Deck 1: Understanding Leadership

Question 1

Leadership is a simple, unidimensional process.

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Leaders ____ and ____ followers when leadership is conceptualized as a relationship.

A) affect, are affected by
B) criticize, are criticized by
C) change, intimidate
D) accept limitations, ignore
E) None of the above

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Unlike fashion, leadership has not evolved or changed much over the last 100 years.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

One who develops her or his skills through practice probably views leadership as an ability.

Question 5

Leadership as an ability means that while we are born with natural capacities for certain activities, there is nothing we can do to change them.

Question 6

Leaders who draw on the behavioral perspective are concerned with task and process behaviors.

Question 7

A leader who views leadership as a relationship can be influenced by his or her followers.

Question 8

Leadership as a relationship limits leadership only to the appointed head of the organization.

Question 9

"Leadership as a trait" implies that only a few people with special gifts will be leaders.

Question 10

Leadership as a skill means it is available only to the few with great ability.

Question 11

A strong demand for leadership exists today at the community, local, and national level.

Question 12

The study of leadership is relatively new, having started only in the 20th century.

Question 13

There are universally recognized positive and negative leadership traits.

Question 14

Differences in preferred leadership styles and political viewpoints around the world are the result of what?

A) Culture
B) Democracy
C) Authority
D) None of the above
E) All of the above

Question 15

In the ____ perspective, leadership centers on the communication between leaders and followers rather than on the unique qualities of the leader.

A) trait
B) relational
C) ability
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 16

"If you are capable of learning from experience, you can acquire leadership." This statement is characteristic of leadership as a(n) ____.

A) relationship
B) trait
C) skill
D) ability
E) behavior

Question 17

Due to the diversity of viewpoints globally, there are no agreed-on leadership attributes.

Question 18

Effective leadership is intended influence that creates change for the greater good.

Question 19

Studying characteristics such as confidence and determination exemplifies leadership as a trait.

Question 20

Which of the following focuses on helping people feel comfortable in a group?

A) Task behaviors
B) Introspective behaviors
C) Passive behaviors
D) Process behaviors
E) None of the above

Question 21

Viewed as a skill, leadership can be:

A) Seen as an inborn quality
B) Studied and learned
C) Understood as a means to keep people in line
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 22

Based on the behavior approach, describe the two types of leader behaviors and give an example of a situation in which each behavior is used appropriately.

Question 23

How will learning about leadership influence the way you practice leadership?

Question 24

When leadership is considered a behavior, what are its main components?

A) task and process
B) skills and competencies
C) talents and gifts
D) power and relationships
E) All of the above

Question 25

Leadership as a(n) ____ places a great deal of emphasis on the leader and on the leader's special gifts.

A) relationship
B) trait
C) ability
D) skill
E) behavior

Question 26

The relational perspective has a(n) ____ overtone because it stresses the need for leaders to work with followers to achieve their mutual purposes.

A) tactful
B) authoritarian
C) adversarial
D) ethical
E) conspiratorial

Question 27

Explain the historical evolution of leadership studies, citing at least three different approaches. What new perspective did each successive approach contribute?

Question 28

Choose three of the global positive leader attributes identified by House and discuss why they are universal and not culturally specific.

Question 29

Stressing mutuality lessens the possibility that leaders might act toward followers in ways that are:

A) Forced and unethical
B) Beneficial to everyone
C) Difficult to comprehend
D) Outside the norms
E) None of the above

Question 30

Discuss three emerging leadership approaches. Which one do you identify with the most? Why?

Question 31

Leadership is about and management is about .

A) people; process
B) power; control
C) seeking constructive change; establishing order
D) followers; subordinates
E) influence; delegation

Question 32

How are leadership traits different from leadership skills and behaviors?

Question 33

Which leadership approach focuses on followers' needs in order to help followers become more autonomous and knowledgeable?

A) Servant leadership
B) Spiritual leadership
C) Authentic leadership
D) Transformational leadership
E) None of the above

Question 34

The demand for effective leadership exists at the:

A) State level
B) Organizational level
C) Local level
D) All of the above
E) A and B only

Question 35

Authority and influence are shared when leadership is a:

A) Trait
B) Relationship
C) Behavior
D) Skill
E) Ability

Question 36

Mahatma Gandhi, Dr. Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln, and Joan of Arc were considered very effective leaders. Which leadership approach describes them best?

A) Situational approach
B) Behavior approach
C) Relational approach
D) Trait approach
E) "New Leadership" approach