GMS 200 Class 9 (Chapter 14) Practice Test M/C

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1. Someone with a clear sense of the future and the actions needed to get there is considered a leader.
   a) task-oriented
   b) people-oriented
   c) transactional
   d) visionary

d) visionary

2. Leader power = power + power.
   a) reward, punishment
   b) reward, expert
   c) legitimate, position
   d) position, personal

d) position, personal

3. A manager who says “Because I am the boss, you must do what I ask” is relying on power.
   a) reward
   b) legitimate
   c) expert
   d) referent

b) legitimate

4. When a leader assumes that others will do as she asks because they want to positively identify with her, she is relying on power to influence their behaviour.
   a) expert
   b) referent
   c) legitimate
   d) reward

b) referent

5. The personal traits now considered important for managerial success include .
   a) self-confidence
   b) gender
   c) age
   d) height

a) self-confidence

6. In the leader-behaviour approaches to leadership, someone who does a very good job of planning work, setting standards, and monitoring results would be considered a(n) leader.
   a) task-oriented
   b) control-oriented
   c) achievement-oriented
   d) employee-centred

a) task-oriented

7. When leader behaviour researchers concluded that “high–high” was the pathway to leadership success, what were they referring to?
   a) High initiating structure and high integrity.
   b) High concern for task and high concern for people.
   c) High emotional intelligence and high charisma.
   d) High job stress and high task goals.

b) High concern for task and high concern for people.

8. A leader whose actions indicate an attitude of “do as you want, and don’t bother me” would be described as having a(n) leadership style.
   a) autocratic
   b) country club
   c) democratic
   d) laissez-faire

d) laissez-faire

9. In Fiedler’s contingency model, both highly favourable and highly unfavourable leadership situations are best dealt with by a leader.
   a) task-motivated
   b) laissez-faire
   c) participative
   d) relationship-motivated

a) task-motivated

10. leadership model suggests that leadership style is strongly anchored in personality and therefore hard to change.
    a) Trait
    b) Fiedler’s
    c) Transformational
    d) Path-goal

b) Fiedler’s

11. House’s theory of leadership says that successful leaders find ways to add value to leadership situations.
    a) trait
    b) path–goal
    c) transformational
    d) life-cycle

b) path–goal

12. A leader who would be described as achievement-oriented in the path–goal theory.
    a) sets challenging goals for others
    b) works hard to achieve high performance
    c) gives directions and monitors results
    d) builds commitment through participation

a) sets challenging goals for others

13. The critical contingency variable in the Hersey-Blanchard situational model of leadership is .
    a) followers’ maturity
    b) LPC
    c) task structure
    d) LMX

a) followers’ maturity

14. Vision, charisma, integrity, and symbolism are all on the list of attributes typically associated with leaders.
    a) contingency
    b) informal
    c) transformational
    d) transactional

c) transformational

15. The interactive leadership style, sometimes associated with women, is characterized by ___.
    a) inclusion and information sharing
    b) use of rewards and punishments
    c) command and control
    d) emphasis on position power

a) inclusion and information sharing