ILAD 5980 MIDTERM VERIFIED EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS -
LATEST VERSION 2026/2027
ILAD 5980 Midterm
1. How would you describe leadership?
Answer: Leadership is influencing the behaviors of others through ideas
and deeds.
2. How would you describe caring leadership?
Answer: Caring leadership means caring about the task to be done and
caring about the people involved.
3. In American society, which quality do people most often say they want in
a leader?
Answer: Integrity.
4. Besides concern for others, what else must be present for caring
leadership to occur?
Answer: A commitment to a task.
5. How does management differ from leadership?
Answer: Management denotes formal authority, and accountability is
delegated.
6. What is the primary purpose of leadership?
Answer: To produce change and movement.
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, 7. Henri Fayol identified four management functions in 1916. Which one is
most closely associated with aligning people and resources?
Answer: Organizing.
8. Did leadership in earlier times follow an empowering, participatory
model rather than an autocratic, hierarchical one? Explain.
Answer: No. Earlier leadership followed an autocratic, hierarchical model,
so the statement is false.
9. When people are asked to define integrity, which word do they mention
most often?
Answer: Honesty.
10. Is the primary purpose of management, unlike leadership, to foster
motivation and creativity?
Answer: No. The statement is false; fostering motivation and creativity is
not management's primary purpose.
11. Which of the following is NOT among the qualities that mark a leader
and influence the leadership process: a strong sense of purpose, charisma,
integrity, or hearing and size?
Answer: Hearing and size.
12. Among the 10 qualities that mark a leader, what is the first requirement
for a leader?
Answer: A strong sense of purpose.
13. What special personal quality generates others' interest and causes
them to follow?
Answer: Charisma.
14. Which term refers to honesty, strength of character, and courage?
Answer: Integrity.
15. According to the styles of leading, which factor is important in
determining leadership effectiveness?
Answer: Leader-follower compatibility.
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LATEST VERSION 2026/2027
ILAD 5980 Midterm
1. How would you describe leadership?
Answer: Leadership is influencing the behaviors of others through ideas
and deeds.
2. How would you describe caring leadership?
Answer: Caring leadership means caring about the task to be done and
caring about the people involved.
3. In American society, which quality do people most often say they want in
a leader?
Answer: Integrity.
4. Besides concern for others, what else must be present for caring
leadership to occur?
Answer: A commitment to a task.
5. How does management differ from leadership?
Answer: Management denotes formal authority, and accountability is
delegated.
6. What is the primary purpose of leadership?
Answer: To produce change and movement.
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, 7. Henri Fayol identified four management functions in 1916. Which one is
most closely associated with aligning people and resources?
Answer: Organizing.
8. Did leadership in earlier times follow an empowering, participatory
model rather than an autocratic, hierarchical one? Explain.
Answer: No. Earlier leadership followed an autocratic, hierarchical model,
so the statement is false.
9. When people are asked to define integrity, which word do they mention
most often?
Answer: Honesty.
10. Is the primary purpose of management, unlike leadership, to foster
motivation and creativity?
Answer: No. The statement is false; fostering motivation and creativity is
not management's primary purpose.
11. Which of the following is NOT among the qualities that mark a leader
and influence the leadership process: a strong sense of purpose, charisma,
integrity, or hearing and size?
Answer: Hearing and size.
12. Among the 10 qualities that mark a leader, what is the first requirement
for a leader?
Answer: A strong sense of purpose.
13. What special personal quality generates others' interest and causes
them to follow?
Answer: Charisma.
14. Which term refers to honesty, strength of character, and courage?
Answer: Integrity.
15. According to the styles of leading, which factor is important in
determining leadership effectiveness?
Answer: Leader-follower compatibility.
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