Hrob 2010 Quiz

Question 1

Which type of power have people used in recent years to level the playing field among leaders and followers?

Answer 1

Information

Question 2

Information power is ______

Answer 2

Derived from possessing knowledge that others want or need

Question 3

Which of the following is a principle for asserting leader influence?

Answer 3

Relying on the rule of reciprocity

Question 4

___, a follower response to the use of power, means that people will obey orders and carry out instruction even though they may not like it

Answer 4

Compliance

Question 5

People in the organization like me because I know what I am doing and share knowledge with followers. I have ___

Answer 5

Personal power

Question 6

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 which you were interning with local farmers. The faculty member was using ___

Answer 6

Expert power

Question 7

Which of the following bases of power is considered personal power?

Answer 7

Referent power

Question 8

To coerce means to ___

Answer 8

Influence others to do something against their will

Question 9

You and your coworker 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 decided to step in. Which of the following uses of power by your boss would run counter to the common goals at work?

Answer 9

Announcing that anyone who is not proficient by Friday will be replaced.

Question 10

You are told you need to work weekends. Your supervisor gives you a pay raise in return what type of power is your supervisor using?

Answer 10

Reward power

Question 11

Hofstede’s five dimensions on which culture differs include all of the following expect ___

Answer 11

Performance orientation

Question 12

The existence of different cultures or ethnicities within a group or organization is the definition of:

Answer 12

Diversity

Question 13

A required characteristic of the institutional collectivism cultural dimension is __

Answer 13

Group cohesion and loyalty

Question 14

The extent to which people are devoted to their organizations and families is __

Answer 14

In-group collectivism

Question 15

The cultural dimension defined as the degree to which an organization encourages institutional or societal collective action is __

Answer 15

Institutional collectivism

Question 16

The assertiveness dimension of culture in the GLOBE studies is described as __

Answer 16

The degree to which people in the culture are determined and confrontational

Question 17

Our team leader asks us about our needs, is generous with his time, and considerate of our personal and professional goals. Which of the global leadership behaviours is our leader using?

Answer 17

Humane oriented

Question 18

Employers learn what is valued most in a company by watching what attitudes and behaviours their leaders pay attention to and reward. (T/F)

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Ethical egoism is concerned with doing the greatest good for the greatest number (T/F)

Answer 19

False

Question 20

Heifetz, Burns, and Greenleaf all believe that the leader-follower relationship is central to ethical leadership (T/F)

Answer 20

True

Question 21

A servant leader should strive to remove inequalities and social injustices (T/F)

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Transformational leadership’s view of ethics is really the same a that of the other approaches to leadership (T/F)

Answer 22

False

Question 23

Deontological theory focuses primarily on the consequences (ends or purposes) of an individual’s actions (T/F)

Answer 23

False

Question 24

The ethics theory that is high in self-interest and low in concern for others is:

Answer 24

Ethical egoism

Question 25

Ethic theories that are driven from the viewpoint of the leader’s character are called

Answer 25

Virtue-based theories

Question 26

What is not a factor that is used in measuring servant leadership?

Answer 26

Time of service

Question 27

All of the following are ways ethical leaders build community except by

Answer 27

Keeping social collectives exclusive

Question 28

The ethics theory that is low in self-interest and high in concern for others is

Answer 28

Altruism

Question 29

Benchmarking what to look for if you wan to be a leader is about ___

Answer 29

Helping individuals understand their own traits and decide if these are leadership traits

Question 30

People want to be able to identify leaders as those who are leading the way in our society. This is an example of what strength of the approach?

Answer 30

Intuitive appeal

Question 31

According to the trait approach, which organization will be most successful?

Answer 31

One in which who put into managerial positions have leadership traits

Question 32

A leader who is assured and dominant in her manner is expressing __

Answer 32

Self-confidence

Question 33

Which characteristic is an example of character strength?

Answer 33

Self-control

Question 34

Katz’s research on leadership skills emerged during a time when __

Answer 34

There was still disagreement about leader traits in literature

Question 35

A leader’s ability to transfer training skills to the job can potentially be hindered by ___

Answer 35

Organizational culture or organizational situations

Question 36

What best explains the comparison of the skills approach to sports such as golf and tennis?

Answer 36

People can improve their skills through practice and instruction

Question 37

The abilities that help a leader to work effectively with subordinates, peers, and superiors to accomplish the organizational goal are called __

Answer 37

Human skills

Question 38

Based on the skills approach, how would you define leadership skills?

Answer 38

The knowledge and competencies necessary to accomplish goals