INTRODUCTION TO
LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
AND PRACTICE 5TH
EDITION BY PETER G.
NORTHOUSE
,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
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
2. A leadership approach is .
a. a general way 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 Difficulty Level: Easy
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
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
,4. Which of the following theorist’s work is included in the behavioral approach?
a. Blake and Moulton
b. Hersey 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
Difficulty 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
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
6. A trait can be defined as .
a. the capacity to lead
b. a distinguishing quality of an individual
c. a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively
d. what leaders do when they 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” Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
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Difficulty zLevel: zMedium
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zProcess” zDifficulty zLevel: zEasy z
AACSB zStandard: zGroup zand zindividual zbehaviors z
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