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 25 questions is worth one point and has only one correct answer - read very carefully
1. Personality variables are noted to have an indirect relationship with leadership effectiveness. Which of the following is an advantage of viewing leadership effectiveness in terms of behavior, instead?
a. Behavior is harder to measure
b. Behaviors can be observed
c. Leaders are more defensive about behaviors
d. All of the above
2. When reviewing building blocks of leadership skills, which of the following is part of behavior/skills/competencies block?
a. Leadership Pipeline Behaviors
b. Community Leadership Behaviors
c. Leadership Grid
d. All of the above
3. Which of the following does not belong on the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire?
a. Leader makes subordinates feel at ease
b. Leader allows subordinates to set expectations about performance
c. Leader shows concern for subordinates
d. Leader lets subordinates know when they've done well
4. Under the Leadership Behavior Description Questionnaire, leader behavior can be described in all but which one of the terms below?
a. Instigating Structure
b. Consideration
c. Initiating Structure
d. All of the above
5. Which of the following questionnaires was developed to measure the extent to which leaders in industrial settings exhibited consideration and initiating structure behaviors?
a. SBDQ
b. LBDQ
c. LBDQ-XI
d. LOQ
6. Which of the following is not a category of leadership behavior related to effective group performance?
a. Work facilitation
b. Intuitive facilitation
c. Goal emphasis
d. Leader support
7. The Leadership Grid can be useful for describing different leaders. Which of the following terms belongs on the Leadership Grid?
a. Authority-Compliance Management
b. Country Club Management
c. Team Management
d. All of the above
8. Which of the following is not a component of community leadership?
a. Mobilization
b. Framing
c. Special Capital
d. None of the above
9. Multirater feedback can be represented by 360-degree feedback. Which one of the below is not a source for 360-degree feedback?
a. Peers
b. Boss
c. Self
d. None of the above
10.Which of the following suggestions is essential for a leader who wants to be effective?
a. Understanding behavioral requirements and exhibiting those requirements are the same thing.
b. Understanding performance expectations means both results and behavior
c. Getting feedback from others always results in behavioral change
d. All of the above
11.Credibility may be one of the most important components of leadership success and is made up of two components:
a. Charisma and trust
b. Trust and expertise
c. Expertise and charisma
d. None of the above
12.Which of the following terms does not belong in a systems view of communication?
a. Ideation
b. Reception
c. Expression
d. Interpretation
13.Which of the following terms is not related to assertiveness?
a. Use "You" statements
b. Speak up for what you need
c. Learn to say no
d. Monitor your inner dialogue
14.When conducting a meeting, which of the following will not encourage a positive experience?
a. List the objectives
b. Provide materials in advance
c. Discourage participation
d. Stick to the agenda
15.Stress can be defined as the process by which we perceive and respond to situations that challenge or threaten us. Which of the following is not a way to manage stress in a healthy way?
a. Learn how to relax
b. Practice a healthy lifestyle
c. Develop supportive relationships
d. Use relaxants such as tranquilizers to cope
16.Which of the following terms is a component of community leadership?
a. Social capital
b. Mobilization
c. Framing
d. All of the above
17.Brainstorming is one way of encouraging creativity in the workplace. Which of the phrases below relates to this process?
a. Freewheeling and outlandish ideas should be discouraged
b. Criticism should be allowed during the idea generation phase
c. Everybody should be given the chance to contribute
d. Groups should consist of less than five members
18. A viable stress management strategy is called the A-B-C Model. Which of the following statements applies to this model?
a. Changes a person's self-talk
b. Many people think feelings arise from external events
c. A particular incident can be interpreted multiple ways
d. All of the above
19. Job-centered dimensions of behavior can best be described as which of the below?
a. Both goal emphasis and work facilitation oriented
b. Community leadership
c. Both assertive and passive
d. None of the above
20. Employee-centered dimensions of behavior can best be described as which of the below?
a. Practical intelligence
b. Leader support and interaction facilitation
c. Overclaiming credit
d. All of the above
21. Which of the following statements is true regarding humor and leadership?
a. Any leader can use humor and always be successful
b. Transformational leaders who use humor seem to have higher performing work groups
c. Task - focused leaders ho used humor had more satisfied work units
d. All of the above
22. The Leadership Pipeline is a useful model because?
a. It explains where leaders need to spend their time
b. It explains what leaders need to focus on
c. It explains what they should be letting go
d. All of the above
23. The Leadership Pipeline model indicates which of the below?
a. Ineffective leaders are those who accurately diagnose the correct organizational level of their job
b. Pipeline fails to provide potential explanations for why some people fail to advance in an organization
c. Effective leaders are those who correctly assess their level in an organization and exhibit commensurate behaviors
d. All of the above
24. Building social capital is which leadership competency?
a. Analyzing problems and making decisions
b. Financial and technical savvy
c. Planning and organizing
d. Developing and maintaining relationships
25. Which of the terms below is not a method used by leaders to improve creativity in their organization?
a. Seeing things in new ways
b. Using power destructively
c. Forming diverse problem-solving groups
d. None of the above