TEST BANK
LEADERSHIP
RESEARCH FINDINGS, PRACTICE AND SKILLS
10TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP
1. Leadership involves maintaining the status quo, not creating change.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Leadership is reciprocal. The people involved in the relationship want
substantive changes—leadership involves creating change, not maintaining
the status quo.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-1 - Explain the meaning of leadership, and how it differs from management.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-1 The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
2. The qualities needed for effective leadership are the same as those needed to be an effective follower.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Another way of framing the qualities of effective followers is to say that such
followers display the personal characteristics and qualities of leaders.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-7 - Pinpoint several traits, behaviors, and attitudes of a successful follower.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Leadership Principles
TOPICS: 1-7 Followership: Bring an Effective Group Member
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
3. At present, social connectedness and mobility are the central aspects of every leader’s job.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
,RATIONALE: Social connectedness and mobility are becoming central aspects of every
leader’s job.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-1 - Explain the meaning of leadership, and how it differs from management.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Moderate - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-1 The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
4. In a hyperconnected, networked age, competition becomes more important than collaboration.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: In a hyperconnected, networked age, collaboration becomes more important
than competition. Successful leaders harness and make the most of ideas,
talent, and resources from across boundaries of all kinds.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-1 - Explain the meaning of leadership, and how it differs from management.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-1 The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
5. A spokesperson is a leader who is high-ranking manager that spends some part of their time engaging in
ceremonial activities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Figurehead. Leaders, particularly high-ranking managers, spend some part of
their time engaging in ceremonial activities, or acting as a figurehead.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Leadership Principles
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
6. An effective leader that takes time to motivate members and sometimes inspire large groups of people are
,called coaches or motivators.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Coach and motivator. An effective leader takes the time to coach and
motivate team members, and sometimes to inspire large groups of people
inside the organization.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
7. A leader who facilitates inclusion and makes a deliberate effort to assume all team members, group members
or other employees feel included and welcome is a team player.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Inclusion facilitator. The leader who facilitates inclusion makes a deliberate
effort to assume that all team members, group members, or other employees
feel included and welcome within the organization
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
8. Top-level managers that develop strategy are entrepreneurs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Strategy developer. Top-level managers develop strategy, usually assisted
by input from others throughout the organization.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
, STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Leadership Principles
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
9. If you are able to accept and profit from vague, uncertain, or inconsistent information or situations you have a
tolerating ambiguity ability.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Tolerating ambiguity means being able to accept and profit from vague,
uncertain, or inconsistent information or situations.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
10. Two satisfactions of being a leader is the prestige and high income.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Prestige is forthcoming because many people think highly of people who are
leaders.
Leaders, in general, receive higher pay than team members, and executive
leaders in major business corporations typically earn several million dollars
per year.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-4 - Identify the major satisfactions and frustrations associated with the
leadership role.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-4 The Satisfaction and Frustrations of Being a Leader
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
LEADERSHIP
RESEARCH FINDINGS, PRACTICE AND SKILLS
10TH EDITION
CHAPTER NO. 01: THE NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF LEADERSHIP
1. Leadership involves maintaining the status quo, not creating change.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Leadership is reciprocal. The people involved in the relationship want
substantive changes—leadership involves creating change, not maintaining
the status quo.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-1 - Explain the meaning of leadership, and how it differs from management.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-1 The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
2. The qualities needed for effective leadership are the same as those needed to be an effective follower.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Another way of framing the qualities of effective followers is to say that such
followers display the personal characteristics and qualities of leaders.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-7 - Pinpoint several traits, behaviors, and attitudes of a successful follower.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Leadership Principles
TOPICS: 1-7 Followership: Bring an Effective Group Member
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
3. At present, social connectedness and mobility are the central aspects of every leader’s job.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
,RATIONALE: Social connectedness and mobility are becoming central aspects of every
leader’s job.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-1 - Explain the meaning of leadership, and how it differs from management.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Moderate - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-1 The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
4. In a hyperconnected, networked age, competition becomes more important than collaboration.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: In a hyperconnected, networked age, collaboration becomes more important
than competition. Successful leaders harness and make the most of ideas,
talent, and resources from across boundaries of all kinds.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-1 - Explain the meaning of leadership, and how it differs from management.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-1 The Meaning of Leadership
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
5. A spokesperson is a leader who is high-ranking manager that spends some part of their time engaging in
ceremonial activities.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Figurehead. Leaders, particularly high-ranking managers, spend some part of
their time engaging in ceremonial activities, or acting as a figurehead.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Reflective Thinking
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Leadership Principles
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
6. An effective leader that takes time to motivate members and sometimes inspire large groups of people are
,called coaches or motivators.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Coach and motivator. An effective leader takes the time to coach and
motivate team members, and sometimes to inspire large groups of people
inside the organization.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
7. A leader who facilitates inclusion and makes a deliberate effort to assume all team members, group members
or other employees feel included and welcome is a team player.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Inclusion facilitator. The leader who facilitates inclusion makes a deliberate
effort to assume that all team members, group members, or other employees
feel included and welcome within the organization
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
8. Top-level managers that develop strategy are entrepreneurs.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
RATIONALE: Strategy developer. Top-level managers develop strategy, usually assisted
by input from others throughout the organization.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
, STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Leadership Principles
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Comprehension
9. If you are able to accept and profit from vague, uncertain, or inconsistent information or situations you have a
tolerating ambiguity ability.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Tolerating ambiguity means being able to accept and profit from vague,
uncertain, or inconsistent information or situations.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Moderate
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-3 - Pinpoint several important leadership roles.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-3 Leadership Roles
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
10. Two satisfactions of being a leader is the prestige and high income.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
RATIONALE: Prestige is forthcoming because many people think highly of people who are
leaders.
Leaders, in general, receive higher pay than team members, and executive
leaders in major business corporations typically earn several million dollars
per year.
POINTS: 1
DIFFICULTY: Easy
QUESTION TYPE: True / False
HAS VARIABLES: False
LEARNING OBJECTIVES: 1-4 - Identify the major satisfactions and frustrations associated with the
leadership role.
NATIONAL STANDARDS: United States - BUSPROG: Analytic - Technology
STATE STANDARDS: United States - AK - DISC: Motivation Concepts - DISC: Environmental
Influence
TOPICS: 1-4 The Satisfaction and Frustrations of Being a Leader
KEYWORDS: Bloom’s: Knowledge
