FBLA REVISION EXAM PAPER 2025/2026 (QUESTIONS
WITH 100% CORRECT
Leadership Definition - influencing process of leaders & followers to achieve organizational objectives
through change
5 Elements of Leadership - 1. leaders, followers
2. influence
3. organizational objectives
4. People
5. Change
Leaders- Followers - leadership is shared
Influence - leader communicating ideas, granting acceptance of them, & motivating followers to
support and implement ideas through change
Organizational Objectives - effective leaders influence followers to accomplish SHARED OBJECTIVES
Change - influencing and setting objectives is about change
People - leadership is about leading people through relationships
3 Managerial Leadership Skills - Technical Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Decision Making Skills
**Need based on managment level
Technical Skills - ability use methods and techniques to perform a task
Interpersonal Skills - ability understand, communicate, and work well w/ individuals and groups
developing effective realtionships
,Decision Making Skills - ability conceptualize situations & select alternatives to solving problems and
take advantage of opportunities
Managerial Role Categories - Interpersonal
Informational
Decisional
Interpersonal Leadership Roles - leader, figurehead, liaison (close relationship w/ others)
Informational Leadership Roles - Monitor Spokesperson Desseminator (gathering info before
spreading it)
Decisional Leadership Roles - Entrepreneur Negotiator Disturbance-handler Resource-allocator
Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory - Individual Level
Group Level
Organizational Level
Individual Level Analysis - aka Dyadic Process ; group and organizational performances based on
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Group Level Analysis - aka Group Process ; productive groups means productive individuals and
organizations
Organizational Level Analysis - aka Organizational Process ; focus on organization; working for
winning organizations motivates individuals to perform at their best to stay on top
Leadership Theory - explanation of aspect of leadership; theories have practical value bc used to
better understand, predict, and control successful leadership
Leadership Theory Classifications - Trait, behavioral, contingency, integrative
, Leadership Paradigm (model) - shared mindset that represents fundamental way of thinking about,
perceiving, studying, researching, and understanding leadership
Leadership Trait Theories - explain distinctive characteristics accounting for leadership effectiveness
Behavioral Leadership Theories - explain distinctive styles used by effective leaders or to define the
nature of their work
Contingency Leadership Theories - explain appropriate leadership style based on leader, followers, &
situation
Management to Leadership theory paradigm (model) - shift from autocratic management style to
newer participative leadership style of managment
EMB - Evidence-Based Management - decisions and organizational practices based on best available
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
Traits - distinguishing personal characteristics
Personality - combination of traits that classifies an individual's behavior
-help explain and predict others behavior or job performance
Personality Profiles - identify individuals' stronger and weaker traits
-use increase self awareness
Big 5 Model of Personality - categorizes traits into dimensions of
1. surgency,
2. agreeableness,
3. adjustment,
4. conscientiousness,
5. openness to experience
Agreeableness Personality Dimension - traits of sociability & emotional intelligence
WITH 100% CORRECT
Leadership Definition - influencing process of leaders & followers to achieve organizational objectives
through change
5 Elements of Leadership - 1. leaders, followers
2. influence
3. organizational objectives
4. People
5. Change
Leaders- Followers - leadership is shared
Influence - leader communicating ideas, granting acceptance of them, & motivating followers to
support and implement ideas through change
Organizational Objectives - effective leaders influence followers to accomplish SHARED OBJECTIVES
Change - influencing and setting objectives is about change
People - leadership is about leading people through relationships
3 Managerial Leadership Skills - Technical Skills
Interpersonal Skills
Decision Making Skills
**Need based on managment level
Technical Skills - ability use methods and techniques to perform a task
Interpersonal Skills - ability understand, communicate, and work well w/ individuals and groups
developing effective realtionships
,Decision Making Skills - ability conceptualize situations & select alternatives to solving problems and
take advantage of opportunities
Managerial Role Categories - Interpersonal
Informational
Decisional
Interpersonal Leadership Roles - leader, figurehead, liaison (close relationship w/ others)
Informational Leadership Roles - Monitor Spokesperson Desseminator (gathering info before
spreading it)
Decisional Leadership Roles - Entrepreneur Negotiator Disturbance-handler Resource-allocator
Levels of Analysis of Leadership Theory - Individual Level
Group Level
Organizational Level
Individual Level Analysis - aka Dyadic Process ; group and organizational performances based on
INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE
Group Level Analysis - aka Group Process ; productive groups means productive individuals and
organizations
Organizational Level Analysis - aka Organizational Process ; focus on organization; working for
winning organizations motivates individuals to perform at their best to stay on top
Leadership Theory - explanation of aspect of leadership; theories have practical value bc used to
better understand, predict, and control successful leadership
Leadership Theory Classifications - Trait, behavioral, contingency, integrative
, Leadership Paradigm (model) - shared mindset that represents fundamental way of thinking about,
perceiving, studying, researching, and understanding leadership
Leadership Trait Theories - explain distinctive characteristics accounting for leadership effectiveness
Behavioral Leadership Theories - explain distinctive styles used by effective leaders or to define the
nature of their work
Contingency Leadership Theories - explain appropriate leadership style based on leader, followers, &
situation
Management to Leadership theory paradigm (model) - shift from autocratic management style to
newer participative leadership style of managment
EMB - Evidence-Based Management - decisions and organizational practices based on best available
SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE
Traits - distinguishing personal characteristics
Personality - combination of traits that classifies an individual's behavior
-help explain and predict others behavior or job performance
Personality Profiles - identify individuals' stronger and weaker traits
-use increase self awareness
Big 5 Model of Personality - categorizes traits into dimensions of
1. surgency,
2. agreeableness,
3. adjustment,
4. conscientiousness,
5. openness to experience
Agreeableness Personality Dimension - traits of sociability & emotional intelligence
