MGT 410: Servant Leadership – Winter
Midterm Exam
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
The correct answer is marked with "✔".
1–25
1. Who coined the term “Servant Leadership”?
A) John Maxwell
✔ B) Robert Greenleaf
C) Ken Blanchard
D) Stephen Covey
2. What is the primary focus of servant leadership?
A) Achieving business success
B) Increasing profits
✔ C) Serving others first
D) Controlling organizational outcomes
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of servant leadership?
A) Listening
B) Empathy
C) Healing
✔ D) Domination
4. Servant leadership emphasizes the growth of:
A) The stock market
B) The organization
✔ C) People and communities
D) The executive team
5. Which leadership style contrasts most with servant leadership?
A) Transformational
✔ B) Autocratic
C) Participative
D) Coaching
6. Which of the following is a key behavior of a servant leader?
A) Micro-managing
, B) Delegating only to top performers
✔ C) Building community
D) Focusing on shareholder value only
7. Servant leadership is most closely aligned with which ethical
perspective?
A) Egoism
B) Utilitarianism
✔ C) Altruism
D) Pragmatism
8. Robert Greenleaf was inspired by which novel?
✔ A) Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse
B) The Prince by Machiavelli
C) The Art of War by Sun Tzu
D) Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
9. Which of the following is a major outcome of servant leadership?
A) Less collaboration
✔ B) Greater employee engagement
C) Decline in innovation
D) Increased absenteeism
10. The first and most important trait of a servant leader is:
A) Authority
✔ B) Listening
C) Strategy
D) Wealth
11. Servant leaders strive to build a sense of:
A) Strategy
B) Competition
✔ C) Community
D) Fear
12. Which characteristic helps servant leaders understand others’
feelings?
A) Control
✔ B) Empathy
C) Direction
D) Persuasion
Midterm Exam
Instructions: Choose the best answer for each of the following questions.
The correct answer is marked with "✔".
1–25
1. Who coined the term “Servant Leadership”?
A) John Maxwell
✔ B) Robert Greenleaf
C) Ken Blanchard
D) Stephen Covey
2. What is the primary focus of servant leadership?
A) Achieving business success
B) Increasing profits
✔ C) Serving others first
D) Controlling organizational outcomes
3. Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of servant leadership?
A) Listening
B) Empathy
C) Healing
✔ D) Domination
4. Servant leadership emphasizes the growth of:
A) The stock market
B) The organization
✔ C) People and communities
D) The executive team
5. Which leadership style contrasts most with servant leadership?
A) Transformational
✔ B) Autocratic
C) Participative
D) Coaching
6. Which of the following is a key behavior of a servant leader?
A) Micro-managing
, B) Delegating only to top performers
✔ C) Building community
D) Focusing on shareholder value only
7. Servant leadership is most closely aligned with which ethical
perspective?
A) Egoism
B) Utilitarianism
✔ C) Altruism
D) Pragmatism
8. Robert Greenleaf was inspired by which novel?
✔ A) Journey to the East by Hermann Hesse
B) The Prince by Machiavelli
C) The Art of War by Sun Tzu
D) Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl
9. Which of the following is a major outcome of servant leadership?
A) Less collaboration
✔ B) Greater employee engagement
C) Decline in innovation
D) Increased absenteeism
10. The first and most important trait of a servant leader is:
A) Authority
✔ B) Listening
C) Strategy
D) Wealth
11. Servant leaders strive to build a sense of:
A) Strategy
B) Competition
✔ C) Community
D) Fear
12. Which characteristic helps servant leaders understand others’
feelings?
A) Control
✔ B) Empathy
C) Direction
D) Persuasion
