LDR Final Exam Questions and Answers
The "transformational" leadership theory emphasizes the individual traits and skills that leaders bring to
all leadership tasks? - Answer-False
Management is about is about order and consistency and as such, focuses on planning, organizing,
controlling, staffing and budgeting? - Answer-True
Which of the below are factors in the "Leader Characteristics," Leadership theory? - Answer-All of the
above
Which leadership styles are most commonly described by leadership theories? - Answer-None of the
above
The Path-Goal theory emphasizes which two types of contingencies found in transactional leadership
models? - Answer-Task & Subordinate Characteristics
Charismatic Leadership is based on the leader's passion, confidence and exceptional ability to persuade
and sway people? - Answer-True
The transformational leader must change organizations and people in the following three successive
stages? - Answer-All of the above
, Laissez-Faire leadership involves the leader being very "hands-on" in the organization's operations? -
Answer-False
Management-by-Exception is a style that utilizes mistakes or deviations from standards? - Answer-True
Transactional leaders rarely rely on certain types of power (legitimate, reward and punishment)? -
Answer-False
Distributed leadership emphasizes the sharing of functions through empowerment mechanisms such as
participation and delegation? - Answer-True
Which of the following is NOT an example of Distributed Leadership? - Answer-Laissez-Faire
Informal leaders can be participants, activists or diehards, depending on their ability to influence their
colleagues? - Answer-True
Self Leadership is the process of influencing oneself? - Answer-True
Network leadership focuses on power sharing among organizations? - Answer-True
President Eisenhower was quoted as saying that supreme quality of leadership is unquestionable
integrity? - Answer-True
Ethical Leadership based on Personal Integrity involves: - Answer-All of the above
The earliest documented study of ethical leadership dates back to Aristotle? - Answer-True
The "transformational" leadership theory emphasizes the individual traits and skills that leaders bring to
all leadership tasks? - Answer-False
Management is about is about order and consistency and as such, focuses on planning, organizing,
controlling, staffing and budgeting? - Answer-True
Which of the below are factors in the "Leader Characteristics," Leadership theory? - Answer-All of the
above
Which leadership styles are most commonly described by leadership theories? - Answer-None of the
above
The Path-Goal theory emphasizes which two types of contingencies found in transactional leadership
models? - Answer-Task & Subordinate Characteristics
Charismatic Leadership is based on the leader's passion, confidence and exceptional ability to persuade
and sway people? - Answer-True
The transformational leader must change organizations and people in the following three successive
stages? - Answer-All of the above
, Laissez-Faire leadership involves the leader being very "hands-on" in the organization's operations? -
Answer-False
Management-by-Exception is a style that utilizes mistakes or deviations from standards? - Answer-True
Transactional leaders rarely rely on certain types of power (legitimate, reward and punishment)? -
Answer-False
Distributed leadership emphasizes the sharing of functions through empowerment mechanisms such as
participation and delegation? - Answer-True
Which of the following is NOT an example of Distributed Leadership? - Answer-Laissez-Faire
Informal leaders can be participants, activists or diehards, depending on their ability to influence their
colleagues? - Answer-True
Self Leadership is the process of influencing oneself? - Answer-True
Network leadership focuses on power sharing among organizations? - Answer-True
President Eisenhower was quoted as saying that supreme quality of leadership is unquestionable
integrity? - Answer-True
Ethical Leadership based on Personal Integrity involves: - Answer-All of the above
The earliest documented study of ethical leadership dates back to Aristotle? - Answer-True
