Deck 1: Who Is a Leader and What Skills Do Leaders Need

Question 1

Leadership is the process of a leader communicating ideas, gaining acceptance of them, and motivating followers to support and implement the ideas through change.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson are the three informational leadership roles.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Leaders are born, not made.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Of the three managerial leadership skills that all leaders need to be successful and top-level managers in an organization need to have a greater need for interpersonal and decision-making skills than technical skills.

Question 5

Research indicates that leadership success is associated with being a hard-nosed, tough manager.

Question 6

Taking advantage of followers for personal gain is a part of leadership.

Question 7

Figurehead is an interpersonal role.

Question 8

A role is a set of expectations of how a person will behave to perform a job.

Question 9

Time management priorities are the responsibility of a monitor.

Question 10

If a person is not interested and not willing to be in charge, he or she is still well-suited to be a leader.

Question 11

Spokesperson is a decisional role.

Question 12

The qualities needed for effective leadership are the same as those needed to be an effective follower.

Question 13

Knowing how to lead and developing leadership skills will make you a better leader and a better follower.

Question 14

Serving on committees with members from outside the organizational unit is an example of a figurehead role.

Question 15

Leaders perform the disseminator role when they send information to others in the organizational unit.

Question 16

If you are a manager, then you are an effective leader.

Question 17

The interpersonal leadership roles include figurehead, leader, and monitor.

Question 18

Of the three managerial leadership skills that all leaders need to be successful and middle-level managers in an organization need to have a balanced need for all three skills.

Question 19

Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives through change.

Question 20

Effective leaders influence followers to think not only of their own interests but also of the interest of the organization through a shared vision.

Question 21

Based on the definition of leadership, leaders only influence followers because followers cannot influence leaders.

Question 22

A leadership theory is a shared mindset that represents a fundamental way of thinking about, perceiving, studying, researching, and understanding leadership.

Question 23

Successful managers typically use an autocratic form of leadership.

Question 24

Early leadership theories were based on the assumption that leaders are made, not born.

Question 25

There is a universal list of traits that all successful leaders possess.

Question 26

The three levels of analysis of leadership theory are individual, group, and organizational.

Question 27

By the 1950s, most of the leadership research had changed its paradigm, going from trait theory to focusing on what the leader actually did on the job.

Question 28

Behavioral leadership theories attempt to explain the appropriate leadership style based on the leader, followers, and situation.

Question 29

Which of the following statements regarding leaders and managers is NOT true?

A) A manager always has the ability to influence others; a leader may not.
B) A manager has a formal title and authority.
C) A leader may either be a manager or a nonmanager.
D) All managers perform four major functions: planning, organizing, leading, and controlling.

Question 30

The leader-follower relationship represents the influence:

A) of the leader on the follower.
B) of the follower on the leader.
C) of the leader on the group.
D) between the leader and the follower.

Question 31

Organizational performance, in the long run, depends on maintaining the status quo regardless of what changes occur in the external environment.

Question 32

Integrative leadership theories attempt to combine the trait, behavioral, and contingency theories to explain successful, influencing leader-follower relationships.

Question 33

Mintzberg's ten managerial roles are an example of contingency leadership theory.

Question 34

____ is the process of a leader communicating ideas, gaining acceptance of them, and motivating followers to support and implement the ideas through change.

A) Leadership
B) Influence
C) Management
D) Guidance

Question 35

The contingency theory paradigm emphasizes the importance of situational factors.

Question 36

The key elements of leadership include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) influence.
B) leaders-followers.
C) change.
D) personality.

Question 37

Contingency leadership theories attempt to combine the trait and behavioral theories to explain successful, influencing leader-follower relationships.

Question 38

The group level of analysis of leadership theory can also be called the dyadic process.

Question 39

The overarching paradigm has shifted from management to leadership.

Question 40

Individual and group performance are based on organizational performance.

Question 41

Which of the following is one of Mintzberg's the informational leadership roles, which is becoming increasingly important because of rapid technological changes?

