Deck 6: Police Leadership

Question 1

According to Downs, leaders described as "climbers" are bureaucrats who strive to maintain the status quo.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

According to Engel, "supportive supervisors" tend to emphasize their relations with their subordinates, as opposed to focusing on police activities or the community.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

If a leader's directives are within the zone of indifference, what ability will he or she have to influence subordinates?

A) total
B) modest
C) limited
D) very likely none

Answer 3

D

Question 4

Participative leadership occurs when subordinates have input only into tactical decisions.

Question 5

According to Downs, "zealots" are organizational members with a mission.

Question 6

According to Bernard, there are three classifications of directives that a leader might give.They include:

A) clearly acceptable directives
B) questionable orders to subordinates
C) directives completely outside the bounds of acceptability
D) all of these choices

Question 7

The contingency approach to leadership incorporates aspects of several leadership and motivation theories.

Question 8

Referent power refers to officers' knowledge or ability to perform some specialized task.

Question 9

What term describes the ability to influence or control others?

A) power
B) influence
C) coercion
D) ordering

Question 10

Leadership can mean:

A) telling subordinates what to do
B) getting along with subordinates
C) influencing individuals to achieve goals
D) all of these choices

Question 11

Power is the foundation of leadership.

Question 12

The exploitive-authoritarian leader has no confidence or trust in subordinates.

Question 13

Transactional leadership is a process to change direction.

Question 14

Which of the following is NOT considered a primary component of leadership?

A) people
B) expertise
C) power
D) influence

Question 15

Leadership has been formally defined as the process of directing and influencing individuals or groups to achieve goals.

Question 16

Informal leaders are those that are placed in positions of leadership by the organization.

Question 17

Coercion power is the same as reward power.

Question 18

The manipulation of others within the organization to achieve and hold power and use that power for personal gain is known as Freudianism.

Question 19

If a leader's actions are within the zone of indifference, he or she will be able to capably lead subordinates.

Question 20

The benevolent-authoritarian style of leadership is more positive than the exploitive-authoritarian style.

Question 21

The manipulation of others within the organization to achieve and hold power and use that power for personal, rather than organizational, benefits is known as:

A) humility
B) arrogance
C) Machiavellianism
D) corruption

Question 22

__________ theories of leadership emphasize the many characteristics good leaders should possess.

Question 23

According to Regoli and colleagues, police chiefs advance through which one of these career stages?

A) new stage
B) crisis stage
C) temptation phase
D) retirement phase

Question 24

The __________ style of leadership occurs when management establishes goals and objectives for the organization with subordinates making some of the decisions.

Question 25

According to Downs, __________ are bureaucrats who strive to maintain the status quo.

Question 26

What kind of leader has no confidence or trust in subordinates?

A) benevolent-authoritarian
B) authoritarian-passive
C) exploitive-authoritarian
D) exploitive-abusive

Question 27

__________ power refers to the power people receive as a result of their position within the organization.

Question 28

__________ power refers to officers' knowledge or ability to perform some specialized task.

Question 29

What type of leader is put into a position of leadership by the organization?

A) informal
B) formal
C) interim
D) temporary

Question 30

Personal power includes:

A) expertise power
B) referent power
C) expertise power and referent power
D) none of these choices

Question 31

The __________ leadership style emphasizes giving subordinates input into tactical decisions and policy formulation.

Question 32

If a leader's directives are within the __________, then the leader will very likely not have adequate influence over subordinates.

Question 33

Which of the following is NOT considered a type of positional or organizational power?

A) theoretical power
B) reward power
C) coercion power
D) legitimate power

Question 34

What kind of leadership occurs when leaders broaden and elevate their followers' interests?

A) transactional leadership
B) cooperative leadership
C) team leadership
D) joint leadership

Question 35

__________ power refers to the ability to control valued resources within the organization.

Question 36

__________ leaders are those that are placed in positions of leadership by the organization.

Question 37

The __________-authoritarian leader has no confidence or trust in subordinates.

Question 38

According to Downs, there are four styles of leadership.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

A) Climbers
B) Conservers
C) Zealots
D) Followers

Question 39

Qualities of transformational leaders may include:

A) vision
B) symbolism
C) empowerment
D) all of these choices

Question 40

Cordner and Scarborough identified four primary styles of police leadership.Which of the following is NOT one of them?

A) administrator
B) corruptor
C) top cop
D) statesman

Question 41

Individuals seek __________ to achieve personal as well as organizational goals.

Question 42

Describe and distinguish between three types of leadership.

Question 43

Explain the three main types of positional or organizational power.

Question 44

What are some examples of traits that a trait theorist would consider or suggest contribute to effective leadership?

Question 45

According to Engel, a __________ supervisor expects his or her officers to engage in aggressive law enforcement and see other activities like community service as non-essential.

Question 46

Describe each of Downs' styles of leadership.

Question 47

__________ leadership consists of identifying the environmental and employee factors that are most important in a given situation and then utilizing the most appropriate style of leadership for the situation.

Question 48

A popular contingency approach to leadership is House and Mitchell's __________ theory of leadership.

Question 49

A __________ is a group that works toward specific goals or outcomes.

Question 50

Describe the types of directives Bernard identified.