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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 • Understanding Leadership
2 • Recognizing Your Traits
3 • Understanding Leadership Styles
4 • Attending to Tasks and Relationships
5 • Developing Leadership Skills
6 • Engaging Strengths
7 • Creating a Vision
8 • Establishing a Constructive Climate
9 • Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
10 • Listening to Out-Group Members
11 • Managing Conflict
12 • Addressing Ethics in Leadership
13 • Overcoming Obstacles
14 • Exploring Destructive Leadership
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Chapter 1: Understanding Leadership
Multiple Choice
1. In leadership literature, more than different definitions of leadership have
been identified.
a. 5
b. 50
c. 100
d. 1,000
DETAILED ANSWERS: C
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Explained
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
2. A leadership approach is .
a. a general way of thinking about a phenomenon
b. based in empirical research
c. never changing
d. based in empirical research and never changing
DETAILED ANSWERS: A
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
3. So-called “Great Man” theories belong to which of the following leadership
approaches?
a. Behavior
b. Relational
c. Situational
d. Trait
DETAILED ANSWERS: D
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Trait Theories
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
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4. Which of the following theorist’s work is included in the behavioral approach?
a. Blake and Moulton
b. Hersey and Blanchard
c. Northouse
d. Reddin
DETAILED ANSWERS: A
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behavior Theories
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
5. A business manager needs their subordinates to problem solve in an uncertain and
changing environment. That manager might consider which emerging leadership
approach?
a. Spiritual leadership
b. Servant leadership
c. Authentic leadership
d. Adaptive leadership
DETAILED ANSWERS: D
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
6. A trait can be defined as .
a. the capacity to lead
b. a distinguishing quality of an individual
c. a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively
d. what leaders do when they are in a leadership role
DETAILED ANSWERS: B
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
7. When leadership is viewed as non-linear and highly collaborative, the
between leader and follower(s) becomes paramount.
a. hierarchy
b. dynamic
c. skill
d. relationship
DETAILED ANSWERS: D
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 • Understanding Leadership
2 • Recognizing Your Traits
3 • Understanding Leadership Styles
4 • Attending to Tasks and Relationships
5 • Developing Leadership Skills
6 • Engaging Strengths
7 • Creating a Vision
8 • Establishing a Constructive Climate
9 • Embracing Diversity and Inclusion
10 • Listening to Out-Group Members
11 • Managing Conflict
12 • Addressing Ethics in Leadership
13 • Overcoming Obstacles
14 • Exploring Destructive Leadership
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,TEST BANK FOR INTRODUCTION TO LEADERSHIP CONCEPTS
[DATE]
AND PRACTICE 5TH EDITION
Chapter 1: Understanding Leadership
Multiple Choice
1. In leadership literature, more than different definitions of leadership have
been identified.
a. 5
b. 50
c. 100
d. 1,000
DETAILED ANSWERS: C
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Leadership Explained
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
2. A leadership approach is .
a. a general way of thinking about a phenomenon
b. based in empirical research
c. never changing
d. based in empirical research and never changing
DETAILED ANSWERS: A
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Comprehension
Answer Location: Box 1.1: The Evolution of Leadership
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
3. So-called “Great Man” theories belong to which of the following leadership
approaches?
a. Behavior
b. Relational
c. Situational
d. Trait
DETAILED ANSWERS: D
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Trait Theories
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
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4. Which of the following theorist’s work is included in the behavioral approach?
a. Blake and Moulton
b. Hersey and Blanchard
c. Northouse
d. Reddin
DETAILED ANSWERS: A
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: Behavior Theories
Difficulty Level: Hard
AACSB Standard: Leading in organizational situations
5. A business manager needs their subordinates to problem solve in an uncertain and
changing environment. That manager might consider which emerging leadership
approach?
a. Spiritual leadership
b. Servant leadership
c. Authentic leadership
d. Adaptive leadership
DETAILED ANSWERS: D
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Application
Answer Location: Emerging Leadership Approaches
Difficulty Level: Medium
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
6. A trait can be defined as .
a. the capacity to lead
b. a distinguishing quality of an individual
c. a competency developed to accomplish a task effectively
d. what leaders do when they are in a leadership role
DETAILED ANSWERS: B
OBJ: 1.1: Summarize the seven concepts that are essential to leadership. Cognitive
Domain: Knowledge
Answer Location: “Leadership is a Trait”
Difficulty Level: Easy
AACSB Standard: Group and individual behaviors
7. When leadership is viewed as non-linear and highly collaborative, the
between leader and follower(s) becomes paramount.
a. hierarchy
b. dynamic
c. skill
d. relationship
DETAILED ANSWERS: D
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