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BA350 – Final Exam Chapter 12 – Complete Leadership Theories Review with Q&A and Rationales

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This document presents a full set of exam questions and answers for Chapter 12 of the BA350 course, focused on leadership theories. Topics covered include transformational and transactional leadership, the Big Five personality traits, the Fiedler Contingency Model, Path-Goal Theory, Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) Theory, and the effectiveness of trait vs. behavioral leadership styles. Each question is accompanied by a clear and accurate explanation, making it ideal for exam preparation and concept reinforcement.

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BA350 Final Ch.12 questions with accurate
answers
________ leaders inspire followers to transcend their self-interests for
the good of the organization and can have an extraordinary effect on
their followers.


A) Transformational
B) Transactional
C) Task oriented
D) Laissez-faire
E) Production-oriented Ans✓✓✓ A) Transformational


Transformational leaders can have an extraordinary effect on their
followers, inspiring them toward selfless goals that benefit the larger
organization. These types of leaders inspire their followers by paying
attention to their concerns, helping them rethink old problems in new
ways, and encouraging them to achieve goals as a group.


A transactional leader is likely to ________.


A) reward employees for the work that they have done, thus recognizing
accomplishments
B) help followers trust the leader and develop a loyalty toward the
common vision

,C) stimulate others in the organization to become thinkers of what the
organization is all about
D) pay attention to the emotional needs of others and consider individual
differences
E) avoid authoritarian, command, and control behaviors when dealing
with employees Ans✓✓✓ A) reward employees for the work that they
have done, thus recognizing accomplishments


A transactional leader is likely to reward employees for the work that
they have done, thus recognizing accomplishments.


According to the Big Five personality model, emotional stability is the
most important trait of effective leaders. Ans✓✓✓ FALSE


A comprehensive review of the leadership literature, when organized
around the Big Five personality model, has found extraversion to be the
most important trait of effective leaders. However, it is more strongly
related to the way leaders emerge than to their effectiveness.


According to the Fiedler contingency model, high managerial control is
characterized by ________.


A) high task structure, good leader-member relations, and strong
position power
B) limited position power, good leader-member relations, and low task
structure

, C) less structured jobs, strong position power, and moderate leader-
member relations
D) broad employee responsibilities, low position power, and moderate
leader-member relations
E) good leader-member relations, low position power, unstructured jobs
Ans✓✓✓ A) high task structure, good leader-member relations, and
strong position power


The Fiedler contingency model proposes that effective group
performance depends on the proper match between the leader's style and
the degree to which the situation gives the leader control.Fiedler states
that the better the leader-member relations, the more highly structured
the job, and the stronger the position power, the more control the leader
has.


According to the LMX theory, a leader implicitly categorizes followers
as "in" or "out" ________.


A) after careful performance analysis
B) on a temporary basis
C) early in the interaction
D) because of political pressure
E) only after several months of working together Ans✓✓✓ C) early in
the interaction
The LMX theory proposes that early in the history of the interaction
between a leader and a given follower, the leader implicitly categorizes

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