WGU D016 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS & ETHICS PRACTICE QUESTIONS MOCK EXAM | DETAILED RATIONALES | 2026 .

WGU D016 LEADERSHIP FOUNDATIONS & ETHICS
PRACTICE QUESTIONS MOCK EXAM | DETAILED
RATIONALES | 2026 .


Section 1/4 st 30 Marks total
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Section 1: Multiple Choice Questions
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Select the best possible answer for each question. Each question is worth 2 marks.
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Question 1 st 2 marks
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According to the course materials, which statement best describes a school vision?
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⃝ A A detailed strategic plan for student achievement.
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⃝ B A descriptive statement of aspirations for the school.
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⃝ C A document identifying respective responsibilities of stakeholders.
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⃝ D An outline of performance indicators for measuring success.
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Question 2 st 2 marks
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What is the primary objective of an organization’s mission statement?
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⃝ A To provide a description of future goals for addressing school culture.
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⃝ B To communicate expectations for student achievement for the current year.
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⃝ C To articulate the purpose and its commitments as an organization.
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⃝ D To convey the values most important to the local community.
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Question 3 st 2 marks
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What is the main factor that distinguishes an open system from a closed system in organizational theory?
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⃝ A The employees that adopt and implement necessary changes.
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⃝ B The benchmarks set as goals for measuring growth.
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⃝ C The discourse that fosters growth and development.
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⃝ D The boundaries that allow influences to affect the system.
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,Question 4 st 2 marks
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Democratic leadership is primarily characterized by which of the following?
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⃝ A Top-down decision making where the leader has total authority.
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⃝ B Encouraging group interaction and viewing followers as equals.
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⃝ C Allowing staff to work in silos without collaborative planning.
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⃝ D Focusing solely on external stakeholder demands over internal ones.
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Question 5 st 2 marks
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Marzano (2005) describes ’Situational Awareness’ as a leadership responsibility involving:
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⃝ A Being visible in the hallways and after-school events.
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⃝ B Advocating for the school to the central office.
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⃝ C Being aware of details regarding school functioning and addressing problems.
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⃝ D Ensuring teachers have all the resources needed for instruction.
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Question 6 st 2 marks
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Which action is a defining characteristic of conversational leadership?
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⃝ A Using social media to post event schedules only.
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⃝ B Sending memos to staff to dictate new policies.
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⃝ C Guiding collective intelligence to foster innovative capacity.
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⃝ D Focusing only on the leader’s own perspective during change.
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,Question 7 st 2 marks
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In the context of communication barriers, what does ’Filtering’ involve?
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⃝ A Having too much information to process at once.
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⃝ B Manipulating information so it will be seen more favorably by the receiver.
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⃝ C Differences in the meaning of words based on individual backgrounds.
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⃝ D The use of body language that contradicts the spoken word.
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Question 8 st 2 marks
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A principal who focuses on developing staff skills, active listening, and serving the needs of others above their own i
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nterests is practicing which leadership style?
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⃝ A Transactional leadership.
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⃝ B Autocratic leadership.
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⃝ C Servant leadership.
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⃝ D Fiedler Contingency model.
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Question 9 st 2 marks
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Which leadership responsibility (Marzano) involves the principal helping teachers develop assessments that are vali
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d and comprehensive?
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⃝ A Outreach.
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⃝ B Involvement in curriculum, instruction, and assessment.
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⃝ C Visibility.
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⃝ D Situational Awareness.
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, Question 10 st 2 marks
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What is a defining characteristic of ’Distributed Leadership’?
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⃝ A Leadership is centralized in one individual at the top.
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⃝ B Leadership tasks are spread across the organization at multiple levels.
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⃝ C The leader rotates out of their position every year.
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⃝ D Decisions are made strictly by external consultants.
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Question 11 st 2 marks
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Transformational leadership is best illustrated by a leader who: st st st st st st st st




⃝ A Rewards staff for achieving specific data goals only.
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⃝ B Maintains the status quo by ignoring necessary changes.
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⃝ C Inspires and motivates staff by offering a vision of a better future.
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⃝ D Uses positional authority to mandate all instructional methods.
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Question 12 st 2 marks
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A principal who schedules time to observe teachers and students in hallways and attends student sports events is demon
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strating which leadership responsibility?
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⃝ A Optimizer. s t s t




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