Review each question below, assess for which one answer is correct and provide one answer only. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me before you submit your assignment. Each of the 45 questions is worth one point and has only one correct answer - read very carefully
1. Which of the following statements describes "situational engineering"?
a. Leaders use their knowledge of how a situation will affect leadership to proactively change the situation and enhance potential for success
b. Leaders assess the situation and exhibit behavior consistent with past situations believing consistency will ensure success
c. Leaders who succeed don't worry about engineering for success, they have already proven themselves and have credibility
d. All of the above
2. Which of the following statements describes "role theory"?
a. Leaders will not experience role conflict as a result of this theory
b. Leader's behavior may depend on his/her perceptions of critical aspects of the situation
c. Subordinates and superiors have consistent expectations about the leader's behavior
d. All of the above
3. Which of the following statements applies to the "multiple-influence model"?
a. Microvariables are identified as task characteristics of a situation
b. Macrovariables are described as the external environment of a situation
c. Macrovariables have a pervasive influence on the ways leaders behave
d. All of the above
4. When discussing situational levels, which of the following is not one of the three levels of certainty?
a. Environmental Level
b. Task Level
c. Abstraction level
d. Organizational Level
5. Which of the statements below best describes "task autonomy"?
a. Degree to which a job provides the individual responsible some control over how it gets completed
b. Workers with less expertise will be given more autonomy to reinforce learning
c. Workers with considerable expertise will be given less latitude to retain skills
d. Responsibility and job satisfaction may decrease when autonomy increases
6. Which of the following statements best describes "task feedback"?
a. Feedback is received extrinsically from supervisors rather than intrinsically
b. Person accomplishing task receives performance feedback intrinsically from performing the task itself
c. This is feedback from another person rather than from the job
d. Followers may become dissatisfied if low levels of feedback are offered for tasks that already provide intrinsic feedback
7. Which of the statements below applies to the term "unstructured task"?
a. Different observers may not see the task in the same way
b. There may be no clear cut method for completing the task
c. Different approaches are possible with none of them standing out as the right way
d. All of the above
8. Tasks with a high level of interdependence call for leadership skills in all but one of these ares?
a. Planning
b. Duplicating
c. Communicating
d. Directing
9. Which of the terms below applies to complex problems that have expert solutions to them?
a. Adaptive problems
b. Task problems
c. Technical problems
d. Interdependence problems
10. Which of the terms below applies to complex problems that can only be solved by changing the system itself?
a. Transformative problems
b. Adaptive problems
c. Personal problems
d. Follower problems
11. Which of the following is not a change in the way that companies operate according to Kaplan and Norton?
a. Customer Segmentation
b. Integration
c. Knowledge Workers
d. Cross Functions
12. When reviewing an organization's structure, which of the following is not a consideration?
a. Spatial complexity
b. Virtual complexity
c. Horizontal complexity
d. Vertical complexity
13. Which of the terms below refers to the diffusion of decision making throughout an organization?
a. Formalization
b. Differentiation
c. Centralization
d. None of the above
14. Which of the questions below is not a question that defines an organization's culture?
a. What are the organization's morality and ethics?
b. What stories are told about the organization?
c. What are the written rules of the game?
d. How do people wield power?
15. The Competing Values Framework was designed to help organizations be more deliberate in identifying a culture more likely to be successful. Which of the following is not a part of this framework?
a. Adhocracy
b. Clan
c. Anarchy
d. Hierarchy
16. Which of the following is a leadership trend that should be embraced by an organization to best face the future?
a. Embrace innovation as a driver of future success
b. Recognize that complex changes are on the rise
c. Leaders will need to be more authentic in their roles
d. All of the above
17. GLOBE researchers identified six dimensions that were determined to be applicable across all global cultures for assessing culturally endorsed implicit theories of leadership. Which of the below does not belong to this list of dimensions?
