Braveman - All Chapters test bank included - Chap 1 to 20
Chapter 1: Leadership: The Art, Science, and Evidence
This test bank is comprised of questions for each chapter, including:
• Four true/false questions
• Eight multiple-choice questions
• Eight multiple-choice study questions provided to students at the end of each chapter
Instructors are encouraged to use a combination of questions for examinations or quizzes from
each set of questions. Instructors may want to alter the questions to ensure that they match the
focus of the lectures provided to students.
True/False
1. Research focused on identifying the most common traits of effective leaders (i.e., “born
leaders”) continues to be a major emphasis of today’s research on leadership.
ANS: False
2. The additive effect of leadership theories is best demonstrated when considering using
Charismatic Leadership Theory and Situational Leadership Theory in combination.
ANS: False
3. Leaders have very often been stereotyped as more masculine than feminine, regardless of the
actual gender of the leaders.
ANS: True
4. It has been suggested that an underlying premise of Servant Leadership Theory is that servant
leaders’ motivation to lead arises from an underlying attitude of equality among people and
valuing the personal growth of the members.
ANS: True
Multiple Choice
, 5. A theory of leadership that consists primarily of two sets of strategies—managing by
exception and providing contingent rewards—is best called which of the following?
a. Transactional Leadership Theory
b. Transformational Leadership Theory
c. Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
d. Situational Leadership Theory
ANS: a
6. Which of the following is most accurate according to Situational Leadership Theory?
a. Leaders make the paths to rewards easier to travel by reducing roadblocks and helping
subordinates choose behaviors that are most appropriate for the situation and the
problems at hand.
b. The leader promises rewards and benefits to subordinates for their fulfillments of
agreements and their contributions to goal achievement.
c. The most effective leadership style will depend on the readiness of the person being led
(i.e., the follower).
d. Leaders act as stewards and put the needs and interests of others above their own.
ANS: c
7. The behaviors of inspirational motivation, individualized consideration, intellectual
stimulation, and idealized influence are most closely associated with which of the following
theories of leadership?
a. Transactional Leadership Theory
b. Transformational Leadership Theory
c. Path-Goal Theory of Leadership
d. Situational Leadership Theory
ANS: b
8. A theory of leadership that focuses on the mechanisms of changing the perceptions of the
work itself, offering a positive future vision, and heightening individual and group self-efficacy
is best called which of the following?
a. Transformational Leadership Theory