Leadership Unit One Exam: Multiple Choice Questions (Enter Your Answers On The Enclosed Answer Sheet)

Leadership Unit One Exam
Multiple Choice Questions (Enter your answers on the enclosed answer sheet)
1. Which of the following statements concerning the rational and emotional

aspects of leadership is false?
A. Leaders can use rational techniques and/or emotional appeals in order to
influence followers
B. Leadership includes actions and influences based only on reason and logic
C. Aroused feelings can be used either positively or negatively
D. Good leadership involves touching others’ feelings
2. To many, the word management suggests

A. Dynamism
B. Risk-taking
C. Efficiency
D. Creativity
3. According to the text, leadership is often more associated with

A. Consistency
B. Planning
C. Paperwork
D. Change
4. This is a conventional distinction made between managers and leaders.

A. Managers maintain while leaders develop
B. Managers innovate while leaders administer
C. Managers inspire while leaders control
D. Managers originate while leaders imitate
5. Which of the following statements about leaders versus managers is false?
A. Leadership is a value-laden, activity, management is not

B. Leaders focus on risk taking; managers perform functions such as planning and controlling
C. Leaders are thought to do things right, managers do the right things
D. Leaders develop, managers maintainUnit 1 Examination 29 Leadership
6. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?
A. Leadership and management have some unique functions with an area of

overlap
B. A good leader can be a good manager, but the reverse is never true
C. Leadership and management are not related
D. Leadership and management are effectively the same for all practical purposes
7. What best describes the leader-follower relationship?
A. The relationship is a one-way street

B. Leadership and followership are the same thing
C. Leadership and followership merge and are linked concepts
D. It is based on the idea of ‘one-man leadership’
8. Ideal leaders according to a survey were commonly characterized as all of

the following except
A. Honest
B. Competent
C. Forward-looking
D. Cooperative
9. According to a survey research by Judith Rosener, in terms of their leadership

experiences,
A. Women tended to describe themselves in transactional terms

B. Men tended to describe themselves in somewhat transformational terms
C. Men influenced others primarily in terms of personal characteristics
D. Women helped subordinates develop commitment for broader goals than their
own self-interest
10. What term did Rosener coin to describe how some women leaders
encouraged participation and shared power and information, but went far beyond
what is commonly thought of as participative management?
A. Autocratic leadership
B. Laissez faire leadership
C. Interactive leadership
D. Transactional leadershipUnit 1 Examination 30 Leadership
11. Women leaders’ interactive leadership style developed
A. Due to their socialization experiences and career paths
B. Because of exchanges with subordinates for services rendered
C. By influencing others primarily through their organizational position and
authority
D. Because of their organizational position
12. According to female executives, what is the major factor that prevents
senior female executives from advancing to corporate leadership?
A. Lack of significant general management
B. Male stereotyping and preconceptions C. Inhospitable corporate culture
D. Exclusion from informal networks
13. According to female executives. which of the following factors least prevents
women from advancing to corporate leadership?
A. Women not being in the pipeline long enough

B. Exclusion from informal networks
C. Inhospitable corporate culture
D. Lack of significant line experience
14. Most male CEOs attribute the paucity of women in corporate leadership roles
to which of the following?
A. Exclusion from informal networks
B. Women not in pipeline long enough
C. Male stereotyping and preconceptions
D. Inadequacies in the quality of experience for the top spots
15. According to a recent study, one of the general factors that explains the shift
toward more women leaders is that women themselves have changed.
It is evident in all except:
A. A trend toward less stereotypically masculine characterizations of

leadership
B. Women’s aspirations and attitudes have become less similar to those of men
over time
C. A legislation prohibiting gender-based discrimination at work
D. Changes in organizational norms that put a higher priority on results than an
“old boy” networkUnit 1 Examination 31 Leadership
16. The symbolic message often intended by appointment of women to important
leadership positions is evidence of the fact that
A. Culture has changed

B. Women themselves have changed
C. Leadership roles have changed
D. Organizational practices have changed
17. Which of the following statements concerning the reflection component of the
AOR model is false?
A. Leaders are always aware of the value of reflection in leadership development

B. It is the most neglected component of the AOR model
C. It can provide leaders with a variety of insights into how to frame
problems differently
D. A reason for the reflection component to be neglected often may be due to time
pressure at work
18. What describes a kind of learning between the individual and the
environment in which learners seek relatively little feedback that may significantly
confront their fundamental ideas or actions?
A. Deutero-learning
B. Double loop learning
C. Triple-loop learning
D. Single-loop learning
19. Confronting one’s beliefs, inviting others to challenge you and working on
personal blind spots are aspects of the process of
A. Attribution
B. Double-loop learning
C. Self-fulfilling prophecy
D. Single-loop learning
20. Mastering _____ can be thought of as learning how to learn.

A. Double-loop learning
B. Single-loop learning
C. Deutero-learning
D. Triple-loop learningUnit 1 Examination 32
21. People who become leaders in any field tend to first stand out by virtue of their
A. Interpersonal skills
B. Technical proficiency
C. Emotional intelligence
D. Intercultural competence
22. In an organization, one can gain valuable perspectives and insights through
close association with an experienced person willing to take one
under his/her wing. Such an individual is often called a
A. Supervisor
B. Facilitator
C. Role model
D. Mentor
23. The process by which an older and more experienced person helps to socialize
and encourage younger organizational colleagues is called
A. Evaluating
B. Consulting
C. Mentoring
D. Networking
24. How are mentorees benefited in a mentoring relationship?
A. By gaining an influential ally and by learning about the subtler aspects of

organizational ethics
B. By the greater influence they accrue by having former mentorees in various
positions across the organization
C. By having a younger replacement ready to fill their position if they are
promoted
D. By encouraging younger colleagues in the organization
25. What is seen as an investment that can help change counterproductive

behavior, often interpersonal, that threatens to derail an otherwise valued manager?
A. Mentoring
B. Executive coaching
C. Team building
D. Change management

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Leadership Unit One Exam

1. Which of the following statements concerning the rational and emotional

2. To many, the word management suggests

3. According to the text, leadership is often more associated with

4. This is a conventional distinction made between managers and leaders.

5. Which of the following statements about leaders versus managers is false?

A. Leadership is a value-laden, activity, management is not

A. Leadership and management have some unique functions with an area of

7. What best describes the leader-follower relationship?

A. The relationship is a one-way street

8. Ideal leaders according to a survey were commonly characterized as all of

9. According to a survey research by Judith Rosener, in terms of their leadership

A. Women tended to describe themselves in transactional terms

A. Women not being in the pipeline long enough

A. A trend toward less stereotypically masculine characterizations of

A. Culture has changed

A. Leaders are always aware of the value of reflection in leadership development

20. Mastering _____ can be thought of as learning how to learn.

24. How are mentorees benefited in a mentoring relationship?

A. By gaining an influential ally and by learning about the subtler aspects of

25. What is seen as an investment that can help change counterproductive

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