A) negotiator
B) liaison
C) monitor
D) resource-allocator

Question 42

To be a successful leader, you need three managerial leadership skills, one of which is ____ skill, which involves the ability to use methods and techniques to perform a task.

A) interpersonal
B) Team-related
C) Decision-making
D) technical

Question 43

Most employees are promoted to their first management position primarily because of their ____ skills.

A) interpersonal
B) Team-related
C) Decision-making
D) technical

Question 44

The three levels of analysis of leadership theory are:

A) individual, group, and organizational.
B) team, group, and organizational.
C) leader, group, and organizational.
D) interpersonal, leader, and group.

Question 45

Which of the following is NOT one of Mintzberg's interpersonal leadership roles?

A) figurehead
B) entrepreneur
C) leader
D) liaison

Question 46

The ____ level of analysis can also be called the dyadic process.

A) group
B) individual
C) organizational
D) none of the answers are correct

Question 47

The one of three Mintzberg's ____ roles which take corrective action when necessary, allocate resources, and negotiate routine and non-routine transactions is ____.

A) decisional.
B) conceptual.
C) informational.
D) spokesperson.

Question 48

Leaders perform the ____ role when they represent the organization or department in legal, social, ceremonial, and symbolic activities.

A) figurehead
B) leader
C) liaison
D) negotiator

Question 49

Which of the following is an example of a figurehead role?

A) serving on committees with members from outside the organizational unit.
B) answering letters
C) signing official documents
D) scheduling when employees will use material and equipment

Question 50

The ____ level of analysis can also be called the dyadic process.

A) group
B) individual
C) organizational
D) none of the answers are correct

Question 51

According to a survey of recruiters, the three most important attributes that they seek are

A) Communication and interpersonal skills
B) Ability to work well in a team.
C) Analytical and problem-solving skills
D) All of the above

Question 52

Which of the following is an example of a spokesperson role?

A) reporting information to the government
B) attending professional/trade association meetings
C) entertaining clients or customers as official representatives
D) purchasing new equipment

Question 53

In your position, you serve on committees with people from outside of your organizational units and attend professional meetings. These are expectations for Mintzberg's interpersonal role of ____.

A) Disseminator
B) Figurehead
C) Liaison
D) Resource-allocator

Question 54

Levels of analysis constitute:

A) a useful way of classifying leadership theory.
B) the most common approach to problem solving in organizations.
C) Frederick Taylor's most lasting contribution to management theory.
D) none of the answers are correct

Question 55

The three levels of analysis of leadership theory include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) individual.
B) group.
C) behavioral.
D) organizational.

Question 56

Your leader has asked you to design new performance evaluation system. Designing the system is example of which of Mintzberg's managerial roles?

A) entrepreneur
B) interpersonal
C) disturbance-handler
D) negotiator

Question 57

Three managerial leadership skills that all leaders need to be successful are

A) technical
B) intrapersonal.
C) interpersonal
D) Decision-making
E) A, c, and d

Question 58

Which of the following is a managerial role category?

A) interpersonal
B) intrapersonal
C) informational
D) decisional
E) A and c

Question 59

According to Mintzberg's managerial roles, signing official documents is the activity of a person who is in what role?

A) leader
B) liaison
C) negotiator
D) decisional
E) figurehead

Question 60

For Henry Mintzberg, the way that a leader handles a disturbance is characterized:

A) by seeking information.
B) through negotiation.
C) by rigor and speed.
D) as a decisional role.

Question 61

Organizational performance in the long run depends on:

A) effectively adapting to the environment.
B) acquiring the necessary resources to survive.
C) whether the organizational uses an effective transformation process to produce its products and services.
D) all of the answers are correct

Question 62

The interrelationship among the levels of leadership analysis is true for all the following EXCEPT:

A) individual performance affect group and organizational performance.
B) group performance affect organizational performance.
C) group and organizational performance affect the performance of the individual.
D) neither the group nor organizational performance affect individual performance.

