MGT 6615 TEST PAPER ANSWERS AND QUESTIONS
SET A+
✔✔Which of the components on Black & Mouton Leadership Grid has low concern for
impersonal relationships and high concern for task accomplishment? - ✔✔Authority
compliance
✔✔I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I assign tasks each
work shift and check back regularly to see that work has been done. I do not spend
much time talking with my staff about things other than getting the job done. My
behavior would plot on the Blake & Mouton leadership grid at what point? - ✔✔9,1
✔✔You tell your staff how to do their jobs. You are using - ✔✔task behaviors
✔✔The Ohio State studies identified the behaviors of consideration and initiating
structure as - ✔✔distinct and independent
✔✔I am meeting my new team, which I will directly supervise for the first time. I
introduce myself and jump right into the agenda items for the jobs each team member
will be responsible assigned. I am using - ✔✔task behaviors
✔✔Individual leader attributes can affect leaders skills, but it is the ______ themselves
that are most important in addressing organizational problems. - ✔✔skills
✔✔The ideas and mental abilities that people learn through experiences can best be
described as - ✔✔crystal cognitive ability
✔✔All of the following environmental influences are external except - ✔✔inexperienced
followers
✔✔Which best explains the comparison of the skills approach to sports such as golf and
tennis? - ✔✔People can improve their skills through practice and instruction
, ✔✔Performance outcome is measured by - ✔✔Standard external criteria
Original solutions to problems
Solutions that go beyond given info
Follower reaction to leader behavior
Leaders own perspective
✔✔By including such a large number of components, the skills approach and its model
are criticized for - ✔✔Being too similar to previously detailed approaches to leadership
Stressing the value of developing specific skills
The range of skills extending beyond the boundaries of leadership
Not being consistent with aspects of leadership education programs
Not being readily available to all
✔✔Within an organization, the employees in the information technology department are
crucial for the success of the organization due to their - ✔✔technical skills
✔✔________ developed the three skill model of leadership. - ✔✔Katz
✔✔The problem solving component of the skills model - ✔✔demonstrates ability to
construct organizational solutions
✔✔I am doing a training program for staff to help them understand how to integrate both
task and relationship behaviors in the workplace. I am applying the main components of
which approach in this training session? - ✔✔Situational
Behavioral
Path-goal
Leader-member exchange
✔✔Which point on the leadership grid is proven to be the best form of leadership? -
✔✔There is no best style
✔✔Which of the components on the Blake & Mouton's leadership grid has high concern
for both interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment? - ✔✔Team
✔✔Your boss tries to create a positive work environment while also instructing
employees about what tasks to do and when they should be completed. This is an
example of - ✔✔middle of the road leadership
✔✔Which research group labeled task behaviors "initiating structure" - ✔✔Ohio State
studies
✔✔Which of the following is a strength of the behavioral approach? - ✔✔The wide
range of research on leadership behaviors gives it credibility.
SET A+
✔✔Which of the components on Black & Mouton Leadership Grid has low concern for
impersonal relationships and high concern for task accomplishment? - ✔✔Authority
compliance
✔✔I am the lead barista at a local coffee shop managing four staff. I assign tasks each
work shift and check back regularly to see that work has been done. I do not spend
much time talking with my staff about things other than getting the job done. My
behavior would plot on the Blake & Mouton leadership grid at what point? - ✔✔9,1
✔✔You tell your staff how to do their jobs. You are using - ✔✔task behaviors
✔✔The Ohio State studies identified the behaviors of consideration and initiating
structure as - ✔✔distinct and independent
✔✔I am meeting my new team, which I will directly supervise for the first time. I
introduce myself and jump right into the agenda items for the jobs each team member
will be responsible assigned. I am using - ✔✔task behaviors
✔✔Individual leader attributes can affect leaders skills, but it is the ______ themselves
that are most important in addressing organizational problems. - ✔✔skills
✔✔The ideas and mental abilities that people learn through experiences can best be
described as - ✔✔crystal cognitive ability
✔✔All of the following environmental influences are external except - ✔✔inexperienced
followers
✔✔Which best explains the comparison of the skills approach to sports such as golf and
tennis? - ✔✔People can improve their skills through practice and instruction
, ✔✔Performance outcome is measured by - ✔✔Standard external criteria
Original solutions to problems
Solutions that go beyond given info
Follower reaction to leader behavior
Leaders own perspective
✔✔By including such a large number of components, the skills approach and its model
are criticized for - ✔✔Being too similar to previously detailed approaches to leadership
Stressing the value of developing specific skills
The range of skills extending beyond the boundaries of leadership
Not being consistent with aspects of leadership education programs
Not being readily available to all
✔✔Within an organization, the employees in the information technology department are
crucial for the success of the organization due to their - ✔✔technical skills
✔✔________ developed the three skill model of leadership. - ✔✔Katz
✔✔The problem solving component of the skills model - ✔✔demonstrates ability to
construct organizational solutions
✔✔I am doing a training program for staff to help them understand how to integrate both
task and relationship behaviors in the workplace. I am applying the main components of
which approach in this training session? - ✔✔Situational
Behavioral
Path-goal
Leader-member exchange
✔✔Which point on the leadership grid is proven to be the best form of leadership? -
✔✔There is no best style
✔✔Which of the components on the Blake & Mouton's leadership grid has high concern
for both interpersonal relationships and task accomplishment? - ✔✔Team
✔✔Your boss tries to create a positive work environment while also instructing
employees about what tasks to do and when they should be completed. This is an
example of - ✔✔middle of the road leadership
✔✔Which research group labeled task behaviors "initiating structure" - ✔✔Ohio State
studies
✔✔Which of the following is a strength of the behavioral approach? - ✔✔The wide
range of research on leadership behaviors gives it credibility.
