Question Bank in line with Leadership Theory, Application, & Skill Development,Lussier,4e

Chapter 1—Who Is a Leader?




TRUE/FALSE (Concepts)



1. Leadership is the influencing process of leaders and followers to achieve organizational objectives
through change.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

OBJ: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Leadership Principles



2. There are managers who are not effective leaders.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Conceptual

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3. Good followers are considered “you people.”


ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

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4. The qualities needed for effective leadership are the same as those needed to be an effective
follower.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

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5. Leadership is the process of a leader communicating ideas, gaining acceptance of them, and
motivating followers to support and implement the ideas through change.

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OBJ: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Leadership Principles



6. Effective leaders influence followers to think not only of their own interests but also of the interest
of the organization through a shared vision.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Conceptual

OBJ: 1 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Leadership Principles



7. Taking advantage of followers for personal gain is a part of leadership.


ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Easy REF: Conceptual

OBJ: 1 NAT: AACSB Ethics | Leadership Principles



8. Leaders are born, not made.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

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, 9. A role is a set of expectations of how a person will behave to perform a job.


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10. The interpersonal leadership roles include figurehead, leader, and monitor.


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11. Figurehead is an interpersonal role.


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12. Serving on committees with members from outside the organizational unit is an example of a
figurehead role.


ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

OBJ: 2 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Leadership Principles



13. Monitor, disseminator, and spokesperson are the three informational leadership roles.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

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14. Spokesperson is a decisional role.


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15. Leaders perform the disseminator role when they send information to others in the organizational
unit.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

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16. Time management priorities are the responsibility of a monitor.


ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Hard REF: Conceptual

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17. The three levels of analysis of leadership theory are individual, group, and organizational.


ANS: T PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

OBJ: 3 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Leadership Principles



18. The group level of analysis of leadership theory can also be called the dyadic process.


ANS: F PTS: 1 DIF: Medium REF: Conceptual

OBJ: 3 NAT: AACSB Reflective Thinking | Leadership Principles