WGU D016 CORRECT ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔participative leadership behavior - ✔✔behavior that focuses on group supervision,
rather than the separate supervision of each follower
✔✔relationship-oriented behavior - ✔✔behavior that prioritizes interpersonal
relationships, the value of workers as humans, and a strong commitment to the unit and
its mission
✔✔task-oriented behavior - ✔✔behavior that prioritizes the accomplishment of a task in
an efficient and reliable way by initiating structure
✔✔disposition - ✔✔a leader's inclination to act in a certain way, usually guided by their
beliefs and values
✔✔trait - ✔✔a characteristic that makes a good leader
✔✔leader-member exchange theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says leaders create
in-groups and out-groups based on the relationships they build, and those in the in-
group will have higher performance ratings, less turnover, and greater job satisfaction.
✔✔contingent leadership theory - ✔✔A leadership style that says a situation is static
and the leader must be selected to match the current situation rather than having a
leader adapt to a new situation.
✔✔style theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says a leader's manner or style
determines his or her success.
✔✔skill theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says practical skills are more important
than traits, including technical skills, people skills, and conceptual skills.
, ✔✔trait theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says effective leaders possess a similar set
of traits or characteristics that make them a good leader.
✔✔Great Man theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says great leaders are born, not
made, because some people naturally have more leadership gifts than others.
✔✔distributive leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which the leader and the
followers share leadership responsibilities.
✔✔Douglas McGregor's Theory of X and Y - ✔✔Says there are 2 leadership styles:
Theory X (authoritarian) and Theory Y (participative).
✔✔Theory X - ✔✔Leaders believe followers dislike their work and are unmotivated, so
they are strict, hands-on, and micromanaging.
✔✔Theory Y - ✔✔Leaders believe followers take pride in their work, so they allow them
to take ownership of the work and work primarily independently.
✔✔Steven Covey's approaches to leadership - ✔✔Says that highly effective people are
proactive, begin with the end in mind, put 1st things 1st, think win-win, seek 1st to
understand, then to be understood, synergize, and use feedback to self-reflect.
✔✔moral dimensions of leadership - ✔✔Leaders must be ready to address moral
dilemmas using objective, ethical reasoning, requiring a balance of benefit maximization
and equal respect.
✔✔collective efficacy of the distributive leadership model - ✔✔The faculty must believe
their group efforts will have a positive effect on the outcome of a task.
✔✔transactional leadership - ✔✔When a leader engages followers through an
exchange, in exchange for completing tasks in a satisfactory manner, followers receive
economic/social rewards.
✔✔transformational leadership - ✔✔When a leader inspires followers with his/her vision
of the future of the school and has positive relationships with followers.
✔✔servant leadership theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says power/authority use is
unnecessary when the role of leader is bestowed by followers.
✔✔quadrants of leader behavior - ✔✔A view of leadership that focuses on the balance
of 1-way task behavior and 2-way relationship behavior, identifying 4 styles of
leadership.
ANSWERS SET A+
✔✔participative leadership behavior - ✔✔behavior that focuses on group supervision,
rather than the separate supervision of each follower
✔✔relationship-oriented behavior - ✔✔behavior that prioritizes interpersonal
relationships, the value of workers as humans, and a strong commitment to the unit and
its mission
✔✔task-oriented behavior - ✔✔behavior that prioritizes the accomplishment of a task in
an efficient and reliable way by initiating structure
✔✔disposition - ✔✔a leader's inclination to act in a certain way, usually guided by their
beliefs and values
✔✔trait - ✔✔a characteristic that makes a good leader
✔✔leader-member exchange theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says leaders create
in-groups and out-groups based on the relationships they build, and those in the in-
group will have higher performance ratings, less turnover, and greater job satisfaction.
✔✔contingent leadership theory - ✔✔A leadership style that says a situation is static
and the leader must be selected to match the current situation rather than having a
leader adapt to a new situation.
✔✔style theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says a leader's manner or style
determines his or her success.
✔✔skill theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says practical skills are more important
than traits, including technical skills, people skills, and conceptual skills.
, ✔✔trait theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says effective leaders possess a similar set
of traits or characteristics that make them a good leader.
✔✔Great Man theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says great leaders are born, not
made, because some people naturally have more leadership gifts than others.
✔✔distributive leadership style - ✔✔A leadership style in which the leader and the
followers share leadership responsibilities.
✔✔Douglas McGregor's Theory of X and Y - ✔✔Says there are 2 leadership styles:
Theory X (authoritarian) and Theory Y (participative).
✔✔Theory X - ✔✔Leaders believe followers dislike their work and are unmotivated, so
they are strict, hands-on, and micromanaging.
✔✔Theory Y - ✔✔Leaders believe followers take pride in their work, so they allow them
to take ownership of the work and work primarily independently.
✔✔Steven Covey's approaches to leadership - ✔✔Says that highly effective people are
proactive, begin with the end in mind, put 1st things 1st, think win-win, seek 1st to
understand, then to be understood, synergize, and use feedback to self-reflect.
✔✔moral dimensions of leadership - ✔✔Leaders must be ready to address moral
dilemmas using objective, ethical reasoning, requiring a balance of benefit maximization
and equal respect.
✔✔collective efficacy of the distributive leadership model - ✔✔The faculty must believe
their group efforts will have a positive effect on the outcome of a task.
✔✔transactional leadership - ✔✔When a leader engages followers through an
exchange, in exchange for completing tasks in a satisfactory manner, followers receive
economic/social rewards.
✔✔transformational leadership - ✔✔When a leader inspires followers with his/her vision
of the future of the school and has positive relationships with followers.
✔✔servant leadership theory - ✔✔A leadership theory that says power/authority use is
unnecessary when the role of leader is bestowed by followers.
✔✔quadrants of leader behavior - ✔✔A view of leadership that focuses on the balance
of 1-way task behavior and 2-way relationship behavior, identifying 4 styles of
leadership.
