D. it is a highly valued phenomenon that is very complex
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
47. Your parents and older siblings are all successful elected officials. After graduation, it is suggested by many that you should seek office and, in turn, they offer you their support. Which best describes the leadership approach being demonstrated by your supporters?
A. behavioral approach to leadership
B. leadership as a process
C. trait perspective
D. expert power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
48. As captain of the soccer team, your primary concern is winning games and maintaining the strength of the team. Your players couldn’t care less about teamwork and just want to win. Which component of leadership would you recommend the leader focus on?
A. roles
B. common goals
C. process
D. influence
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
49. The leader is at the core of group change and activity, representing the backbone of the group or organization. Leadership is viewed as ______.
A. focus of group processes
B. personality perspective
C. leadership as an act
D. leadership as a behavior
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
50. Jeffrey is the chief financial officer of an established marketing firm. He recently learned that the company is going to try to merge with a new firm. He shares this potential merger with only a few of his mid-level managers he trusts. Jeffrey has ______.
A. information and referent power
B. reward and referent power
C. information and legitimate power
D. personal and information power
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
51. Coercive leadership is not considered ideal leadership as defined in this text because ______.
A. influence in leadership includes followers and leaders working toward a common goal
B. process is a part of the definition in both coercion and leadership
C. forcing and manipulative behaviors are legitimate leadership tactics
D. coercive leadership involves both individual and common goals
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Ethical understanding and reasoning
52. My boss really does not understand the technical aspects of the job my group is trying to complete. I understand the intricacies of the project, and my team members come to me with all of their questions. What has happened in this work setting?
A. I have taken control and power of the group.
B. I have undermined my boss.
C. I have emerged as the team leader.
D. My boss is no longer a leader.
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emergent and Assigned Leadership
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
53. Writing about and researching leadership is ______.
A. declining in popularity
B. a universally appealing topic
C. simplistic rather than complex
D. less popular in the business area than in social sciences
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
54. Leadership and management ______.
A. are completely separate entities
B. occur only in large corporations
C. occur only in small organizations
D. are both needed in organizations
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Summary
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
55. The faculty member on your study abroad trip to Costa Rica has traveled there many times and is quite knowledgeable about the country and places you visited. She gave you guidance about the country, local culture, and safety issues while you were interning with the local farmers. The faculty member was using ______.
A. referent power
B. positional power
C. coercive power
D. expert power
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Power
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
56. Which of the following is a planning and budgeting management function?