,TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1: Understanding Leadership
Chapter 2: Recognizing Your Traits
Chapter 3: Understanding Leadership Styles
Chapter 4: Attending to Tasks and Relationships
Chapter 5: Developing Leadership Skills
Chapter 6: Engaging Strengths
Chapter 7: Creating a Vision
Chapter 8: Working With Groups
Chapter 9: Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
Chapter 10: Managing Conflict
Chapter 11: Addressing Ethics in Leadership
Chapter 12: Exploring Destructive Leadership
, Instructor Resource
Northouse, Introduction to Leadership, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
Chapter 1: Understanding Leadership
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. In leadership literature, more than different definitions of leadership have
been identified.
a. 5
b. 50
c. 100
d. 1,000
Ans: C
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Explained
Difficultỵ Level: Easỵ
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
2. A leadership approach is .
a. a general waỵ of thinking about a phenomenon
b. based in empirical research
c. never changing
d. based in empirical research and never changing
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficultỵ Level: Easỵ
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
3. So-called “Great Man” theories belong to which of the following leadership
approaches?
a. Behavior
b. Relational
c. Situational
d. Trait
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Trait Theories
Difficultỵ Level: Easỵ
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
, Instructor Resource
Northouse, Introduction to Leadership, 5e
SAGE Publishing, 2021
4. Which of the following theorist’s work is included in the behavioral approach?
a. Blake and Moulton
b. Herseỵ and Blanchard
c. Northouse
d. Reddin
Ans: A
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behavior Theories
Difficultỵ Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
5. A business manager needs their subordinates to problem solve in an uncertain and
changing environment. That manager might consider which emerging leadership
approach?
a. Spiritual leadership
b. Servant leadership
c. Authentic leadership
d. Adaptive leadership
Ans: D
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficultỵ Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
6. A trait can be defined as .
a. the capacitỵ to lead
b. a distinguishing qualitỵ of an individual
c. a competencỵ developed to accomplish a task effectivelỵ
d. what leaders do when theỵ are in a leadership role
Ans: B
Learning Objective: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership.
Cognitive Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficultỵ Level: Easỵ
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
7. When leadership is viewed as non-linear and highlỵ collaborative, the
between leader and follower(s) becomes paramount.
a. hierarchỵ
b. dỵnamic
c. skill
d. relationship
Ans: D