Question 63

In examining differences between managers and leaders, leaders

A) Focus on the best way to get the job done.
B) focus on doing things right.
C) Emphasize innovation and change
D) Use a more autocratic style
E) Emphasize stability.

Question 64

Mintzberg's ten managerial roles is an example of:

A) group level of analysis.
B) organizational level of analysis.
C) behavioral leadership theory.
D) a leadership paradigm.

Question 65

The leadership paradigm that assumes leaders are born, not made, is ____ theory.

A) trait
B) behavioral
C) integrative.
D) contingency

Question 66

The eclectic approach to leadership theory, which utilizes and combines insights from previous approaches, is:

A) impossible, as developments in management theory successively nullify one another.
B) called the integrative leadership theory paradigm.
C) considered too cumbersome for both practice and research.
D) impractical on the group level of analysis.

Question 67

Evidence-based management (EBM) is an application of:

A) decision models to reward systems.
B) national cultures to determine the assignment of subordinates to specific tasks.
C) the findings of empirical research to the practice of leadership.
D) judicious, measured amounts of rewards and punishments on the basis of employee performance.

Question 68

Which of the following statements regarding managers and leaders is NOT true?

A) Leaders are concerned with stability.
B) Managers focus on doing things right.
C) Leaders place great concern on innovation and change.
D) Managers are concerned with the best way to get the job done.

Question 69

The ____ leadership theory paradigm emphasizes the importance of situational factors.

A) trait
B) behavioral
C) contingency
D) integrative

Question 70

A researcher attempting to understand how leaders influence followers to achieve high levels of performance is studying ____ leadership theory.

A) behavioral
B) contingency
C) integrative
D) trait

Question 71

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the levels of analysis of leadership theory?

A) The individual level does not impact the group level.
B) Groups must be understood as functioning within a larger system.
C) The individual level forms the base of the levels.
D) The group-level approach is generally superior to the individual-level approach in assessing leader effectiveness.

Question 72

Behavioral leadership theories attempt to explain:

A) distinctive characteristics accounting for leadership effectiveness.
B) successful, influencing leader-follower relationships.
C) distinctive styles used by effective leaders.
D) the appropriate leadership style based on the leader, follower, and situation.

Question 73

Much of the current research at the ____ level focuses on how top level managers can influence organizational performance.

A) group
B) individual
C) organizational
D) conceptual
E) none of the answers are correct

Question 74

Early leadership studies were based on the assumption that leaders are:

A) autocratic.
B) primarily male.
C) born, not made.
D) also managers.

Question 75

Research on trait theory has

A) Identified a list of traits that guarantee leadership success.
B) Not identified a list of traits that guarantee leadership success.
C) Identified a list of behaviors that guarantee leadership success.
D) Identified a list of combinations of traits, behaviors, and situations that insure leadership success.
E) Identified a list of situational conditions which encourage leadership success.

Question 76

The individual level of analysis which focuses on the leader's relationship with individual followers is also called the ____ process.

A) group
B) dyadic
C) organizational
D) conceptual
E) interpersonal

Question 77

Contingency leadership theories attempt to explain the appropriate leadership style based on the:

A) leader, followers, and situation.
B) leader, manager, and subordinates.
C) leader, mentor, and entrepreneur.
D) individual, group, and situation.

Question 78

A successful sales manager was promoted to being CEO of a large conglomerate. Shortly afterward, the manager decided that her style of leadership was inappropriate, and altered the way that she practiced leading. This is an example of:

A) contingency leadership.
B) performing the figurehead role.
C) organizational learning.
D) none of the answers are correct

Question 79

Leadership theory classifications include all of the following EXCEPT:

A) behavioral.
B) integrative.
C) contingency.
D) individual.

Question 80

____ and ____ leadership theories are also called universal theories.

A) Contingency; integrative
B) Trait; behavioral
C) Behavioral; contingency
D) Trait; integrative