. Lateral communication facilities coordination at the intradepartmental level
   2. Lateral communication facilitates emotional expression, enhances motivation and helps the organization control its employees effectively.
   3. Lateral communication occurring with management’s knowledge and support can be beneficial even does not follow the formal vehicle structure
   4. Lateral communication helps in the transmission of ideas and information

1. The informal communication network in an organization is
   1. Based on clear and factual information
   2. Characterized by ambiguity
   3. Determined by organization
   4. Rooted in issues of minimal importance to employees

1. Peter is working on a project. He feels that the parameters need to be changed to meet client specifications. First, he must talk to his immediate supervisor, who will then discuss the issue with her department director before any change can be implemented. Peter is most likely to be a part of the _____________ type of small-group communication networks.
   1. Chain network
   2. Mesh network
   3. All-channel network
   4. Star network

2. Matt works as a sales representative at Tandem industries which manufactures and sells bicycles. He is the best salesperson on the floor, but he also receives the highest number of customer complaints for late deliveries. Which of the following, if true, best explains this situation?
   1. The company uses enterprise solutions to manage inventory
   2. The company keeps inventory levels low in order to reduce costs
   3. The company’s manufacturing facility is functioning at optimum capacity
   4. The company’s sales and logistics functions are tightly integrated

3. Which of the following statements is true regarding conflict?
   1. Diversity of goals among groups is a major source of conflict
   2. People low in the personality traits of disagreeableness, neuroticism, or self-monitoring are more likely to engage in a conflict
   3. The less specialized the activities of the group, the greater the likelihood of conflict
   4. The smaller the group, the greater the likelihood of conflict.

4. Janice Cooper has recently joined a hospital as a part of the internship program prescribed by the nursing school she attends. Janice, who was inspired to take up this profession by the story of Florence Nightingale, had very strong idea about how she should behave as a nurse. She felt that as a nurse, she must be gentle, pleasant and caring at all times so she could serve her patients well, and she often went to great lengths as an intern putting in extra hours at the hospital and so on. The scenario reflects Janice’s
   1. Role conflict
   2. Role fuzziness
   3. Role perception
   4. Role ambiguity

5. Which of the following is desirable when a crucial project is delegated to a virtual team?
   1. Avoiding publicity of the team’s progress and success in the organization
   2. Discouraging the sharing of unique information as it benefits some employees unfairly
   3. Promoting a sense of independence over the group spirit to encourage competition
   4. Engaging in close mentoring of the work being done by the team throughout the project

6. Which of the following forms of communication is characterized by the use of only body movements, intonations, facial expressions, and physical distance to communicate?
   1. Written communication
   2. Lateral communication
   3. Nonverbal communication
   4. Downward communication

7. With reference to the team effectiveness model, which of the following is one of the key components of an effective team, included under the category of contextual factors?
   1. Common purpose
   2. Climate of trust
   3. Social loafing
   4. Team efficacy

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LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 4 – Quiz

LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 5 – Quiz

LDR 531 UOP (NEW) Week 6 – Quiz

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