QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS
A designated leader is selected by group members or by an outside
authority. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
According to the Center for Business Ethics, an ethical leader would
bypass a competent person
in order to promote a less competent relative or close friend. - ✔️✔
Correct Answer F
If you want to emerge as the leader of a group, you should talk first
and more often than other
members. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
When someone from within a group is appointed as its leader, the
new leader should openly
,discuss leadership and seek members' help in resolving potential
problems. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
Traits Leadership Theory assumes that leaders are made, not born. -
✔️✔ Correct Answer F
Autocratic leaders may be effective during a serious crisis when
there's not enough time to hold
a group discussion. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
According to Styles Leadership Theory, the democratic leadership
style is always best. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer F
Laissez-faire leaders may have power, but they hesitate to exert their
influence on group
members and group work. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
In mature and highly productive groups, a laissez-faire leader may be
a good match for the
,group. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
Functional Leadership Theory claims that an effective group can have
more than one member
serving in a leadership role. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
According to Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness,
relationship-motivated
leaders perform best in extremes—such as when the situation is
highly controlled or when it is
almost out of control. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer F
According to Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness,
task-motivated leaders
gain satisfaction from completing a task even if the cost is bad feelings
between the leader and
group members. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer T
, Fiedler's Contingency Model of Leadership Effectiveness claims that
there are 2 important
dimensions to every leadership situation: the level of leader charisma
and the level of leader
power. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer F
According to Hersey and Blanchard, "member readiness" refers to the
extent to which
members are willing and able to work together. - ✔️✔ Correct
Answer T
According to Hersey and Blanchard's Situational Leadership Model, a
leader should tell a
group what to do and closely supervise its work when members are
able but not unwilling or
insecure. - ✔️✔ Correct Answer F