D016 Leadership Foundations And Ethics (Pre-Test Practice)
Questions With Correct Answers
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Transformational Leadership - (ANSWERS)Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling
"followers to think of old problems in new ways" %%%%%%
Laissez-faire - (ANSWERS)A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve goals
and perform job functions has which leadership style
Situational Leadership - (ANSWERS)The basic principle underlying situational leadership is that
the leader adapts her leadership behavior to followers' "maturity," based on their willingness
and ability to perform a specific task.
Autocratic leadership style - (ANSWERS)centralizing authority, making decisions alone, and
expecting followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions
Authoritative leadership style - (ANSWERS)That gives direct, clear, details instructions as to
what, when, and how work is to be done
Discipline - (ANSWERS)Protecting instructional time from interruptions
Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions
Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) - (ANSWERS)Intellectual stimulation is
characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Optimizer - (ANSWERS)In solving a problem searches for optimal solution
Order leadership style - (ANSWERS)
Formal network of communication - (ANSWERS)If the principal holds a faculty meeting and
shares information regarding the new reading program, the formal communication network is
being used
Informal network of communication - (ANSWERS)informal network, often referred to as "the
grapevine," does have some negative features, of which the most noted are distortion and
rumors (unsubstantiated information).
Downward communication - (ANSWERS)Information that flows from higher to lower levels in
the organization's hierarchy.
Upward communication - (ANSWERS)Information that flows from lower to higher levels in the
organization's hierarchy. Perhaps the form of communication that is most prone to filtering
Horizantal communication - (ANSWERS)When individuals communicate with other individuals
of the same status in the organization, horizontal communication is occurring
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Vertical Communication - (ANSWERS)The term vertical is not used here to refer%%%%%%
to the direction
of the communication; rather, it describes a pattern that focuses on combining upward and
downward communication, making leaders more visible through face-to-face contact.
Diagonal communication - (ANSWERS)Communication that cuts across vertical and horizontal
channels.
Wheel network - (ANSWERS)a communication network in which a gatekeeper regulates the
flow of information from all other members
Cognitive dissonance theory - (ANSWERS)the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort
(dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example,
when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting
dissonance by changing our attitudes
Communication Accommodation Theory - (ANSWERS)The view that individuals adjust their
verbal communication to facilitate understanding.
Communication Accommodation Theory - (ANSWERS)theory that all people adapt their
behavior to others to some extent
Barriers that interfere with effective communication - (ANSWERS)information overload, status
difference, semantics, filtering, para-language, interpersonal relationships
Formal networks - (ANSWERS)the transmission of messages established and approved by the
organizational hierarchy
Informal networks - (ANSWERS)communications that flow along social and relational lines
Downward communication - (ANSWERS)communication that flows from higher to lower levels
in an organization
Chain Network Structure - (ANSWERS)A communication network in which information is
passed from member to member, from one end of the chain to the other
Connectors - (ANSWERS)Connectors are individuals on the faculty who see possibility, know a
large number of people from different sectors, and have mastered the skill of bringing them
together.
Salespeople - (ANSWERS)positive thinkers who are energetic and who have mastered the
power of influence.
Questions With Correct Answers
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Transformational Leadership - (ANSWERS)Intellectual stimulation is characterized by enabling
"followers to think of old problems in new ways" %%%%%%
Laissez-faire - (ANSWERS)A leader who allows staff to determine how they will achieve goals
and perform job functions has which leadership style
Situational Leadership - (ANSWERS)The basic principle underlying situational leadership is that
the leader adapts her leadership behavior to followers' "maturity," based on their willingness
and ability to perform a specific task.
Autocratic leadership style - (ANSWERS)centralizing authority, making decisions alone, and
expecting followers or subordinates simply to follow instructions
Authoritative leadership style - (ANSWERS)That gives direct, clear, details instructions as to
what, when, and how work is to be done
Discipline - (ANSWERS)Protecting instructional time from interruptions
Protecting teachers from internal and external distractions
Intellectual Stimulation (Transformational Leadership) - (ANSWERS)Intellectual stimulation is
characterized by enabling "followers to think of old problems in new ways"
Optimizer - (ANSWERS)In solving a problem searches for optimal solution
Order leadership style - (ANSWERS)
Formal network of communication - (ANSWERS)If the principal holds a faculty meeting and
shares information regarding the new reading program, the formal communication network is
being used
Informal network of communication - (ANSWERS)informal network, often referred to as "the
grapevine," does have some negative features, of which the most noted are distortion and
rumors (unsubstantiated information).
Downward communication - (ANSWERS)Information that flows from higher to lower levels in
the organization's hierarchy.
Upward communication - (ANSWERS)Information that flows from lower to higher levels in the
organization's hierarchy. Perhaps the form of communication that is most prone to filtering
Horizantal communication - (ANSWERS)When individuals communicate with other individuals
of the same status in the organization, horizontal communication is occurring
, D016 Leadership Foundations And Ethics (Pre-Test Practice)
Questions With Correct Answers
!@#$%%%%%
Vertical Communication - (ANSWERS)The term vertical is not used here to refer%%%%%%
to the direction
of the communication; rather, it describes a pattern that focuses on combining upward and
downward communication, making leaders more visible through face-to-face contact.
Diagonal communication - (ANSWERS)Communication that cuts across vertical and horizontal
channels.
Wheel network - (ANSWERS)a communication network in which a gatekeeper regulates the
flow of information from all other members
Cognitive dissonance theory - (ANSWERS)the theory that we act to reduce the discomfort
(dissonance) we feel when two of our thoughts (cognitions) are inconsistent. For example,
when our awareness of our attitudes and of our actions clash, we can reduce the resulting
dissonance by changing our attitudes
Communication Accommodation Theory - (ANSWERS)The view that individuals adjust their
verbal communication to facilitate understanding.
Communication Accommodation Theory - (ANSWERS)theory that all people adapt their
behavior to others to some extent
Barriers that interfere with effective communication - (ANSWERS)information overload, status
difference, semantics, filtering, para-language, interpersonal relationships
Formal networks - (ANSWERS)the transmission of messages established and approved by the
organizational hierarchy
Informal networks - (ANSWERS)communications that flow along social and relational lines
Downward communication - (ANSWERS)communication that flows from higher to lower levels
in an organization
Chain Network Structure - (ANSWERS)A communication network in which information is
passed from member to member, from one end of the chain to the other
Connectors - (ANSWERS)Connectors are individuals on the faculty who see possibility, know a
large number of people from different sectors, and have mastered the skill of bringing them
together.
Salespeople - (ANSWERS)positive thinkers who are energetic and who have mastered the
power of influence.
