BCOR 2202 - Quiz 4 REVISION QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true? -
✔✔Management and Leadership are complementary systems of actions
______ is the extent to which a person is able to influence others so they respond to orders. -
✔✔Power
Acknowledging an individual's contributions at a monthly department meeting is an example of
using ______ power. - ✔✔Reward
Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their ______ power. - ✔✔Expert
Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for the limited number of women holding
executive leadership positions? - ✔✔Women do not typically aspire to be CEO's
In the University of Michigan Leadership Model, managers exhibiting ______ behavior paid
more attention to employee satisfaction and making work groups cohesive. - ✔✔Employee-
Centered
According to the Ohio State model, ______ is leadership behavior that organizes and defines
what group members should be doing. - ✔✔Initiating Structure(process)
Which of the following statements about the contingency leadership model is correct? -
✔✔It considers whether the task-oriented or relationship-oriented leadership style is most
appropriate.
,A manager that has poor leader-member relations with subordinates that perform
unambiguous, easily understood tasks should use a(n) ______ leadership style. -
✔✔relationship-motivated
In the ______ leadership model, a leader makes desirable rewards available in the workplace
and clarifies how followers can obtain them. - ✔✔path-goal
Competent ______ leaders are not mediocre; they are badly needed but best in stable
situations rather than rapidly changing ones. - ✔✔Transactional
______ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests. -
✔✔Transformational
Muriel has taught at a public elementary school for six years, and every year she simply gets the
raise given to all of the teachers at her school. She has spoken to the principal about this, and
has been told that it is based on the current union contract wherein job performance is not
currently considered in awarding raises. Here the union contract limits the principal's -
✔✔Reward Power
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that - ✔✔Leaders
are born, not made
Which of the following is characteristic of a transactional leader rather than a transformational
one? - ✔✔Effectively utilizing coercive and reward power
The ability to influence others is referred to as - ✔✔Power
_______ power is dominant when subordinates are obliged to comply by virtue of a boss's
authority. - ✔✔Legitimate
, Managers have more ________ over their subordinates than they do over their peers and
bosses. - ✔✔Legitimate Power
_________ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's raise. -
✔✔Reward
Camden Tile managers determined that there would be no end-of-year bonuses due to
predicted leveling of sales. Perry, a department manager, let his staff know that even high-
performing employees would not get bonuses this year. This change limited what type of power
for Perry? - ✔✔Reward
Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge? - ✔✔Expert
Power
Which form of power is being used when a sales manager gives his salespeople some tips on
how to close a deal, and the salespeople then alter their sales techniques because they respect
the manager's expertise? - ✔✔Expert Power
A leadership perspective that focuses on individual leaders and attempts to determine the
personal characteristics that leaders share is referred to as the - ✔✔Trait Approach
A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what effective leaders do and the behaviors
they exhibit is referred to as the - ✔✔Behavioral approach.
Which situational approach theory postulates that effectiveness depends on the personal style
of the leader and the degree to which the situation gives the leader power, control, and
influence over the situation? - ✔✔Fiedler's contingency model
Path-goal theory is concerned with - ✔✔How leaders influence subordinates' perceptions of
their work and how their goals might be attained.
CORRECT ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true? -
✔✔Management and Leadership are complementary systems of actions
______ is the extent to which a person is able to influence others so they respond to orders. -
✔✔Power
Acknowledging an individual's contributions at a monthly department meeting is an example of
using ______ power. - ✔✔Reward
Medical knowledge possessed by doctors results in their ______ power. - ✔✔Expert
Which of the following is NOT a possible explanation for the limited number of women holding
executive leadership positions? - ✔✔Women do not typically aspire to be CEO's
In the University of Michigan Leadership Model, managers exhibiting ______ behavior paid
more attention to employee satisfaction and making work groups cohesive. - ✔✔Employee-
Centered
According to the Ohio State model, ______ is leadership behavior that organizes and defines
what group members should be doing. - ✔✔Initiating Structure(process)
Which of the following statements about the contingency leadership model is correct? -
✔✔It considers whether the task-oriented or relationship-oriented leadership style is most
appropriate.
,A manager that has poor leader-member relations with subordinates that perform
unambiguous, easily understood tasks should use a(n) ______ leadership style. -
✔✔relationship-motivated
In the ______ leadership model, a leader makes desirable rewards available in the workplace
and clarifies how followers can obtain them. - ✔✔path-goal
Competent ______ leaders are not mediocre; they are badly needed but best in stable
situations rather than rapidly changing ones. - ✔✔Transactional
______ leadership helps employees pursue organizational goals over self-interests. -
✔✔Transformational
Muriel has taught at a public elementary school for six years, and every year she simply gets the
raise given to all of the teachers at her school. She has spoken to the principal about this, and
has been told that it is based on the current union contract wherein job performance is not
currently considered in awarding raises. Here the union contract limits the principal's -
✔✔Reward Power
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that - ✔✔Leaders
are born, not made
Which of the following is characteristic of a transactional leader rather than a transformational
one? - ✔✔Effectively utilizing coercive and reward power
The ability to influence others is referred to as - ✔✔Power
_______ power is dominant when subordinates are obliged to comply by virtue of a boss's
authority. - ✔✔Legitimate
, Managers have more ________ over their subordinates than they do over their peers and
bosses. - ✔✔Legitimate Power
_________ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's raise. -
✔✔Reward
Camden Tile managers determined that there would be no end-of-year bonuses due to
predicted leveling of sales. Perry, a department manager, let his staff know that even high-
performing employees would not get bonuses this year. This change limited what type of power
for Perry? - ✔✔Reward
Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge? - ✔✔Expert
Power
Which form of power is being used when a sales manager gives his salespeople some tips on
how to close a deal, and the salespeople then alter their sales techniques because they respect
the manager's expertise? - ✔✔Expert Power
A leadership perspective that focuses on individual leaders and attempts to determine the
personal characteristics that leaders share is referred to as the - ✔✔Trait Approach
A leadership perspective that attempts to identify what effective leaders do and the behaviors
they exhibit is referred to as the - ✔✔Behavioral approach.
Which situational approach theory postulates that effectiveness depends on the personal style
of the leader and the degree to which the situation gives the leader power, control, and
influence over the situation? - ✔✔Fiedler's contingency model
Path-goal theory is concerned with - ✔✔How leaders influence subordinates' perceptions of
their work and how their goals might be attained.
