A. create a vision
B. build teams and coalitions
C. setting timetables
D. aligning people
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
57. The trait definition of leadership suggests ______.
A. leadership occurs because of who the leader is
B. interaction is the key to leadership success
C. self-confidence is required for good leadership
D. dominance is required for good leadership
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
58. When contemporary leadership researchers analyze conversations between leaders and subordinates in a workplace, they are using which approach in their studies?
A. trait approach
B. discursive approach
C. do as the leader wishes approach
D. authentic leader approach
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
59. The essential ingredient in leadership is ______.
A. influence
B. intelligence
C. efficiency
D. expertise
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Definition and Components
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
60. Arvid works at a new smoothie shop that has not yet made a profit. The boss tells Arvid and the other workers that whoever sells more than 30 smoothies during their daily shift will earn a bonus. Arvid’s boss is primarily using what type of function?
A. leadership by building teams and coalitions to inspire people
B. management by developing an incentive program to solve a problem
C. management by placing people in the appropriate jobs according to skill
D. leadership by creating a vision to inspire change
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
61. A process view of leadership means that ______.
A. people with special characteristics are the ones who can engage in the leadership process
B. anyone can learn leadership and emerge as a leader
C. capacity to lead others is an inborn trait
D. leadership cannot truly be observed
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Application of knowledge
62. Simonet and Tett studied the difference between leadership and management. Which of the following best reflects their findings?
A. leadership and management are two totally distinct competencies
B. leadership involves creative thinking and comfort with ambiguity
C. managers cannot practice leadership
D. leaders cannot practice management
Ans: B
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Leadership and Management
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Analytical thinking
63. You and your co-workers are struggling to learn a new software program at work, and you are on a tight deadline to get a report to a major client when your boss decides to step in. Which of the following uses of power by your boss would run counter to the common goals at work?
A. sharing new guidelines he just received from the software engineers
B. offering to take the team to dinner when the report is complete
C. sitting with your team and troubleshooting the program alongside you
D. announcing that anyone who is not proficient by Friday will be replaced
Ans: D
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Leadership and Coercion
Difficulty Level: Moderate
AACSB Standard: Interpersonal relations and teamwork
64. In the first few decades of the 20th century, leadership definitions centered on the notion of ______.
A. relationships
B. process
C. domination
D. personality
Ans: C
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Defining Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
65. Group theory, relationships, and leader effectiveness were three themes that dominated leadership research in which decade?
A. 1950s
B. 1970s
C. 1980s
D. 1990s
Ans: A
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Defined
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Contexts of organizations in a global society
66. One of the most contemporary approaches to studying leadership is the focus on ______.
A. traits
B. transformation
C. skills
D. followership