SHRM Exam Prep - Leadership Cluster
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
The functions of management Correct Answer: 1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
Leadership style affects employees: Correct Answer: 1. Ability to make decisions
2. Sense of responsibility
3. Standards for performance
4. Belief that they will be rewarded
5. sense of mission/shared values
6. commitment to shared goals
Coercive Power Correct Answer: the leader imposes his will onto the team
Authoritative Power Correct Answer: The leader proposed a bold vision or
solution and invites the team to join this challenge
Affiliative Leader Correct Answer: The leader creates strong relationships with
and inside the team, encouraging feedback. The team members are motivated
by loyalty
, Democratic Leader Correct Answer: The leader invites followers to collaborate
and commits to acting by consensus
Pacesetting Leadership Correct Answer: The leader sets a model for high
performance standards and challenges followers to meet these expectations
Coaching Leadership Correct Answer: The leader focuses on developing team
members skills, believing that success comes from aligning the organization's
goals with employees personal and professional goals
Mentoring Correct Answer: Helps employees navigate and understand the
organization, which in turn can help them detrmine a career path
Trait theory Correct Answer: - leader possess innate characteristics that followers
do not possess
- equates characteristics and leadership without evidence
- may discourage leader development
Behavioral Theories Correct Answer: leaders influence group members through
certain behaviors (modeling)
Blake-Mouton Theory Correct Answer: Leadership involves managing tasks and
employees effectively
Country club managers Correct Answer: create a secure atmosphere and trust
individuals to accomplish goals, avoiding punitive actions so as not to
jeopardize relationships
Impoverished Manager Correct Answer: Uses a delegate and disappear
management style. They detach themselves, often creating power struggles
(low task, low relationship)
Questions with 100% Correct Answers
The functions of management Correct Answer: 1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Staffing
4. Leading
5. Controlling
Leadership style affects employees: Correct Answer: 1. Ability to make decisions
2. Sense of responsibility
3. Standards for performance
4. Belief that they will be rewarded
5. sense of mission/shared values
6. commitment to shared goals
Coercive Power Correct Answer: the leader imposes his will onto the team
Authoritative Power Correct Answer: The leader proposed a bold vision or
solution and invites the team to join this challenge
Affiliative Leader Correct Answer: The leader creates strong relationships with
and inside the team, encouraging feedback. The team members are motivated
by loyalty
, Democratic Leader Correct Answer: The leader invites followers to collaborate
and commits to acting by consensus
Pacesetting Leadership Correct Answer: The leader sets a model for high
performance standards and challenges followers to meet these expectations
Coaching Leadership Correct Answer: The leader focuses on developing team
members skills, believing that success comes from aligning the organization's
goals with employees personal and professional goals
Mentoring Correct Answer: Helps employees navigate and understand the
organization, which in turn can help them detrmine a career path
Trait theory Correct Answer: - leader possess innate characteristics that followers
do not possess
- equates characteristics and leadership without evidence
- may discourage leader development
Behavioral Theories Correct Answer: leaders influence group members through
certain behaviors (modeling)
Blake-Mouton Theory Correct Answer: Leadership involves managing tasks and
employees effectively
Country club managers Correct Answer: create a secure atmosphere and trust
individuals to accomplish goals, avoiding punitive actions so as not to
jeopardize relationships
Impoverished Manager Correct Answer: Uses a delegate and disappear
management style. They detach themselves, often creating power struggles
(low task, low relationship)