a. Humane - oriented leadership
b. Dependent leadership
c. Team-oriented leadership
d. Self-protective leadership
18. Which of the following statements applies to the Leader-Member Exchange [LMX] Theory?
a. Leader treats all followers as if they were a uniform group of equals
b. Leader forms specific and unique linkages with each subordinate
c. Linkages tend to be differentiated into three groups
d. All of the above
19. Which of the following statements describes high-quality exchange relationships?
a. The leader benefits the most
b. Subordinates contribute low task performance
c. The leader contributes empowerment
d. None of the above
20. Which of the below is not a typical stage of LMX?
a. Routinization
b. Role - Taking
c. Rotation
d. Role- Making
21. Which of the below is not a milestone in the cycle of leadership making?
a. Maturity
b. Characteristic
c. Personality
d. Stranger
22. The prescriptive notion of LMX does not involve which one of the below?
a. Leader should work to develop special relationships with all followers
b. Leader should offer opportunities only to those followers who have earned them
c. Leader should focus on ways to build trust and respect
d. Leader should nurture high-quality exchanges with all followers
23. The level of input subordinates have in the decision-making process depends on which one of the following?
a. All of the below
b. Issues at hand
c. Followers' level of expertise
d. Presence or absence of a crisis
24. Which of the following is not a level of participation in the Normative Decision Model?
a. Automatic Processes
b. Group Process
c. Consultative Processes
d. Autocratic Processes
25. Which of the following is not an element of the Leadership Decision Tree?
a. Do subordinates share the organizational goals to be attained in solving this problem?
b. Is conflict among subordinates over preferred solutions likely?
c. Does the problem possess a quantity requirement?
d. Do I have sufficient information to make a high-quality decision?
26. Which of the following is part of Sample's theory?
a. Think gray
b. Think free
c. Listen first, talk later
d. All of the above
27. Which of the below is a task behavior as described through the Situational Leadership Model?
a. Telling people what to do
b. Telling people how to do it
c. Deciding who is to complete the task
d. All of the above
28. Which of the terms below describes a follower's ability and willingness to accomplish a certain task?
a. Follower readiness
b. Situational leadership
c. Developmental intervention
d. Normative decision
29. When reviewing the Least Preferred Co-worker Scale, which of the following is true?
a. Upper level needs must be satisfied first
b. LPC scale can accurately identify the motivation hierarchy for individuals with intermediate scores
c. LPC score represents something about the leader, not the specific individual the leader evaluated
d. None of the above
30. When determining overall situational favorability, which of the following is a sub-element?
a. Position power
b. Task structure
c. Leader-member relations
d. All of the above
31. Which of the following is not one of the four leader behaviors of Path-Goal Theory?
a. Achevement - oriented leadershp
b. Subordinate leadership
c. Directive leadership
d. Participative leadership
32. Path-goal theory considers three situational factors that impact or moderate the effects of leader behavior on follower attitudes and behaviors. Which of the following is not a factor?
a. Formal authority system
b. Task
c. Informal authority system
d. Primary work group
33. Which of the following characteristics describes an excellent leader?
a. Recognize the situational and follower factors inhibiting or facilitating change
b. Paint a compelling vision of the future
c. Formulate and execute a plan that moves their vision from a dream to reality
d. All of the above
34. According to Beer, C = D X M X P > R, can be described by all but which one of the below?
a. Serves as a roadmap for leadership practitioners wanting to implement organizational change initiatives
b. Represents a diagnostic tool for understanding why change initiatives fail
c. Ends with an "R" that stands for "Results"
d. None of the above
35. Which of the letters in Beer's formula refers to the "amount of change"?
a. C
b. D
c. M
d. P
36. Leaders can increase the amount of change by doing which of the following?
a. Decreasing the level of satisfaction
b. Increasing the clarity of vision
c. Increasing the amount of resistance in followers
d. All of the above
37. Which of the terms below is defined by a state where followers are unhappy with their current situation and are willing to do something to change it?
a. Dissatisfaction
b. Re-branding
c. Constructive dissatisfaction
d. Siloed thinking
38. Which of the following is not one of the four key components to the model variable in the change formula?
a. Needed system changes
b. Environmental scanning
c. A version
d. Setting of new goals
39. Which of the following is nto a component of organizational alignment?
a. Systems
b. Comparabilities
c. Culture
d. Structure
40. Which of the terms below describes the difference between initial expectations and reality?
a. Twilight zone
b. Expectation-performance gap
c. Systems thinking approach
d. Siloed thinking
41. Which of the below is a common loss that comes with change?
a. Identity
b. Rewards
c. Power
d. All of the above
42. Which of the following terms describes a form of leadership which changes the status quo by appealing to followers' values and their sense of higher purpose?
a. Transactional
b. Charismatic
c. Transformational
d. None of the above
43. Which of the characteristics below is not a common thread in the behavior and style of charismatic and transformational leaders?
a. Rational skills
b. Vision and values
c. Rhetorical skills
d. Personalized leadership
44. Which of the following statements describes charisma?
a. Is in the eyes and heart of the beholder
b. Is a particularly strong emotional reaction to some leaders by some followers
c. Is a particularly strong identification with some leaders by some followers
d. All of the above
45. Which of the below is not a follower response to change?
a. Confusion
b. Compliance
c. Cooperation
d. Commitment