BCOR 2202 STUDY QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Similarities between employees and customers like similar cultures, manner of dress, and
language creates more efficient interactions and better business for the firm. - ✔✔True
Managing diversity is an essential part of HR strategy. - ✔✔True
As a group, women who interrupt their careers for family reasons never again make as much
money as women who stay on the job. - ✔✔True
Racial and ethnic minorities, women, and immigrants will account for increasingly large
segments of the U.S. labor force over time. - ✔✔True
The workforce is now and will continue to be less and less diverse. - ✔✔False
Which racial or ethnic category currently represents the largest and fastest growing minority
group? - ✔✔Hispanic
Riya was a highly successful manager at Optics International. After ten years with the company,
she decided to leave and become a fulltime mother and caregiver to her ailing father. This
example demonstrates which factor affecting women's careers? - ✔✔Opt-out trend
The process of sharing power with employees, thereby enhancing their confidence in their
ability to perform their jobs and their belief that they are influential contributors to the
organization, is known as - ✔✔Empowerment.
,Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true? -
✔✔Management and leadership are complementary systems of action.
______ 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 typically do not aspire to be CEOs.
In the University of Michigan Leadership Model, managers exhibiting ______ behavior paid
more attention to employee satisfaction and making work groups cohesive. - ✔✔employee-
centered (people)
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
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that - ✔✔Leaders
are born, not made.
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
_________ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's raise. -
✔✔Reward
Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge? - ✔✔Expert
power.
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that leaders are born,
not made. - ✔✔True
According to Fiedler's contingency model of leadership effectiveness, effectiveness depends on
two factors: the personal style of the leader and the loyalty of the followers. - ✔✔False
ANSWERS (VERIFIED AND WELL DETAILED
ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE 2024/2025
Similarities between employees and customers like similar cultures, manner of dress, and
language creates more efficient interactions and better business for the firm. - ✔✔True
Managing diversity is an essential part of HR strategy. - ✔✔True
As a group, women who interrupt their careers for family reasons never again make as much
money as women who stay on the job. - ✔✔True
Racial and ethnic minorities, women, and immigrants will account for increasingly large
segments of the U.S. labor force over time. - ✔✔True
The workforce is now and will continue to be less and less diverse. - ✔✔False
Which racial or ethnic category currently represents the largest and fastest growing minority
group? - ✔✔Hispanic
Riya was a highly successful manager at Optics International. After ten years with the company,
she decided to leave and become a fulltime mother and caregiver to her ailing father. This
example demonstrates which factor affecting women's careers? - ✔✔Opt-out trend
The process of sharing power with employees, thereby enhancing their confidence in their
ability to perform their jobs and their belief that they are influential contributors to the
organization, is known as - ✔✔Empowerment.
,Which of the following statements about leadership and management is true? -
✔✔Management and leadership are complementary systems of action.
______ 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 typically do not aspire to be CEOs.
In the University of Michigan Leadership Model, managers exhibiting ______ behavior paid
more attention to employee satisfaction and making work groups cohesive. - ✔✔employee-
centered (people)
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
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that - ✔✔Leaders
are born, not made.
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
_________ power is held by a manager who has control over the size of an employee's raise. -
✔✔Reward
Which type of power is dominant when a leader is respected for his knowledge? - ✔✔Expert
power.
The trait approach assumes the existence of a leadership personality and that leaders are born,
not made. - ✔✔True
According to Fiedler's contingency model of leadership effectiveness, effectiveness depends on
two factors: the personal style of the leader and the loyalty of the followers. - ✔✔False
