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1. Leadership tinvolves tmaintaining tthe tstatus tquo, tnot tcreating tchange.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
2. The tqualities tneeded tfor teffective tleadership tare tthe tsame tas tthose tneeded tto tbe tan teffective tfollower.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
3. At tpresent, tsocial tconnectedness tand tmobility tare tthe tcentral taspects tof tevery tleader‘s tjob.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
4. In ta thyperconnected, tnetworked tage, tcompetition tbecomes tmore timportant tthan tcollaboration.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
5. A thumble tleader tmay tmake tmore trisky tand tdaring tdecisions, twhereas ta thero tleader twill tseek tadvice.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
6. Derailed tmanagers tare tpeople twho treached ta tplateau, twere tfired, tor twere tforced tto tretire tearly, tand tlater texcelled tin ta
tfunctional tarea.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
7. Level t5 tleaders tare tfound tin tonly tsenior tleadership tpositions.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
8. The tbest tleaders, tat tall tlevels, tare tthose twho tare tgenuinely tinterested tin tother tpeople tand tfind tways tto tbring tout tthe tbest
tin tthem.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
9. Managers tand tleaders tare tinherently tdifferent ttypes tof tpeople tas tleadership tand tmanagement tcannot tgo thand-in-hand.
a. True
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b. False
ANSWER: False
10. Management tis tconcerned twith tcommunicating tthe tvision tand tdeveloping ta tshared tculture tand tset tof tcore tvalues tthat
tcan tlead tto tthe tdesired tfuture tstate.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
11. Management tcreates tchange twith tin ta tculture tof tagility tand tintegrity tthat thelps tthe torganization tthrive tover tthe
tlong thaul.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
12. The trole tof tleadership tis tto tmotivate tpeople tthrough trewards tand tpunishments.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
13. Leadership tskills tand tqualities tcan tbe tlearned tsolely tfrom ta ttextbook.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: False
14. Leaders tinfluence tpeople tto tchange tby tproviding tan tinspiring tvision tof tthe tfuture tand tshaping tthe tculture tand tvalues
tneeded tto tattain tit.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
15. According tto tthe trelational ttheories tof tleadership, tmanagement tskills tare tseen tas tthe tmost timportant tfacet tof
tleadership teffectiveness.
a. True
b. False
ANSWER: True
16. Identify tthe tcorrect tstatement tregarding tleadership.
a. Leadership tinvolves tadministrative tpaperwork.
b. Leadership tinvolves tnoncoercive tinfluence.
c. Leadership tinvolves tunidirectional tinfluence.
d. Leadership tinvolves tmaintaining tthe tstatus tquo.
ANSWER: b
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17. Which tof tthe tfollowing tstatements tis ttrue tof tpeople tinvolved tin tthe tleadership trelationship?
a. They tshare ta tpassive trelationship.
b. They tseek tchanges tdictated tby tleaders.
c. They tintentionally tdesire tsignificant tchanges.
d. They tuse tcoercion tto tbring tabout tchange.
ANSWER: c
18. An timportant taspect tof tleadership tis:
a. dictating tchanges trequired tin tan torganization.
b. maintaining ta tpassive trelationship twith tfollowers.
c. maintaining tthe tstatus tquo tand tnot tcreating tchange.
d. influencing tothers tto tcome ttogether taround ta tcommon tvision.
ANSWER: d
19. Which tof tthe tfollowing tstatements tis tan toutdated tstereotype tabout tleaders?
a. Leaders tare tdifferent tand tabove tothers.
b. All tleaders tare tsometimes tfollowers tas twell.
c. Leaders tshould tnot tcommit tto tsomething toutside ttheir town tself-interest.
d. Leaders tdo tnot tneed tfollowers.
ANSWER: a
20. It tbecomes teasier tfor tpeople tto tsee ttheir town topportunities tfor tleadership twhen tthey:
a. start tseeing tleaders tas tindividuals twho tare tabove tothers.
b. understand tthat tthe tconcept tof tleadership tcannot tcontinue tto tdevelop.
c. stop tequating tleadership twith tgreatness tand tpublic tvisibility.
d. comprehend tthat tleadership tinvolves tmaintaining tthe tstatus tquo.
ANSWER: c
21. Which tof tthe tfollowing tis ta tcharacteristic tof tnew tparadigm tleaders?
a. They tare tcontrollers.
b. They tare theroes.
c. They tare tfacilitators.
d. They tare tdiversity tavoiders.
ANSWER: d
22. Which tof tthe tfollowing tis ta tcharacteristic tof tnew tparadigm tleaders?
a. They tare thumble.
b. They tare tcompetitive.
c. They tare tstabilizers.
d. They tare tdiversity tavoiders.
ANSWER: a
23. Steve tleads tthe tadministrative tdepartment tof tMayo tPvt. tLtd. tHe tencourages tpeople tto tperform tto ttheir
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